heritage of mankind
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheritageandmankind
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heritage
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/us/ˈher.ɪ.t̬ɪdʒ/
relating to buildings, places, works of art, etc. that are considered to have historical importance for a particular area or for ...
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mankind
noun[U]
uk/mænˈkaɪnd/us/mænˈkaɪnd/
the whole of the human race, including both men ...
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(Definition ofheritageandmankindfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Does over-fishing of the seas result from a pricing and property rights failure or a lack of respect for the commonheritageofmankind?
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How much has already been lost to the commonheritageofmankind?
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En the same way, we shall expropriate the commonheritageofmankindbeyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
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Does he not agree that these temples and statues are a very important part of theheritageofmankind?
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We have done it because we believe that these things are the inalienableheritageofmankind.
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That brings me to the "commonheritageofmankind".
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And whether they should be the commonheritageofmankind.
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This commonheritageofmankindwill lie sterile unless action is taken very soon.
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It would give real meaning to the phrase that such resources are the "commonheritageofmankind".
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Will he also discuss the compatibility of this with the concept that the sea-bed should be the commonheritageofmankind?
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The oceans should be looked upon as the commonheritageofmankind.
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The museum is an important part of our national heritage and also a visible manifestation of the culturalheritageofmankind.
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We have now decided, although in a compromised way, that the oceans should be theheritageofmankind.
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The commonheritageofmankindis just that.
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Would not this make the oceans of the world not aheritageofmankindbut the monopoly of a few tycoons?
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As he rightly said, we are dealing here with the commonheritageofmankind.
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Our love for theheritageofmankindis based on the living link which unite generations to each other by a secret uninterrupted thread.
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I hope that the time will come when we shall not only regard the seas as the commonheritageofmankindbut also the natural minerals of the world.
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The second was a declaration of principles that the sea bed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction and its resources were the commonheritageofmankind.
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The question of a declaration on "theheritageofmankind" does not therefore arise, although it is being discussed in relation to a draft moon treaty.
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