World Heritage Centre Circular Letter No.4 WHC/31/1/MR 10 February 1993 To : States Parties to the World Heritage Convention UNESCO Regional and Country Offices IUCN, ICOMOS and ICCROM Permanent Delegations of Member States in UNESCO From : Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre Subject: Tentative lists on cultural landscapes by States Parties to the World Heritage Convention I am pleased to inform you that the sixteenth session of the World Heritage Committee in Santa Fe decided to revise the cultural criteria of the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention in order to include outstanding exceptional cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. Please find attached (Annex I) the revised criteria for inclusion of cultural properties on the World Heritage List. Following the decision of the World Heritage Committee, I would like to ask all State Parties whether they intend to nominate outstanding cultural landscapes for the World Heritage List within the next five to ten years. If this is the case, please update your tentative list by adding cultural landscapes and send it to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. These tentative lists should be established in accordance with the operational guidelines, paragraph I B, which you will find enclosed as Annex II. Please also confirm if you do not want to nominate any cultural landscape for the World Heritage List. ... / ... Please send your reply before August 15, 1993 to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, place de Fontenoy 75700 Paris, France Phone: (1) 45.68.18.91 Fax: (1) 40.65.98.97 Many thanks for your cooperation in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. *[EOF]