I-UNESCO iyasamkela isihloko seNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi kwiindawo ezithile eziseplanethi ezifanelwe lulondolozo olukhethekileyo ngenxa yokubaluleka kwazo kwinkcubeko okanye kwindalo kwizizukulwana ezilandelayo. Zizonke, iindawo ezingama-911 ezibonakalisiweyo zidweliswe kwihlabathi liphela, ezingama-20 zazo zibekwe eUnited States kwaye inye kuphela eNew York.
Indawo ekuphela kwayo eyabhengezwa njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi yiUNESCO Isitatyu senkululeko, ibhengezwe njalo ngo-1984.
"Inkululeko ekhanyisa umhlaba", Igama loqobo lo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo, yayisisipho esivela kumaFrentshi saya kumaMelika ngo-1886 de kwangowe-1902 sasebenza njengendlu yokukhanya emanzini asezantsi eManhattan. Yayiyila ezopolitiko u-Edouard Laboulaye kwaye ngesi sipho wayezimisele ukubonakalisa ubuhlobo phakathi kweFrance ne-United States. Yayilungiselelwe ukukhumbula ikhulu leminyaka yeSibhengezo senkululeko, ngo-1876, kodwa, ngenxa yokunqongophala kolwakhiwo lwayo, yahanjiswa kwiminyaka elishumi kamva.
Intsingiselo yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo ichazwe ngegama layo, kwaye isitampu sayo asimele iUnited States kuphela, kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha saba luphawu lwenkululeko kubantu abacinezelweyo nakubantu kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Umfuziselo umele I-Libertas (Oko kuthi ngentetho yesiLatin inkululeko), isithixokazi senkululeko samaRoma esaphule amatyathanga engcinezelo kwiinyawo zaso, sibonisa ukuphela kobukhoboka. Kwingalo yakhe yasekunene uphethe itotshi, engalweni yakhe yasekhohlo ucwecwe olunomhla womhla weSibhengezo senkululeko ye-United States of America, nge-4 kaJulayi ngo-1776. ezimele ilizwekazi ngalinye.
Namhlanje yindawo efanelekileyo yokufunda malunga namava okufudukela eNew York City.