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28COM 15B.7

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,
1. Calls upon the State Party to approve, as soon as possible, the decree for the
application of the Law 2000/45 concerning the environment;
2. Requests the State Party to proceed with the establishment of an Environment
and Development Technical Committee (EDTC), technical governmental body
responsible for the technical evaluation and approval of the Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) as well as for verifying the application of the
environmental management plan;
3. Urgently encourages the State Party to sign the 1992 International Convention
on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution, enabling it to have access to the International
Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds), as well as to submit a request
to the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime
Organization, responsible for measures to improve security in international
maritime transportation and avoid pollution by tankers, and to obtain the status
of Particularly Sensitive Sea Area" (PSSA) for the Banc d'Arguin National Park;
4. Invites the State Party to request technical assistance from the World Heritage
Centre to elaborate the necessary documentation to obtain the status of
Particularly Sensitive Sea Area;
5. Encourages the State Party to organize before the end of 2004, a meeting with all
the actors concerned, in co-operation with interested donors to determine a
capacity-building strategy for national authorities responsible for the
implementation of Law 2000/45 on the environment and Law N.2000/24
concerning the Banc d'Arguin National Park (BANP);
6. Calls upon all the partners, especially the World Bank, to provide the State Party
with all necessary assistance in establishing activities to safeguard the ecosystem
of the Banc d'Arguin National Park;
7. Requests the State Party to transmit to the World Heritage Centre the report on
the environmental impact study for the road Nouakchott-Nouadhibou and to
submit to the World Heritage Centre the measures for the mitigation of the
impact of this road on the Park;
8. Recommends to the State Party to oblige all petroleum companies operating on
its territory to carry out environmental impact studies in conformity with
international standards;
9. Further requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1
February 2005, a progress report on the implementation of the above-mentioned
measures, so that the Committee may examine the state of conservation of the
property at its 29th session in 2005.

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