The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 38 COM 7B.98, adopted at its 38th session (Doha, 2014),
Notes the State Party’s notification of large development and infrastructural projects in the buffer zone of the property;
Acknowledges the State Party’s commendable implementation of the recommendations of the 2018 Advisory mission in relation to four development projects, and requests the State Party to implement the remaining recommendations;
Also requests the State Party to:
Develop a Master Plan on the precinct level, ...
Sites: Aapravasi Ghat
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.70, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Reiterates its concern that the main recommendations of the 2015 mission relating to vulnerabilities recognized by the Committee still remain unaddressed;
Expresses its great concern that inadequate progress has been made on conservation, management and protection since inscription on the World Heritage List, with the result that what were only vulnerabilities are now turning into threats:
Many sculptures are now in state of ...
Sites: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.71, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the State Party to implement the Committee's previous recommendations and the 2017 Reactive Monitoring mission, in particular for:
The improvement of governance and management of the property,
The creation of a inventory of buildings at risk, which will continue in 2019 for the private heritage,
The elaboration of a Triennial Priority Rehabilitation Action Plan for the emergency ...
Sites: Island of Saint-Louis
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.72, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Acknowledges the continuous engagement of the State Party with addressing the issue of acid mine drainage at the property;
Welcomes the submission of the Vulnerable Fossil Site Risk Prevention Strategy for the Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs component of the property;
Also welcomes the State Party’s commitment to continue executing the Short Term Solution (STS) to the acid mine drainage until ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/7B,
Recognizes the responsiveness of the State Party following the severe weather of 2018 that caused the destruction of several Takienta in requesting the organization of an emergency mission to the site and initiating restoration work on the damaged Takienta;
Regrets, however, that the State Party did not inform the World Heritage Centre of the destruction of several Takienta during the 2018 rainy season;
Expresses deep concern at the destruction of several Takienta according to the findings of experts from the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8,
Recalling Decision 42 COM 8, adopted at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018),
Reaffirming the overriding necessity to continue to work towards bringing greater convergence between the decisions taken by the Committee and the recommendations of the Advisory Bodies;
Expresses its appreciation for the work of the ad-hoc Working Group, the experts that have participated in the Tunis Meeting, the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre for their work on the ongoing reflection on the revision of the nomination ...
43 COM 8A
Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2019, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8A.Rev,
Stressing the importance of the process of revision and updating of Tentative Lists, as a tool for regional harmonisation of the World Heritage List and long-term planning of its development;
Encourages States Parties to seek as early as possible upstream advice from the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies during the development or revision of their Tentative Lists as appropriate;
Takes note of the Tentative Lists presented in Annexes 2 and 3 of this ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to the Golden Temple of Dambulla as proposed by the Sri Lankan authorities. The name of the property becomes Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple in English and Temple troglodyte de Rangiri Dambulla in French.
Sites: Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to the Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra as proposed by the Ukrainian authorities. The name of the property becomes Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in English and Kyiv : Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie et ensemble des bâtiments monastiques et Laure de Kyiv-Petchersk in French.
43 COM 8B.3
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) (China)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I), China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (x);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis
The Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) is situated in the largest intertidal wetland system in the world and one of the most biologically diverse. The property is an ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Recalling Decision 30 COM 8B.24 adopted at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006),
Inscribes the Hyrcanian Forests, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ix);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Hyrcanian Forests form a green arc of forest, separated from the Caucasus to the west and from semi-desert areas to the east: a unique forested massif that extends from south-eastern Azerbaijan eastwards to ...
Sites: Hyrcanian Forests
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 8B.5 and 40 COM 8B.11 adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015) and 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) sessions respectively,
Noting the efforts of the State Party to address the matters identified by the Committee at its 39th and 40th sessions;
Taking note of the technical agreement reached by the States Parties of Thailand and Myanmar on the delineation of the boundary of the nominated area based on the Technical Meeting between the two concerned States Parties ...
Sites: Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
Decision: 43 COM 8B.6
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes the French Austral Lands and Seas, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (vii), (ix) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located between the 37th and 50th parallels south, the French Austral Lands and Seas comprise the largest of the rare emerged lands of the southern Indian Ocean, including Crozet Archipelago, the Kerguelen Islands and Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands. ...
The nomination of Alpi del Mediterraneo - Alpes de la Méditerranée, France, Italy and Monaco, was withdrawn at the request of the States Parties.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice, Iceland, including the area of the nominated property up to and including Herðubreiðarlindir Nature Reserve, thus not including at this stage the Jökulsá á Fjöllum River corridor and the northern Dettifoss - Ásbyrgi part of Vatnajökull National Park, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (viii);
Refers back to the State Party the elements of the nominated property situated to the north of the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B, WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Approves the significant boundary modification proposed by Albania of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region, North Macedonia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (iii), (iv) and (vii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Lake Ohrid region, a mixed World Heritage property covering c. 94,729 ha, was first inscribed for its nature conservation values in 1979 and for its cultural ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B, WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity, Brazil, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (v) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The property, Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodiversity, is a serial property comprising six component parts, including four protected areas: Serra da Bocaina National Park, Environmental Protected Area of Cairuçu, Ilha ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The five components of the property bear witness to the ancient nature and importance of iron production, and its impact on pre-colonial societies in the Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso. Dated to the 8th century BCE, Douroula bears the most ancient testimony ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Dilmun Burial Mounds, Bahrain, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a serial property formed by 21 archaeological sites located in the western part of the island of Bahrain. Six of the selected site components are burial mound fields consisting of some dozen to several thousand tumuli. Together they comprise about 11,774 burial ...
Sites: Dilmun Burial Mounds
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Babylon, Iraq, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Babylon is an archaeological site which stands out as a unique testimony to one of the most influential empires of the ancient world. One of the largest, oldest settlements in Mesopotamia and the Middle East, it was the seat of successive powerful empires under such famous rulers as Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar. As ...
Sites: Babylon
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Australia, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in the traditional Country of the Gunditjmara Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia. The three serial components of the property contain one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems. The Budj Bim ...
Sites: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City was the centre of power and belief of an early regional state in the Circum-Taihu Lake Area. It is located on a plain criss-crossed by river networks in the eastern foothills of the Tianmu Mountains in the Yangtze River Basin on the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Jaipur City, Rajasthan, India, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The City of Jaipur is an exceptional urban example in indigenous city planning and construction in South Asia. In a remarkable difference from the existing medieval practices where settlements developed in a more organic manner (that grew over a longer period of time, in layers, in ...
Sites: Jaipur City, Rajasthan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto, Indonesia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto is an outstanding example of a pioneering technological ensemble planned and built by European engineers in their colonies designed to extract strategic coal resources. The technological developments demonstrate both European ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan, Japan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located on a plateau above the Osaka Plain, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group is a serial property of 45 components which contains 49 kofun (‘old mound’), a large and distinctive type of burial mound. The selected kofun are found in two major clusters, and are the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
More than 2100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age give the Plain of Jars its name. This serial property of 15 components contains 1325 of these large carved stone jars, stone discs (possibly lids for ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Bagan, Myanmar, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Bagan is a sacred landscape which features an exceptional array of Buddhist art and architecture, demonstrates centuries of the cultural tradition of the Theravada Buddhist practice of merit making (Kammatic Buddhism), and provides dramatic evidence of the Bagan Period (Bagan Period 11th – 13th centuries), ...
Sites: Bagan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies, Republic of Korea, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies is a serial property which comprises nine seowon representing a type of Neo-Confucian academy of the Joseon Dynasty (from the mid-16th to mid-17th centuries CE). It is an exceptional testimony to cultural traditions associated with ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of the Groβglockner High Alpine Road, Austria, to the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to reconsider if a robust case can be made based on a global thematic framework of designed scenic routes in a global context and in a range of environmental contexts which underpins a thorough and compelling comparative analysis, in order to bring into focus the ...
43 COM 8B.23
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Danube Limes (Western Segment) (Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Danube Limes (Western Segment), Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, back to the States Parties in order to allow them to take appropriate measures with regard to component part 1608-133 (WHC/19/43.COM/8B, p.60), previous component part 70a;
Recommends the States Parties to invite the Advisory Body (ICOMOS) to review the situation with an advisory mission to Hungary to take place before the end of ...
The nomination of Hoge Kempen Rural-Industrial Transition Landscape, Belgium, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi, Canada, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi is a sacred site in a mixed grassland prairie region on the northern edge of the Great Plains. The Milk River Valley and several “coulees” dominate the topography of this cultural landscape, whose geological features include a concentration of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, Czechia and Germany, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief description
The mining region of Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) is located between Saxony (Germany) and the Czechia. The transboundary serial property comprises 22 component parts that represent the spatial, functional, historical and ...
43 COM 8B.27
Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem (Czechia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem, Czechia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (v);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Landscape is situated in the Střední Polabí area, in the Polabská nížina (Elbe Lowland) geological and economic region. The geological and morphological features of the area facilitated horse breeding and helped in ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Water Management System of Augsburg, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Water Management System of Augsburg is a sustainable system of water management that evolved in successive phases through the City’s application of innovative hydraulic engineering, demonstrating an exemplary use of water resources over the course of more than seven ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region, Poland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region (in short: Krzemionki) is located in the north-eastern fringe of the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains in central Poland on both sides of Kamienna River. It is a serial property comprised of four ...
43 COM 8B.30
Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) (Portugal)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada), Portugal, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Royal Building of Mafra, today also designated as National Palace of Mafra, consists of a Palace, which integrates a Basilica, with its axial frontispiece uniting the King and the Queen wings, a Convent, the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga, Portugal, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located in the city of Braga, in the North of Portugal, the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is built facing west and has expansive views, at times of the ocean itself, overlooking the whole city of Braga, the Bracara Augusta founded in roman ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture, Russian Federation, namely 10 of the 18 nominated serial components: 2.2 “Cathedral of Ioann Predtecha (John the Precursor) of the Ivanovsky Monastery”; 2.3 “Ensemble of the Spaso-Mirozhsky Monastery: the Transfiguration Cathedral”; 2.4 “Ensemble of the Snetogorsky Monastery: the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God”; 2.5 “Church of the Archangel Michael with a bell tower”; 2.6 “Church of Pokrova (Intercession) ot ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape, Spain, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape encompasses a huge central mountainous area on Gran Canaria island, sheltered by the Caldera de Tejeda, and formed of cliffs and ravines, in an area of ...
The nomination of Priorat-Montsant-Siurana, Mediterranean mosaic, agrarian cultural landscape, Spain, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Jodrell Bank Observatory was important in the pioneering phase and later evolution of radio astronomy. It reflects scientific and technical achievements and interchanges related to the development of entirely new fields of scientific ...
Sites: Jodrell Bank Observatory
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 8B.20 adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Inscribes the Historic centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace, Azerbaijan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (v);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value;
Brief synthesis
The historic town of Sheki, located in the northern part of modern Azerbaijan, has ancient origins as part of the Caucasian Albania, dating from the 6th century BCE. The ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene, Italy, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene in northeast Italy is an area characterised by distinctive hogback morphological system which provides a distinctive mountain character with scenic vistas, and an organically evolved and ...