The elaboration of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural HeritageEtienneClémentauthorPaper presented during the ICLAFI – ICUCH Symposium, 29th June – 1st July 2017, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Amersfoort, The Netherlands The protection of the underwater cultural heritage, in particular ancient shipwrecks laying on the seabed under various jurisdictions, is by nature an international issue. It is therefore natural that the United Nations, in particular UNESCO as the specialized agency with the UN mandate for cultural heritage, has looked into the matter and adopted in 2001 the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, one of the seven UNESCO Conventions in the area of culture.07. Histoire de la conservation25. Patrimoine culturel subaquatique02. Législation internationale03. Législations nationales et régionales05. Organisations internationales06. Textes doctrinaux, conventions et chartes2017Cultural Heritage Agency of the NetherlandsChapitre de livres