Year of inscription on the World Heritage List 2004
Criteria (i)(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/1093/documents/
International Assistance
Requests approved: 0
(from 2007-2009)
Total amount approved: USD 34,750
For details, see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1093/assistance/
UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds
Total amount granted: USD 6,000 from the Italian Funds-in-Trust
Previous monitoring missions
March-April 2005: ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission; November 2006: Joint World Heritage Centre/ ICOMOS mission; March 2008: Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS mission; July 2008: World Heritage Centre expert mission for the Stylite tower
Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports
Illustrative material see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1093/
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2017
The State Party did not submit a report on the state of conservation, as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015).
Analysis and Conclusions of the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS and ICCROM
Regrettably, the State Party has not provided a report on the progress achieved in a number of conservation issues previously addressed by the Committee, including completing and adopting a Management Plan (which must include a comprehensive Conservation Plan and archaeological research policy), addressing public access and use of the property, and resolving the vulnerabilities of the property, most notably the Stylite Tower.
Despite some progress having been made since the inscription of the property in 2004, these issues have yet to be fully resolved and continue to be a concern. It is therefore recommended that the Committee reiterate all requests included in Decision 39 COM 7B.53 (Bonn, 2015).
Decision Adopted: 41 COM 7B.81
The World Heritage Committee,