We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage approved by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its seventeenth session in Paris on 16 November 1972,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the mentioned Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is hereby approved.
Article 2
The Minister of National Heritage and Culture shall implement the provisions of the mentioned Convention regarding the deposit of the instrument of accession with the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Issued on: 24 Shawwal 1401
Corresponding to: 24 August 1981
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 224 issued on 1 September 1981.