World Heritage Centre https://whc.unesco.org?cid=305&l=en&year_end=2024&year_start=2024&action=list&mode=rss World Heritage Centre - Committee Decisions 90 en Copyright 2025 UNESCO, World Heritage Centre Mon, 12 May 2025 11:58:40 EST UNESCO, World Heritage Centre - Decisions https://whc.unesco.org/document/logowhc.jpg https://whc.unesco.org 46 COM 2 Admission of Observers The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Documents WHC/24/46.COM/2 and WHC/24/46.COM/2.Add,
  2. Taking into consideration Rule 8 (Observers) of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee,
  3. Authorizes the participation in the 46th session, as observers, of the international governmental organizations (IGOs, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), permanent observer missions to UNESCO and non profit-making institutions having activities in the fields covered by the Convention, as listed Part I of the present document.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8449 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 3A Adoption of the Agenda of the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee (New Delhi, 2024) Decision: 46 COM 3A

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/3A,
  2. Adopts the Agenda contained in the above-mentioned document.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8450 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 3B Adoption of the Timetable of the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee (New Delhi, 2024) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/3B and WHC/24/46.COM/3B.Corr,
  2. Adopts the Timetable contained in the above-mentioned document.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8451 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 4 Report of the Rapporteur of the Extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee (Riyadh, 2023) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Takes note of the report of the Rapporteur of the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee (Riyadh, 2023).
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8452 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 5A Report of the World Heritage Centre on its activities and the implementation of the World Heritage Committee’s Decisions The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Documents WHC/24/46.COM/5A and WHC/24/46.COM/INF.5A,
  2. Recalling Decisions 44 COM 5A and 45 COM 5A adopted at its extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
  3. Takes note with appreciation of the activities undertaken by the World Heritage Centre over the past year in pursuit of Output 5.CLT1 to ensure that “Member States’ capacities [are] strengthened to identify, protect and manage tangible heritage”, and the five Strategic Objectives of the World Heritage Committee;
  4. Notes with appreciation that UNESCO organized, in close cooperation with the government of Italy, the Naples Conference on Cultural Heritage in the 21st century in November 2023, as the first major event bringing together the 1972 Convention on the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, thanks the government of Italy for its initiative, encourages the reinforcement of synergies between World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage, and invites all World Heritage stakeholders to draw inspiration from the Call for Action ‘The Spirit of Naples’;
  5. Commends the government of Norway for its continued substantial contribution to the World Heritage Fund to strengthen management and conservation of severely threatened natural World Heritage properties in Africa, including those inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and calls on other States Parties to join this initiative;
  6. Welcomes the continued efforts of the World Heritage Centre to collaborate and enhance synergies among UNESCO’s Culture conventions and the Biodiversity-related conventions and programmes towards the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), thanks the government of Switzerland for its funding to strengthen this work, and reiterates its requests to the States Parties to pursue such cooperation also at the national level, including in the implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs);
  7. Welcomes the proposed organization of an expert meeting on World Heritage and the Kunming-Montreal GBF end of 2024, towards identifying and further developing coordinated actions on World Heritage and the GBF, and invites States Parties to contribute financially for this purpose;
  8. Thanks the States Parties that have provided geo-referenced data of World Heritage properties for inclusion in the World Heritage Online Map Platform and encourages all States Parties to submit such data in order to fully benefit from the potential of this tool for monitoring the state of conservation of World Heritage properties;
  9. Thanks all the States Parties that generously supported financially and/or in kind both the activities towards the implementation of the Convention, as well as the reinforcement of the human resources of the World Heritage Centre, and invites other States Parties to continue providing such support and increase it where possible;
  10. Notes with concern that the implementation of the World Heritage Convention faces several significant challenges, including financial and capacity constraints, that impact its effectiveness;
  11. Invites the Director General to reinforce the World Heritage Centre notably by allocating more UNESCO financial and human resources to the World Heritage Centre and by supporting its fundraising activities from the private sector, civil society, multilateral funds and institutions in line with UNESCO’s financial rules and regulations;
  12. Takes note of the discussions held during its 46th session (New Delhi, 2024) regarding the UNESCO Mid-term Strategy (C/4) and the draft Programme and Budget (C/5) documents, in conformity with 42 C/Resolution 81, adopted by the General Conference at its 42nd session (UNESCO, 2023);
  13. Requests the World Heritage Centre to present a report on its activities, including a result-based report on the Thematic Programmes, under Item 5A, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8453 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 5B Reports of the Advisory Bodies The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/5B,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 5B adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Advisory Bodies on their activities in support of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention;
  4. Also takes note with appreciation of the continued contributions of the Advisory Bodies, including direct financial and in-kind contribution, to ensure the effective implementation of the decisions of the World Heritage Committee as well as the effective implementation of the World Heritage Convention;
  5. Further takes note of the progress made, as well as of the challenges and gaps identified by the Advisory Bodies, in the framework of the implementation of the Convention, and the range of issues reported by the Advisory Bodies that continue to require action and attention.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8455 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 5C Progress report on the implementation of the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/5C,
  2. Recalling Decisions 44 COM 5C, 44 COM 10A, 44 COM 10B and 45 COM 5C adopted at its extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions,
  3. Notes with appreciation the continued efforts of the Member States to support effective and sustainable conservation and management of the unique biodiversity and rich cultural heritage of Africa that must be transmitted to future generations, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063;
  4. Expresses its appreciation for the activities undertaken by UNESCO, the Advisory Bodies, the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) and other committed partners in implementing the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa;
  5. Strongly encourages African States Parties to appropriate the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa into their national, subregional and regional heritage strategies, and requests the World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Advisory Bodies, AWHF and ARC-WH, and with the support of all partners, to support African States Parties in its implementation;
  6. Thanks the governments of Australia, China, Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium), France, Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, and the Sultanate of Oman for their financial support to implement activities that contribute to meeting the targets of the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa and encourages other States Parties to contribute financially to its implementation;
  7. Also thanks the governments of Kenya and South Africa for respectively hosting the Tentative Listing Workshop for Somalia and the Mid-Cycle Review Workshop of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting for Africa;
  8. Calls upon the entire international community, including the Group of Friends for Priority Africa as well as regional partners and economic communities in Africa to provide support to African States Parties and the African World Heritage Fund in the implementation of the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa and of Flagship Programme 3 of the Operational Strategy for Priority Africa 2022-2029 and to attain its targets, notably:
    1. to assist 11 African States Parties not yet represented on the World Heritage List in developing a nomination at their request,
    2. to provide support to the States Parties with properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger to implement their costed action plans and to achieve a Desired state of conservation for their removal from this List (DSOCR),
    3. to increasingly engage African heritage experts to enhance their role and involvement in World Heritage processes in Africa as well as in other regions,
    4. to support the pan-African network of site managers to foster a strong link between management authorities and communities for sustainable conservation, effective management and entrepreneurship,
    5. to develop projects focused on entrepreneurship and the adoption of new and innovative technologies;
  9. Requests the World Heritage Centre, in partnership with the African World Heritage Fund, to monitor the implementation of the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa and prepare a progress report towards this end, in line with the Medium-Term Strategy 2022-2029 and Programme and Budget for 2022-2025, for examination by the Committee at its 47th session.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8456 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 6A World Heritage-related Capacity-Building activities and Follow-up to the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/6A,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 6 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Recalling the outcomes of the 2023 independent evaluation of the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy (WHCBS) and the evaluators’ guidelines for the revision of the WHCBS, and also recalling its request that the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Advisory Bodies, develop a new WHCBS for the decade 2025-2035 for review at its 47th session, if funding allows,
  4. Commends the progress made by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the Advisory Bodies, the States Parties, the Category 2 Institutes and Centres under the auspices of UNESCO related to World Heritage, as well as the UNESCO Chairs with the implementation of the 2011 WHCBS;
  5. Takes note of the progress made with the revision of the WHCBS;
  6. Takes note of the progress made with the implementation of the regional and thematic capacity-building strategies and initiatives, and calls upon States Parties and all concerned partners and stakeholders, including the Advisory Bodies, to support and follow up on the implementation of the strategies and initiatives developed for each regional and thematic area;
  7. Thanks the governments of Australia, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland for the continued financial support they extended to the WHCBS and the World Heritage Leadership Programme, and also thanks the States Parties of Belgium, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, and Oman for supporting World Heritage capacity-building activities, notably in the Africa region;
  8. Encourages States Parties and other stakeholders to continue supporting the implementation of the WHCBS by providing financial support and/or reinforcing the human resources of the institutions involved;
  9. Reiterates its call upon all States Parties to provide dedicated voluntary contributions under the World Heritage Fund and/or extra-budgetary support to the World Heritage Centre and the World Heritage Leadership programme for capacity building;
  10. Noting that insufficient funding has been provided for the revision of the WHCBS thus far, reiterates its appeal for States Parties to contribute dedicated financial resources to that effect;
  11. Finally requests the World Heritage Centre and ICCROM to submit a progress report on the World Heritage-related capacity-building activities and the WHCBS, for examination at its 47th session.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8457 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 6B Progress report on the activities concerning the implementation of the World Heritage Convention by the World Heritage-related category 2 centres The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/6B,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 6 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Congratulates the World Heritage-related Category 2 Institutes and Centres under the auspices of UNESCO (C2Cs) for their contributions to the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, especially towards the Strategic Objectives of the World Heritage Convention and UNESCO’s Global Priorities;
  4. Thanks the governments of Bahrein, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the Republic of Korea and South Africa for hosting active World Heritage-related C2Cs and thereby supporting the work of UNESCO and the implementation of the World Heritage Convention;
  5. Thanks States Parties that are contributing to the implementation of the World Heritage Convention through the C2Cs and further encourages States Parties to support these C2Cs in their regions for the implementation of World Heritage-related activities;
  6. Encourages States Parties to make full use of the capacities of the different C2Cs, based on their specialist areas, and to support and participate in their activities whenever possible;
  7. Also encourages C2Cs to continue organising activities that are international or regional in scope and contribute to the global development agendas, the strategic priorities of the World Heritage Committee and the implementation of the Framework Action Plans developed for each region as part of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting;
  8. Further encourages C2Cs to participate actively in the revision process of the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy and its subsequent implementation;
  9. Requests the World Heritage-related Category 2 centres under the auspices of UNESCO to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 March 2025, a progress report on all their activities concerning the implementation of the World Heritage Convention since the present session, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8458 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7 State of Conservation of World Heritage Properties The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7,
  2. Recalling Decisions 42 COM 7, 43 COM 7.2, 44 COM 7.2, 45 COM 7.1 and 45 COM 7.2 adopted at its 42nd (Manama, 2018) and 43rd (Baku, 2019) sessions, and its extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
  3. Also recalling that all proposed major interventions in and around World Heritage properties should be subject to rigorous impact assessments, as outlined in Paragraph 118bis of the Operational Guidelines, in line with the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage Context, and that both the proposals and the impact assessment-related documentation be submitted, in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines, to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies, before any interventions for new construction, demolition, modification, recovery or reconstruction commences or decisions made that cannot be reversed;

Improving the perception of the List of World Heritage in Danger

4. Reaffirming that the inscription of a property on the List of World Heritage in Danger aims to mobilize international support to help States Parties to effectively address the challenges faced by the properties concerned,

5. Also reaffirming the need to promote a better understanding of the implications and benefits of properties being inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, welcomes the Secretariat’s information material entitled “Implementing New Visions: a Guidebook for action on the List of World Heritage in Danger (2024)” and thanks the State Party of Norway for its financial support to this end;

6. Encourages the States Parties, the World Heritage Centre, the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage-related Category 2 Centres to disseminate widely this guidebook through appropriate means, including in local languages, to the World Heritage community at large and the broader public, with a view to contributing to a more positive perception of the List of World Heritage in Danger;

Emergency situations resulting from conflicts

7. Expresses utmost concern that conflicts (including armed conflict and civil unrest) continue to represent a major threat to World Heritage properties and remain one of the major reasons for the inscription of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger;

8. Regrets the loss of human life and the degradation of humanitarian conditions resulting from the prevailing conflict situations, including threats to the personnel and local communities in and around World Heritage properties;

9. Welcomes protection and conservation efforts being undertaken by the concerned States Parties at World Heritage properties in current and former conflict zones and that some States Parties are progressively proceeding with the development of corrective measures and the definition of the Desired state of conservation for the removal of properties from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) for some cultural properties in collaboration with the World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS;

10. Urges again all parties associated with conflicts to ensure the protection of cultural and natural heritage, including to avoid their use for military purposes and also reiterates its utmost concern at the increase in illicit trafficking of cultural objects, resulting from armed conflicts, and appeals to all States Parties to cooperate in the fight against these threats, and for cultural heritage protection in general, including through the ratification of the 1970 Convention and the 1954 Convention and its two Protocols, as well as the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2199 (2015), 2253 (2015) and 2347 (2017), and the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendations on Museums and Collections (2015);

11. Welcomes the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies’ continued actions in responding to emergencies and conflicts threatening cultural and natural heritage, including the Outstanding Universal Value, including through the Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) and the Rapid Response Facility (RRF), UNESCO’s actions and emergency assistance programme and the First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage of ICCROM;

12. Reiterates its call upon the international community to further support the safeguarding of the cultural and natural heritage of countries affected by conflict, through earmarked funds or through contributions to the UNESCO World Heritage Fund, HEF and RRF;

Recovery and Reconstruction

13. Recalls that reconstruction is justifiable only in exceptional circumstances, and should be based on thorough documentation, guided by conservation plans and policies that support the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), and as outlined in Paragraph 86 of the Operational Guidelines;

14. Takes note of the programmes initiated and implemented by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies and other international partners to respond to the destruction of heritage through documentation, emergency response, recovery and reconstruction;

15. Welcomes the continued efforts by States Parties in responding to post-conflict and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, as well as their positive social and community interlinkages and thanks UNESCO, the Advisory Bodies, and all the partners for their generous support of the initiatives and efforts;

16. Reiterates its previous encouragement to all State Parties to prepare comprehensive risk preparedness strategies and emergency response plans for World Heritage properties that are exposed to risk from natural disasters;

17. Reminds State Parties that Recovery Plans and on major reconstruction projects, which extend beyond emergency repair and stabilisation works should be subject to Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs) prepared in accordance with the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in the World Heritage Context and that detailed project documentation including HIAs should be submitted to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies before making any decision that would be difficult to reverse, in conformity with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines.

Development pressures and the need for management effectiveness

18. Notes with concern the continued and increasing pressures on World Heritage arising from a wide range of development pressures from small scale housing projects to large scale infrastructure development, including for transport and energy, urban development and expansion, mining and extraction, and the building of border barriers, to the development of tourism infrastructure within World Heritage properties or in their wider setting, resulting in significant potential and ascertained threats to the OUV of these properties;

19. Notes the importance of clearly established governance and legislation protecting the OUV of the property and that effective management systems for World Heritage properties must be integrated into urban, local and regional development plans and processes so that the coherent and coordinated protection of OUV is implemented by all levels of government;

20. Welcomes the launch of the UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas digital tool that also supports the implementation of the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape and encourages States Parties to implement the Atlas for managing World Heritage properties in urban contexts;

21. Invites States Parties to regularly evaluate their World Heritage management systems to ensure that management is effective, and to inform adaptive management approaches by utilizing the 2023 Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 to ensure that the OUV is conserved and management objectives are achieved;

22. Reminds States Parties that in order to effectively plan, manage and inform decision-making, that they ensure that the potential impacts of developments on the OUV are appropriately assessed, in line with Paragraph 3 above and that no developments proceed that would negatively impact the OUV;

23. Notes furthermore the support of sound information systems for effective management systems, such as the World Heritage Online Map Platform and the UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas, as well as the importance of sharing management practices through the UNESCO World Heritage Canopy platform and the IUCN-ICCROM-ICOMOS Nature-Culture Community of PANORAMA and invites States Parties to continue to contribute to their information and practices;

24. Also welcomes the agreement signed between UNESCO, IUCN and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) to reinforce capacity building and quality assurance for Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) for World Heritage properties;


Local Communities, Indigenous Peoples, and Human-Rights

25. Recalling Article 5 of the Convention that each State Party shall adopt for their territory a general policy which aims to give the cultural and natural heritage a function in the life of the community, and the integration of the protection of that heritage into comprehensive planning programmes as a means of ensuring effective protection, conservation and presentation of cultural and natural heritage;

26. Also recalling the obligations of States Parties to ensure that the management of their World Heritage properties should follow a human rights-based approach in line with international human rights standards and norms, including the expectations set out in the 2015 Policy on the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective in World Heritage Processes, and the UNESCO Policy on Engaging with Indigenous Peoples in order to ensure the full participation of all right-holders and stakeholders and in particular Indigenous peoples including through the provision of free, prior and informed consent on issues related to World Heritage properties that affect Indigenous Peoples;

27. Further recalling the provisions of the Operational Guidelines that call upon States Parties to adopt a human rights-based approach and to ensure the participation of local communities and/or Indigenous Peoples in the implementation of the Convention;

28. Acknowledges that historically for some World Heritage properties, OUV has been defined without the meaningful or sufficient participation of the Indigenous Peoples concerned and may not have taken into account their perspectives, including their relationship with the land and the interconnectedness of nature and culture and that this may have significant negative impacts on the rights, practices, traditions, livelihoods and heritage of concerned Indigenous Peoples;

29. Expresses its utmost concern and strongly condemns all forms of human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples and local communities, including forced evictions, and reiterates that such violations are unacceptable within the framework of the World Heritage Convention, urges the States Parties concerned to urgently investigate allegations where such violations have been reported, and calls upon States Parties to ensure equitable, inclusive and participatory governance mechanisms ensuring full respect of human rights, including the rights of Indigenous Peoples, as an integral part of the management of World Heritage properties;

30. Takes note that an international expert workshop on ‘Recognising and Respecting Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Values in World Heritage Sites’ was organised by the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on World Heritage (IIPFWH) in January 2024 with the participation of the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre, and invites the IIPFWH to make available the outcome document at the earliest opportunity;

31. Also takes note that the 21st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of ICOMOS addressed the question of human rights-based approach to heritage management;


Climate Change

32. Notes with concern the increasing impacts of Climate Change on cultural and natural World Heritage properties;

33. Welcomes the adoption of the Policy Document on Climate Action for World Heritage (Policy Document) by the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention at its 24th session (UNESCO, 2023), urges States Parties to implement it and encourages States Parties, the World Heritage Centre, the Advisory Bodies and World Heritage-related Category 2 Centres to disseminate it widely through appropriate means;

34. Takes note of the initiatives taken by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to advance work to support implementation of the Policy Document, including on the development of a draft climate action for World Heritage toolkit and through the ongoing revision of the Resource Manual on Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage, as well as the upcoming activities for a Guidance Document and encourages States Parties to support these initiatives through extrabudgetary contributions;

35. Also takes note of the ICOMOS Climate Change Adaptation Guide, proposed online and the pro-active engagement with the threats posed by climate change to Indigenous heritage;


World Heritage contribution to Biodiversity Conventions

36. Reiterates its request to States Parties to fully harness the World Heritage Convention in supporting the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including through effective collaboration among convention focal points, and by integrating World Heritage-related objectives within their updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), to ensure synergies between World Heritage and other biodiversity-related Conventions, and that World Heritage properties fully benefit from international biodiversity financing such as the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund;

37. Thanks the States Parties of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Germany for their offer to support the expert meeting on World Heritage and the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, with a view to elaborating specific guidance on how the World Heritage Convention could be better harnessed to contribute to the Global Biodiversity Framework and the aims of the Joint Programme of Work on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity, and requests that the outcomes and recommendations of the expert meeting be reported to the Committee at its 47th session;

38. Noting the growing concern over the impacts of avian influenza on wildlife in World Heritage properties, encourages management authorities to develop appropriate management strategies in line with international standards and good practice.]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8469 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.1 Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) (C 1033) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.3,
  2. Recalling Decisions 37 COM 7B.71, 39 COM 7B.94, 40 COM 7B.49, 41 COM 7B.42, 42 COM 7A.5, 43 COM 7A.45, 44 COM 7A.32 and 45 COM 7A.55 adopted at its 37th (Phnom Penh, 2013), 39th (Bonn, 2015), 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016), 41st (Krakow, 2017), 42nd (Manama, 2018), 43rd (Baku, 2019), extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
  3. Commends the State Party on the progress made in implementing the adopted corrective measures required to achieve the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) and previous decisions of the Committee, including the amendment of the Viennese Building Code, the extension of the roof cadastre to include historic metal structures, and the forthcoming amendment of the Federal Monuments Protection Act;
  4. Notes the findings and recommendations of the 2024 joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS/ICCROM Advisory mission and requests the State Party to consider the recommendations as an essential working tool to ensure further improvement of the new management system and to guide the future revision of the management plan accepted by the World Heritage Committee at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023);
  5. Also notes that the efficacy of the Management Plan has to be demonstrated in practice through regular monitoring, reiterates its previous advice that the revisions to the Management Plan should address issues raised in the 2022 ICOMOS Technical Review, and further notes that other management issues that remain to be addressed include strengthening the role of the site managers, establishing and reporting on a monitoring and evaluation programme, and improving the definition of the attributes that convey the OUV of the property;
  6. Acknowledges the submission of the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for projects in the Schwarzenberg Garden and also encourages the State Party to implement both the mitigation measures contained in the HIA and the recommendations of the relevant ICOMOS Technical Review, including not proceeding with the current design for the construction of a new hotel wing associated with the reuse of the Schwarzenberg Palace, but to further develop alternatives and to submit further details of the design for this project and for the rehabilitation of the Schwarzenberg Garden, as well as documentation on the Schwarzenberg Palace renovation project, to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies;
  7. Appreciates the continued efforts of the State Party and other actors to further revise the design plans for the Heumarkt Neu project, including the submission of a fourth revision of the original design by further reducing the negative impacts of the proposal on the OUV of the property and the attributes that convey it;
  8. Considers the further revised design proposal for refinement of the Heumarkt Neu development should be informed by the four options proposed by the 2024 Advisory mission, in order to achieve the relevant DSOCR element, and urges the State Party to submit detailed plans and designs on the basis of HIA to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies;
  9. Regrets that at an architectural competition for a new underground visitors centre for the Upper Belvedere Palace was awarded without the project being notified to the World Heritage Centre in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines or an impact assessment being undertaken in accordance with paragraphs 110 and 118bis, and requests the State Party to submit documentation on this project, including an HIA following the methodology of the 2022 Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context, to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies before any decisions are taken on its implementation that may be difficult to reverse;
  10. Also regrets that the project for the extension of the metro system with new stations in the property was not communicated to the World Heritage Centre in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines, and further requests the State Party to provide the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies with details of the project, its current status and any impact assessments on the OUV of the property, in accordance with paragraphs 110 and 118bis of the Operational Guidelines;
  11. Notes furthermore that a number of the adopted corrective measures remain to be implemented and therefore encourages furthermore the State Party to continue their implementation in consultation with the World Heritage Centre and Advisory Bodies, with a view to achieving the DSOCR;
  12. Requests that a Reactive Monitoring mission takes place soon after the submission of the detailed plans and designs of the Heumarkt Neu project in its version of April 2024;
  13. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and on the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  14. Decides to retain the Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8470 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.2 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (Romania) (C 1552rev) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.56 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Welcomes the outcomes that the decision of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of 8 March 2024 to dismiss Gabriel Resources’ arbitration claim against the Government of Romania regarding the annulment of mining permits in 2007 may have on the state of conservation of the property;
  4. Notes that Gabriel Resources has the right to challenge the decision within 120 days, and requests the State Party to provide an update on this crucial mining issue as soon as it is able;
  5. Also welcomes the activation of the Management Committee (corrective measure 3) and progress with all other corrective measures according to the approved timeframe, in particular:
    1. Revision of the Management Plan, including a reassessment of the Roman archaeological sites in order to establish conservation priorities,
    2. Development of the General Urban Plan (PUG), a key planning document necessary to prevent mining or any other activities that might impact negatively on the Outstanding Universal Value of the property (corrective measure 2),
    3. Development of mitigation measures to address polluted underground mine water to be included in the PUG (corrective measure 5),
    4. Development of an inspection and maintenance regime for header ponds (corrective measure 6);
  6. Encourages the State Party to include in the Management Plan, as part of its reassessment of the Roman archaeological sites, an archaeological research plan to guide future work on existing sites and on future survey work to clarify what further surface and underground mining, ore processing and settlement sites of the Roman period remain;
  7. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property, including information on progress made in implementing corrective measures, and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  8. Decides to retain Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (Romania) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8471 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.3 Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbia) (C 724 bis) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Decidesto adjourn the debate on this agenda item until its next ordinary session.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8472 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.4 Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) (C 527ter) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7B.59 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Deplores the RussianFederation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the loss of human life;
  4. Welcomes the State Party’s commitment to the protection of the World Heritage property ‘Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra’, in particular the various protective measures it has taken, and expresses its utmost concern at the increasing potential threats facing the property in relation to the ongoing war;
  5. Calls on the Russian Federation to refrain from any action that would cause direct or indirect damage to the property and its buffer zone and wider setting, as well as to cultural heritage in Ukraine overall, in particular to its World Heritage properties and their buffer zones and wider settings, as well as sites included on the Tentative List of Ukraine, and to fulfil its obligations under international law, including Article 6 of the World Heritage Convention;
  6. Welcomes the various actions undertaken by UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to assist Ukraine in protecting and safeguarding the property and, more generally, of cultural heritage throughout its territory within its internationally recognised borders, including through awareness-raising and capacity-building activities;
  7. Encourages the State Party to continue to take all possible measures to protect its cultural and natural heritage threatened by the war, in particular its World Heritage properties, including their buffer zones and wider settings, and sites included in the Tentative List;
  8. Calls on the international community to ensure, where applicable, that its support is implemented in full compliance with the provisions of the World Heritage Convention and the Operational Guidelines, to continue to support the safeguarding of cultural and natural heritage in Ukraine, and to cooperate in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property coming from Ukraine;
  9. Acknowledges the efforts made by the State Party to prepare a Management Plan for the property under challenging circumstances and requests that the Management Plan is amended in accordance with the recommendations of the Technical Review by ICOMOS, and resubmitted to the World Heritage Centre for further review before it is finalised and implemented;
  10. Reiterates its concern that the risk preparedness measures for the property are not yet sufficient in terms of analysis of potential impacts of nearby missile strikes on the building fabric and measures to address these impacts, and strongly encourages the State Party to give high priority to the development and urgent implementation of an emergency preparedness and risk mitigation plan, taking full advantage of the support that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies can provide, thanks to the support of the Government of Japan, and incorporating the work being done on vibrometric monitoring of buildings and structures;
  11. Further acknowledges the scientific studies, repair and restoration work carried out by the State Party on the property, takes note of the State Party’s request regarding the urgent need for technical assistance to the National Preserve ‘Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra’ and National Conservation Area ‘Saint-Sophia of Kyiv’ for the processing and storage of digital models, and invites the State Party to take full advantage of the ongoing assistance provided by UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies, thanks to the support of the Government of Japan, to improve the processing and storage of digital data models undertaken for various components of the property;
  12. Notes the detailed regulations already in place to preserve the landscape and urban qualities of the buffer zone, including restrictions on the volume and height of new buildings, but further notes that a review of recent new developments has highlighted the need for these regulations to be better adapted to the specific characteristics of the historic urban landscape, and requests the State Party to fine-tune these regulations to prevent the urbanisation of green areas such as the slopes of the Pechora-Navodnytska hill;
  13. Reminds the State Party that Heritage Impact Assessments of major projects that may impact the OUV of the property should be undertaken, in line with Paragraph 118bis of the Operational Guidelines, and further invites the State Party to follow the methodology of the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context in their preparation;
  14. Also reiterates its request to the State Party to ensure that the adopted and planned legislative amendments do not have a negative impact on the fulfilment of its obligations under the World Heritage Convention, and to submit them to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies before they are enacted, and invites the State Party to take full advantage of the assistance to be provided by UNESCO, at the request of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, and thanks to the support of the Government of Japan, to improve the regulatory framework for cultural heritage in Ukraine;
  15. Further reiterates its request to the State Party to prepare, in consultation with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies, a proposal for the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) and a set of corrective measures along with a timeframe for their implementation, for adoption by the Committee at its 47th session, while noting that this process may be hampered by the ongoing war and its unforeseeable consequences;
  16. Finally requests the State Party to submit an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2025 for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  17. Decides to retain Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8473 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.5 L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (Ukraine) (C 865bis) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7B.60 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Deplores the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the loss of human life;
  4. Commends the State Party for its strong commitment to the protection of the World Heritage property ‘L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre’, in particular for having taken various protective measures, and reiterates its utmost concern at the potential threats facing the property due to the ongoing war;
  5. Calls on the Russian Federation to refrain from any action that would cause direct or indirect damage to the property and its buffer zone and wider setting, as well as to cultural heritage in Ukraine overall, in particular to its World Heritage properties and their buffer zones and wider settings, as well as sites included on the Tentative List of Ukraine, and to fulfil its obligations under international law, including Article 6 of the World Heritage Convention;
  6. Welcomes the various actions undertaken by UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to assist Ukraine in protecting and safeguarding the property and, more generally, of cultural heritage throughout its territory within its internationally recognised borders, including through awareness-raising and capacity-building activities, and encourages further assistance and support, including to develop a proposal for the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) and a set of corrective measures along with a timeframe for their implementation, for adoption by the Committee at its 47th session, as well as a Management Plan for the property, including an emergency preparedness and risk mitigation plan, while noting that this process may be hampered by the ongoing war and its unforeseeable consequences;
  7. Encourages furthermore the State Party to continue to take all possible measures to protect its cultural and natural heritage threatened by the war, in particular its World Heritage properties, including their buffer zones and wider settings, and sites included in the Tentative List;
  8. Also calls on the international community to cooperate in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property coming from Ukraine, to continue to support the safeguarding of Ukraine’s cultural and natural heritage, and to ensure, where applicable, that its support is implemented in full compliance with the provisions of the World Heritage Convention and its Operational Guidelines;
  9. Expresses its concern about the potential negative impact of the hotel project at 9 Adam Mickiewicz Square, within the property, on its Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and requests an immediate halt to the construction works and a redesign of the project to ensure that it does not have a negative impact on the property’s OUV;
  10. Expresses further concern that the planning and management systems in place at the property have allowed this development to occur, recommends that these systems be strengthened and made consistent with the objective of maintaining the OUV of the property and implementing the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape; reiterates its request to the State Party to ensure that any adopted and planned legislative amendments do not have a negative impact on the fulfilment of its obligations under the 1972 World Heritage Convention and to submit them to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies before they are enacted, and invites the State Party to take full advantage of the ongoing assistance provided by UNESCO, at the request of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, to improve the regulatory framework for cultural heritage in Ukraine, in particular through a legal analysis and systematisation of national normative acts governing the protection of cultural property, to ensure alignment with relevant international standard-setting instruments;
  11. Takes note of the Historical and Architectural Reference Plan of L’viv approved by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy and requests the State Party to submit this documentation to the World Heritage Centre for review by ICOMOS;
  12. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  13. Decides to retain L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (Ukraine) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8474 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.6 The Historic Centre of Odesa (Ukraine) (C 1703) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
  2. Recalling Decision 18 EXT.COM 5.2 adopted at its 18th extraordinary session (UNESCO, 2023),
  3. Deplores the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the loss of human life and expresses its utmost concern at the increasing ascertained and potential threats facing the property;
  4. Appreciates the commitment of the State Party to the protection of the World Heritage property ‘The Historic Centre of Odesa’, in particular through the various protective measures taken, including the documentation, stabilisation, repair and restoration work of damaged cultural heritage buildings, and invites the State Party to continue to take all possible measures to protect the property and, in general, its cultural and natural heritage threatened by the war, in particular its World Heritage properties, including their buffer zones and wider settings, as well as the sites included in the Tentative List;
  5. Calls on the Russian Federation to refrain from any action that would cause direct or indirect damage to the property and its buffer zone and wider setting, as well as to cultural heritage in Ukraine overall, in particular to its World Heritage properties and their buffer zones and wider settings, as well as sites included on the Tentative List of Ukraine, and to fulfil its obligations under international law, including Article 6 of the World Heritage Convention;
  6. Welcomes the progress made by the State Party in the implementation of the Committee’s previous decision, despite the difficult circumstances, and requests the State Party to continue to implement the remaining recommendations with due diligence, as permitted by the current circumstances, and to take full advantage of the ongoing assistance provided by UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies, including under the World Heritage Fund;
  7. Takes note of the submission by the State Party of the map of the property, as requested by the Committee in its previous decision, and considers this to be consistent with the boundaries of the property as inscribed;
  8. Reiterates its recommendation to the State Party, made in its previous decision, to give urgent consideration to extending the buffer zone of the property and setting out how it will be managed to support the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, and further invites the State Party to submit, as soon as possible, a minor boundary modification reflecting the extended buffer zone;
  9. Reiterates its call on the international community to continue to support the safeguarding of Ukraine’s cultural and natural heritage, and further calls on the international community to ensure, where applicable, that its support is implemented in full compliance with the provisions of the World Heritage Convention and its Operational Guidelines, and to cooperate in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property from Ukraine;
  10. Reiterates its concern that the risk preparedness measures for the property are not yet sufficient in terms of analysis of potential impacts of missile strikes on the building fabric and measures to address these impacts, and strongly encourages the State Party to give high priority to the development and urgent implementation of an emergency preparedness and risk mitigation plan, taking full advantage of the support that UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies can provide thanks to the support of the Government of Japan;
  11. Notes with appreciation the invitation by the State Party for a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the property and expresses its regret that this mission could not take place due to the ongoing security situation;
  12. Also notes with appreciation the project ‘Support for the Implementation of the Odesa Cultural Development Strategy’ and requests that its outcomes be submitted to the World Heritage Centre;
  13. Further notes with appreciation the granting of provisional enhanced protection under the Second Protocol of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict to three buildings in the property, and encourages the State Party to seek enhanced protection under the Second Protocol for other significant cultural heritage buildings in the property;
  14. Reminds the State Party that major restorations or new constructions which may affect the OUV of the property should be notified to the World Heritage Centre as soon as possible and before making any decisions that would be difficult to reverse and that Heritage Impact Assessments of such projects should be undertaken following the methodology of the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context, in accordance with paragraphs 172 and 118bis of the Operational Guidelines respectively;
  15. Also reiterates its request to the State Party to ensure that the adopted and planned legislative amendments do not have a negative impact on the fulfilment of its obligations under the World Heritage Convention, and to submit them to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies before they are enacted, and invites the State Party to take full advantage of the assistance to be provided by UNESCO, at the request of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, and thanks to the support of the Government of Japan, to improve the regulatory framework for cultural heritage in Ukraine;
  16. Further reiterates its request to the State Party to prepare, in consultation with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies, a proposal for the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) and a set of corrective measures along with a timeframe for their implementation, for adoption by the Committee at its 47th session, while noting that this process may be hampered by the ongoing war and its unforeseeable consequences;
  17. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025 an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  18. Decides to retain The Historic Centre of Odesa (Ukraine) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8475 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.7 City of Potosi (Bolivia, Plurinational State of) (C 420) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
  2. Recalling Decisions 44 COM 8B.66 and 45 COM 7A.18 adopted at its extended 44th (Fuzhou, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
  3. Takes note of the efforts made by the State Party to implement the previous Committee decisions and the technical advances made to meet the corrective measures for achieving the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR);
  4. Also takes note of the “Critical Route to remove Potosí from the World Heritage List in Danger and the preservation of Cerro Rico de Potosí,” which declares the Cerro Rico in emergency status, as well as the establishment of the Management Committee focusing on the implementation of the Integrated and Participatory Management Plan (IPMP) with the participation of various stakeholders, including civil society;
  5. Expresses its concern over the insufficient implementation rate of the IPMP and requests again the State Party to ensure its full implementation with adequate resources in place;
  6. Notes the process for the legalization of the Minor Boundary Modification proposal for the establishment of the property’s buffer zone, and urges again the State Party to finalize the proposal in accordance with recommendations provided by the Committee in its Decision 44 COM 8B.66, and to submit the proposal to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies and approval by the World Heritage Committee, in conformity with paragraphs 163 and 164 of the Operational Guidelines, as soon as possible;
  7. Notes with satisfaction the preservation efforts of the Kari Kari water system’s lagoons and encourages the State Party to ensure continuous rigorous monitoring of the lagoons;
  8. Further notes the agreement between the Autonomous Municipal Government of Potosí (GAMP) and the Tomás Frías Autonomous University for the preservation of the cultural heritage of the historical areas of the City of Potosí, training programs for future professionals, updating legislation, and establishing a digital database and requests the State Party to provide further information on the initiatives implemented;
  9. Also expresses its concern for the lack of significant actions to ensure the consolidation and enforcement of the legal framework and regulations related to the entire property;
  10. Welcomes the progress achieved regarding the stabilization and monitoring of the slopes of Cerro Rico, the dry filling of sink holes, and the relocation of minors, and urges again the State Party to prioritize the definitive closure of mining sections above 4,400 meters above sea level;
  11. Notes with satisfaction the technical reviews conducted by the GAMP for safeguarding reservoirs and mining facilities, and that 55 mining mills were inventoried and will be regularly inspected;
  12. Expresses utmost concern in view of the prolonged inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger, the proposed extension of the timeframe outlined for the completion of all corrective measures within the IPMP to January 2026;
  13. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  14. Decides to retain City of Potosí (Bolivia (Plurinational State of)) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8476 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.8 Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Panama) (C 135) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.19 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Appreciates that the loan of the Inter-American Development Bank has been extended until December 2025;
  4. Regrets that the revised timeframe 2019-2023 that was proposed by the State Party for the full implementation of the programme of corrective measures was not implemented, adopts the revised timeframe for implementation of the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) for the period of 2024-2026, and urges the State Party to implement the revised workplan that has been established and corrective measures accordingly in order to achieve the DSOCR by the end of 2026;
  5. Welcomes the completion of the Land Management Plan of Portobelo and recommends the State Party to consider the eventual recommendations of a technical review of the plan by the Advisory Bodies;
  6. Notes that the integrated Management Plan will be prepared in 2024 and requests the State Party to submit the Plan for review by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies as soon as it becomes available;
  7. Also welcomes the completion of the conservation works at the San Lorenzo Castle and its Upper Battery, also notes that a great volume of works is still to be executed at the Fortifications of San Jeronimo, San Fernando and Santiago and further welcomes that a special training programme of workers is foreseen;
  8. Further notes that the Visitor Centre at San Lorenzo will be concluded in 2024 and regrets that no appropriate assessment of its potential impact on the World Heritage property and its buffer zone was prepared in spite of the Committee’s requests expressed in Decisions 44 COM 7A.36 and 45 COM 7A.19 and urges the State Party to prepare a Heritage Impact Assessment in line with the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context, and to submit the assessment to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies as soon as it becomes available;
  9. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  10. Decides to retain Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Panama) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8477 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.9 Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (Peru) (C 366) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.20 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
  3. Commends the State Party for its continued commitment to implement the Master Plan for the Conservation and Management of the Chan Chan Archaeological Complex 2021-2031 and welcomes the important contribution of the Pan-American Centre for the Conservation of Earthen Heritage in the fields of research and conservation, and the financial contributions of other government bodies at the national and regional level through special investment projects, and the support to develop and improve tourism facilities;
  4. Also commends the State Party for its continued commitment to implement the Committee’s decisions and programme of corrective measures, as adopted in Decision 36 COM 7A.34, with the aim of achieving the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger;
  5. Appreciates that progress is being made in the amendment of Law 28261 and that the Ministry of Culture, through the Directorate of World Heritage Sites and the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of La Libertad (DDC-LIB), is actively engaging with the newly elected administration of the Provincial Municipality of Trujillo concerning the approval of the Metropolitan Urban Development Plan that incorporates the Regulation of the Buffer Zone of the Chan Chan Archaeological Complex;
  6. Notes again with regret that these two essential components of the programme of corrective measures have remained pending for several years, and urges once again the State Party to take the necessary measures for enhanced coordination, commitment and a strict timeframe for:
    1. The delimitation and regulations of the proposed buffer zone,
    2. The implementation of the amended Law 28261 that would address the matter of illegal occupation;
  7. Notes furthermore that construction of the El Sol Highway through the property is currently halted and recalls Decision 44 COM 7A.37 in which it is stated that the proposal to widen the existing Trujillo ring road that passes through the property and the buffer zone endangers the property’s integrity and Outstanding Universal Value;
  8. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  9. Decides to retain Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (Peru) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8478 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST 46 COM 7A.10 Coro and its Port (Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of) (C 658) The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
  2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.21 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyad, 2023),
  3. Welcomes the implementation of the conservation measures carried out in the last year following a very inclusive approach;
  4. Notes the important work accomplished in view of the submission of a Minor Boundary Modification (MBM) proposal and reiterates its request that the final MBM proposal be submitted to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies and approval by the World Heritage Committee, as per Paragraphs 163 and 164 of the Operational Guidelines, as soon as possible;
  5. Welcomes the progress achieved in the implementation of the corrective measures adopted in Decision 38 COM 7A.23 and requests that a full and detailed account on the effective operationalization of all the 11 corrective measures be provided in the next state of conservation report;
  6. Commends the State Party for the completion of a comprehensive management plan, along with the establishment of regulatory measures for the proposed Buffer Zone and Disaster Risk Plans for the Historic Center of Coro and Historic Center of La Vela, the development of a conservation strategy and the development of an action plan, including a prioritized and budgeted intervention programme, based on solid surveys and guidelines duly integrating traditional know-how;
  7. Takes note with satisfaction of the numerous, comprehensive and inclusive restoration, rehabilitation, and stabilization measures carried out in favor of the traditional buildings damaged by the rains in October and November 2022, and requests the State Party to provide detailed information on the activities further implemented;
  8. Further notes the role of the Joint Commission and the reinforcement of management structures and requests the State Party to provide specific and complete information on the harmonization of legals tools for the protection of the property;
  9. Further takes note with satisfaction of the important drainage measures implemented during the period concerned but noting that the establishment of a durable drainage strategy and plan – underpinned by all necessary financial resources – remains to be completed, reiterates its request that a complete, durable drainage system, duly resourced, be put in place;
  10. Requests furthermore the State Party to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS/ICCROM Reactive Monitoring mission to assess achievements in addressing the factors affecting the property;
  11. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of all corrective measures adopted to reach the Desired state of conservation together with a clear timeframe, in view of the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;
  12. Decides to retain Coro and its Port (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
]]> https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/8479 [email protected] Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 EST