Decision 39 COM 7B.36

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Peru) (C/N 274)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-15/39.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 37 COM 7B.35 adopted at its 37th session (Phnom Penh, 2013),
3. Welcomes the efforts made by the State Party towards the implementation of a number of recommendations of the Committee but considers that insufficient progress has been made over the past six years to address the considerable challenges and threats facing the property;
4. Also considers that further technical support is needed in order to consider how obstacles might be overcome, and foster a momentum that might lead to a sustainable outcome;
5. Urges the State Party to implement, in line with the proposals of the Emergency Plan 2009 and the Revised Action Plan 2012, all pending actions defined in previous Committee decisions, as a matter of priority, including:
   1. Harmonize legislative frameworks and strengthen governance arrangements for the property,
   2. Develop a comprehensive strategy for the Western Access before implementing actions that lead to the consolidation of this access,
   3. Undertake the Management Effectiveness Assessment in the framework of the approval process of the Management Plan,
   4. Finalize the Public Use Plan in line with the provisions of the Master Plan, including the definition of the carrying capacity for the Sanctuary and its components, and Machu Picchu Village,
   5. Finalize the Urban Plan Scheme for Machu Picchu Village;
6. Recommends the State Party to invite, as a matter of priority, an Advisory mission with the participation of the World Heritage Centre and Advisory Bodies, in the form of a workshop with national and local authorities, to seek finalization of pending actions mentioned above, and recommends that this mission takes place before the end of October 2015;
7. Requests the State Party to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/Advisory Bodies Reactive Monitoring mission, early in 2016, to assess the progress made in the implementation of pending measures as noted above;
8. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2016 a progress report on the implementation of the above measures and by 1 December 2016, an updated report, including a 1-page executive summary, on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session in 2017, with a view to considering, in the case of the absence of substantial progress in the implementation of the above, the inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.