27th session of the Committee

27COM 1
Opening Session

27COM 2
Adoption of the Agenda

27COM 3
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur

27COM 4
Report of the Rapporteur of the 6th Extraodinary Session of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 5.1
Report of the Secretariat

27COM 5.2
Implementation of the Decisions concerning the protection of the cultural heritage of the Palestinian Territories

27COM 6A
Synthesis Periodic Report for the Asia-Pacific Region

27COM 6B
Follow-up to Periodic Reporting in the Arab States and Africa ; Preparations in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Europe and North America

27COM 7A
State of Conservation of properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

27COM 7A.1
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (Central African Republic)

27COM 7A.2
Properties of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

27COM 7A.3
Simien National Park (Ethiopia)

27COM 7A.4
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Guinea/Côte d'Ivoire)

27COM 7A.5
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)

27COM 7A.6
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal)

27COM 7A.7
Rwenzori Mountain National Park (Uganda)

27COM 7A.8
Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)

27COM 7A.9
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)

27COM 7A.10
Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgaria)

27COM 7A.11
Everglades National Park (United States of America)

27COM 7A.12
Yellowstone (United States of America)

27COM 7A.13
Sangay National Park (Ecuador)

27COM 7A.14
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)

27COM 7A.15
Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)

27COM 7A.16
Timbuktu (Mali)

27COM 7A.17
Tipasa (Algeria)

27COM 7A.18
Abu Mena (Egypt)

27COM 7A.19
Bahla Fort (Oman)

27COM 7A.20
Zabid (Yemen)

27COM 7A.21
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (Afghanistan)

27COM 7A.22
Angkor (Cambodia)

27COM 7A.23
Group of Monuments of Hampi (India)

27COM 7A.24
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan)

27COM 7A.25
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines)

27COM 7A.26
Butrint (Albania)

27COM 7A.27
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Serbia and Montenegro)

27COM 7A.28
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (Peru)

27COM 7A.29
The Old City of Jerusalem and its walls

27COM 7B
State of Conservation Reports of Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

27COM 7B.1
Dja Faunal Reserve (Cameroon)

27COM 7B.2
Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)

27COM 7B.3
Comoé National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)

27COM 7B.4
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)

27COM 7B.5
W National Park of Niger (Niger)

27COM 7B.6
Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (South Africa)

27COM 7B.7
Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania)

27COM 7B.8
Lorentz National Park (Indonesia)

27COM 7B.9
Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)

27COM 7B.10
Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal)

27COM 7B.11
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park (Philippines)

27COM 7B.12
East Rennell (Solomon Islands)

27COM 7B.13
Ha Long Bay (Viet Nam)

27COM 7B.14
Belovezhskaya Pushcha /Bialowieza Forest (Belarus and Poland)

27COM 7B.15
Pirin National Park (Bulgaria)

27COM 7B.16
Nahanni National Park (Canada)

27COM 7B.17
Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)

27COM 7B.18
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (Italy)

27COM 7B.19
Lake Baikal (Russian Federation)

27COM 7B.20
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation)

27COM 7B.21
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (United Kingdom)

27COM 7B.22
Henderson Island (United Kingdom)

27COM 7B.23
Iguaçu National Park (Brazil)

27COM 7B.24
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica/Panama)

27COM 7B. 25
Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)

27COM 7B.26
Sian Ka'an (Mexico)

27COM 7B.27
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (Mali)

27COM 7B.28
Kakadu National Park (Australia)

27COM 7B.29
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (China)

27COM 7B.30
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Peru)

27COM 7B.31
Lamu Old Town (Kenya)

27COM 7B.32
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (Madagascar)

27COM 7B.33
Island of Gorée (Senegal)

27COM 7B.34
Robben Island (South Africa)

27COM 7B.35
Kasbah of Algiers (Algeria)

27COM 7B.36
Islamic Cairo (Egypt)

27COM 7B.37
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Egypt)

27COM 7B.38
Byblos (Lebanon)

27COM 7B.39
Tyre (Lebanon)

27COM 7B.40
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (Mauritania)

27COM 7B.41
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (Morocco)

27COM 7B.42
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (Bangladesh)

27COM 7B.43
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (China)

27COM 7B.44
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (China)

27COM 7B.45
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (China)

27COM 7B.46
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (India)

27COM 7B.47
Borobudur Temple Compounds (Indonesia)

27COM 7B. 48
Meidan Emam, Esfahan (Iran (Islamic Republic of))

27COM 7B.49
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Japan)

27COM 7B.50
Town of Luang Prabang (Lao People's Democratic Republic)

27COM 7B.51
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (Lao People's Democratic Republic)

27COM 7B.52
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)

27COM 7B.53
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal)

27COM 7B.54
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (Republic of Korea)

27COM 7B.55
State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv" (Turkmenistan)

27COM 7B.56
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan)

27COM 7B.57
Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria)

27COM 7B.58
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (Austria)

27COM 7B.59
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (Azerbaijan)

27COM 7B.60
Historic District of Québec (Canada)

27COM 7B.61
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (France)

27COM 7B.62
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (Georgia)

27COM 7B.63
Cologne Cathedral (Germany)

27COM 7B.64
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany)

27COM 7B.65
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)

27COM 7B.66
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Germany)

27COM 7B.67
Acropolis, Athens (Greece)

27COM 7B.68
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Ireland)

27COM 7B.69
Historic Centre of Riga (Latvia)

27COM 7B.70
Curonian Spit (Lithuania/Russian Federation)

27COM 7B.71
Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Poland)

27COM 7B.72
Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Portugal)

27COM 7B.73
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (Romania)

27COM 7B.74
Kizhi Pogost (Russian Federation)

27COM 7B.75
Spišský Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments (Slovakia)

27COM 7B.76
Old City of Salamanca (Spain)

27COM 7B.77
Route of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

27COM 7B.78
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (Spain)

27COM 7B.79
Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey)

27COM 7B.80
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine)

27COM 7B.81
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

27COM 7B.82
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

27COM 7B.83
Tower of London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

27COM 7B.84
Jesuit Missions (Brazil/Argentina/Paraguay)

27COM 7B.85
Brasilia (Brazil)

27COM 7B.86
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás (Brazil)

27COM 7B.87
Historic Town of Ouro Preto (Brazil)

27COM 7B.88
Churches of Chiloé (Chile)

27COM 7B.89
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena (Colombia)

27COM 7B.90
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

27COM 7B.91
Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site (El Salvador)

27COM 7B.92
Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala)

27COM 7B.93
Maya Site of Copan (Honduras)

27COM 7B.94
Historic Centre of Puebla (Mexico)

27COM 7B. 95
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (Mexico)

27COM 7B.96
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Panama)

27COM 7B. 97
Chavin (Archaeological Site) (Peru)

27COM 7B.98
City of Cuzco (Peru)

27COM 7B.99
Historic Centre of Lima (Peru)

27COM 7B.100
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (Peru)

27COM 7B.101
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay)

27COM 7B.102
Coro and its Port (Venezuela)

27COM 7B.103
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (Lebanon)

27COM 7B.104
Medina of Fez (Morocco)

27COM 7B.105
Agra Fort, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri (India)

27COM 7B.106
General Decisions

27COM 7B.107
General Decisions

27COM 7B.108
General Decisions

27COM 8A
Tentative Lists

27COM 8B.1
New Incriptions on the List of World Heritage in Danger

27COM 8B.2
Properties maintained on the List of World Heritage in Danger

27COM 8B.3
Properties removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

27COM 8C
Nominations of Properties to the World Heritage List

27COM 8C.1
Global Comparative Analysis for Geological Heritage

27COM 8C.2
Changes to Names of Existing Properties in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia

27COM 8C.3
Nominations to be examined in 2003

27COM 8C.4
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (China)

27COM 8C.5
Ras Mohammed (Egypt)

27COM 8C.6
Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan

27COM 8C.7
Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland)

27COM 8C.8
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Viet Nam)

27COM 8C.9
Uvs Nuur Basin (Mongolia)

27COM 8C.10
Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil)

27COM 8C.11
Purnululu National Park (Australia)

27COM 8C.12
Rio de Janeiro: Sugar Loaf, Tijuca Forest and the Botanical Gardens (Brazil)

27COM 8C.13
Parque Nacional del Este and its buffer zone (Dominican Republic)

27COM 8C.14
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture (Portugal)

27COM 8C.15
Serra da Capivara National Park (Brazil)

27COM 8C.16
Saint Catherine Area (Egypt)

27COM 8C.17
Quebrada de Humahuaca (Argentina)

27COM 8C.18
Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč (Czech Republic)

27COM 8C.19
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

27COM 8C.20
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (Germany)

27COM 8C.21
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (India)

27COM 8C.22
Takht-e Soleyman (Iran (Islamic Republic of))

27COM 8C.23
White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement (Israel)

27COM 8C.24
Israel and its System of Legal protection

27COM 8C.25
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakhstan)

27COM 8C.26
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (Mexico)

27COM 8C.27
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (Mongolia)

27COM 8C.28
The Valley of the Pradnik River in the Ojcowski National Park (Poland)

27COM 8C.29
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (Russian Federation)

27COM 8C.30
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa)

27COM 8C.31
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (Sudan)

27COM 8C.32
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

27COM 8C.33
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

27COM 8C.34
James Island and Related Sites (Gambia)

27COM 8C.35
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy)

27COM 8C.36
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland (Poland)

27COM 8C.37
Serial Nominations (Italy and Poland)

27COM 8C.38
Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe)

27COM 8C.39
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (China)

27COM 8C.40
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (Panama)

27COM 8C.41
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (Chile)

27COM 8C.42
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (Spain)

27COM 8C.43
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan)

27COM 8C.44
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan)

27COM 8C.45
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (Iraq)

27COM 8C.46
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (Iraq)

27COM 8C.47
The First Railway Bridge over the Yenisei River (Russian Federation)

27COM 9
World Heritage Global Training Strategy

27COM 10
Revision of the Operational Guidelines

27COM 11.1
Examination of the World Heritage Fund and Approval of the Related Budget for 2004/2005

27COM 11.2
Examination of the World Heritage Fund and Approval of the Related Budget for 2004/2005

27COM 11.3
Examination of the World Heritage Fund and Approval of the Related Budget for 2004/2005

27COM 12.1
Preparatory Assistance in Hungary

27COM 12.2
Preparatory Assistance in Kenya

27COM 12.3
Technical Co-operation in India

27COM 12.4
Technical Co-operation in Yemen

27COM 12.5
Training in Kazakhstan

27COM 12.6
Training in Uzbekistan

27COM 12.7
Training in Bangladesh

27COM 12.8
Training in Oman

27COM 12.9
Emergency Assistance in Iraq

27COM 13.1
Global Strategy

27COM 13.2
Global Strategy

27COM 13.3
Global Strategy

27COM 14
Evaluation of the Cairns Decision

27COM 15
Reinforcing the Implementation of the Convention

27COM 16
Progress Report on the Revision of Unesco's Medium-Term Strategy and the Preparation of the Unesco Draft Programme and Budget

27COM 17
Relationship World Heritage Committee-UNESCO

27COM 18
Preparation for the 14th General Assembly of States parties to the World Heritage Committee

27COM 18A.1
New Voting Mechanism and Revision to the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 18A.2
New Voting Mechanism and Revision to the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 18A.3
New Voting Mechanism and Revision to the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 18A.4
New Voting Mechanism and Revision to the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 18B
Report of the Activities of the World Heritage Committee to Be Presented to the 32nd Session of the General Conference of Unesco

27COM 19
Performance Indicators to Assess the Implementation of the 2002 World Heritage Strategic Objectives

27COM 20
Tools for the Implementation of the 2002 World Heritage Strategic Objectives

27COM 20A.1
Principles for World Heritage

27COM 20B.1
World Heritage Programmes

27COM 20B.2
World Heritage Programmes

27COM 20B.3
World Heritage Programmes

27COM 20B.4
World Heritage Programmes

27COM 20B.5
World Heritage Programmes

27COM 20B.6
World Heritage Programmes

27COM 20C.1
World Heritage Partnerships Initiative

27COM 20C.2
Proposal to Establish the Nordic World Heritage Foundation (NWHF) as a Regional Centre under the Auspices of UNESCO

27COM 20C.3
Report on the World Heritage Emblem

27COM 21
Provisional Agenda of the 28th Session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 22.1
Provisional Agenda of the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 22.2
Provisional Agenda of the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 22.3
Provisional Agenda of the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee

27COM 23
Other Business

27COM 24
Adoption of Decisions

27COM 25
Closure of Session