The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC-07/31.COM/11D.2,
- Noting that maintaining the long established principle of public access to the Nomination Files of the properties inscribed on the World Heritage List is fundamental to achieving the strategic objectives of the Budapest Declaration, specifically the Credibility of the List, the effective Conservation of the Properties, the support for Capacity-building, and public-awareness and support of the Convention through Communication and also to UNESCO’s founding principles,
- Decides to approve the proposal to make the Nomination Files of the properties inscribed on the World Heritage List available electronically on the World Heritage Centre’s website, starting with those from 1998 forward, and to make earlier files available as the retrospective inventory progresses;
- Requests the World Heritage Centre to ensure that these files have both a disclaimer and are appropriately watermarked in order to discourage misuse.