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3 GA 1-6 Opening of the General Assembly by the Director-General

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The Third General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural^-Heritage met in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on 7 October 1980 during the 21st session of the General Conference.
Forty-eight of the fifth-three States which were Parties to the Convention as at 7 October 1980 and which thus had the right to vote, were represented at the meeting, namely Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Italy, Jordan, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,' Panama, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Socialist 'People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Yugoslavia, Zaire.
Representatives of the following States not Parties to the Convention also participated, as observers, in the General Assembly Austria, Cuba, Finland, Japan, Madagascar, Malawi, Netherlands, Omani; Thailand, United Kingdom and Uruguay. Representatives of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), one of the advisory organizations to the World Heritage Committee, of the Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and of the International Council qⁱf Museums. (ICON) also attended the meeting in an observer capacity.
The list of participants at the General Assembly is given in Annex I to this document.
In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly as adopted by the Second General Assembly of States Parties (Paris, 24 November 1978), the Secretariat of the Assembly was assumed the Secretariat of Unesco.
In opening the meeting, the Director-General stated that the Convention, to which 53 States were now Parties, had become fully operational since the first General Assembly held in 1976. So far 85 cultural and natural sites had been entered on the World Heritage List. In selecting these properties, the World Heritage Committee has been particularly concerned that only those which were unquestionably of outstanding universal value should be included in the List in order to assure its credibility. The Director-General drew attention to the need to maintain a balance in the application of the Convention between the cultural heritage and natural heritage fields and in particular to attain a better balance between specialists from the two disciplines among those participating in the work of the Committee. The value of the World Heritage List froth the educational and public information standpoints was underlined by the Director-General who described the different promotional activities already undertaken and those foreseen. He had no doubt that this effort would be actively pursued at the national level and he recalled his suggestion that a plaque be systematically placed at each site inscribed on the List. The Director-General informed the Assembly that technical cooperation activities amounting to $550,000 had already been financed in 18 countries including more than $ 200,000 for training and furthermore that the Committee had recently authorized the financing of other technical cooperation activities within a total budget of just over a million. The Director-General concluded by expressing the hone that many other States would soon join in the safeguarding system instituted by the Convention so that the international community as a whole may be associated in the most worthwhile task of protecting the world cultural and natural heritage.

3 GA 7 Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the General Assembly

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7. The General Assembly elected by acclamation H..E. Mr. G. Abad Grijalva (Ecuador) as Chairman, the representatives of Monaco, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Yugoslavia as Vice-Chairmen and M. Benyam Bekele (Ethiopia) as Rapporteur.

3 GA 8 Adoption of the Agenda of the General Assembly

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8. The agenda of the Session was adopted without amendment. The work of the Assembly was completed in one meeting.

3 GA 9-12 Examination of the Statement of Accounts of the World Heritage Fund

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9. The representative of the Bureau of the Comptroller introduced document CC-80/CONF. 018/2 by which, in accordance with the Financial Regulations for the World Heritage Fund, the accounts of the Fund were submitted to the General Assembly. He drew attention to the statement of accounts for the financial period which ended on 31 December 1978, given in Annex I to the document, and to the interim statement for the two-year financial period 1979-1980, drawn up as at 31 July 1980, set out in Annex II. The Assembly was then informed that contributions had been received from several States Parties since 31 July 1980 as follows :

Afghanistan	$ 100.00
Argentina	$ 11,511.50
Australia	$ 44,140.00	(The greater part of this sum had been received before 31 July 1980 but had been erroneously credited to a different fund)
Brazil	$ 5,000.00	(Voluntary contribution)
Canada	$ 43,705.00
Costa Rica	$ 433.00	for 1977-1978
	$ 287.00	against 1979-1980
Ghana	$ 278.00
Guyana	$ 290.00
Iraq	$ 2,323.00
Italy	$ 48,642.00
Jordan	$ 290.00
Nigeria	$ 3,775.00
Nepal	$ 145.00
Senegal	$ 290.00
Syrian Arab Republic	$ 290.00
United States of America	$ 300,000.00	(Voluntary contribution)
Yugoslavia	$ 5,726.50

10. The delegates of Chile and the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya requested that the contributions which they had paid in addition to their mandatory contributions should be included in the statement on voluntary contributions. The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany informed the Assembly that the voluntary contribution of 110,788.00 paid by his Government was for the two-year period 1979-1980 and not for 1980 only. The Secretariat undertook to amend the financial statement for 1979-1980 to take account of the above-mentioned observations.

11. The General Assembly then took note of the accounts of the World Heritage Fund for the financial period which ended on 31 December 1978 and of the interim statement of accounts for the two-year financial period 1979-1980 as at 31 July 1980, on the understanding that the amendments referred to above would be made thereto. The Assembly also noted the information provided by the representative of the Bureau of the Comptroller on the contributions received since 31 July 1980.

12. The Deputy Assistant Director-General for Culture and Communication drew the attention of the meeting to the budget for the period September 1980-December 1981, which had been adapted by the World Heritage Committee at its recent session in the light of funds available; this budget amounted to $ 1,423,000. Of this sum $170,000 had been set aside for preparatory assistance projects, $445,000 for technical cooperation, $ 335,000 for training and $ 220,000 for emergency assistance.

3 GA 13 Determination of the amount of the contributions to the World Heritage Fund in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the World Heritage Convention

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13. The General Assembly then unanimously decided, on the proposal of the Chairman, to maintain for the financial period 1981-1983 the amount of the contribution to be paid to the World Heritage Fund foreseen in Article 16, paragraph 1; of the Convention at 1 per cent of the contribution of States Parties to the Regular Budget of Unesco.

3 GA 14-17 Elections to the World Heritage Committee

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14. The General Assembly was .called on to elect seven members to the World Heritage Committee to replace the following seven members whose term of office was due to expire at the end of the 21st session of the General Conference : Algeria, Ecuador, Ghana, Iran, Nigeria, Sudan and Yugoslavia.

15. The list of the States Parties which had presented their candidature was read out before the Assembly. In addition to Ecuador, which had announced earlier in the proceedings that it was no longer a candidate for election to the Committee, the following States then withdrew their candidature : Algeria, Costa Rica, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Poland and the Syrian Arab Republic. Ten States remained candidates, namely : Afghanistan, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, Guinea, Guyana, Jordan, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Zaire.

16. On the decision of the Chairman, the election was conducted by secret ballot. The delegates of Algeria and Norway were appointed tellers and the Vice-Chairman from Monaco supervised the counting of the votes.

17. The results of the vote which were announced by the Chairman were as follows :

Number of States Parties entitled to vote	53
Number of States Parties present and voting	47
Number of invalid ballot papers	3
Number of votes recorded	44
Number of votes constituting a majority	23

Votes obtained by the States candidates :

Brazil	40
Jordan	36
Zaire	33
Guinea	32
Cyprus	30
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	29
Federal Republic of Germany	27
Canada	25
Afghanistan	17
Guyana	9

The Chairman declared elected to the World Heritage Committee: Brazil, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, Jordan, Guinea, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Zaire.

3 GA 18 Other business

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18. The Assistant Director-General for Culture and Communication offered his congratulations to those States which had been elected to the World Heritage Committee. He went on to refer to the essential role which the Convention and the Committee were playing in increasing^.the awareness of people of the importance of preserving cultural and natural monuments and sites which were of value to mankind as a whole. Another important result of the work undertaken under the Convention had been the fruitful collaboration which had developed between specialists in nature conservation and those in the preservation of the cultural heritage, both at the national level and within the Secretariat itself. Mr. Makagiansar paid tribute to several of the participants in the meeting who had actively contributed to the successful work undertaken by the Committee since the Convention entered its operational phase.

3 GA 19 Closure of the session

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19. Before announcing the closure of the meeting, the Chairman stated that the implementation of the Convention was one of the examples of activities in which each and every country had a contribution to make. Each had its own heritage and the heritage of all nations together .formed-the patrimony of mankind. The Convention embodied the very ideals on which the Unesco Constitution was based. The Chairman then declared the meeting closed.

4 BUR III.B.10 Requests for technical co-operation - Technical co-operation projects deferred

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10. Bureau authorised the Secretariat to pursue, in co-operation with the Ethiopian authorities, the preparation of a project for a photogrammetric survey of the monuments of Lalibela and to submit a revised technical co-operation request to the Committee. The delegate from the United States of America abstained from this recommendation.

4 BUR III.B.9 Requests for technical co-operation - Technical co-operation projects deferred

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9. The Bureau deferred the following requests either because the properties to which they related were not included or recommended for the World Heritage List or further clarifications were required:

Algeria:

Dey's Palace
Qal'ah of Beni Hammad
Citadel Quarter of Setif

Ethiopia:

Bale Mountain National Park
Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park

Further elements of the technical co-opertaion requests for these sites have to be established first by a preparatory assistance mission which has been granted for Simien National Park and will be now extended to the other two sites.

Syrian Arab Republic:

Ancient City of Damascus
Ancient City of Aleppo
Ancient Town of Bosra
Site of Palmyra

The Bureau was of the opinion that equipement that could be obtained locally, such as lorries etc, should not be provided under the Fund.

4 BUR IV..11.a Preparatory Assistance - Guatemala

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11. The Bureau granted preparatory assistance to

(a) Guatemala: services of 2 consultants (at an estimated cost of $22,000) (ecologist and specialist in stone, stucco and wood conservation) to prepare a technical co-operation request for Tikal National Park. The request for a jeep included in the preparatory assistance requested could be considered together with the technical co-operation request.

4 BUR IV..11.b Preparatory Assistance - Senegal

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11. The Bureau granted preparatory assistance to:

(b) Senegal: consultant services for 4m/m (at an estimated cost of $20,000) to plan technical measures for adequate protection of the site including regulation of the water level. The equipment requested requires some clarification and could be considered by the Committee at a later date.

4 COM Annex II : Agenda

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Opening of the session.
Adoption of the agenda.
Election of the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur.
Nominations to the World Heritage List.
Technical co-operation requests.
Protection of the World Heritage Emblem and of the name of the World Heritage Fund.
Revised text of the "Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention".
Measures to be taken to improve the balance between the cultural and the natural heritage in the implementation of the Convention.
Public information activities.
Consideration of Statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and adoption of a budget for 1981.
Consideration of the Report of the Rapporteur on the fourth session of the Bureau.
Other business.
Closure of the session.

4 COM Annex I: Message from the Prime Minister of France, Mr. Raymond Barre

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I would like to welcome the participants of the fourth session of the World Heritage Committee. The French Government is honored that this meeting, which brings together the leading specialists in historical monuments and natural sites, is being held in 1980 in France. At the request of the President of the Republic, 1980 is in fact Heritage Year in our country. It is marked by numerous activities initiated by the State, local communities and associations for preserving and enhancing the illustrious and more humble legacies of our people's past. It is fortu- nate that Heritage Year offers the opportu- nity for this international event, held under the auspices of Unesco. I wish the Committee every success in its work, which will strengthen the will of all countries to join together in safeguarding the elements of the world heritage.

4 COM I.1 Introduction

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The fourth session of the World Heritage Committee was held in Paris, France, (1-5 September 1980) at the kind invitation of the French Government. The meeting was attended by the following States Members of the World Heritage Committee: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Egypt, France,Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Sudan, Switzerland, Tunisia, United States of America, and Yugoslavia.

4 COM I.2 Introduction

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Representatives of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) attended the meeting in an advisory capacity.

4 COM I.3 Introduction

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Observers from thirteen States Parties to the Convention which were not members of the Committee, namely Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Zaire also attended the session, as well as an observer from one other international organization: the Arab, Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization. The full list of participants will be found in Annex I to this report.

4 COM II.4 Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda

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The Chairman, Dr. Shehata Adam, declared the session open and addressed the meeting to welcome the participants and thank the French Government for their kind invitation to hold the fourth session of the World Heritage Committee at the Hotel de Sully. M. Jean-Pierre Bady, Director of the Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites,gave a welcoming speech which inaluded a brief history of the Hotel Bethune de Sully. M. Michel Batisse, Deputy Assistant Director-General, Sector of Sciences, addressed the meeting on behalf of M. Amadou Mahtar-M'Bow, Director-General of Unesco. M. Bertrand Eveno, Director of the Office of the Cabinet of the Minister of Culture and Communication addressed the meeting on behalf of M. Lecat, Minister of Culture and Communication and communicated the text of a telegrannne addressed to the participants of the Fourth Session of the World Heritage Carnnittee by M. Raymond Barre, Prime Minister of France.

4 COM III.5-7 Adoption of the agenda

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5. Dr. Shehata Adam brought to the attention of the Committee the text of a letter from the Government of Jordan regarding the nomination to the World Heritage List of the "Old City Jerusalem and its walls" and suggested the matter be taken up under Item 4 of the proposed agenda.
6. The delegate from the United States of America suggested that a working group on the balance between cultural and natural sites be established and the exanimation of the Report of the Rapporteur on the 4th session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee (19-22 May1980) was inserted between Items 10 and 11.
7. After a discussion ensued concerning whether or not to modify the order of the proposed agenda : to discuss Item 5 and Item 10 together and to examine Item 7 before Item 4
The decision was ultimately taken to adopt the agenda in the original form in which it was presented to the Committee with addition of examination the Report of the Rapporteur on the Bureau meeting between Items 10 and 11 (cf. Annex II)

4 COM IV.8-10 Election of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur

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8. Mr. M. Parent was elected as Chairman of the Committee by accla- mation. The Committee then elected by acclamation the following representatives of States Members of the Committee as Vice-Chairmen : H. Exe. Prof. R.O. Slatyer (Australia), Mr. J. Adusei (Ghana), Mrs. R. Torres de Arauz (Panama), Mr. D. Hales (United States of America), Dr. M. Prelog (Yugoslavia) and Mr. A. Beschaouch (Tunisia) as Rapporteur. Dr. S. Adam (Egypt), the former Chairman of the Committee, was invited to participate in the work of the Bureau.

9. Mr. M. Parent, in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee addressed the meeting.

10. Mrs. R. Torres de Arauz announced the creation of the Multinational Technical Council on Culture for Central America at a formal meeting in Copan, Honduras. She also informed the Committee of the hope expressed by the Secretary of Education of Guatemala that the Maya City of Quirigua be considered for inclusion in the World Heritage List.