The World Heritage Committee, 1. Notes with concern damages at the property by the devastating fire at the Hilandar Monastery; 2. Expresses its solidarity with the State Party and the orthodox community of the Monastery; 3. Requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre on the current state of conservation of the property and the measures taken to minimise the damage by 1 February 2005, for consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 29th session in 2005; 4. Urges the State Party to develop an overall management plan for the World Heritage property, which includes ...
Sites: Mount Athos
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Taking note of the documents transmitted by the State Party in July 2003 and January 2004, as well as ICOMOS and IUCN comments on these documents, 2. Expressing its condolences to the Government of Peru for the tragic loss of life and damage caused in the recent mudslides at the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, 3. Notes with great concern that the revised Master Plan, which should include a detailed Management Plan for the property, has not yet entered into force and recommends the State Party to give the highest priority to finalizing this by December ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Commends the government of Kenya for its continued commitment to address the concerns over the urban developments on Lamu Island; 2. Recommends that the State Party initiate a management plan for Lamu, and request International Assistance under the World Heritage Fund to develop the plan which should seek to encourage participatory management of the property, as a base for coordinated management; 3. Encourages the State Party to continue exploring the possibility of gradually extending the current limits of the World Heritage Property to cover the whole ...
Sites: Lamu Old Town
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting the results of the IUCN/ICOMOS/ICCROM mission to Robben Island World Heritage property, its findings and recommendations, 2. Requests the State Party to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the IUCN/ICOMOS/ICCROM mission, and in particularly to:
a) review and adopt as appropriate, and implement within an agreed timeframe, recent proposals for rationalization, consolidation and integration of the management structure of the Robben Island Museum,
b) study, with a view to consolidate them into a single Conservation Management ...
Sites: Robben Island
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Noting, with serious concern, the continuing deterioration and the serious threats
affecting the property of the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara,
2. Considering the importance of the World Heritage property of the Ruins of
Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara, and the need for any programme
or project, local or international, to take into account the recommendations
included in international documents, particularly the World Heritage
Convention and its Operational Guidelines
3. Noting with appreciation the support provided by the ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Taking note of the results of the evaluation mission carried out at the property, the actions undertaken by the World Heritage Centre concerning the demolition of the replica of the Gorée-Almadies Memorial, and the efforts undertaken by the Senegalese authorities to improve the state of conservation of the Island of Gorée, 2. Considering that the erection of the replica of the Gorée-Almadies Memorial refers to information communicated by the State Party during the 136th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO in 1991, 3. Expresses its concern in view of ...
Sites: Island of Gorée
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Congratulates the State Party for having approved the Executive Decree containing the modalities for the establishment of the Permanent Plan for the Safeguard and Presentation of the Safeguarded Sectors (PPSMVSS) under the law relating to the protection of cultural heritage; 2. Having noted, however, the very advanced state of degradation in the Kasbah of Algiers, 3. Strongly urges the State Party to urgently undertake rehabilitation measures in the Kasbah of Algiers; 4. Calls upon the State Party to list the Kasbah of Algiers as a Safeguarded Sector and ...
Sites: Kasbah of Algiers
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Requests the State Party to proceed with the listing of the M'Zab Valley as a
safeguarded sector and to elaborate a Plan for the Safeguarding and
Presentation of this sector;
2. Strongly urges the State Party to restore the hydraulic network to preserve the
historic value of the water management system with a view to sustainable
development.
3. Calls upon the State Party to undertake appropriate measures, notably with
regard to the designation of non-constructible areas, for the protection of the
urban and landscape qualities of the property.
4. ...
Sites: M'Zab Valley
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Invites the State Party to take steps towards creating an administrative and technical body responsible for the property with the aim of maintaining its architectural and urban quality; 2. Encourages the State Party to undertake steps with the World Bank to integrate the “Safeguarding and presentation project for the Medina” in its programme for the “revitalization of the historic centres of Morocco” presently under preparation; 3. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Committee, by 1 February 2005, a report on ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having taken note of the report submitted by the State Party in January 2004 concerning the implementation of the recommendations made during the 27th session of the Committee (2003), 2. Congratulates the State Party for all the activities undertaken to coordinate the actions of the parties concerned with the safeguarding of the property and for establishing the required legal protection for the property; 3. Reiterates its concern in the light of the information concerning the state of degradation of the property; 4. Further reiterates its request to the ...
Sites: Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Commends the State Party for the actions taken to rehabilitate the property by implementing conservations works on the historic buildings, reducing traffic and pollution and lowering the groundwater level;
2. Strongly encourages, the State Party however to implement the recommendations made by the International Symposium held in Cairo in February 2002, and particularly to: a) designate Historic Cairo as a Special Planning District, with buffer zones, in accordance with the prescriptions of the Operational Guidelines (2002), b) prepare a comprehensive ...
Sites: Historic Cairo
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Notes the information provided by the State Party and by the World Heritage Centre on the state of conservation of the property; 2. Regrets that the illegal construction of a building adjacent to the archaeological area of the property could not be prevented; 3. Encourages the State Party to pursue its efforts towards the protection of the property, especially in establishing an archaeological marine reserve, in developing as soon as possible, detailed Urban Conservation Plans integrating Environmental Impact Assessment procedures for all new ...
Sites: Tyre
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Urges the State Party to redefine, within two years, the exact boundaries of the World Heritage property, as well as the necessary buffer zones, based on an up-dated topographic map of the site at the appropriate scale documenting the archaeological evidence, but also the existing infrastructure and recent constructions surrounding the property; 2. Requests the State Party to ensure, through the appropriate legal and planning instruments, including a Management Plan and coordination of archaeological interventions on the site, and in close consultation ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Requests the State Party to submit, by 1 February 2005, a report on the progress made in the development of management plans for the property, for the Committee's consideration at its 29th session in 2005.
The World Heritage Committee,1. Commends the State Party for the progress achieved in the conservation of the property;
2. Notes that, while a number of positive steps have been undertaken to improve the visitor management at the property, an actual Visitor Management Plan hasnot yet been prepared by the State Party;
3. Requests the State Party to formalize, in a comprehensive document, a Plan for the Visitor Management at the property and submit it to the World Heritage Centre;
4. Further requests the State Party to strengthen its efforts on the implementation of the Sustainable ...
Sites: Saint Catherine Area
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Invites the State Party to urgently undertake the demolition of the cement paving and the sanitary work in the framework of a project for the redevelopment and enhancement of the Oued and its surroundings; 2. Calls upon the State Party to identify financial resources to develop the final project, in close coordination with the rehabilitation project for the City of Fez in the framework of the World Bank programme; 3. Requests the State Party to associate the Delegation for Culture of Fez with all the activities taking place in the Medina and notably those ...
Sites: Medina of Fez
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined the state of conservation of the property, the progress made by the national authorities since the previous session of the World Heritage Committee, and the findings and recommendations of the two UNESCO missions in October 2002 and February 2003, 2. Encouraging the State Party, the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to maintain efforts to plan and implement enhanced conservation measures for the property, 3. Decides to defer consideration for the inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger until the 29th ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Expresses its appreciation to the State Party for the submission of a Progress Report on measures taken to enhance the conservation and presentation of the World Heritage property; 2. Commends the State Party for the strengthening of the legal provisions for the protection of the buffer zones; 3. Encourages the Chinese authorities to continue their efforts to protect the urban historic fabric of Beijing surrounding the World Heritage properties of the Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace; 4. Requests ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Expresses its appreciation to the State Party for the measures taken to enhance the state of conservation of the property;
2. Takes note of further information provided by the State Party during its 28th session (2004);
3. Encourages the Chinese authorities to develop an articulated strategic programme for the conservation and rehabilitation of the historic fabric of Lhasa based upon an analysis of the heritage value of the historic structures. This analysis should assist the authorities in ranking the buildings according to their importance. The ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined the state of conservation of this property, 2. Notes that the architectural design for the New Suzhou Museum is compatible with the visual aspects and buildings traditions of the property; 3. Expresses concern over the urban development pressure in Suzhou, and the renewal and reconstruction of the historic and traditional urban fabric of the city; 4. Requests the State Party to review the legal framework and management plan for the protection of cultural heritage properties in Suzhou and to strengthen the legal provision for the protection ...
Sites: Classical Gardens of Suzhou
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Recalling the concern at the time of inscription regarding the tourism and pilgrimage pressures facing the property, 2. Congratulates the State Party for initiating efforts to elaborate a comprehensive document relevant to the long-term conservation and management of the property; 3. Requests the State Party to pursue its efforts towards the finalisation of the current management plan for peer review by the Indian conservation professionals and taking into account the suggestions made by the Advisory Bodies in the joint ICCROM-ICOMOS paper, in particular ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Takes note of the UNESCO-ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission findings and recommendations concerning the World Heritage properties of Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri;
Congratulates the Indian authorities for having suspended the “Taj Corridor Project”;
Underscores the importance of reinforcing the management and regional development planning mechanism relating to the protection of World Heritage properties in the Agra District;
Requests the State Party to:
set up a body to coordinate and address all the conservation and development challenges ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having been informed of the activities carried out under the extra-budgetary project funded by the Japanese Government at the property,
Thanks the State Party for its dedication in the safeguarding of the property, as well as the Government of Japan for its generous contribution towards the development of community participation at the property;
Acknowledges the renewed efforts of the State Party to improve the management of the property and to implement the recommendations of the July 2003 Experts Meeting;
Encourages the State Party to further involve ...
Sites: Borobudur Temple Compounds
The World Heritage Committee,
Commends the State Party for the completion or ongoing implementation of the corrective measures recommended by the March 2002 UNESCO-ICOMOS joint mission to Luang Prabang;
Supports the Agence Française de Développement-funded study of the coherent territorial planning scheme to decompress the infrastructural pressure on the historic centre of the World Heritage property;
Notes with concern the continued violations to the Luang Prabang conservation plan (PSMV) and the illegal constructions, which constitute a serious threat to the World Heritage values ...
Sites: Town of Luang Prabang
The World Heritage Committee,
Recognizing the vulnerability of this World Heritage property in the context of the present economic and urban development in Vietnam,
Congratulates the State Party and the local authorities for the excellent restoration work carried out on the monumental heritage of the citadel and along the Perfume River, and for its initiatives as concerns the enhancement of the landscaped heritage surrounding the citadel;
Strongly urges the State Party to take immediately into account the recommendations of the UNESCO mission of November 2003;
Encourages the State ...
Sites: Complex of Hué Monuments
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined the state of conservation of this property, 2. Expresses its appreciation to the State Party for the measures taken to enhance the state of conservation of the property; 3. Requests the State Party to strengthen co-operation with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to mobilise technical assistance for enhancing preventative conservation mechanisms for timber architectural ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined the state of conservation of this property, 2. Commends the State Party for having favourably considered the recommendations of the international urban planning expert and ICOMOS joint mission of July 2002 and the UNESCO monitoring mission findings which took place in June 2004; 3. Notes with appreciation the creation of a technical committee composed of national and local authorities to reach a compromise solution, being elaborated between the national and local authorities, to reduce the height of the commercial complex in order to ...
Sites: Meidan Emam, Esfahan
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting that the Government of Japan has renewed efforts to examine the potential negative and irreversible impact that the construction of the Keinawa Motorway could have upon the World Heritage value of the property, 2. Encourages the Government of Japan to continue making efforts to ensure the conservation of the authenticity and integrity of the property; 3. Further encourages the Government of Japan to continue making efforts to identify a technical solution to ensure that the impact on the ground water level during the construction will be kept to a ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Congratulates the State Party on the actions undertaken to comply with the recommendations of the World Heritage Committee adopted at its 27th session in July 2003; 2. Reiterates the importance of adherence to the government-approved management plan for the property; 3. Encourages the State Party to clarify the distribution of tasks among the different national and provincial authorities involved in the protection and management of the World Heritage property, so as to avoid overlapping of their responsibilities and ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Expresses its grave concern over the fact that the newly-constructed Maya Devi Temple affects the authenticity and integrity of the property; 2. Urges the State Party to review, in collaboration with UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies, the existing management protocols and elaborate a revised comprehensive conservation and management plan which ensures the longterm safeguarding of the authenticity and integrity of the property; 3. Expresses its great disappointment that the project plans were not submitted to the Committee before construction began; 4. ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Recalling decision 27 COM 7B. 55 taken by the Committee at its 27th session in 2003, 2. Notes with regret that the report on the progress made in enhancing the conservation and management of the property was not received for examination by the Committee at its 28th session in 2004; 3. Reiterates its request to the State Party to submit, by 1 February 2005, a report on the progress made in enhancing the conservation and management of the property, for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005; 4. Further reiterates its request to the State ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Notes the information provided by the State Party further to the request of the of the World Heritage Committee at its 27th session in 2003 (Decision 27 COM 7B.56); 2. Recalls that at the time of inscription on the World Heritage List, the State Party had assured the World Heritage Committee on its intention to elaborate a comprehensive conservation and management plan to strengthen the conservation process at this property; 3. Requests the State Party to submit, by 1 February 2005, a report on the progress made in the elaboration of the above-mentioned ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting the outcome of the joint UNESCO-ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to the property, 2. Expresses its serious concerns for the lack of management mechanism for the property as well as insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities in safeguarding the outstanding universal value of the property; 3. Urges the State Party to change the name of the property to "Historic Churches of Mtskheta" as suggested by the World Heritage Committee at its 19th session in 1994, following the original ICOMOS evaluation at the time of ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Regrets that the German authorities had not provided the information concerning the high-rise building projects in time, in accordance with paragraph 56 of the Operational Guidelines (2002); 2. Noting the information provided on the current situation at the site, including the announcement to continue with the implementation of the construction project, 3. Regrets that the State Party has not yet designated a buffer zone for the property despite the Committee’s request at the time of the inscription; 4. Urges the City of Cologne to reconsider the current ...
Sites: Cologne Cathedral
The World Heritage Committee
1. Thanking the State Party for the report provided, concerning the conservation of the World Heritage property, including the redefinition of the buffer zone as well as information on construction developments in the immediate vicinity of the property,
2. Congratulates the State Party on its project “Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens,” and on the long-term conservation plan, including the new museum design for the Acropolis, as this will enhance the protection and presentation of the World Heritage property;
3. Strongly urges ...
Sites: Acropolis, Athens
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting the outcome of the joint UNESCO-ICOMOS mission to the property and that the requested Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed waste incinerator has been provided to the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Body, ICOMOS, 2. Urges the State Party to consider all recommendations made by the UNESCO-ICOMOS monitoring mission of February 2004, in particular concerning visual and polluting impacts as well as buffer zone definition; 3. Requests that the World Heritage Centre be kept informed of any further changes in the design of the incinerator ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Recalling paragraph 56 of the Operational Guidelines, 2. Regrets the apparent construction of a road immediately adjacent to the property, and the apparent building of a high voltage power line without informing the Committee beforehand in accordance with paragraph 56 of the Operational Guidelines (2002) ; 3. Requests the State Party to clarify the boundaries of the property ; 4. Urges the State Party to develop a management plan that addresses conservation issues, development control, tourism management and future rock art research ; 5. Encourages the ...
Sites: Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting the information provided by the Latvian authorities on the construction project within the buffer zone, 2. Acknowledges the efforts undertaken by national authorities to implement the Law on the Preservation and Protection of Riga’s Historical Centre 2003; 3. Regrets that the recommendations of the Committee have not been respected (Decision 27 COM 7B.69); 4. Encourages the State Party to finalize and implement the preservation and development plan for the Historic Centre of Riga, in close co-operation with the City authorities, and to ensure an ...
Sites: Historic Centre of Riga
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Recalling the decisions taken at its 26th (26 COM 21 (b) 57) and 27th (27 COM 7B.70) sessions concerning the Curonian Spit as well as Article 6.3 of the World Heritage Convention, 2. Notes the efforts of the two States Parties to cooperate at the site management level; 3. Expresses its serious concern that the Russian Federation may have already commenced oil exploitation of the D-6 oil field in the vicinity of the World Heritage property before a joint Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) could be undertaken between both States Parties; 4. Takes note of ...
Sites: Curonian Spit
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Congratulates the Maltese Government for the exemplary way by which it consulted with all parties concerned with the proposal to build a landfill for domestic waste near the Megalithic Temples of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra and acknowledges with appreciation the quality of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); 2. Welcomes the decision by the Maltese Government to build the proposed landfill at an alternative site; 3. Regrets that few improvements have taken place to increase the protection and interpretation of the site, which is still affected by illegal ...
Sites: Megalithic Temples of Malta
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Taking note of the first phase of the management plan as well as a study on the state of conservation of the site as well as information on the revised legislation submitted by the State Party, 2. Recalls the recommendations of the joint ICOMOS/IUCN mission and its request (25 EXT BUR III.306) that a management plan be provided by 31 December 2001; 3. Further recalls the information given by the State Party at the Committee’s 24th session, indicating that the “Monte da Lua” Agency had been created to strengthen the integrated management of the site; 4. ...
Sites: Cultural Landscape of Sintra
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Commends the State Party and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Kotor for the excellent organisation of the Round Table on the development of a management plan; 2. Takes note with appreciation of the progress report submitted by the State Party; 3. Encourages the State Party to follow the phases indicated in the progress report for the development of an integrated management plan that takes into account the built heritage, the cultural landscape and the intangible heritage values of the property; 4. Requests the State Party to provide ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Acknowledges with appreciation the extensive information received from the State Party; 2. Recalls that in the nomination file, the World Heritage boundaries of the property are identified as the lands occupied by the Route itself and a stretch of 30 metres at each side, which is enlarged in towns and villages; 3. Further recalls that the nomination file included an inventory of protected monuments, areas of special natural value and villages, which will be flooded if the barrage is enlarged; 4. Takes note that the original enlargement of the barrage would ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting with appreciation the conservation efforts made by the national authorities and the Istanbul municipality as presented in the report submitted by the State Party, notably in establishing a World Heritage Unit within the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and an office in Istanbul for project coordination and monitoring, and the allocation of additional funds for the protection and conservation of the Historic Areas of Istanbul; and the completion of the draft 1/5000 scale Urban Conservation and Development Plan by the Istanbul Municipality currently ...
Sites: Historic Areas of Istanbul