[Uniquement en anglais] The application of the procedure foreseen in paragraph 40 above to cultural properties will be considered by the Committee at a later meeting.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee requested the Secretariat to prepare a revised text of the "Operational Guidelines" reflecting the above-mentioned decisions and to present this text to the Bureau at its next session. One question that should be studied in this connection would be the possibility of adding a criterion on integrity for the evaluation of cultural properties.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee considered that it would be desirable to be able to examine nominations at its fourth session within the framework of a national inventory of cultural and natural properties which the State Party considers suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List. This would allow for a preliminary evaluation of the comparative value of properties within that State. The Committee therefore expressed the hope that each State Party concerned would make available to the Committee before its next session a list of those properties which it intends to nominate to ...
3 COM XI.32
[Uniquement en anglais] Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee considered that it was absolutely essential that the List contained only properties which were of outstanding universal value. Unless this general criterion was applied to every nomination, the List could rapidly decline in value and indeed in credibility. With this in mind, the Committee recommended that the wording in the "Operational Guidelines" and the nomination forms should more adequately reflect this overriding consideration, and that ICOMOS and IUCN should be instructed to regard this requirement as of critical importance in their evaluation ...
3 COM XI.33
[Uniquement en anglais] Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee heard the reports of the two working groups set up to examine amendments to the criteria and guidelines for the evaluation of nominations and took the decisions set out below:
3 COM XI.34
[Uniquement en anglais] Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
[Uniquement en anglais] On the general question of the number of inscriptions to be entered on the World Heritage List, as well as of the selection criteria to be applied, the Committee recalled that the Convention foresees in Article 11 paragraph 1 that each State Party "shall in so far as possible submit to the World Heritage Committee _an inventory of property forming part of the cultural and natural heritage_, situated in its territory and _suitable for inclusion_" in the World Heritage List (passages not underlined in the text of the Convention). The Committee recommends that States ...
3 COM XI.35
[Uniquement en anglais] Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
[Uniquement en anglais] In response to specific questions raised by Mr. Michel Parent's report, the Committee adopted the following principles:
(i) States Parties may propose in one single nomination several individual cultural properties, which may be in different geographical locations but which should:
-be linked because they belong to the same historico-cultural group, or-be the subject of a single safeguarding project, or-belong to the same type of property characteristic of the zone.
the geographical zone in which these properties are situated should be delimited and the cultural ...
3 COM XI.36
[Uniquement en anglais] Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee took note of the typology proposed in Mr. Michel Parent's report. It considered that it was on the basis of the inventories submitted by States Parties that such a typology could be finalized. The question will therefore continue to be studied until its next session.
3 COM XI.39
[Uniquement en anglais] Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of natural properties in the World Heritage List and guidelines for the evaluation of nominations by IUCN
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee considered the complex issues concerning sites occupied by migratory species on a seasonal basis and decided to add to paragraph 11 on integrity in the "Operational Guidelines" a new sub-paragraph (v) as follows:
"In cases of migratory species, integrity will require critical areas necessary for the survival of the species to be included in the nomination. States which are parties to the Convention are requested to seek the co-operation of other States which contain seasonable sites for populations of World Heritage species so as to ensure that these ...
[Uniquement en anglais] The Australian Delegation drew attention to the fact that, on several occasions, members of the Committee and representatives of IUCN and ICOMOS had referred to the threat to which certain nominated sites were exposed, and had suggested that this factor should influence the favourable and rapid acceptance of the site in question. The Delegation expressed concern at this development, pointing out that acceptance should be based only on the established criteria dealing with the intrinsic properties of the site and, further, that if the threat affected the integrity ...
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee took up one by one those nominations which had been recommended by the Bureau for inscription on the List, those which had been recommended by the Bureau not to be entered on the List and nominations which raised a problem of application of the criteria, in accordance with the Committee's decision mentioned in paragraph 15 above. In each case the Committee heard, as appropriate, the comments of the representatives of IUCN and/or ICOMOS who referred to the criteria met by the property in question.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee decided to enter in the World Heritage List the following 45 properties:
No. Name of property / State Party___________________________________________
19 Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region / Ethiopia
20 Ancient City of Damascus Syrian / Arab Republic
The Committee noted the reservation expressed by ICOMOS concerning the threat to the site from rapid urban development.
31 Auschwitz concentration camp / Poland
The Committee decided to enter Auschwitz concentration camp on the List as a unique site and to restrict the inscription of other sites of a ...
Sites : « Stavkirke » d’Urnes Abou Mena Amphithéâtre d'El Jem Ancienne ville de Damas Antigua Guatemala Art rupestre du Valcamonica Auschwitz Birkenau Camp allemand nazi de concentration et d'extermination (1940-1945) Basilique et colline de Vézelay Cathédrale de Chartres Cavalier de Madara Contrée naturelle et culturo-historique de Kotor Église de Boyana Églises rupestres d'Ivanovo Fasil Ghebi Forêt Bialowieza Forts et châteaux de Volta, d'Accra et ses environs et des régions centrale et ouest Independence Hall Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek Le Caire historique Médina de Tunis Meidan Emam, Ispahan Memphis et sa nécropole – les zones des pyramides de Guizeh à Dahchour Mont-Saint-Michel et sa baie Monuments de Nubie d'Abou Simbel à Philae Noyau historique de Split avec le palais de Dioclétien Palais et parc de Versailles Parc national de Sagarmatha Parc national de Tikal Parc national des Everglades Parc national des Virunga Parc national du Grand Canyon Parc national Plitvice Parc provincial Dinosaur Patrimoine naturel et culturel de la région d’Ohrid Persépolis Quartier de « Bryggen » dans la ville de Bergen Site archéologique de Carthage Sites préhistoriques et grottes ornées de la vallée de la Vézère Tchoga Zanbil Thèbes antique et sa nécropole Tombe thrace de Kazanlak Vallée de Kathmandu Vieille ville de Dubrovnik Vieux Ras avec Sopoćani Zone de conservation de Ngorongoro
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee decided furthermore to defer the following sites:
No. Name of property / State Party
8 Ichkeul National park / Tunisia
The Committee deferred this nomination until the Tunisian Government has contacted the other States concerned to ensure adequate protection of summering and wintering areas of major migratory species found in Ichkeul.
79 Paphos, Birthplace of Aphrodite / Cyprus
The Committee deferred this nomination until more precise information was available on the possible adverse impact on the sites of the pressing needs of tourism ...
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee furthermore decided not to inscribe the following two sites on the World Heritage List:
No. 5: Zembra and Zembretta Islands National Park (Tunisia) andNo. 73: the Madeleine Island (Senegal).
[Uniquement en anglais] In order to facilitate the examination by the Committee of nominations, it was decided that in future documents submitting nominations to the Committee would include indication of the criteria under which each nomination was to be considered.
[Uniquement en anglais] After examining the requests received from States Parties and the recommendations of the Bureau, the Committee decided to grant technical co-operation as follows:
(a) Ecuador
Equipment to enable the authorities to ensure the integrity of tho natural environment of the Galapagos Islands through protective measures.
up to a maximum of $50,000
Sites : Îles Galápagos
[Uniquement en anglais] After examining the requests received from States Parties and the recommendations of the Bureau, the Committee decided to grant technical co-operation as follows:
(b) Tanzania
Services of an architect-museologist for three weeks in order to draw up a project for the conservation and presentation of the prehistoric sites of Olduvai and Laetolil.
estimated cost $5,400
[Uniquement en anglais] After examining the requests received from States Parties and the recommendations of the Bureau, the Committee decided to grant technical co-operation as follows:
(c) Egypt
Services of specialists in cultural heritage as well as equipment to draw up a project for the restoration and development of the Islamic Centre of Cairo.
up to a maximum of $ 30,000
Sites : Le Caire historique
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee was informed that requests for technical co-operation were forthcoming for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania and Virunga National Park in Zaire and agreed to delegate authority to the Chairman to approve these requests after consultation with members of the Bureau if he considered it desirable.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee approved the revised nomination form (CC-79/CONF.003/7) subject to the following:
(a) the text should be revised to reflect the decisions taken by the Committee on the criteria for the inclusion of properties in the World Heritage List and guidelines for the evaluation of nominations (see session XI above); the attention of States Parties should be drawn, in particular, to the essential criterion of outstanding universal value that should be met by properties nominated;
(b) The form should emphasize the importance of adequate buffer zones and ask ...
3 COM XV.53
[Uniquement en anglais] Support sevices to the secretariat and to the advisory international organizations
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee heard the report of the working group on the management of the Convention and its financial implications and took note of the following points:
i) The Convention was now entering its operational phase particularly as regards technical co-operation, emergency assistance and the training of specialists, which implied a considerable increase in the workload of the Secretariat. An amount of approximately $210,000 had been spent by the Unesco Secretariat in 1979 under its Regular Budget for the management of the Convention.
ii) Funds actually obligated ...
3 COM XV.54
[Uniquement en anglais] Support sevices to the secretariat and to the advisory international organizations
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee then decided:
a) that it was not opportune at the present time to retain a fixed percentage such as 14%, as indicated in paragraph 26 of document CC-79/CONF.003/12, to cover direct management costs of the Convention;
b) to ask the Director-General of Unesco to make additional efforts to provide the Secretariat with an adequate permanent staff to enable it to meet the substantial increase in workload due to the fact that the Convention has now entered its operational phase. Until the Secretariat could be fully constituted and a sufficient number of ...
3 COM XVI.55
[Uniquement en anglais] Presentation of the Statements of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and adoption of a budget
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee took note of the statement of account of the World Heritage Fund for the financial period which ended on 31 December 1978 and the interim statement of account of the Fund for the two-year financial period 1979/80 as set out in document CC-79/CONF.003/9.
3 COM XVI.56
[Uniquement en anglais] Presentation of the Statements of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and adoption of a budget
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee adopted the following budget for the period October 1979 to December 1980.
BUDGET (October 1979 - December 1980)
Activities / Brought forward from 1978-1979 / Additional funds allocated / Total funds authorized for period October 78- December 80
I. Preparatory Assistance / $69,234 /$ 80,000 / $ 149,234 (30 m/m)
II. Technical Co-operation / -- / $165,400 / $ 165,400
III. Training / $4,700 / $ 200,000 / $ 204,700
IV. Emergency / $ 70,000 / $ 100,000 / $ 170,000
V. Promotional Activities / $ 500 / $ 36,400 / $ 36,900
VI. ...
3 COM XVII.57
[Uniquement en anglais] Other matters - Balance between natural and cultural properties
[Uniquement en anglais] The working group on natural criteria also reported to the Committee on its concern at the relatively low number of natural properties so far included in the World Heritage List. It considered that, if the List gave an initial impression of being a list of cultural properties, it would deter further nominations of natural properties. The working group was also concerned that the delegations of States Members at the third session of the Committee did not include a sufficient number of specialists in the natural heritage field which reduced the Committee's ability to ...
3 COM XVII.58
[Uniquement en anglais] Other matters - Balance between natural and cultural properties
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee shared the concern of the group. It considered, however, that in view of the difficulty of determining precisely whether persons were competent in the fields of nature conservation or of the protection of cultural property, it would not be feasible to introduce such a rule on the quorum for meetings of the Committee. The responsibility for ensuring balanced representation lay with each State Member of the Committee.
3 COM XVII.59
[Uniquement en anglais] Other matters - Balance between natural and cultural properties
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee requested the Secretariat to renew its efforts to ensure that the authorities in each State Party responsible for the natural heritage were fully informed of the activities undertaken under the Convention and of the meetings of the Committee. IUCN could also be of assistance through its direct contacts. It was decided that copies of letters of invitation would be sent to those authorities responsible for the national heritage in the States Parties. The Committee decided furthermore to take up the matter again if the situation did not improve.
3 COM XVII..b).60
[Uniquement en anglais] Emergency assistance for the Natural and Culturo-historical region of Kotor (Yugoslavia)
[Uniquement en anglais] Note was taken of the request from Yugoslavia for emergency assistance, in the form of equipment and consultant services, for the Natural and Culturo-historical region of Kotor. However, the Committee felt that further information should be made available on the equipment required and decided to grant in the first instance $20,000 for consultant services.
3 COM XVII.c).61
[Uniquement en anglais] Charter on the rights and obligations relating to towns inscribed on the World Heritage List (Cracow-Quito)
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee noted that a draft Charter had been prepared jointly by the Ecuadorian and Polish authorities on this question and decided to take up the matter at a later stage.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee fully supported the appeal launched by Mrs. El-Sadat for assistance in preserving the Islamic heritage of Cairo and members declared that they would transmit details of the appeal to their respective governments.
Sites : Le Caire historique
[Uniquement en anglais] The next session of the Committee will take place early in September 1980, probably in France. The precise place and dates will be communicated to all concerned as soon as possible.
[Uniquement en anglais] Following an expression of thanks from the floor to the Egyptian authorities for the remarkable hospitality offered to the Committee, to the Chairman for the admirable way in which he had conducted the meeting and to all those who had contributed to the smooth running of the meeting,
the Chairman declared the session closed.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Chairperson drew the attention of the Committee to the two main documents of relevance to their deliberations. WHC-99/CONF.205/5 entitled "Report on the state of conservation of Kakadu National Park, Australia" provided a summary of information and deliberations concerning Kakadu up until the date of finalization of the document at the end of May. WHC-99/CONF.205/INF.4 included the record of the deliberations of the twenty-third session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee (5-10 July 1999).
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
[Uniquement en anglais] The Chairperson reminded Committee members that a mission was sent to Kakadu National Park in late 1998, at the request of the twenty-second session of the Bureau in June 1998. The mission was led by the former Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Professor Francioni of Italy. Professor Francioni reported on the mission at the twentysecond session of the Committee in Kyoto in 1998.
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
[Uniquement en anglais] The mission report (WHC-99/CONF.205/INF.3A) focused primarily on ascertained and potential dangers to the World Heritage values of Kakadu National Park posed by the Jabiluka mining proposal, and presented a total of 16 recommendations.
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
3 EXT.COM XI.1
[Uniquement en anglais] Decision of the Third Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park, Australia
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee,(a) Emphasizes the importance of Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. In particular the Committee emphasizes Article 6 (1) which states that:Whilst fully respecting the sovereignty of the States on whose territory the cultural and natural heritage (...) is situated, and without prejudice to property right provided by national legislation, the States Parties to this Convention recognize that such heritage constitutes a world heritage for whose protection it is the duty of the international community as a whole to ...
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
3 EXT.COM X1.2
[Uniquement en anglais] Decision of the Third Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park, Australia
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee,(a) Recognizes, with appreciation, that the Australian Government, Australian Supervising Scientist, advisory bodies (IUCN, ICOMOS and ICCROM) and independent scientific panel (ISP) established by the International Council of Science (ICSU) have provided the reports requested by the twenty-second session of the Committee (Kyoto, 1998);(b) Acknowledges that there are indications that a new dialogue between the Mirrar Aboriginal people and the Australian Government has begun in relation to issues concerning the Jabiluka uranium mine and mill. The ...
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
3 EXT.COM XI.3
[Uniquement en anglais] Decision of the Third Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park, Australia
[Uniquement en anglais] With consideration of 1 and 2 above, the Committee will remain vigilant in reviewing and assessing the progress made by the Australian Government. To this end the Committee requests that the Australian Government submit a progress report on the following issues by 15 April 2000 for examination by the twenty-fourth session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee:(a) progress made with cultural mapping of the Jabiluka Mineral Lease and the Boyweg-Almudj site and its boundaries and the completion of the cultural heritage management plan with the necessary ...
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
3 EXT.COM XI.4
[Uniquement en anglais] Decision of the Third Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park, Australia
[Uniquement en anglais] To resolve the remaining scientific issues, such as those raised in the ISP report, the Committee asks ICSU to continue the work of the ISP (with the addition of any additional members) to assess, in co-operation with the supervising Scientist and IUCN, the Supervising Scientist's response to the ISP report. The report of the ISP's assessment should be submitted to the World Heritage Centre by 15 April 2000 for examination by the twenty-fourth session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 2000.
Sites : Parc national de Kakadu
La troisième Assemblée générale des États parties à la Convention pour la protection du patrimoine mondial, culturel et naturel a eu lieu le 7 octobre 1980 à Belgrade (Yougoslavie), lors de la 21e session de la Conférence générale.
Quarante-huit des cinquante-trois États qui étaient parties à la Convention au 7 octobre 1980 et possédaient donc le droit de vote étaient représentés lors de la réunion, à savoir : Afghanistan, Algérie, Argentine, Australie, Bolivie, Brésil, Bulgarie, Canada, Chili, Costa Rica, Chypre, Danemark, Équateur, Égypte, Éthiopie, France, République fédérale ...
7. L’Assemblée générale a élu par acclamation S. E. M. G. Abad Grijalva (Équateur) comme Président, les représentants de Monaco, de l’Arabie saoudite, du Sri Lanka et de la Yougoslavie comme Vice-Présidents et M. Eenyam Bekele (Éthiopie) comme Rapporteur.
8. L’ordre du jour de la session a été adopté sans amendement. Les travaux de l’Assemblée ont été accomplis lors d’une seule séance.
9. Le représentant du Bureau du Contrôleur financier a présenté le document CC‑80/CONF.018/2 par lequel les comptes du Fonds ont été soumis à l’Assemblée générale, conformément au Règlement financier du Fonds du patrimoine mondial. Il a attiré l’attention sur l’état des comptes pour l’exercice qui s’achevait le 31 décembre 1978, figurant à l’annexe I du document, ainsi que sur l’état intérimaire pour l’exercice biennal 1979-1980 arrêté au 31 juillet 1980, figurant à l’annexe II. L’Assemblée a ensuite été informée des contributions versées par plusieurs États parties depuis le ...
3 GA 13
Détermination du montant de la contribution au Fonds du patrimoine mondial prévue à l'article 16 de la Convention
13. Sur proposition du Président, l’Assemblée générale a décidé à l’unanimité de maintenir pour l’exercice 1981-1983 le montant des contributions devant être versées au Fonds du patrimoine mondial, qui conformément à l’article 16, paragraphe 1 de la Convention, s’élève à 1 % de la contribution des États parties au budget ordinaire de l’UNESCO.