The Bureau recalled that this site was one of the first natural areas to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. It was abandoned by the staff of the Wildlife Conservation Organization in 1985 due to civil unrest in the area. Since then there are no reliable reports of its condition. A new government is now being formed and hence the Bureau requested that the Secretariat contact the Permanent Delegation for Ethiopia in UNESCO in order to develop mechanisms to obtain an assessment of the present status of this site.
Decision 15 BUR VI.39
Simien National Park (Ethiopia)
Decision Code
15 BUR VI.39
Themes
States Parties 1
Properties 1
Year
1991
State of conservation reports
1991 Simien National Park