UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Decision

The World Heritage Committee,

Having examined Document WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 37 COM 8B.40, adopted at its 37th session (Phnom Penh, 2013),
Also recalling the UNESCO Executive Board Decisions 197 EX/5(II) and 199 EX/5(I.E),
Urges all parties currently associated with the state of conservation of the property to refrain from any action that would cause irreversible damages to the property and to fulfil their obligations under international law by taking all possible measures to protect the property;
Reiterates its recommendations at the time of inscription, and more specifically its previous request to survey the wider chora landscape with the help of non-destructive remote sensing techniques and satellite images;
Invites the World Heritage Centre to use remote sensing techniques to gather information on the state of conservation of the property;
Requests the State Party to invite, as soon as the situation allows, a joint World Heritage Centre / Advisory Bodies Reactive Monitoring mission to the property to assess its state of conservation;
Also reiterates its previous request to all States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to provide international cooperation to assist the World Heritage Centre in financing monitoring and survey activities.

Decision 40 COM 7B.62
Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora (Ukraine) (C 1411)