Résumé en anglais
These Pre-Nomination Guidelines have been drafted in order to help State Parties identify how nomination dossiers for rock-art sites should be developed. They should be considered in parallel with the Regional Thematic Studies that ICOMOS is planning to produce forall the regions. Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by Southern Africa, North Africa, and the Sahara, are to be the first in the series. These complement the information contained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention (UNESCO, 2008). The present Guidelines address various important aspects of rock-art sites that should be taken into consideration when nominations are being prepared. These cover the identification and assessment of the intrinsic qualities of sites, together with their conservation and management.