28 COM 14B.46
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Ensemble of Novodevichy Convent)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent, Russian Federation, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i), (iv) and (vi):Criterion (i): The Novodevichy Convent is the most outstanding example of the so-called ‘Moscow Baroque’, which became a fashionable style in the region of Moscow. Apart from its fine architecture and decorative details, the site is characterised by its town-planning values.Criterion (iv): The Novodevichy Convent is an outstanding example of an exceptionally well-preserved monastic complex, representing ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Dečani Monastery, Serbia and Montenegro, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):Criterion (ii): Dečani Monastery represents an exceptional synthesis of Byzantine and Western medieval traditions. The monastery and particularly its paintings also exercised an important influence on the development of art andarchitecture during the Ottoman period.Criterion (iv): Dečani Monastery represents an outstanding example of the last phase of the development of the Serbian-Slav architecture. The construction hasintegrated ...
Sites: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Varberg Radio Station, Sweden, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):Criterion (ii): The Varberg radio station at Grimeton is an outstanding monument representing the process of development of communication technology in the period following the First World War.Criterion (iv): The Varberg radio station is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a type of telecommunication centre, representing the technological achievements by the early 1920s, as well as documenting the further development over some three ...
28 COM 14B.49
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City, United Kingdom, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv):Criterion (ii): Liverpool was a major centre generating innovative technologies and methods in dock construction and port management in the 18th and 19th centuries. It thus contributed to the building up of the international mercantile systems throughout the British Commonwealth.Criterion (iii): The city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the ...
28 COM 14B.50
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (The Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes The Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi):Criterion (iii): The Bremen Town Hall and Roland bear an exceptional testimony to the civic autonomy and sovereignty, as these developed in the Holy Roman Empire.Criterion (iv): The Bremen Town Hall and Roland is an outstanding ensemble representing civic autonomy and market freedom. The town hall represents the medieval Saalgeschossbau-type of hall construction, as well as being an outstanding example ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Val d'Orcia, Italy, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (iv) and (vi):Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture.Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where ...
Sites: Val d'Orcia
28 COM 14B.52
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture, Portugal, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (v):Criteria (iii) and (v): The Pico Island landscape reflects a unique response to viniculture on a small volcanic island and one that has been evolving since the arrival of the first settlers in the 15th century. The extraordinarily beautiful humanmade landscape of small, stone walled fields is testimony to generations of smallscale farmers who, in a hostile environment, created a sustainable ...
28 COM 14B.53
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski, Germany/Poland, on the World Heritage List as cultural landscape on the basis criteria (i) and (iv): Criterion (i): Muskauer Park is an exceptional example of a European landscape park that broke new ground in terms of development towards an ideal humanmade landscape.Criterion (iv): Muskauer Park was the forerunner for new approaches to landscape design in cities, and influenced the development of ‘landscape architecture’ as a discipline.2. Encourages both States Parties to continue their collaboration and to ...
28 COM 14B.54
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Luis Barragán House and Studio)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i) and (ii):Criterion (i): The House and Studio of Luis Barragán represents a masterpiece of the new developments in the Modern Movement, integrating traditional, philosophical and artistic currents into a new synthesis.Criterion (ii): The work of Luis Barragán exhibits the integration of modern and traditional influences, which in turn have had an important impact especially on the design of garden and urban landscape design.2. Recommends ...
28 COM 14B.55
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Bam and its Cultural Landscape)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Noting the request of the State Party to modify the name of the property,2. Inscribes Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v):Criterion (ii): Bam developed at the crossroads of important trade routes at the southern side of the Iranian high plateau, and it became an outstanding exampleof the interaction of the various influences.Criterion (iii): Bam and its Cultural Landscape represent an exceptionaltestimony to the development of a trading settlement in ...
28 COM 14B.56
Inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger (Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Islamic Republic of Iran)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Decides to inscribe Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Considering that the quality of the Decisions of the Committee depends upon the quality, completeness and timeliness of the documentation and information provided by the States Parties and the Advisory Bodies,
2. Stressing that consideration of nominations is a key element of the Committee's work,
3. Decides that the following principles must guide the evaluations and presentations of ICOMOS and IUCN. The evaluations and presentations should:
a) adhere to the World Heritage Convention and the relevant Operational Guidelines and any additional policies ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Reiterates its serious concern for the state of conservation of Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park and the need for increased international support and co-operation, including that between the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan;2. Notes that the State Party has provided a revised Emergency Rehabilitation Plan and has invited the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to undertake a mission to evaluate the state of conservation of the property;3. Requests the World Heritage Centre and IUCN, in consultation with the State Party, to undertake a mission to ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Reiterates its concern about the continuing insecurity in Côte d'Ivoire and its potential impact on Comoé National Park;
2. Requests the State Party to submit by 1 February 2005, a report on the state of conservation of the property and the impacts of the conflict on the integrity of the property and its World Heritage values for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005;
3. Thanks the State Party for inviting the joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN mission and recommends that the mission to the property take place as ...
Sites: Comoé National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families of the park staff who lost theirlives in trying to protect the World Heritage properties;
2. Commends "Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature" (ICCN) andespecially its dedicated field staff, UNESCO and its partners in the project“Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict” for their on-goingefforts to protect the integrity and the World Heritage values of the properties;Decisions adopted at the 28th session of the World Heritage WHC-04/28 COM/26, p.52 Committee ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Commends the Austrian Government for its support to the property through the Simien Mountains National Park Integrated Development Project;
2. Reiterates its request to the State Party to provide by 1 February 2005, a report on the state of conservation of the property for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005, specifically on progress made in relation to the benchmarks set by the 25th session of the Committee for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger on the following issues:
a) realignment of the ...
Sites: Simien National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Recommends to the States Parties of Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia that they follow up on the decisions and recommendations of the tri-national meeting held in N’Zérékoré (12-15 February 2002) to increase transboundaryco-operation and inform the World Heritage Centre on progress achieved;
2. Requests the State Party of Guinea to provide more detailed information on the expected restarting of the exploration studies in the mining enclave for which the concession rights were acquired by the Euronimba ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Reiterates its concern that no report was provided by the State Party on the theft of the vehicles provided with financial assistance from the World Heritage Fund and on progress made in the implementation of the rehabilitation plan;
2. Urges the State Party to provide this report as soon as possible but no later than 1 December 2004;
3. Decides that, in the event that the State Party fails to make available such a report to the Committee, it will consider taking the necessary measures;
4. Also urges the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to undertake as ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Requests the World Heritage Centre and IUCN in co-operation with the State Party and the IUCN invasive species specialist group, to undertake a mission to the property to: assess the level of threat posed by they proliferation of Typha australis and other invasive aquatic species; assess the other problems reported by the State Party, namely the growing salinity and silting up of the rivers, and; advise on required actions and possible benchmarks and timeframes for removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger and submit ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Congratulates the State Party for successfully addressing most of the recommendations of the IUCN/World Heritage Centre mission and for the work undertaken to maintain the integrity of the property despite the difficult socio-economic and political situation faced by the country in recent years;
2. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre a copy of the General Management Plan as soon as it is approved by the Board of Trustees of Uganda Wildlife Authority and a map indicating the precise surveyed and marked boundary as soon as the ...