Decision 41 COM 8D

Clarifications of Property Boundaries and Areas by States Parties

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/8D,
2. Recalling Decision 40 COM 8D, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
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 Annex of Document WHC/17/41.COM/8D:
   

   AFRICA

   • Seychelles, Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

   ARAB STATES

   • Syrian Arab Republic, Ancient City of Bosra

   EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

   • Canada, Old Town Lunenburg
   • Russian Federation, Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
   • Sweden, Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå
   • Sweden, Laponian Area
   • Sweden, Naval Port of Karlskrona

   LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

   • Honduras, Maya Site of Copan;
     
     
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 2017 at the latest, for their subsequent examination, if the technical requirements are met, at the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee in 2018.