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State of Conservation Anjar 1998

Anjar

Lebanon
Factors affecting the property in 1998*
  • Military training
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1998
Requests approved: 0
Total amount approved : 0 USD
Missions to the property until 1998**
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1998

The mission of December 1997 visited the site of Anjar and found that an army camp was located next to the site and that the military were using some of the monuments of the site Anjar as camp facilities.

Action Required
After having taken note of the report of the Secretariat, the Bureau requests the Secretariat to follow-up with the Lebanese authorities on the recommendations of the report, mainly the removal of any military presence from the vicinity of the site.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1998
22 BUR V.B.49
Anjar (Lebanon)

After having taken note of the report of the Secretariat, the Bureau requested the Secretariat to follow-up with the Lebanese authorities on the recommendations of the report, mainly the removal of any military presence from the vicinity of the site.

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Report year: 1998
Lebanon
Date of Inscription: 1984
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Documents examined by the Committee
WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
arrow_circle_right 22COM (1998)
Exports

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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