The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8D,
Recalling Decision 43 COM 8D, adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the boundaries of their World Heritage properties and commends them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies are not able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitations of such ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E,
Commends the States Parties for the work accomplished in the elaboration of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties located within their territories;
Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in Annex 1 of Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E, for the following World Heritage properties:
ARAB STATES
Libya, Old Town of Ghadamès
Oman, Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Australia, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National ...
Sites: Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman Ajanta Caves Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain Costiera Amalfitana Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Las Médulas Maulbronn Monastery Complex Old Town of Ghadamès Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Palmeral of Elche Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Vizcaya Bridge
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/23/45.COM/8B.Add and WHC/23/45.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front), Belgium, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Value:
Brief synthesis
The funerary and memory sites selected form the component parts of the series proposed for inscription. They bear witness to an entirely new relationship to the death of the soldier in combat. For the first time, these ...
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ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination, Argentina
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/23/45.COM/8B.Add and WHC/23/45.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination, Argentina, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination is located on the grounds of what was once the Officers’ Quarters of the Navy School of Mechanics (ESMA), in the city of ...