The General Assembly,
- Having examined Documents WHC-15/20.GA/7, WHC-15/20.GA/INF.7, WHC-15/20.GA/8 and WHC-15/20.GA/INF.8,
- Recalling Resolution 19 GA 8 adopted at its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013),
- Recalling World Heritage Committee Decisions 38 COM 13, 39 COM 11 and 39 COM 13A on the mandate of the ad hoc working group of the World Heritage Committee to further discuss and make recommendations inter alia on the sustainability of the World Heritage Fund,
- Recalling Article 16 paragraph 1 of the World Heritage Convention on the determination, in the form of a uniform percentage, of the amount of the contributions to be paid to the World Heritage Fund by States Parties,
- Decides to set at 1% the percentage for the calculation of the amount of the contributions to be paid to the World Heritage Fund by States Parties for the financial period 2016-2017;
- Notes the status of compulsory and voluntary contributions to the World Heritage Fund as presented in Document WHC-13/19.GA/INF.8;
- Takes note of the Secretariat’s proposal in Document WHC-15/20.GA/8 and invites the ad hoc working group of the World Heritage Committee to further examine it, in accordance with its mandate;
- Notes the financial difficulties that the World Heritage Fund is facing and recalls, in this regard, that the assessed annual contributions to the World Heritage Fund are a legal obligation;
- Reiterates the plea of the World Heritage Committee to States Parties to the Convention to pay their assessed annual contributions by 31 January in order to facilitate the timely implementation of the activities financed by the World Heritage Fund, and invites the General Assembly to consider at its next session potential measures concerning arrears;
- Decides to include on the agenda of its next session in 2017 proposals by the ad hoc working group of the World Heritage Committee on the sustainability of the World Heritage Fund following its discussion at the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (Istanbul, 2016).