Decision 42 COM 7B.35

Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Brazil) (C 1493)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 40 COM 8B.33, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016);
3. Welcomes the response of the State Party to the recommendations made by the Committee at the time of the inscription of the property on the World Heritage List;
4. Notes that work is underway to restore the interior of the Yacht Club and its designed landscape and the entrance to the Ballroom, as detailed in the Intervention Plan, and requests the State Party to provide the World Heritage Centre with detailed documentation on these projects as soon as possible for review by the Advisory Bodies;
5. Also welcomes the detailed research that has been undertaken on the Dino Barbieri Square to promote a restoration that reflects Burle Marx’s original designs, and recommends the State Party to finalize the project taking into account the recommendations made by ICOMOS in its Technical Review to that effect;
6. Also notes the improvements to the water quality of the Lake Pampulha as a result of phase 1 of the remediation project and also requests the State Party to provide details regarding how the water quality will be maintained beyond the second phase of the project and a revised timetable for connecting 98% of outlets to sewers;
7. Further notes progress with developing a Strategic Management Plan, including an Integrated Sustainable Tourism Development Plan, that will include measures to strengthen protection and planning controls in the Ensemble and its Buffer Zone, and encourages the State Party to consider the entire set of recommendations regarding the Management Plan adopted at the time of inscription;
8. Further requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies, these finalized above-mentioned plans as soon as they become available;
9. Also encourages the State Party to continue the approach adopted for the development of the tourism strategy that recognizes the importance of local citizens’ sense of belonging and the appropriate adaptation of the property’s uses accordingly, as an essential condition for the sustainable conservation of the property;
10. Requests furthermore the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2019, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 44th session in 2020.