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Decision 39 COM 8D
Clarifications of Property Boundaries and Areas by States Parties in response to the Retrospective Inventory

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC-15/39.COM/8D,
  2. Recalling Decision 38 COM 8D, adopted at its 38th session (Doha, 2014),
  3. 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;
  4. 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 properties as inscribed remain unclear;
  5. Takes note of the clarifications of property boundaries and areas provided by the States Parties as presented in the annexes of Document WHC-15/39.COM/8D:

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC:

  • Australia: Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte);
  • India: Humayun's Tomb, Delhi;

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA:

  • Azerbaijan: Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower;
  • Canada: Historic District of Old Québec;
  • Czech Republic: Tugendhat Villa in Brno;
  • France: Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve;
  • Germany / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Frontiers of the Roman Empire;
  • Italy: City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto; Costiera Amalfitana;
  • Netherlands: Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder); Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout; Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House); Schokland and Surroundings;
  • Spain: Historic Centre of Cordoba; Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula; University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares;
  • United States of America: Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville;

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBBEAN:

  • Brazil: Iguaçu National Park;
  • Mexico: Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila; Luis Barragán House and Studio;
6. Requests the States Parties which have not yet answered the questions raised in the framework of the Retrospective Inventory to provide all clarifications and documentation as soon as possible, and by 1 December 2015 at the latest, for their subsequent examination, if satisfactory, by the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2016.
Documents
WHC-15/39.COM/19
Decisions adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015)
Context of Decision
WHC-15/39.COM/8D
Other Documents (21)
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi - map of inscribed property
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower - map of inscribed property
Historic District of Old Québec - map of inscribed property
Tugendhat Villa in Brno - map of inscribed property
Costiera Amalfitana - map of inscribed property
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto - map of inscribed property
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve - map of inscribed property
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - maps of the inscribed property
Iguaçu National Park - map of the inscribed property
Luis Barragán House and Studio - maps of inscribed property
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila - map of inscribed property
Historic Centre of Cordoba - map of inscribed property
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares - map of inscribed property
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout - map of inscribed property
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville - map of inscribed property
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula - map of inscribed property
Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) - Map of inscribed property
Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) - Map of inscribed property
Rietveld Schröderhuis - Map of inscribed property
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) - Map of inscribed property
Schokland and Surroundings - map of the World Heritage property
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