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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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Date end:2023close
Threats* : Management systems/ management planclose
Region: Arab Statesclose
Abu Mena (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Encroachments within the property and inappropriate recent constructions; Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Aleppo (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Damascus (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Archaeological Site of Carthage (2023)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Archaeological Site of Cyrene (2023)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
Babylon (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2023)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (2023)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Buildings and Development (lack of design and construction guidelines) Preservation of important vistas and sightlines of the property
Byblos (2023)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (2023)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (2023)
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.4
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Absence of Statement of Outstanding Universal Value at the time of inscription
Danger List:  Yes
Historic Cairo (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (2023)
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: High rate of decay of the historic houses
Historic Town of Zabid (2023)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Kasbah of Algiers (2023)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (2023)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Progressive deterioration of the built area b) Continuous collapse of buildingsc) Major deterioration of the maritime part of the fortifications of the Medina
Medina of Sousse (2023)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urban encroachment
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2023)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.4
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments; Urban environment and visual integrity; Impact of archaeological excavations
Danger List:  Yes
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (2023)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings
Saint Catherine Area (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Samarra Archaeological City (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures
Danger List:  Yes
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (2023)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to establish a code of conduct including formal rules and regulations for all dive operators
Site of Palmyra (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
Socotra Archipelago (2023)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Highly unstable conservation conditions of the archaeological sites
Tyre (2023)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2023)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unstable structures and lack of security
Wadi Rum Protected Area (2023)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
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Algeria Egypt Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Saudi Arabia State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Yemen
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* : 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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