Year of inscription on the World Heritage List 1991
Criteria (iv)(vi)
Year(s) of inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger N/A
Previous Committee Decisions see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/599/documents/
International Assistance
Requests approved: 0
(from 1994-1994)
Total amount approved: USD 35,000
For details, see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/599/assistance/
UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds
N/A
Previous monitoring missions
N/A
Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports
Need for a detailed programme for the recuperation of the island
Illustrative material see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/599/
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1994
[Oral report by athe UNDP/UNESCO Project on Island of Mozambique to the World Heritage Committee]
Analysis and Conclusions of the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS and ICCROM
N/A
Decision Adopted: 18 COM IX
Island of Mozambique (Mozambique)
The Committee took note of a report presented by the UNDP/UNESCO Project on the state of conservation of the Island of Mozambique. It was reported that the stone city on the island was in a precarious state of conservation, a situation that was heavily aggravated by the cyclone Nadia which occurred in March 1994. The predominantly privately owned houses in the macuti city were better maintained.
With the process of pacification and the possibilities of a sound economic development of the region, the monitoring mission recommended that: