Policy Compendium
Theme: | 1.1.2 - World Heritage Committee |
Resolution: | 1 EXT.GA 3 |
Theme: | 1.1.2 - World Heritage Committee |
Decision: | 35 COM 12B |
Theme: | 1.1.2 - World Heritage Committee |
Decision: | 43 COM 7.1 |
Theme: | 1.1.3 - Funding |
Resolution: | 23 GA 7 |
- Option 1: Increasing the standard percentage used in the calculation of the contributions to the World Heritage Fund from 1% to 2%.
Theme: | 1.1.3 - Funding |
Resolution: | 19 GA 8 |
(ii) Emergency International Assistance,
(iii) International Assistance to properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger,
(iv) Other International Assistance to States Parties, with priority to Preparatory Assistance,
(v) Funds to ensure that the Advisory Bodies have sufficient resources to enable them fulfill their obligations under the Convention”.
Theme: | 1.1.3 - Funding |
Decision: | 27 COM 11.3 |
6. Emphasizing the urgency of securing adequate financial resources to achieve the objectives of the 1972 Conventionto identify and, in particular, to conserve the world's cultural and natural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, especially in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and unprecedented threats such as climate change, natural disasters, and deliberate attacks on cultural heritage in territories affected by armed conflicts and terrorism.
8. Underscoring that sustainability of the World Heritage Fund and overall funding for World Heritage are a strategic issue and a shared responsibility which concerns States Parties and relevant partners, affecting the overall credibility of the World Heritage Convention, including effectiveness and efficiency of World Heritage protection.
17. [The World Heritage Committee] underscores that the highest ethical standards and principles must be upheld in all measures to enhance fundraising to maintain and promote the integrity of the Convention.
Theme: | 1.1.3 - Funding |
Decision: | 41 COM 14 |
4. [The World Heritage Committee] recalls that the payment of compulsory and assessed voluntary contributions is, as per Article 16 of the World Heritage Convention, an obligation incumbent on all States Parties which have ratified the Convention (…).
Theme: | 1.1.3 - Funding |
Decision: | 42 COM 14 |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Resolution: | 16 GA 10 |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 40 COM 7 |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 41 COM 7 |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 41 COM 14 |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 42 COM 5A |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 42 COM 7 |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 43 COM 5C |
6. Further recognizes the need to employ innovative and transformative solutions for reconciling World Heritage and Sustainable Development that will take into account the nature, complexity and specificity of socio-economic constraints that these less developed countries continue to face;
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11. Further calls upon African States Parties to focus their development efforts to benefit local communities, including them in the decision-making, and building on their knowledge and needs with progressive and proactive conservation of natural and cultural heritage; and to create enabling environments for innovative solutions inclusive of green and blue economies while progressing towards other SDGs."
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 43 COM 5D |
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 43 COM 7.2 |
11. Noting that the protection of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) must be a central objective for all World Heritage properties, requests States Parties to develop visitor management plans and strategies that address the seasonality of tourism (smoothing visitor numbers over time and spreading visitors across sites), encourage longer more in-depth experiences promoting tourism products and services that reflect natural and cultural values, and limit access and activities to improve visitor flows and experiences, while reducing pressures on the attributes which underpin OUV."
Theme: | 1.2 - UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes |
Decision: | 43 COM 7.3 |
Theme: | 1.3.2 - International Assistance |
Decision: | 42 COM 7 |
Theme: | 1.4 - Heritage policies at national level |
Decision: | 41 COM 5C |
The World Heritage Policy Compendium was elaborated thanks to the generous contribution of the Government of Australia.
The World Heritage Policy Compendium On-line tool was developed thanks to the generous contribution of the Government of Korea.