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Date Start: 1999close
Date end:1999close
Old City of Sana'a (1999)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Halt of site excavations
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Other Threats: General deterioration of the Golden Temple
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1999)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Rock Carvings in Tanum (1999)
States Parties: Sweden
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Sacred City of Kandy (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Terrorism
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1999)
States Parties: Republic of Korea
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Localised utilities
Site of Palmyra (1999)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Sun Temple, Konârak (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration and the structural instability
Taxila (1999)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of vegetation control
Town of Luang Prabang (1999)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major linear utilities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Tyre (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
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Albania Argentina Brazil Cambodia China Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia France Georgia Germany Ghana Guatemala Honduras India Italy Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Mexico Mozambique Nepal Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye Ukraine Viet Nam Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 41 Housing 18 Management activities 17 Ground transport infrastructure 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Storms 8 Financial resources 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Legal framework 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Earthquake 4 Localised utilities 3 Major linear utilities 3 Land conversion 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Human resources 3 Relative humidity 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Illegal activities 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Commercial development 1 Industrial areas 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Water infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Quarrying 1 Temperature 1 Wind 1 Terrorism 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Volcanic eruption 1

* : 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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