Decision 39 COM 7B.92

Historic Centre of Lima (Peru) (C 500bis)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-15/39.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 37 COM 7B.102, adopted at its 37th session (Phnom Penh, 2013),
3. Appreciates the efforts made by the State Party to strengthen the management and planning mechanisms for the Historic Centre of Lima and requests the State Party to finalize the approval process of the Master Plan and submit a critical review of it by the competent authority, as well as an assessment of the effectiveness of the proposed management arrangements for the property;
4. Reiterates its concern regarding infrastructural interventions in the World Heritage area related to the High Capacity Segregated Corridor and also requests the State Party to undertake and submit Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs) in the sections that could potentially impact the World Heritage property;
5. Notes with regret that the information provided on the Cable Car Project does not include the relevant Heritage and Visual Impact Assessments requested by Decision 37 COM 7B.102 and further requests the State Party, prior to making any commitment to its implementation, to submit by 1 February 2016 a progress report including:
   1. a HIA following the ICOMOS Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties (January 2011),
   2. visual simulations of the entire Cable Car Project route with visual cones projected from relevant points within the Historic Centre and from the Plaza de Toros de Acho, which is very near Tower 2. Simulations should include all four supporting towers as well as the departure and arrival stations;
6. Requests furthermore the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2016, an updated report, including a 1-page executive summary, on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session in 2017.