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67 Decisions
0 Resolutions
Session: 11COM 1987close
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a) The Committee endorsed the recommendations of the Bureau, and decided to defer the examination of the following nominations:   Panda Reserves 435   China(People's Rep. of) Cathedral "Unserer Lieben Frau" in Freiburg 418   Germany (Fed. Rep. of) The Gorge of Samaria National Park 406   Greece Ostia antica, Porto and the Isola Sacra 397   Italy Patzcuaro Lake Cultural Zone   413   Mexico Bat Necropolis 434   Oman Old City of ...
b) Furthermore, the Committee decided to defer the examination of the following nominations:   Cerro Colorado 408 Argentina The Committee deferred its decision on this nomination in order to give ICOMOS the opportunity to make a further evaluation of this property. Archaeological Park of Selinunte 396 Italy The Committee deferred the examination of this property until additional information on the plans for the archaeological park had been received. Castel del ...
National Nature Conservation Area of the Middle and Upper Proterozoic Sequences: Jixian 436 China(People's Republic of) The Committee recognized the geological importance of this site within China but did not consider that it met the criteria for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Port of Khor Rori  431 Oman Although the Committee recognized the importance of the "incense road" in ' intercontinental exchanges since antiquity, it considered that, in its present state, the nomination concerning the site of Khor Rori did not fulfil the criteria for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Sur al-Luwatiya, the Historic Centre of Matrah 432 Oman Although the Committee recognized the value of the Historic Centre of Matrah for the heritage of the Sultanate of Oman, it considered that the nomination did not fulfil the criteria for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Dalt Vila (Ibiza) 417 Spain Although the Committee recognized the historical value of this site in the Balearic Islands, it considered that the material evidence of its multi-millenial past was not sufficient to justify inscription on the World Heritage List.
With respect to the last three cultural sites mentioned above, the Committee stated that it would be willing to take into consideration any new nomination prepared in consultation with ICOMOS, if new elements were presented which would warrant the inscription of these sites on the World Heritage List.
17. The Committee noted with satisfaction that the situation in two of the natural sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger - namely Djoudj National Park (Senegal) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) - had considerably improved in the last year and that IUCN would be proposing that they be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in the next two years. The situation of Garamba National Park (Zaire) was also improving but was still critical.
18. The Committee requested its Chairman to write to the authorities concerned for the following natural sites mentioned in the IUCN document in order that progress reports could be submitted to the Committee at its next session: Western Tasmania National Parks (Australia); Mt.Nimba (Cote d'Ivoire/Guinea); Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary (Peru); Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal); Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania).
19. The representative of Tunisia informed the Committee that a Unesco/World Heritage consultant was currently reviewing the sitatirn of Ichkeul National Park which had been mentioned in the IUCN document: he stated that his country would certainly nominate this site to the List of World Heritage in Danger if this way recommended in the consultant's report.
20. The Committee noted with satisfaction the efforts of the Yugoslav authorities to reduce water pollution levels in the Skocjan caves.
21. The Committee noted the very serious problems of poaching in the Mana Pools Complex (Zimbabwe) and noted that the procedure had been started by the Zimbabwe authorities to nominate this property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
22. The Committee took note of the IUCN statement on the poaching of rhinoceros in general, and of the declaration of the representative of the Yemen Arab Republic contesting views expressed by IUCN saying that these views did not correspond to the real situation and did not look into the problem in its globality. The Committee requested the Secretariat to continue its cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and particularly to investigate what joint measures could be taken to reinforce the ...
A. Cultural properties 12. The Chairman informed the Committee that, in accordance with the request of the Committee at its 10th session, a working group of the Bureau had been set up to examine the problems raised by the establishment of a system to monitor the state of conservation of cultural properties included in the World Heritage List. The working group had proposed the principles of the system and the procedure to be followed, and had, furthermore, drawn up two draft questionnaires. The, Chairperson of the working group specified that the first questionnaire would be addressed to ...
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