Decision 22 COM XV.1-3

Date, Place and Provisional Agenda of the Twenty-third Session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee

XV.1 The Chairperson opened the discussion on this agenda item by noting that during the year there would be six meetings of the statutory bodies, as follows:

• the twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau;
• the first twenty-third extraordinary session of the Committee on Kakadu National Park (Australia);
• the twelfth General Assembly of the States Parties at the time of the 30th session of UNESCO's General Conference;
• the second extraordinary session of the Committee following the General Assembly of the States Parties;
• the twenty-third extraordinary session of the Bureau; and
• the twenty-third ordinary session of the Committee

XV. 2 The Chairperson introduced Working Document WHC-98/CONF.203/17. When adopting the report, the Committee decided that the twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau would be held from 5 to 10 July 1999. The Committee adopted the provisional agenda for this session of the Bureau, attached as Annex X.

XV.3 The Committee decided that the twenty-third extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park (Australia) would be held on 12 July 1999.