Decision 43 COM 8D

Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8D,
2. Recalling Decision 42 COM 8D, adopted at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018),
3. Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the boundaries of their World Heritage properties and commends them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
4. Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies are not able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitations of such properties as inscribed remain unclear;
5. Takes note of the clarifications of property boundaries and areas provided by the States Parties as presented in the Annex of Document WHC/19/43.COM/8D:
   
   

   ARAB STATES

   • Jordan, Quseir Amra

   ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

   • Kazakhstan, Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

   EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

   • Germany, Maulbronn Monastery Complex
   • Italy, Venice and its Lagoon
   • Russian Federation, Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
   LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
   • Bolivia, City of Potosí
   • Ecuador, City of Quito
     
     
6. Requests the States Parties which have not yet answered the questions raised in the framework of the Retrospective Inventory to provide all clarifications and documentation as soon as possible, and by 1 December 2019 at the latest, for their subsequent examination, if the technical requirements are met, by the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2020.