Decision 42 COM 8D

Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/8D,
2. Recalling Decision 41 COM 8D, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
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/18/42.COM/8D:
   

   ARAB STATES

   • Libya, Archaeological Site of Cyrene
   • Libya, Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
   • Libya, Archaeological Site of Sabratha
   • Libya, Old Town of Ghadamès
   • Libya, Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

   EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

   • Netherlands, Defence Line of Amsterdam
   • Spain, Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture

   LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

   • Haiti, National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
   • Mexico, Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal;
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 2018 at the latest, for their subsequent examination, if the technical requirements are met, by the World Heritage Committee at its 43rd session in 2019.