Decision 44 COM 7B.165

Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (Chile) (C 959rev)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 43 COM 7B.98, adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
3. Notes with satisfaction that the Interinstitutional Roundtable for the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) Technical Cooperation with the Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso World Heritage property has been established and has been working in alongside the IDB’s Technical Cooperation working group in 2019 and 2020, and requests the State Party to submit information on its further developments and results, especially on the identification of a management model and implementation strategy and roadmap, for review by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies;
4. Encourages the State Party to finalize the Risk Management Plan for the property and submit it for review by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies;
5. Notes with appreciation that regional agencies dealing with heritage protection have been established and that initiatives oriented to restoration and conservation of elevators and historic buildings are in place;
6. Notes that the National Monuments Council has expressed several observations regarding the “Improving Accessibility to Valparaíso’s Port” project and that these will need to be considered by the project’s responsible party before the environmental evaluation process is finalised, and also requests the State Party to ensure that appropriate corrective measures are adopted;
7. Also notes the information provided by the State Party on various projects in the buffer zone and vicinity of the property, and further requests the State Party to submit:
   1. Complete information and documentation on the Paseo Barón (formerly Paseo del Mar) for review by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies,
   2. Information on the progress of the construction process of the Terminal 2 project and on the implementation of mitigation and compensation measures,
   3. Information on any new development project or major intervention that may have an impact on the OUV of the property before any decision is taken that would be difficult to reverse, in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines;
8. Requests furthermorethe State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2022, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 46th session.