The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B.3,
Recalling Decisions 42 COM 8B.24, 42 COM 8B.35 and 42 COM 5A (Manama, 2018),
Considering that, in compliance with the Convention and the Operational Guidelines, Outstanding Universal Value is recognised at the time of inscription of a property on the World Heritage List and that no recognition of Outstanding Universal Value is foreseen prior to this stage, decides to include the review of the referral procedure and its application for examination in the framework of the next revision ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/11A,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 5D, 39 COM 11, 41 COM 9A, 41 COM 11, 42 COM 8, 42 COM 9A, 42 COM 12A and 42 COM 13 adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015), 41st (Krakow, 2017) and 42nd (Manama, 2018) sessions respectively,
Adopts the proposed revision of the Operational Guidelines, as presented in the Annex to this Decision;
Requests the World Heritage Centre to proceed with the corrections of language consistency between the English and French versions of the Operational Guidelines.
Annex to Decision 43 COM 11A ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/12,
Recalling Decision 43 COM 12 adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019), which recognized the importance of the overarching objective of the reform of the nomination process as a key measure for restoring the balance and the credibility of the World Heritage List and which decided to endorse the principle of a two-phase nominations process, with the aim to help improve the quality of nominations and strengthen dialogue between States Parties and the Advisory Bodies,
Expresses its appreciation to the Ad-hoc ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examinedDocument WHC/23/45.COM/12,PART I – Assessment of the impact of Decision 40 COM 11 (Paragraph 61 of the Operational Guidelines)
Recalling Decisions 40 COM 11 and 44 COM 8 adopted at its 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) and extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) sessions respectively,
Taking into account the heavy budget constraints of the World Heritage Fund and the need for an effective management of the increasing size of the World Heritage List and the call for a more balanced World Heritage List,
Decides that the impact of the proposed ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/12,
Decides to approve the following International Assistance requests:
“Consultancy services for the Revision of the Local Economic Development Plan of Le Morne Cultural Landscape World Heritage Property” (Mauritius) for an amount of US$ 39,850 under the Conservation and Management-Culture budget; the finalized list of attributes will be one of the deliverables of the project and will be submitted to ICOMOS for review;
“Follow up to Reactive Monitoring Mission to Luang Prabang” (Lao PDR) for an amount of ...