The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decisions 36 COM 7B.5 and 36 COM 8B.43 adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Welcomes the anti-poaching measures initiated by the State Party as well as the reinstatement of the retention scheme and requests the State Party to submit as soon as possible a report on the efficiency of these measures;
4. Takes note of the fact that no official notification has been made to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism on any proposed ...
Sites: Selous Game Reserve
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 3 5 COM 7B.1 5 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Takes note that the State Party did not submit its report by 1 February 2013 , and notes the information provided by the State Party in its report of 22 May 2013;
4. Notes with serious concern the State Party’s intent to proceed with the construction of the Lake Habema – Nduga – Kenyem road without undertaking a Strategic Environmental ...
Sites: Lorentz National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.21 adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Notes with concern that the State Party reports that potential threats on the property from adjacent areas are getting more significant every year and regrets that the State Party does not provide sufficiently detailed information on trends in wildlife populations inside the property, nor on the implementation of several of the recommendations of the 2007 reactive monitoring ...
Sites: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
37 COM 7B.29
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil) (N 1032)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.30 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Reiterates its concern that the majority of the Chapada dos Veadeiros component of this serial property continues to no longer benefit from National Park status, and that its integrity is no longer guaranteed;
4. Recognizes the positive actions undertaken by the State Party to develop new conservation units to restore some of the legal protection that has been lost, and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.49 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Acknowledges the information provided by the State Party on the implementation of conservation and management measures to address existing conditions at the property;
4. Urges the State Party to sustain on-going efforts, with particular attention to the following:
a) Finalize the delineation of the buffer zone and develop adequate regulatory measures to ensure its protection, ...
Sites: Petra
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Deplores the conflict situation prevailing in the country and the loss of human lives;
3. Takes note of the report provided by the State Party regarding the state of conservation of the six Syrian World Heritage properties and expresses its utmost concern at the damage occurred and threats facing these properties;
4. Considers that the optimal conditions are not present anymore to ensure the conservation and protection of the Outstanding Universal Value of the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 28 COM 15B.62 , adopted at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004),
3. Notes with concern that a project to raise the Yuzhen Palace above the levels of the raised Danjiangkou Reservoir was planned in 2007 and implemented since 2012 without details being provided to the World Heritage Committee, in accordance with Paragraph 172 of Operational Guidelines ;
4. Also notes that as result of the project, the Yuzhen Palace will become an island within the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.62 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Regrets that the State Party has not submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the recommendations of the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session;
4. Notes the results of the May 2013 joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to the property and encourages the State Party to implement its recommendations, with particular attention ...
Sites: Meidan Emam, Esfahan
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 8B.23 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Regrets that the State Party did not provide a state of conservation report as requested;
4. Reiterates its requests to the State Party to urgently revise the Meydan-e Atiq project, in particular its north-western corner in the immediate vicinity of the Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan, in a way that will:
a) not foresee any structural connection between the new galleries and ...
Sites: Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.69 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Acknowledges the submission of the Management Plan and commends the efforts by State Party to address the issues affecting the property;
4. Considers that the management framework and conservation principles for restoration and conservation presented in the Management Plan provide a clear and sound basis for preservation of the property and its buffer zone;
5. Urges ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.92 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Welcomes the important progress in identifying micro-organisms responsible for the mould outbreak, and in stabilising of the atmospheric conditions through limiting access;
4. Notes that these steps forward will be followed by further work on the hydro-climatic conditions starting in 2013, for the recording and mapping of areas most severely affected, which could lead to development of ...
37 COM 7B.76
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (Hungary) (C 400bis)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.95 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Notes the recent withdrawal of demolition and development schemes in the Jewish quarter and Becsi Street but notes with concern the deteriorating condition of existing historic buildings;
4. Welcomes the new World Heritage legislation that took effect on 1 January 2012, and the statutory underpinning of World Heritage management plans;
5. Also notes the reorganization ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.77 adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Takes note of the emergency response provided by the State Party and commends the authorities for the steps undertaken for the safeguarding of the property;
4. Notes that a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS advisory mission to the property, invited by the State Party, took place in October 2012;
5. Requests the State Party to implement the recommendations of the mission ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.84 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Regrets that the State Party did not submit a state of conservation report in 2012 or 2013 despite the requests of the Committee at its 35th and 36th sessions and that therefore the concerns raised by the 2012 reactive monitoring mission have not been addressed;
4. Urges the State Party to strengthen the national and regional legislative and regulatory protection for the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decisions 35 COM 7B.107 and 36 COM 7B.86 adopted at its 35th (UNESCO, 2011) and 36th (Saint-Petersburg, 2012) sessions respectively,
3. Regrets that the State Party did not submit a state of conservation report;
4. Takes note of the steps the State Party is making towards developing legal measures for the protection of World Heritage cultural properties, as well as for the establishment of a “Committee on the conservation of the spiritual, cultural and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 35COM 7B.105 adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Takes note of the efforts the State Party is making towards to developing legal measures for the protection of World Heritage properties;
4. Regrets that the State Party did not submit a state of conservation report;
5. Reiterates its request to the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, in conformity with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines , all project ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.113 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Acknowledges the halting of the development of the Citadel and Bernadine monastery, the adoption of the Integrated Concept for the Redevelopment of the Centre of L´viv and of the Regulations for placing announcements in the city of L’viv, and the completion of the digitised mapping of the property;
4. Takes note of the 2012 reactive monitoring mission and urges the State Party ...
37 COM 7B.88
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) (C 527 bis)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.90 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Notes that a moratorium on all high-rise and non-conforming buildings is under consideration by Kiev City Council and supported by the Ministry of Culture and reiterates its request to the State Party to implement such a moratorium and to take all necessary measures, including the development of appropriate regulations to ensure that there are no adverse impacts to the Outstanding ...
37 COM 7B.89
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (C 1215)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decisions 30 COM 8B.50, 34 COM 8E, and 36 COM 7B.94 , adopted at its 30th (Vilnius, 2006), 34th (Brasilia, 2010) and 36th (Saint-Petersburg, 2012) sessions respectively,
3. Also recalling past decisions regarding mining in World Heritage properties as well as the International Council on Mining and Metals’ (ICMM) Position Statement on Mining and Protected Areas to “not explore or mine in World Heritage properties”,
4. Notes the information ...
37 COM 7B.92
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (Bolivia, Plurinational State of) (C 567rev)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.119 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Notes with satisfaction the adoption of the Presidential Decree of September 2011, creating the Centre of Archaeological and Anthropological Research and Management of Tiwanaku (CIAAAT);
4. Also notes the results of the International Meeting of experts held at Tiwanaku, Bolivia in August 2012 and organized within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project to define ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.123 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Acknowledges the information provided by the State Party on the actions carried out in response to the decisions made by the World Heritage Committee and urges the State Party to continue its work, with particular attention to:
a) Formal establishment of the buffer zone at Santo Domingo East and approval of regulations for construction heights,
b) Approval and implementation of the ...
37 COM 8A
Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2013, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/8A ,
2. Stressing the importance of the process of revision and updating of Tentative Lists, as a tool for the regional harmonisation of the World Heritage List and of long term planning of its development;
3. Takes note of the Tentative Lists presented in Annexes 2 and 3 of this ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/12,
2. Recalling Decisions 36 COM 13.I , 36 COM 13.II adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012) and 35 COM 12B adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Decides to establish a Consultative Body under Rule 20 of the Rules of Procedure during its 37thsession to examine proposed revisions to the Operational Guidelines ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/12,
2. Recalling Decisions 36 COM 13.I and 36 COM 13.II adopted at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012) and 35 COM 12B adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Noting Decisions 7.COM 3 and 7.COM 6 adopted by the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict at its seventh meeting in December 2012, and welcoming the reflections on the interaction between the World Heritage Convention and the Second Protocol (1999) to the 1954 Hague Convention on the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/13,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 12 adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011), which requested to “establish a four-year cycle for updating the Operational Guidelines and that the Operational Guidelines should be restricted to operational guidance, and that a new document, ‘Policy Guidelines’, be developed as a means to capture the range of policies that the Committee and the General Assembly adopt” (Decision 35 COM 12B , point 11) and to “develop ‘Policy ...
37 COM 17
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee (2014)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Recalling its Decision 36 COM 17 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012), which elected its Bureau whose mandate will be until the end of its 37th session (Phnom Penh, 2013),
2. Decides to elect, in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, its Bureau with the following composition:
a) H.E. Sheika Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Al-Thani (Qatar) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandate will begin at the end of the 37th session of the Committee (Phnom Penh, 2013) until the end ...