The World Heritage Committee,
1. Decides, in view of the time constraints, to defer the discussion of this Item,
with the exception of the proposal by China, until its 7th extraordinary session
to be held in Paris, (December 2004).
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Recalling the responsibility of the States Parties under Article 5 (e) of the
World Heritage Convention to “foster the establishment or development of
national/regional centres for training in the protection, conservation and
presentation of the cultural and natural heritage and to encourage scientific
research in this field”,
2. Welcomes the initiative of the Government of China to establish a World
Heritage Research and Training Institute in China and invites the State Party to
report on the progress of this initiative at the 7th extraordinary ...