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28COM 15B.97

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the recent report submitted by the State Party
on the current state of conservation of the property (Decision 27 COM 7B.78);
2. Recalls that the Plaza de Santa Teresa was included in the original nomination
as a main square linking the city walls and the extra-muros church of St Pedro;
3. Further recalls that the State Party did not inform the World Heritage Centre on
time on the construction plans in order to allow an early assessment on the way
these plans would eventually affect the universal value of the property;
4. Notes that the project to refurbish the square and demolish the existing
buildings was labeled as a “singular project” under the existing law of heritage
protection. The respect of the aesthetic criteria established for the whole
protected monumental area and of the requirements concerning the type of
construction materials to be used is not compulsory under this law ;
5. Regrets that this kind of “singular project” affecting a World Heritage property
can be adopted without informing the World Heritage Centre and without
taking into account the outstanding universal value of the property;
6. Urges the State Party to elaborate an integrated management plan for the
World Heritage property as a whole, which should be developed and endorsed
by a wide range of stakeholders;
7. Requests that World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS undertake a mission, in cooperation
with the State Party, to assess the way the refurbishment of the
square and the new construction may affect the universal value of the World
Heritage property and further requests the State Party to provide to the World
Heritage Centre by 1 February 2005 a report on the state of conservation of the
property in order that the World Heritage Committee can examine the state of
conservation of the property at its 29th session in 2005.

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