8194 Decisions
146 Resolutions
By Year
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add.2,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.43, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes that the Reactive Monitoring mission will be invited immediately after the decision of the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan is announced;
Also notes that the State Party is undertaking measures to control and monitor urban encroachments and stresses upon the need to expedite this process as far as possible and requests the State Party to further improve the collaboration with related national and local ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.44 adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Expresses its appreciation for the significant efforts expended by the State Party to improve the state of conservation of the property by regularly removing litter, graffiti and vegetation from the property, hiring security guards, and documenting/storing displaced original architectural elements;
Notes however that important requests made by the Committee are yet to be addressed or fully implemented, including the completion ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 39 COM 7B.71, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
Welcomes the efforts made by the State Party to improve the capacities of local craftspeople who undertake conservation activities via a training curriculum based on scientific conservation principles and the use of traditional material and skills;
Notes with satisfaction the information provided by the State Party on the organization of the international symposium on brick monuments and on the revision of the Master Plan for ...
Sites: Historic City of Ayutthaya
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 39 COM 7B.72, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
Notes the conclusions and recommendations of the March 2016 joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the property;
Welcomes progress with the development of the Management Plan and requests the State Party to submit as soon as possible to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies, the final text of the Management Plan, completed in conjunction with the new Master Plan for the Historic Centre of ...
Sites: Historic Centre of Bukhara
41 COM 8A
Tentative Lists Submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2017, in Conformity with the Operational Guidelines
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/8A,
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 Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B.Add.2 and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1.Add.2,
Taking note that on 30 January 2017 the World Heritage Centre received a request by the Permanent Delegation of Palestine to process the nomination of Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town for inscription on the World Heritage List in compliance with the standard procedure and that by letter dated 9 March 2017 the Permanent Delegation of Palestine requested to process this nomination on an emergency basis,
Taking also note of the provisions under Paragraph 161 of the Operational ...
Sites: Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
The nomination of Mole National Park, Ghana, has been withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Approves the extension of the W National Park of Niger, Niger, to become the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ix) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is a transnational property shared between the Republic of Niger, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Benin in West Africa. Located in the transition zone between the savannas of the ...
Sites: W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Qinghai Hoh Xil, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (vii) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Qinghai Hoh Xil is located in the northeast corner of the vast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the largest, highest and youngest plateau in the world. The property covers 3,735,632 ha with a 2,290,904 ha buffer zone and encompasses an extensive area of alpine mountains and steppe systems at elevations of over ...
Sites: Qinghai Hoh Xil
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Decides not to inscribe the Bhitarkanika Conservation Area, India, on the World Heritage List on the basis of natural criteria;
Recommends that the State Party:
Ensures adequate human, material and financial resources to support the effective management of the Bhitarkanika Conservation Area, and in particular to provide adequate resources for the management of the Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary, including year-round patrolling to prevent illegal fishing by commercial fishing ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B.Add and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Inscribes the Landscapes of Dauria, Mongolia, Russian Federation, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ix) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Shared by Mongolia and the Russian Federation, the Landscapes of Dauria is a transboundary serial World Heritage property of four component parts. It is an outstanding example of the Daurian steppe ecosystem, which covers over 1 million square kilometers, extending ...
Sites: Landscapes of Dauria
41 COM 8B.7
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Approves the extension of Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine and Germany, to become Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine, on the World Heritage List, on the basis of criterion (ix);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value: ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Los Alerces National Park, Argentina, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (vii) and (x), taking note that the adopted boundary includes only the formally gazetted Los Alerces National Park, and includes the Los Alerces National Reserve within the buffer zone to the inscribed area;
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Los Alerces National Park is located within the Andes of Northern Patagonia and the property’s ...
Sites: Los Alerces National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B, WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Refers the mixed nomination of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica, Mexico, back to the State Party, in order to clarify:
In relation to cultural criteria, a revised approach focusing on the chronological development of the property, starting with the prehistorical sites, preclassical villages, classical cities, postclassical kingdoms, and early colonial settlements, based on irrigated agriculture; associated industries, techniques and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo, Angola, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The town of Mbanza Kongo was the political and spiritual capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, one of the largest constituted states of Southern Africa, which was active from the 14th to the 19th century. Located on a plateau at an altitude of 570 metres, it ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Asmara: Africa’s Modernist City, Eritrea, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located on an highland plateau at the centre of Eritrea, Asmara, a Modernist city of Africa is the capital of the country and is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a colonial planned city, which resulted from the subsequent phases of planning between 1893 and 1941, under the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape, South Africa, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (v) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis:
The ǂKhomani and related San people are unique in that they descend directly from an ancient population that existed in the southern African region some 150,000 years ago, the ancestors of the entire human race. The red dunes of the ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape are ...
Sites: ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
41 COM 8B.13
As-Salt Eclectic Architecture (1865-1925), Origins and Evolution of an Architectural Language in the Levant (Jordan)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of As-Salt Eclectic Architecture (1865-1925), Origins and Evolution of an Architectural Language in the Levant, Jordan, 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:
Develop a comparative analysis including similar properties in the Levant and in the area of influence of the Ottoman Empire,
Redefine the criteria, in order to demonstrate what makes this ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of Khor Dubai, a Traditional Merchants’ Harbour, United Arab Emirates, back to the State Party in order to further clarify:
The attributes that justify the potential Outstanding Universal Value of the nominated property,
The ongoing revitalization plan in Shindagha,
The nominated property limits in Shindagha;
Encourages the State Party and ICOMOS to develop a coordination mechanism by which they ensure regular consultation in the preparation of the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura, Cambodia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value: [Text available only in French]
Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2017, an updated map of the boundaries of the inscribed property and the buffer zone;
Recommends the State Party, with the ...