Decision 41 COM 10B.4

Follow-Up to the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for All Regions

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/10B,
2. Recalling Decision 40 COM 10B.4, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
3. Welcomes the progress made in the follow-up of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting for Latin America and the Caribbean;
4. Notes with appreciation the contribution of the Centre Lucio Costa for Capacity-Building on Heritage Management (C2C-LCC), Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, to the development and implementation of a Capacity-Building Strategy as a follow-up to the Action Plan for World Heritage in South America 2015-2020 (PAAS 2015-2020), and encourages the Category 2 Centre to continue its cooperation with the World Heritage Centre on the implementation of the Capacity Building Programme and activities related to World Heritage;
5. Strongly encourages the UNESCO Category 2 Centre for World Heritage in Zacatecas (Mexico) to enter into its operational phase, in view of the important contribution it could provide to the future implementation of capacity-building activities within the framework of the Action Plan for World Heritage in Mexico and Central America to be adopted in 2017;
6. Also notes with appreciation the contribution of the State Party of Mexico in organizing a meeting, in close coordination with the World Heritage Centre, for the establishment of a sub-regional Action Plan in Mexico and Central America, with the participation of all stakeholders;
7. Further notes with appreciation the contributions of the States Parties of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Grenada, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Jamaica, in organising and implementing various initiatives, during the period 2016-2017, under the Regional Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014-2024;
8. Requests the World Heritage Centre to present a progress report on the implementation of the Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean, including the results of the survey scheduled for the end of 2017, at its 43rd session in 2019.