36 COM 8B.65
Statements of Outstanding Universal Value of the twelve properties inscribed at the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (UNESCO, 2011)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/8B.Add,
2. Adopts the following Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for the following World Heritage properties inscribed at the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (UNESCO, 2011):
- Ethiopia: Konso Cultural Landscape;
- Kenya: Fort Jesus, Mombasa;
- Jordan: Wadi Rum Protected Area;
- Sudan: Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe;
- United Arab Emirates: Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas);
- ...
Sites: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe Citadel of the Ho Dynasty Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) Fort Jesus, Mombasa Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison Konso Cultural Landscape Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans Wadi Rum Protected Area
The World Heritage Committee,
Following the examination of the state of conservation reports of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (WHC-12/36.COM/7B and WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add) and of proposals for inscription of properties on the World Heritage List (WHC-12/36.COM/8B and WHC-12/36.COM/8B.Add),
Decides to inscribe the following properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger:
Mali, Timbuktu (Decision 36 COM 7B.106)
Mali, Tomb of Askia (Decision 36 COM 7B.106)
Palestine, Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Decision 36 ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Following the examination of the state of conservation reports of properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger (WHC-12/36.COM/7A and WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add),
2. Decides to maintain the following properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger:
Afghanistan, Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (Decision 36 COM 7A.25)
Afghanistan, Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Decision 36 COM 7A.26)
Belize, Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Decision 36 COM 7A.15)
Central African Republic, ...
Sites: Abu Mena Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves Bam and its Cultural Landscape Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Comoé National Park Coro and its Port Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley Everglades National Park Garamba National Park Gelati Monastery Historic Town of Zabid Historical Monuments of Mtskheta Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Kahuzi-Biega National Park Los Katíos National Park Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park Medieval Monuments in Kosovo Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Niokolo-Koba National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls Rainforests of the Atsinanana Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara Salonga National Park Samarra Archaeological City Simien National Park Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Virunga National Park
Afghanistan Belize Central African Republic Chile Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Georgia Honduras Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Madagascar Niger Peru Senegal Serbia Uganda United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen
The World Heritage Committee,
Following the examination of the state of conservation reports of properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger (WHC-12/36.COM/7A and WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add),
Decides to remove the following properties from the List of World Heritage in Danger:
Pakistan, Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Decision 36 COM 7A.28)
Philippines, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Decision 36 COM ...
36 COM 8D
Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties in response to the Retrospective Inventory
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/8D,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 8D adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the delimitation of their World Heritage properties and thanks them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
4. Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies will not be able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the ...
Sites: Aachen Cathedral Ajanta Caves Aldabra Atoll Ancient City of Aleppo Ancient City of Ping Yao Angkor Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida Archaeological Site of Carthage Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Borobudur Temple Compounds Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg Fortress of Suomenlinna Frontiers of the Roman Empire Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia Heard and McDonald Islands Himeji-jo Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Historic Centre of Bukhara Historic Centre of Prague Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox Historic City of Ayutthaya Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Historical Monuments of Mtskheta Itchan Kala Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area Kaziranga National Park Lord Howe Island Group Los Glaciares National Park Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha M'Zab Valley Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias Old City of Salamanca Old Town of Cáceres Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Plitvice Lakes National Park Poblet Monastery Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) Shark Bay, Western Australia Shirakami-Sanchi Sinharaja Forest Reserve Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing The Great Wall Wet Tropics of Queensland Works of Antoni Gaudí Yakushima
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/8E,
2. Congratulates States Parties for the excellent work accomplished in the elaboration of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties in their territories;
3. Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in the Annex of Document WHC-12/36.COM/8E, for the following World Heritage properties:
Australia: Great Barrier Reef; Lord Howe Island Group; Gondwana Rainforests of Australia; Wet Tropics of Queensland; Fraser Island; ...
Sites: Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains Angkor Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Asante Traditional Buildings Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Bam and its Cultural Landscape Baroque Churches of the Philippines Borobudur Temple Compounds Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Changdeokgung Palace Complex Chitwan National Park Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Complex of Koguryo Tombs Dazu Rock Carvings East Rennell Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions Garamba National Park Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites Gondwana Rainforests of Australia Great Barrier Reef Great Zimbabwe National Monument Gunung Mulu National Park Gyeongju Historic Areas Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town Heard and McDonald Islands Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn Historic Centre of Bukhara Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz Historic City of Ayutthaya Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat Hwaseong Fortress Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area Jongmyo Shrine K’gari (Fraser Island) Kahuzi-Biega National Park Kathmandu Valley Keoladeo National Park Khami Ruins National Monument Kondoa Rock-Art Sites Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites Kunya-Urgench Lord Howe Island Group Lower Valley of the Awash Lower Valley of the Omo Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha Lushan National Park Macquarie Island Matobo Hills Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mogao Caves Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System Mount Taishan Mount Wuyi My Son Sanctuary Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Old Town of Lijiang Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Prambanan Temple Compounds Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Purnululu National Park Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Sagarmatha National Park Salonga National Park Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Serengeti National Park Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” Stone Circles of Senegambia Sundarbans National Park Taj Mahal Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing The Great Wall Timbuktu Tomb of Askia Virunga National Park Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) Wet Tropics of Queensland
Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Kazakhstan Madagascar Malaysia Mali Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Thailand Turkmenistan United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe
36 COM 9A
Progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the evaluation of the Global Strategy and the PACT Initiative
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/9A,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 9A adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011) and Resolution 18 GA 8 of the 18th session of the General Assembly (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Notes that the World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with the Advisory Bodies, produceda working document on the recommendations of the independent evaluation by UNESCO’s external auditor with a prioritized list of recommendations in the framework of the objectives of the Strategic Action Plan, adopted ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/9B;
2. Recalling Decisions 34 COM 9C and 35 COM 9B adopted at its 34th (Brasilia, 2010) and 35th (UNESCO, 2011) sessions respectively;
3. Takes note of the progress made on the implementation of the World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy (WHCBS) by a variety of capacity building stakeholders;
4. Thanks the State Party of Switzerland for its continued support to the on-going IUCN-ICCROM World Heritage Capacity Building Initiative;
5. Welcomes the proposed new international capacity building ...
36 COM 10A
Final Report on the results of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for Asia and the Pacific
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined document WHC-12/36COM/10A;
2. Recalling Decisions 34 COM 10C and 35 COM 10C.1 adopted respectively at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010) and 35th session (UNESCO, 2011);
3. Expresses its sincere appreciation to the States Parties from Asia and the Pacific for their efforts in preparing and submitting their Periodic Reports and thanks especially all focal points and site managers for their effective participation and commitment;
4. Notes with satisfaction that all the 41 States Parties of Asia and the Pacific fully participated in ...
36 COM 10B
Progress Report on the follow-up of the First Cycle and preparation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for Europe and North America
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/10B,
2. Recalling Decisions 30 COM 11A.1, 30 COM 11A.2, 31 COM 11A.1, 31 COM 11A.2, 32 COM 11D, 34 COM 10B.3 and 35 COM 10C.2 adopted at its 30th (Vilnius, 2006), 31st (Christchurch, 2007), 32nd (Quebec City, 2008), 34th (Brasilia, 2010) and 35th (UNESCO, 2011) sessions, respectively,
3. Takes note of the follow-up activities to the first cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise in the region of Europe and North America and the activities in preparation of the launching of its ...
36 COM 10C
Progress report on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/10C,
2. Recalling decisions 28 COM 16, 7 EXT.COM 5E, 29 COM 5, 30 COM 11E, 32 COM 11D, 34 COM 10B.2 and 35 COM 10B adopted at its 28th (Suzhou, 2004), 7th extraordinary (UNESCO, 2004),29th (Durban, 2005), 30th (Vilnius, 2006), 32nd (Quebec City, 2008), 34th (Brasilia, 2010) and 35th (UNESCO, 2011) sessions, respectively,
3. Acknowledges the information provided on the progress made in the implementation of the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC) ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC-12/36.COM/10D and WHC-12/ 36.COM/INF.10D,
Recalling Decision 35 COM 10A, adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
Welcomes the progress made in the follow-up of the second cycle of Periodic Reporting in the Africa Region;
Takes note that important discussions have been carried out in the African region relating to development activities and resource extraction in and around World Heritage properties in Africa;
Recommends States Parties from other regions to join States Parties in Africa in discussing and reflecting on ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/11,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 11 adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Takes note of the information provided by the World Heritage Centre and welcomes Palestine as a Party to the World Heritage Convention;
4. Commends the efforts of all professionals involved in preserving the Palestinian cultural and natural heritage despite the prevailing conditions;
5. Urges all parties concerned with the safeguarding of heritage to take appropriate ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/12A,
2. Recalling Decisions 32 COM 10, 33 COM 14A.2, 34 COM 12, and 35 COM 12A adopted at its 32nd (Quebec City, 2008), 33rd (Seville, 2009), 34th (Brasilia, 2010) and 35th (UNESCO, 2011) sessions respectively and Resolutions 17 GA 9 and 18 GA 11 adopted at the 17th (UNESCO, 2009) and 18th (UNESCO, 2011) sessions of the General Assembly of States Parties respectively,
3. Acknowledges the adoption of the Strategic Action Plan and Vision by the 18th General Assembly of States ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/12B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 12B, adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Welcomes the progress made by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies in improving the conduct of statutory meetings, the capacity building related activities, the transparency of documents and statutory meetings, as well as the clarifications provided on the various World Heritage processes;
4. Requests the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to continue their ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/12C,
2. Recalling Decision 34 COM 12.III adopted at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010) and Decision 35 COM 12.C at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011);
3. Welcomes the actions undertaken to improve the processes and practices prior to consideration by the World Heritage Committee of a nomination (the ‘upstream processes’) and commends the States Parties, the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre for the pilot projects in which progress was made;
4. ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/12D;
2. Takes note of the progress made in the preparation of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention under the theme “World Heritage and Sustainable Development: the Role of Local Communities”;
3. Encourages States Parties to continue to develop, support and carry out activities to promote the anniversary;
4. Invites the World Heritage Centre to continue implementing the programme of activities assisted by extrabudgetary ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC-12/36.COM/13, WHC-12/36.COM/9A, WHC-12/36.COM/12A and WHC-12/36.COM/14,
Recalling Decision 35 COM 13 adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011) to “establish an open-ended working group on the Operational Guidelines at the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2012 to consider the proposals made by Jordan on paragraph 68 and reflect on other elements of the Operational Guidelines as may be proposed by other States Parties”,
Recognizes the value of the proposal presented by Jordan aimed at replacing the text of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/13,
2. Recalling Decision 33 COM 7.1, adopted at its 33rd session (Seville, 2006),
3. Taking note of the adoption of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape by the UNESCO General Conference at its 36th session in 2011,
4. Acknowledging the need to mainstream the methodological approach related to the above-mentioned Recommendation in the Operational Guidelines,
5. Invites the Director of the World Heritage Centre to convene an expert meeting, in consultation with the Advisory Bodies, to ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/14,
2. Takes note of the status of implementation of the International Assistance request for the Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar), approved in 2010 by the World Heritage Committee;
3. Requests the World Heritage Centre to submit a progress report on the implementation of this request at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2013, under the agenda item relating to International Assistance;
4. Recalls its Decision 36 COM 13 whereby it adopted the revision of several paragraphs related ...