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Date Start: 1999close
Date end:1999close
Threats* : Management systems/ management planclose
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1999)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.12,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Decline in wildlife populations
Danger List:  Yes
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1999)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: State of dilapidation of the Puerta Elvira area
Angkor (1999)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (1999)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Asante Traditional Buildings (1999)
States Parties: Ghana
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (1999)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Issue of the transfer of seven original paintings from the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum to Mrs. Dina Babbitt, author of the paintings in 1944.
Baalbek (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Bahla Fort (1999)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Białowieża Forest (1999)
States Parties: Belarus Poland
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Butrint (1999)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for monitoring of the situation at the site
Danger List:  Yes
Byblos (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Canaima National Park (1999)
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.18,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conflicts between the Pemons communities and the National Guard
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1999)
States Parties: France
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (1999)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragility of the abdobe structures
Danger List:  Yes
Chavin (Archaeological Site) (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the site
Churches and Convents of Goa (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
City of Cuzco (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (1999)
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Complex of Hué Monuments (1999)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Galápagos Islands (1999)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (1999)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Great Barrier Reef (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Group of Monuments at Hampi (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Heard and McDonald Islands (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historic Areas of Istanbul (1999)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Cairo (1999)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.7
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (1999)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Critical conditions of particularly two archaeological sites
Iguaçu National Park (1999)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Island of Mozambique (1999)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Precarious state of conservation of the stone
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) (1999)
States Parties: Argentina Brazil
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Aggressive natural environment
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (1999)
States Parties: El Salvador
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Kakadu National Park (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9C,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9D,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9E,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9F,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9G,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Kathmandu Valley (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.19,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8A,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8B,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8C
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kaziranga National Park (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Los Katíos National Park (1999)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Extremely harsh natural environment
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1999)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Maya Site of Copan (1999)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Attention to be paid to the conservation of stone and stuccos
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1999)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1999)
States Parties: France
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1999)
States Parties: Zambia Zimbabwe
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1999)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Sana'a (1999)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Halt of site excavations
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General deterioration of the Golden Temple
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1999)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (1999)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Sacred City of Kandy (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Sagarmatha National Park (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Growing energy demands of the tourist industry
Salonga National Park (1999)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Sangay National Park (1999)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.17,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Serengeti National Park (1999)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Site of Palmyra (1999)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
St Kilda (1999)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Sundarbans National Park (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Taxila (1999)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of vegetation control
The Sundarbans (1999)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (1999)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tikal National Park (1999)
States Parties: Guatemala
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Town of Luang Prabang (1999)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tyre (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Wet Tropics of Queensland (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
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Albania Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belarus Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador France Georgia Germany Ghana Guatemala Guinea Honduras India Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Mozambique Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Spain Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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