The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Documents WHC/16/40.COM/8B.Add and WHC/16/40.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
- Approves the proposed minor modification to the boundary of Historic Centre of Bukhara, Uzbekistan;
- Also approves the proposed buffer zone for Historic Centre of Bukhara, Uzbekistan;
- Recommends that the State Party gives consideration to the following:
- establishing urban planning regulations for the World Heritage property and its buffer zone,
- integrating the boundaries of the World Heritage property and buffer zone into the state system of land and town-planning cadastre, in the Master Plan for Bukhara city,
- submitting to the World Heritage Centre for consideration by ICOMOS the management plan when it has been finalized.