Decision 41 COM 7B.65

Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape (Uruguay) (C 1464)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 39 COM 8B.39, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
3. Congratulates the State Party for the actions it has taken for the protection of the buffer zone of the World Heritage property and for the management arrangements it has put in place, particularly the creation of a multistakeholders Site Committee and the appointment of dedicated staff;
4. Welcomes the cooperation agreements with local and national institutions and the technical cooperation agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) for the strategic planning and management of the City of Fray Bentos and the Industrial Landscape, and requests the State Party to:
   1. Pay particular attention to the completion/revision of the Management Plan taking into account the specific recommendations of the World Heritage Committee at the time of inscription of the property on the World Heritage List,
   2. Submit the Management Plan and related new instruments, as soon as they become available, to the World Heritage Centre, for evaluation by the Advisory Bodies,
   3. Keep the World Heritage Centre informed on the progress and results of the technical cooperation agreement with the IADB;
5. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies, by 1 December 2018, a report on the implementation of the above.