Decision 42 COM 7B.19

Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) (C 1504)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 40 COM 8B.24, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO 2016),
3. Welcomes the information provided by the States Parties concerning the establishment of the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and associated coordination mechanisms ;
4. Requests the States Parties to continue to progress on the issues identified by the World Heritage Committee at the time of the inscription of the property, including:
   1. Continue implementing a consistent mapping and cataloguing system for the components of the serial property,
   2. Developing active conservation programmes for the stećci, based on monitoring outcomes, and utilising the advice of skilled conservators,
   3. Developing and implementing monitoring indicators that include the impacts of development and tourism,
   4. Developing and implementing consistent Heritage Impact Assessment and Disaster Risk Management approaches within the transnational management system,
   5. Continuing to organize and provide capacity development activities for site managers in relation to these objectives;
5. Also requests the States Parties to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2019, a consolidated progress report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, and by 1 December 2020, a consolidated report on the completed measures, for examination by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies.