The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Refers the examination of the nomination on the basis of cultural criteria of Konso Cultural Landscape, Ethiopia, back to the State Party to allow it to:
a) Undertake and provide a more detailed inventory of the key attributes such as town walls, paftas, shrines;
b) Re-define the boundary to reflect the key attributes of the property, the geo-morphology of the area, and social and cultural units, and in particular consider the interface between Dokatu towns and Karat;
c) Augment ...
Sites: Konso Cultural Landscape
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Refers the examination of the nomination on the basis of cultural criteria of Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya, back to the State Party to allow it to:
a) Further develop the nomination to demonstrate that the nominated property possesses outstanding universal value;
b) Expand the comparative analysis to include other relevant fortresses and go beyond the Portuguese context;
c) Amend the designation notice so as to eliminate the discrepancy between the sizes of the conservation area ...
Sites: Fort Jesus, Mombasa
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B.Add and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Recalling that Ngorongoro Conservation Area, United Republic of Tanzania, is already inscribed on the World Heritage List under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x);
3. Inscribes Ngorongoro Conservation Area, United Republic of Tanzania, on the World Heritage List under criterion (iv);
4. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (809,440ha) spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna ...
Sites: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Note: the provisions of Decision 34 COM 8B.14 have been integrated to Decision 34 COM 8B.13
Sites: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah, Saudi Arabia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv), (v) and (vi);
3. Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis:
At-Turaif District is located on a low limestone plateau in the wadi-based oasis in Ad-Dir'iyah. The site is an urban an architectural monument extending over some 29 hectares. Ad-Dir'iyah became at the end of the 18th century, a powerful centre under ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Welcoming the additional information provided by the State Party;
3. Inscribes the Australian Convict Sites, Australia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (vi);
4. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The property consists of eleven complementary sites. It constitutes an outstanding and large-scale example of the forced migration of convicts, who were condemned to transportation to distant colonies of the ...
Sites: Australian Convict Sites
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India, on the World Heritage List under criteria (iii) and (iv).
3. Adopts the following statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis:
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, is an astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. It includes a set of some twenty main fixed instruments. They are monumental examples in masonry of known instruments but which in many cases have specific characteristics of their own. The Jantar ...
Sites: The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
34 COM 8B.18
Cultural Properties - Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil ( Islamic Republic of Iran )
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii), and (iv) ;
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble was built as a small microcosmic city with bazaars, public baths, squares, religious buildings, houses, and offices. It was the largest and most complete khānegāh and the most ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii), and (iv) ;
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex, located along one of the most frequented east-west trade routes, consists of a series of interconnected, covered brick structures, buildings, and enclosed spaces for a variety of functions - commercial and trade-related ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site , Marshall Islands on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (vi) ;
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis:
In the wake of World War II, in a move closely related to the beginnings of the Cold War, the United States of America decided to resume nuclear testing. They choose Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. After the displacement of the local ...
34 COM 8B.21
Cultural Properties - Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (Republic of Korea)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong, Republic of Korea, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv) ;
3. Adopts the followings statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis
The two villages of Hahoe and Yangdong are located in the south-eastern region of the Korean peninsula, the heartland of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), that ruled the Korean Peninsula for more than five hundred years. There is a distance of 90km ...
34 COM 8B.22
Cultural Properties - Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi (Vietnam)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B, WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Recognizing the efforts and progress made by the State Party since the ICOMOS site mission in extending archaeological excavations and guaranteeing integrated and unified management;
3. Inscribes the Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi, Vietnam, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii), and (vi);
4. Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The ...
The nomination for extension of the Mountain Railways of India to include the Matheran Light Railway, India, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
Sites: Mountain Railways of India
34 COM 8B.24
Cultural Properties-Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in "The Centre of Heaven and Earth" (China)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Inscribes the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in "The Centre of Heaven and Earth", China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (vi);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
For many centuries Dengfeng, one of the early capitals of China whose precise location is unknown, but whose name is now associated with an area to the south of Mount Shaoshi and Mount Taishi, two peaks of Mount Songshan, came to be ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes Proto-urban Site of Sarazm, Tajikistan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The proto-urban site of Sarazm is an archaeological site which bears witness to the development of settlements in Central Asia from the 4th millennium BCE to the late 3rd millennium BCE. The Proto-urban Site of Sarazm illustrates the early rise of proto-urbanization in this region, ...
Sites: Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
The nomination of Augustowski Canal - a work of man and nature, Belarus / Poland was withdrawn at the request of the States Parties.
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Defers the examination of the nomination of the Major Mining Sites of Wallonia, Belgium, to the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party to:
a) Clarify the ownership situation of Blegny-Mine and contractualize responsibility for its management with the management company;
b) Review the buffer zone at Bois-du-Luc, in accordance with the principles already applied to the buffer zones for the three other sites;
c) Make in-depth protection of the property's components ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Episcopal City of Albi, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (v);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Episcopal City of Albi presents a complete built ensemble representative of a type of urban development in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. Its monumental and urban elements are complementary and well preserved, in subtle harmony of tones and appearance thanks to the use ...
Sites: Episcopal City of Albi
The nomination of Sites of Christianity in the Galilee, Israel, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
34 COM 8B.30
Cultural Properties - Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Netherlands)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht, Netherlands, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii) and (iv);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Amsterdam Canal District illustrates exemplary hydraulic and urban planning on a large scale through the entirely artificial creation of a large-scale port city. The gabled facades are characteristic of this ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Defers the examination of the nomination of Darwin's Landscape Laboratory, United Kingdom, on the World Heritage List;
3. Requests the World Heritage Centre to organize a meeting for deliberating on sites presenting Outstanding Universal Value, essentially on an associative ...
The examination of the nomination of Mount Vernon, United States of America, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
34 COM 8B.33
Cultural Properties - Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System (Germany)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Approves the extension of the Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar to include the Upper Harz Water Management System, on the basis of criteria (i), (ii), and (iv), to become Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System, Germany;
3. Adopts the following statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The copper, lead and tin mines of Rammelsberg mountain, in the Harz region, were worked continuously from the 11th ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Approves the extension of Røros Mining Town to include the Circumference and to become Røros Mining Town and the Circumference, Norway, on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv), and (v);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference consist of three sites within the Circumference, i.e. the area of privileges awarded by the Danish-Norwegian King to Røros Copper Works in ...
34 COM 8B.35
Cultural Properties - Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (Portugal / Spain)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Approves the extension of Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley, Portugal to include Palaeolithic Rock Art Ensemble in Siega Verde, Spain and become Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde, Portugal, Spain on the basis of criteria (i) and (iii);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The property includes the two Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley (Portugal) and Siega Verde ...
34 COM 8B.36
Cultural Properties - Extension of Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev Pechersk Lavra to include Saint Cyril’s Church and Saint Andrew’s Church (Ukraine)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Defers the examination of the extension of Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev Pechersk Lavra to include Saint Cyril's Church and Saint Andrew's Church, Ukraine, to the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party to:
a) Review and expand the comparative analysis for Saint Cyril's Church with Byzantine churches and for the mural scheme for Saint Andrew's Church the stylistic genesis and then its influence in the Orthodox Christian world;
b) ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the extension of the City of Graz - Historic Centre to include Schloss Eggenberg and to become City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg, Austria, on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B.Add and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add, recognizes that the nomination entitled "Triple Arch Gate at Dan" (Israel) has Outstanding Universal Value;
2. Takes note of information provided concerning legal and technical data;
3. Postpones consideration of this nomination until additional information is ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the extension of the Churches of Moldavia to include the Church of the Resurrection of Suceviţa Monastery, Romania, on the basis of criteria (i) and (iv);
3. Considers that this extension completes and closes the series of Churches of Moldavia;
4. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The churches with external mural paintings of northern Moldavia, built from the late 15th century to the late 16th century, are masterpieces ...
Sites: Churches of Moldavia
34 COM 8B.40
Cultural Properties - Mercury and Silver Binomial. Almadén and Idrija with San Luis Potosí (Spain / Mexico / Slovenia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Defers the examination of the nomination of the Mercury and Silver Binomial. Almadén and Idrija with San Luis Potosí, Spain / Mexico / Slovenia, to the World Heritage List in order to enable the States Parties to:
a) Reconsider the definition of the property in San Luis Potosí, but also with its mining region, and more broadly in comparison with the other silver extraction sites using the amalgamation process in Mexico, to bring it into line with the mining and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Inscribes the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Mexico, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
3. Adopts the following statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro constitutes a part of the Spanish Intercontinental Royal Route from Mexico City to Santa Fe. The property, consists of five existing urban World Heritage sites and 55 other sites related to the use of the road, such as bridges, former ...
34 COM 8B.42
Cultural Properties - Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca (Mexico)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1,
2. Inscribes the Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii):
3. Adopts the following statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the central valley of Oaxaca is an extensive cultural landscape that includes caves and shelters, one of which, the Guilá Naquitz cave has provided extraordinarily well preserved botanical ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Inscribes the São Francisco Square, in the Town of São Cristóvão, Brazil, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
3. Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis:
The São Francisco Square, in the town of São Cristóvão, in the North East of Brazil, is an exceptional and homogeneous monumental ensemble made up of public and private buildings ...
34 COM 8B.44
Natural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (China)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B2,
2. Approves the minor modifications within the areas referred to as the Gaoligongshan, Baima-Meili Snow Mountains, Laowo Mountain, Yunling Mountain, Laojun Mountain, Qianhu Mountain, Haba Snow Mountain and Hongshan Mountain, component parts of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, China;
3. Does not approve the addition of the three proposed "influencing areas" to the property;
4. Welcomes the commitment of the State Party to increase the staff and resources for the ...
34 COM 8B.45
Natural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Messel Pit Fossil Site (Germany)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B2,
2. Approves the proposed creation of a 22.5 ha buffer zone for the 42 ha Messel Pit Fossil Site, Germany in order to strengthen the integrity of the inscribed property and support its effective protection and management;
3. Notes with appreciation the submission of a fully revised management plan for the property, including its buffer zone, and encourages the State Party to fully implement the plan on an ongoing ...
Sites: Messel Pit Fossil Site
34 COM 8B.46
Mixed Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Tasmanian Wilderness (Australia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B, WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B2,
2. Approves the minor modification of the boundaries of the property Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia, in line with the proposals of the State Party, and as previously requested by the World Heritage Committee;
3. Welcomes the intention of the State Party to add the Southwest Conservation Area south of Melaleuca to Cox Bight to the property when mining licenses have expired;
4. Requests the State Party to ensure that the protection and management of the ...
Sites: Tasmanian Wilderness
34 COM 8B.47
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Amphitheatre of El Jem (Tunisia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the buffer zone for the Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia.
Sites: Amphitheatre of El Jem
34 COM 8B.48
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Medina of Kairouan (Tunisia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the buffer zones for the Medina of Kairouan, Tunisia.
Sites: Kairouan
34 COM 8B.49
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Medina of Sousse (Tunisia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the buffer zone for the Medina of Sousse, Tunisia.
Sites: Medina of Sousse
34 COM 8B.50
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Medina of Tunis (Tunisia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the buffer zone for the Medina of Tunis, Tunisia.
Sites: Medina of Tunis
34 COM 8B.51
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (Tunisia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Refers the proposed buffer zones for the Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis, Tunisia, back to the State Party to allow it to provide a plan to scale clearly delineating the buffer zones so as to adequately protect and conserve the property. Current land uses and cadastral plans should be considered for the delimitation of the buffer ...
34 COM 8B.52
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (Australia)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the buffer zone for Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Australia.
34 COM 8B.53
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (Japan)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Approves the minor modification to the boundary of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape, Japan.
34 COM 8B.54
Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Does not approve the proposed minor modification to the boundary of Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, Nepal;
3. Considers that the proposal to enlarge the property to encompass the entire inner sacred garden and to enclose the outer sacred garden by a new buffer zone is to be supported in principle. However, in order to approve the considerable extension to the property, the Committee considers that more details are needed of the area to be included in terms of ...