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28COM 15A.8 - Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,
1. Congratulates the State Party for successfully addressing most of the
recommendations of the IUCN/World Heritage Centre mission and for the
work undertaken to maintain the integrity of the property despite the difficult
socio-economic and political situation faced by the country in recent years;
2. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre a copy of the
General Management Plan as soon as it is approved by the Board of Trustees
of Uganda Wildlife Authority and a map indicating the precise surveyed and
marked boundary as soon as the activity to retrace and delineate the border is
completed;
3. Further requests the State Party to submit a report by 1 February, 2005 on the
progress in the implementation of the General Management Plan, the
preparation and implementation of a Tourism Strategy for the property, the
demarcation of the boundaries, the removal of mines from the property and
measures taken to enhance the human and financial resources required for the
effective management of the property for consideration by the World Heritage
Committee at its 29th session in 2005;
4. Encourages the State Party to work with UNESCO, IUCN and the DRC
protected area authority to develop trans-boundary co-operation with the
Virunga National Park and other World Heritage properties of the Democratic
Republic of Congo;
5. Decides to remove Rwenzori Mountains National Park from the List of World
Heritage in Danger.

Documents

• Original Decision Document