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Decision 44 COM 8D
Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8D,
  2. Recalling Decision 43 COM 8D, adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
  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/21/44.COM/8D:

    AFRICA

    • Mozambique, Island of Mozambique
    • Nigeria, Sukur Cultural Landscape

    ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

    • Australia, Purnululu National Park
    • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Bisotun
    • Japan, Shiretoko

    EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

    • France, Canal du Midi

    LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

    • Guatemala, Tikal National Park;

  6. Requests the World Heritage Centre to continue the identification and collection of geographic and cartographic information of World Heritage properties in nominations where the required information is not available or not adequate;
  7. Also requests the States Parties which have not yet answered the questions raised in the framework of the Retrospective Inventory and the Periodic Reporting, to provide all clarifications and documentation as soon as possible, and by 1 December 2021, for their subsequent examination, if the technical requirements are met, by the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee.
Documents
WHC/21/44.COM/18
Decisions adopted at the 44th extended session of the World Heritage Committee
Context of Decision
WHC-21/44.COM/8D
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