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WHC-02/CONF.202/20 Rev 
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UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD
CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

30th Anniversary
(1972-2002)

WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE

Twenty-sixth session

Budapest, Hungary
24 - 29 June 2002

Item 23 of the Provisional Agenda: Information on Tentative Lists and Examination of nominations of cultural and natural properties to the List of World Heritage in Danger and the World Heritage List

SUMMARY

This document presents the nominations proposed to be examined by the Committee in 2002. It is divided into four sections and an Annex:
I		Examination of nominations for the List of World Heritage in Danger
II	Examination of Tentative Lists
III	Examination of nominations to the World Heritage List
IV	Examination of a deferred nomination to be reactivated at the request of the Committee
Annex I 	Tentative Lists of all States Parties 

Decisions required: 
1. 	In accordance with paragraphs 92 and 93 of the Operational Guidelines (March 1999), the Committee is requested to examine the inscription of properties in, and the deletion of properties from, the List of World Heritage in Danger.

2. 	In accordance with paragraph 65 of the Operational Guidelines (March 1999), the Committee also is requested to examine the nominations for inscription on the World Heritage List on the basis of the Bureau's recommendations as well as additional information submitted by States Parties and evaluated by the Advisory Bodies. The Committee takes its decisions in the following three categories:

		(a)  properties which it inscribes on the World Heritage List;
		(b)  properties which it decides not to inscribe on the List;
  		(c)  properties whose consideration is deferred.

I.	Examination of nominations for the List of World Heritage in Danger

The 26th session of the Bureau (April 2002) recommended that the World Heritage Committee inscribe Lake Baikal (Russian Federation) on the List of World Heritage in Danger (see WHC-02/CONF.202/17).

In a letter received from the Afghan authorities on 6 May 2002 the State Party indicated its willingness for the "Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam" to be included on the List of World Heritage in Danger should the Committee decide to include the site on the World Heritage List (see section IV of this document).

II.	Examination of Tentative Lists

At previous sessions, the Committee expressed its concern on the small number of tentative lists that meet the requirements as stipulated in the Operational Guidelines (March 1999), paragraphs 7 and 8, and confirmed the importance of these lists for planning purposes, comparative analyses of nominations and for facilitating the undertaking of the global and thematic studies. These lists constitute also an inventory of the properties situated within the territory of each State Party, and which it considers suitable for inclusion on the World Heritage List. 

Therefore, the Committee invited the States Parties, which had not yet done so, to submit tentative lists in accordance with the Operational Guidelines, with the understanding that "preparatory assistance should be provided if necessary and requested by the State Party concerned". At its twenty-fourth session (Cairns, 2000), the Committee confirmed that the tentative lists would be mandatory for all properties which the State Party intends to nominate for inscription on the World Heritage List during the coming five to ten years.

As of 15 May 2002, of the 167 which had ratified the Convention, 122 States Parties had submitted Tentative Lists in accordance with the criteria specified in the Operational Guidelines, 45 States Parties had not submitted any tentative list. All the nominations submitted for examination in 2002 are included on the tentative lists of the States concerned.

A list of all sites submitted on Tentative Lists received from these States Parties is attached as Annex 1, in English alphabetical order. Site names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

The table in Annex 1 presents a full list of States Parties indicating the date of the most recent Tentative List submission.

Contents of the Annex:
	Situation relative to Tentative Lists	page 10	
	Africa	Annex page   1	
	Arab States	           page   2	
	Asia / Pacific	           page   3	
	Europe / North America	           page   6	
	Latin America / Caribbean	           page 13	

III.	Examination of nominations of cultural, natural, and mixed properties to the World Heritage List

The 26th session of the Bureau (April 2002) examined a total of 15 nominations, of which three were natural properties, one was a mixed property, ten were cultural properties, and one was an extension to a cultural property. 
Of the three natural properties examined, the Bureau decided that all three should be referred back to the States Parties concerned for re-formulation or additional information. At its 24th session in Cairns, Australia (2000), the Committee decided that "referrals of nominations would be re-examined by the Bureau in the year following initial examination, before proceeding to the Committee for examination." Therefore, no natural property nominations are being presented to the Committee at its 26th session. The Committee is, however, asked to approve a minor boundary extension of one natural property.

The Bureau recommended also that one mixed property be inscribed for cultural values only. Of the ten cultural properties examined, the Bureau recommended that the Committee inscribe nine. The extension of one cultural property was also recommended for approval.

Consequently, with the exception of the extension to one natural property, only cultural properties are presented to the 26th session of the Committee.

Alphabetical Summary Table of Recommendations by the 26th Session of the Bureau (April 2002)

State Party	World Heritage Nominations	Id No.	Decision or Recommendation of Bureau	

Natural Properties	
Benin	Pendjari and W National Parks	1062	R	
Kenya	Rift Valley Lakes Reserve	1060 Rev	R	
Russian Federation/ Mongolia	Uvs Nuur Basin	769 Rev	R	

Mixed Property                                                                          N / C	
Egypt	Saint Catherine Area	954	- / I	

Cultural Properties	
Germany	Upper Middle Rhine Valley	1066	I	
Germany	Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar	1067	I	
Hungary	Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape	1063	I	
Hungary	Andrássy Avenue and the Underground (extension to "Budapest, the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter")	400 Bis	OK	
India	The Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya	1056 Rev	I	
Italy	The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	1068	I	
Italy	The Late Baroque Towns of the Val de Noto (South-eastern Sicily)	1024	I	
Mexico	The Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche	1061	I	
Morocco	Portuguese City of El Jadida (Mazagan)	1058	D	
Poland	Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland	1053	I	
Suriname	The Historic Inner City of Paramaribo	940 Rev	I	

  KEY
	
I	Recommendation for inscription
N	Recommendation for rejection
R	Recommendation for referral
D	Recommendation for deferral
OK		Recommendation for approval of an extension
N/C		Natural/Cultural (recommendation for a natural/cultural mixed site)	

A.	NATURAL PROPERTIES

A.1	Extension of a natural property already inscribed on the World Heritage List

Property	Extension of the Marine Zone of Cocos Island National Park	
Id. N°	820 Bis	
State Party	Costa Rica	
Criteria	N (ii) (iv)	

Technical Summary:
This site was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 21st session of the World Heritage Committee (Naples, Italy, 1997). The site, 535km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica,  as originally inscribed consisted of the entire landmass of Cocos Island (23.9 km2) in addition to a 15km radius marine zone (977km2). On the recommendation of the Committee at the time of inscription, and of the Bureau at its 26th session, the Costa Rican authorities, by letters received 25 April and 6 June 2002, have requested that the boundaries of the World Heritage protected area be extended to 22 km (12 nautical miles), to better protect the marine biodiversity of the island. The total area of the marine protected zone would henceforth be 1,997 km2 (199,700 ha). 

IUCN Recommendation:
IUCN recommends that Cocos Island National Park World Heritage site be extended to 22km (12 nautical miles) to be commensurate with the new boundaries of the marine protected area. 

B.	CULTURAL PROPERTIES

B.1  ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

Property	The Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche	
Id. N°	1061	
State Party	Mexico	
Criteria	C (i)* (ii) (iii) (iv)	

Technical Summary:
Calakmul is a 3,000-ha Mayan archaeological site in the State of Campeche in the centre of the Yucatan peninsula. It is surrounded by a nature reserve ("Zona Núcleo I") of 147,195 ha, which is the buffer zone for the archaeological site.

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the property be inscribed on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i)*, (ii), (iii), and (iv):
Criterion (i)*   The many commemorative stelae at Calakmul are outstanding examples of Maya art, which throw much light on the political and spiritual development of the city.
Criterion (ii)   With a single site Calakmul displays an exceptionally well preserved series of monuments and open spaces representative of Maya architectural, artistic, and urban development over a period of twelve centuries.
Criterion (iii)   The political and spiritual way of life of the Maya cities of the Tierras Bajas region is admirably demonstrated by the impressive remains of Calakmul.
Criterion (iv)   Calakmul is an outstanding example of a significant phase in human settlement and the development of architecture.

* The Bureau discussed the relevance of applying criterion (i) to this property.  ICOMOS suggested that the property represented human creativity in the face of a harsh environment, in which the builders lacked the technological developments which contributed to many Old World sites. Several delegates questioned whether it represented a "masterpiece of human genius."  After further discussion, the Bureau decided to leave the final decision on application of criterion (i) to the Committee.

Subsequent to the Bureau session, the World Heritage Centre received a letter from the Mexican delegation dated 22 May 2002  announcing its agreement with the ICOMOS recommendation that the site be inscribed under cultural criteria (i) (ii) (iii) (iv).

B.2  HISTORIC TOWNS

Property	Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar	
Id. N°	1067	
State Party	Germany	
Criteria	C (ii) (iv)	

Technical Summary:
The proposed nomination is for the historic centres of two 14th-century Hanseatic cities on the Baltic Sea, approximately 120 km from each other.

Historic Town Centre	Area	Buffer Zone	
Straslund	80 ha	340 ha	
Wismar	88 ha	108 ha	
Total	168 ha	448 ha	

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the property be inscribed on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):
Criterion (ii)   Wismar and Stralsund, leading centres of the Wendish section of the Hanseatic League from the 13th to 15th centuries and major administrative and defence centres in the Swedish kingdom in the 17th and 18th centuries, contributed to the development and diffusion of brick construction techniques and building types, characteristic features of Hanseatic towns in the Baltic region, as well as the development of defence systems in the Swedish period. 
Criterion (iv)   Stralsund and Wismar have crucial importance in the development of the building techniques and urban form that became typical of the Hanseatic trading towns, well documented in the major parish churches, the town hall of Stralsund, and the commercial building types, such as the Dielenhaus. 

The Bureau recommended that special attention be given to the regulation of the design of modern details and the appropriate use of materials and technology in the rehabilitation of historic structures. The height and design of any new building or addition considered as essential within the historic core area and in its surroundings should respect the traditional skyline and character of the historic town. 

The Bureau also recommended that consideration be given  in the future to the possibility of inscribing the historic towns of Stralsund and Wismar as a serial nomination together with Lübeck. All three towns were leading centres in the Wendish region of the Hanseatic League in northern Germany, representing complementary aspects in terms of trading, production of goods, and the typology of construction.

In a letter received by the World Heritage Centre 21 June 2002, the Permanent Delegation of Germany welcomed the suggestion made by the Bureau, agreeing to continue the consultation process with the three towns concerned. In the meantime, however, the Delegation asked that the Committee proceed with the inscription of the Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar as presented.

Property	Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground (extension to "Budapest, the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter")	
Id. N°	400 Bis	
State Party	Hungary	
Criteria	C (ii) (iv) 	

Technical Summary:
The proposed extension would add 57.85 ha to the existing World Heritage property:

Date 	Name	Area	Buffer Zone	
1987
Inscribed	Budapest, the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter 	400.00 ha	ng	
2002
proposed	Andrássy Avenue and the Underground	57.85 ha	239.61 ha	

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee approve the extension to the existing World Heritage Site, “Budapest, the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter” (inscribed in 1987), using the existing cultural criteria (ii) and (iv). 

The Bureau recommended that the buffer zone be extended to the western side of the existing World Heritage site, on the Buda side of the town.

Property	The Late Baroque towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)	
Id. N°	1024	
State Party	Italy	
Criteria	C (i) (ii) (iv) (v)	

Technical Summary:
This serial nomination concerns eight towns in the southeast of Sicily that were all rebuilt immediately following the catastrophic earthquake of 1693. 

Town	Province	Area	Buffer	
Caltagirone	Catania	22.90 ha	47.86 ha	
Catania	Catania	38.50 ha	80.13 ha	
Militello Val di Catania	Catania	1.43 ha	27.48 ha	
Modica	Ragusa	9.00 ha	34.00 ha	
Noto	Siracusa	21.38 ha	48.09 ha	
Palazzolo Acreide	Siracusa	1.37 ha	33.74 ha	
Ragusa	Ragusa	17.39 ha	29.32 ha	
Scicli	Scicli	0.82 ha	5.18 ha	
	TOTAL	212.76 ha	305.80 ha	

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i), (ii), (iv), and (v):
Criterion (i)   This group of towns in south-eastern Sicily provides outstanding testimony to the exuberant genius of late Baroque art and architecture.
Criterion (ii)   The towns of the Val di Noto represent the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe.
Criterion (iv)  The exceptional quality of the late Baroque art and architecture in the Val di Noto lies in its geographical and chronological homogeneity, as well as its quantity, the result of the 1693 earthquake in this region.
Criterion (v)   The eight towns of south-eastern Sicily that make up this nomination, which are characteristic of the settlement pattern and urban form of this region, are permanently at risk from earthquakes and eruptions of Mount Etna.

The State Party agreed with the proposal to a change in the name of property to: “The Late Baroque towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily).”

On 20 June 2002, the World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS received revised areas, noted above, and  a progress report on the second phase Management plan, as requested.

Property	The Historic Inner City of Paramaribo	
Id. N°	940 Rev	
State Party	Suriname	
Criteria	C (ii) (iv)	

Technical Summary:
The original nomination for this site was submitted on 1 July 1998. In July 1999, the Bureau decided to defer this nomination to allow the State Party to initiate the recommendations made by ICOMOS.

The revised nomination was submitted on 27 November 2001. The total area enclosed by both core and buffer zones is 90 ha.

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):
Criterion (ii)   Paramaribo is an exceptional example of the gradual fusion of European architecture and construction techniques with indigenous South American materials and crafts to create a new architectural idiom.
Criterion (iv)  Paramaribo is a unique example of the contact between the European culture of the Netherlands and the indigenous cultures and environment of South America in the years of intensive colonization of this region in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Some discrepancies were noted in the text of the paragraph "conservation and authenticity" of the ICOMOS evaluation.  The Chairperson agreed that this should be re-written by ICOMOS for the next Committee session. This revision may be found in the Addendum to the ICOMOS Evaluations, WHC-02/CONF.202/INF.4 Add1.

B.3  RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES

Property	Saint Catherine Area	
Id. N°	954	
State Party	Egypt	
Criteria	C (iii) (iv) (vi)	

Technical Summary:
The Saint Catherine Area was submitted as a mixed cultural and natural nomination on 30 July 2000. A revised text and boundary delimitations were not ready at the time of the planned IUCN evaluation in October 2001, and IUCN decided to await the completion of the revised text before scheduling its evaluation. ICOMOS, satisfied with the cultural information provided in the original nomination, undertook its evaluation mission as planned. Consequently, this nomination is being presented for its cultural values only.

A revised nomination text was received by the World Heritage Centre 31 January 2002. The core area proposed is 60,100 ha (601 km2). No buffer zone is proposed because the site lies within a 4300 km2 nature reserve (the Saint Catherine Protectorate).

IUCN has re-scheduled its evaluation mission and will present a report on the re-nomination of the site for natural values at the 27th session of the Bureau in April 2003.

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii), (iv), and (vi):
Criterion (iii)  St Catherine's Monastery is one of the very early outstanding examples in Eastern tradition of a Christian monastic settlement located in a remote area. It demonstrates an intimate relationship between natural grandeur and spiritual commitment.
Criterion (iv)   Ascetic monasticism in remote areas prevailed in the early Christian church and resulted in the establishment of monastic communities in remote places. St Catherine's Monastery is one of the earliest of these and the oldest to have survived intact, being used for its initial function without interruption since the 6th century.
Criterion (vi)   The St Catherine’s area, centred on the holy mountain of Mount Sinaï (Jebel Musa, Mount Horeb), like the Old City of Jerusalem, is sacred to three world religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

The Bureau also recommended that the Committee request the State Party to consider the recommendations contained in the ICOMOS evaluation, particularly the need to prepare a visitor management plan for the monastery and the implementation of the 1998 sustainable development plan for the town of St. Catherine. The State Party should report on progress in these areas to the Committee in the year 2004.

The State Party welcomed the Bureau's recommendation, noting that during his visit, the Pope had emphasized the importance of this site towards furthering understanding between the different faiths.  The spiritual importance of this property as a meeting point for followers of the three Great Monotheistic religions, Christians, Muslims and Jews was stressed.  If the Committee decides to inscribe the property it should take the opportunity to publicize the message of peace of the World Heritage Convention.

Property	The Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya	
Id. N°	1056 Rev	
State Party	India	
Criteria	C (ii) (iii) (iv) (vi)	

Technical Summary:
This property in the State of Bihar in eastern India consists of a core zone of 4.86 ha and two buffer zones, of 1-km radius and 2-km radius with different levels of protection. The  25th session of the Bureau in June 2001 deferred the nomination, requesting the State Party "to provide precise maps of the Temple site and the surrounding built environment, with a clear indication of the proposed perimeters of the core area and the buffer zone. Furthermore, the State Party [was] requested to provide more details of the suggested plans for development and presentation, indicating the expected impact on the spiritual and historical values of the site."

A revised nomination with new maps was received by the World Heritage Centre 13 March 2002 and transmitted to ICOMOS for its consideration.  

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi): 

	Criterion (ii) The Mahabodhi Temple, one of the few surviving examples of early brick structures in India, has had significant influence in the development of architecture over the centuries.
	Criterion (iii) The site of the Mahabodhi Temple provides exceptional records for the events associated with the life of Buddha and subsequent worship, particularly since Emperor Asoka built the first temple, the balustrades, and the memorial column.
	Criterion (iv) The present Temple is one of the earliest and most imposing structures built entirely in brick from the late Gupta period. The sculpted stone balustrades are an outstanding early example of sculptural reliefs in stone.
	Criterion (vi) The Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Bodh Gaya has direct association with the life of the Lord Buddha, being the place where He attained the supreme and perfect insight.

Taking note of the ambitious initiatives for the presentation of the site, the Bureau drew the attention of the responsible authorities to the need to continuously monitor the impact that such challenges may have on the religious and spiritual significance of the place.

Property	Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland	
Id. N°	1053	
State Party	Poland	
Criteria	C (iii) (iv)	

Technical Summary:
The nomination for nine churches in the Western Carpathian Mountains of southern and southeastern Poland, was submitted to the June 2001 Bureau. While recognizing the great interest of the heritage concerned, the Bureau decided to defer the nomination to await the outcome of a comparative study. Such a study was submitted by the State Party in October 2001.

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe six of the medieval wooden churches of Binarowa, Blizne, Debno, Haczow, Lipnica Murowana, and Sekowa on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv):

Criterion (iii)   The wooden churches of Little Poland bear important testimony to medieval church building traditions, as these related to the liturgical and cult functions of the Roman Catholic Church in a relatively closed region in central Europe.  
Criterion (iv)   The churches are the most representative examples of surviving Gothic churches built in horizontal log technique, particularly impressive in their artistic and technical execution, and sponsored by noble families and rulers as symbols of social and political prestige. 
The Bureau considered this to be the first element of a serial inscription, to be completed when the comparative study of medieval wooden churches in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine has identified additional properties in those countries.
The Bureau urged the State Party as a matter of priority to monitor and, where necessary, update the fire prevention facilities at all the churches. The Delegate of Finland called attention to fire prevention measures adopted for wooden churches in Scandinavia and recommended that the authorities in the two regions consult on common solutions..

 This serial nomination concerns the following churches:

Church	Town	Area (ha)	Buffer (ha)	
Church of the Archangel Michael	Binarowa	1.80	40.4	
Church of All Saints	Blizne	2.20	46.7	
Church of the Archangel Michael	Dębno	0.14	64.0	
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Archangel Michael	Haczów	1.30	38.2	
Church of St Leonard	Lipnica Murowana	1.10	16.5	
Church of St Philip and St James the Apostles	Sękowa	1.72	36.4	
	TOTAL	8.26	242.2	

B.4  CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

Property	Upper Middle Rhine Valley	
Id. N°	1066	
State Party	Germany	
Criteria	C (ii) (iv) (v)	

Technical Summary:
The area proposed is approximately 60 km of the Rhine Valley, between Bingen/Rüdesheim and Koblenz. The total area proposed for inscription is 27,250 ha (272.5 km2) with a buffer zone of 34,680 ha. The nomination was revised in January 2002 with an amendment to the boundary in Bingen to include the Church of St. Martin, and the mouth of the Nahe River as far as the Drusus Bridge, one of the oldest medieval stone bridges in Germany. 

On the basis of new information only recently received concerning the management of the site, ICOMOS made a positive oral presentation to the Bureau differing from its original written recommendation for deferral. While regretting the lack of written text for the recommendation or criteria, the Bureau made its positive recommendation given below.  The revised ICOMOS evaluation may be found in WHC-02/CONF.202/INF.4 Add1.

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iv) and (v): 
Criterion (ii)   As one of the most important transport routes in Europe, the Middle Rhine Valley has for two millennia facilitated the exchange of culture between the Mediterranean region and the north.
Criterion (iv) The Middle Rhine Valley is an outstanding organic cultural landscape, the present-day character of which is determined both by its geomorphological and geological setting and by the human interventions, such as settlements, transport infrastructure, and land-use, that it has undergone over two thousand years.
Criterion (v) The Middle Rhine Valley is an outstanding example of an evolving traditional way of life and means of communication in a narrow river valley. The terracing of its steep slopes in particular has shaped the landscape in many ways for more than two millennia. However, this form of land-use is under threat from the socio-economic pressures of the present day.

Property	Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape	
Id. N°	1063	
State Party	Hungary	
Criteria	C (iii) (v)	

Technical Summary:
The State Party submitted a revised nomination to the World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS in November 2001. The Tokaji Wine Region is a serial nomination of a core area and six historic cellars in four towns east of the core area.  

Site	Towns	Area (ha)	Buffer Zone (ha)	
Tokaji Wine Region	Tokaj, Bodrogkeresztúr, Bodrogkisfalud, Mád, Mezozombor, Rátka, Szegi, Tarcal, Tállya	13,245	

74,879 	
Ungvári Cellar	Sátoraljaújhely	4.0		
Rákóczi Cellar	Sárospatak	0.8		
Köporosi Cellars	Hercegkút	1.7		
Gomboshegyi Cellars	Hercegkút	2.0		
Oremus Cellars 	Tolcsva	0.9		
Tolcsva Wine Museum Cellars	Tolcsva	0.6		
	TOTAL AREA	13,255 ha	74,879 ha	

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (v):

	Criterion (iii)   The Tokaji wine region represents a distinct viticultural tradition that has existed for at least a thousand years and which has survived intact up to the present.
	Criterion (v)   The entire landscape of the Tokaji wine region, including both vineyards and long established settlements, vividly illustrates the specialized form of traditional land-use that it represents.

The extensive debate concerning this nomination can be found in the report of the Bureau, working document WHC-02/CONF.202/2. 

Subsequent to the Bureau meeting, the Slovak authorities submitted a nomination for the "Slovak Tokay Viticulture and Winegrowing Region," to be examined by the Committee in 2004.

Property	The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	
Id. N°	1068	
State Party	Italy	
Criteria	C (ii)(iv)	

Technical Summary:
This cultural landscape in the Piedmont and Lombardy regions of northern Italy consists of nine separate areas:

Name	Province (Region)	Area (ha)	Buffer 	
Sacro Monte o “Nuova Gerusalemme” di Varallo Sesia	Vercelli
(Piedmont)	5.40	26.10	
Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralunga di Crea	Alessandria
(Piedmont)	8.90	24.10	
Sacro Monte di San Francesco d’Orta San Giulio	Novara
(Piedmont)	14.00	7.50	
Sacro Monte del Rosario di Varese	Varese
(Lombardy)	14.60	32.60	
Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine, Oropa	Biella
(Piedmont)	15.40	49.60	
Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine del Soccorso, Ossuccio	Como
(Lombardy)	3.00	9.00	
Sacro Monte della SS.Trinità, Ghiffa	Verbania
(Piedmont)	11.00	210.00	
Sacro Monte Calvario, Domodossola	Verbania
(Piedmont)	3.60	41.40	
Sacro Monte di Belmonte, Valperga Canavese	Turin
(Piedmont)	14.60	321.60	
	TOTAL	90.50	721.90	

Recommendation of the 26th Session of the Bureau:
That the Committee inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):
Criterion (ii)  The implantation of architecture and sacred art into a natural landscape for didactic and spiritual purposes achieved its most exceptional expression in the Sacri Monti (“Sacred Mountains”) of northern Italy and had a profound influence on subsequent developments elsewhere in Europe.
Criterion (iv)   The Sacri Monti (“Sacred Mountains”) of northern Italy represent the successful integration of architecture and fine art into a landscape of great beauty for spiritual reasons at a critical period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

The State Party agreed to the proposal of ICOMOS that the name of the property in English be: “The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.”  The Bureau noted that other sites of this type are located in Switzerland (Ticino).

IV.	Reactivation of a deferred nomination at the request of the Committee

Property	The Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam	
Id. N°	211 Rev	
State Party	Afghanistan	
Criteria	C (iii) (iv)	

The original nomination for the Minaret of Jam was received by the UNESCO Secretariat on 14 April 1982. Upon examination of the evaluation by ICOMOS at its seventh session in June 1983, the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee requested the authorities to redefine the limits of the zone of protection and to provide precise information on the present state of conservation of the monument. At its seventh session in December 1983, the World Heritage Committee decided to defer consideration of the inscription of the Minaret of Jam on the World Heritage List in light of the fact that the State Party had not provided the information requested by the Bureau.  

At its 25th session (Helsinki, December 2001), the World Heritage Committee requested the World Heritage Centre to undertake a fact finding and consultative mission to Afghanistan to discuss reactivating the World Heritage Convention in Afghanistan and the deferred nominations submitted in 1982. 

At its 26th session (April 2002), the Bureau recommended that the Committee examine the findings and recommendations of the Joint Mission to Afghanistan, and consider the inscription of the Minaret of Jam as a deferred nomination officially submitted by the Afghan authorities in 1982, and resubmitted in 2002, on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger at its 26th session.

The nomination, prepared by outside experts with the assistance of the World Heritage Centre, was submitted by the Afghan authorities on 6 May 2002 and transmitted to ICOMOS for its evaluation. 

In the letter of submission the State Party noted that "the inscription of the 'Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam' on the World Heritage List and List of World Heritage in Danger would signify a strong sign of commitment by UNESCO and the international community in assisting [their] country in protecting the cultural heritage of humankind and in implementing the World Heritage Convention."

ICOMOS Recommendation
That this property be inscribed on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv):

Criterion (iii): The Minaret of Jam and its associated archaeological remains constitute exceptional testimony to the power and quality of the Ghurid civilization that dominated its region in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Criterion (iv): The Minaret of Jam is an outstanding example of Islamic architecture and ornamentation in this region and played a significant role in their further dissemination.

ICOMOS further recommends that, subject to the consent of the State Party and if the World Heritage Committee considers this to be appropriate, this property should be inscribed on the List of World Heritage List in Danger, until such time as all the recommendations listed above are implemented.

Annex 1
SITUATION RELATIVE TO TENTATIVE LISTS
Absence of a date indicates that the State Party has not yet submitted a Tentative List that complies with the Operational Guidelines format

State Party	Last revision	

AFRICA		
Angola	22/11/96	
Benin	19/06/98	
Botswana	21/07/99	
Burkina Faso	09/04/96	
Burundi		
Cameroon		
Cape Verde		
Central African Republic		
Chad		
Comoros		
Congo		
Côte d'Ivoire		
Democratic Republic of the Congo	11/11/97	
Eritrea		
Ethiopia	25/04/01	
Gabon		
Gambia	01/09/95	
Ghana		
Guinea	29/03/01	
Kenya	09/11/01	
Madagascar	14/11/97	
Malawi	17/05/00	
Mali	08/09/99	
Mauritius		
Mozambique	15/09/97	
Namibia		
Niger	20/11/96	
Nigeria	01/11/95	
Rwanda		
Senegal	21/07/98	
Seychelles		
South Africa	13/10/99	
Togo	08/01/02	
Uganda	10/09/97	
United Republic of Tanzania	31/10/00	
Zambia	11/06/97	
Zimbabwe	26/06/97	
T O T A L                       37	22	

ARAB STATES	
Algeria		
Bahrain	07/11/01	
Egypt	22/01/02	
Iraq	07/07/00	
Jordan	18/06/01	
Lebanon	01/07/96	
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya		
Mauritania	14/06/01	
Morocco	12/10/98	
Oman	04/07/88	
Qatar		
Saudi Arabia		
Sudan	01/09/94	
Syrian Arab Republic	08/06/99	
Tunisia	01/03/96	
United Arab Emirates		
Yemen		
T O T A L                          17	11	

ASIA / PACIFIC REGION	
Afghanistan		
Australia	09/10/01	
Bangladesh	17/02/99	
Bhutan		
Cambodia	01/09/92	
China	31/01/02	
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	25/05/00	
Fiji	26/10/99	
India	31/01/02	
Indonesia	19/10/95	
Iran	22/05/97	
Japan	06/04/01	
Kazakhstan	06/02/02	
Kiribati		
Kyrgystan	29/01/01	
Lao People's Democratic Republic	25/03/92	
Malaysia	26/02/01	
Maldives		
Mongolia	01/08/96	
Myanmar	04/10/96	
Nepal	23/05/96	
New Zealand	17/11/93	
Niue		
Pakistan	14/12/93	
Papua New Guinea		
Philippines	15/08/93	
Republic of Korea	25/01/02	
Samoa		
Solomon Islands		
Sri Lanka		
Tajikistan	19/06/00	
Thailand		
Turkmenistan	25/02/98	
Uzbekistan	01/06/96	
Vietnam	15/11/97	
T O T A L                          35	25	

EUROPE / NORTH AMERICA	
Albania	14/10/96	
Andorra	22/02/99	
Armenia	25/07/97	
Austria	23/01/02	
Azerbaijan	24/10/01	
Belarus	26/09/91	
Belgium	02/04/02	
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10/05/98	
Bulgaria	01/10/84	
Canada	06/04/98	
Croatia	06/10/98	
Cyprus	04/02/02	
Czech Republic	06/07/01	
Denmark	01/09/93	
Estonia	18/04/02	
Finland	01/10/90	
France	01/02/02	
Georgia	28/10/93	
Germany	15/10/99	
Greece	28/06/99	
Holy See		
Hungary	28/12/01	
Iceland	18/12/01	
Ireland	28/09/92	
Israel	31/01/02	
Italy	22/11/96	
Latvia	30/01/96	
Lithuania	05/06/97	
Luxembourg	01/10/93	
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of		
Malta	27/08/98	
Monaco		
Netherlands	26/09/95	
Norway		
Poland	07/01/02	
Portugal	06/05/00	
Romania	01/03/91	
Russian Federation	25/01/02	
San Marino		
Slovakia	11/02/02	
Slovenia	16/06/00	
Spain	23/01/01	
Sweden	19/11/01	
Switzerland	22/01/02	
Turkey	06/07/00	
Ukraine	20/06/00	
United Kingdom	21/06/99	
United States of America	05/09/90	
Yugoslavia	18/03/02	
T O T A L                          49	44	

LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN	
Antigua and Barbuda		
Argentina	15/11/01	
Belize		
Bolivia	12/01/98	
Brazil	07/08/01	
Chile	01/09/98	
Colombia	12/06/01	
Costa Rica	10/07/01	
Cuba	13/08/99	
Dominica		
Dominican Republic	05/04/02	
Ecuador	30/06/98	
El Salvador	21/09/92	
Grenada		
Guatemala		
Guyana	15/11/95	
Haiti		
Honduras		
Jamaica		
Mexico	20/11/01	
Nicaragua	19/06/95	
Panama	04/10/95	
Paraguay	05/10/93	
Peru	15/02/02	
Saint Christopher and Nevis	17/09/98	
Saint Lucia		
Suriname	12/11/98	
Uruguay	05/10/95	
Venezuela	16/01/02	
T O T A L                          29	20