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The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.17 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Acknowledges the submission of the updated report on the proposed SR 836/Dolphin Expressway Road extension project, and takes note that the project is temporarily halted due to a legal challenge in the State Division of Administrative Hearings Court for planning inconsistency with the Miami-Dade County Comprehensive Development Master Plan, for which a decision is pending;
Recalls its request to the State Party to submit to ...
Sites: Everglades National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.1 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Welcomes the strengthening of indigenous territorial governance alongside the completion of the land titling process in the cultural zone of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve;
Notes the progress in issuance of Family Usufruct Contracts in the buffer zone of the Biosphere Reserve and encourages the State Party to ensure management responsibilities and usage rights have been assigned to all residents within the buffer zone who ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.2 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Reiterates its utmost concern about the critical status of the vaquita, specifically recognized as part of the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and endemic to the Gulf of California, and that illegal fishing of totoaba has continued in the Upper Gulf of California resulting in a threat of imminent extinction of the vaquita species;
Welcomes the measures taken to monitor the vaquita population in the property, and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.3 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Congratulates the State Party and its partner, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), on their significant efforts to secure and improve the management and monitoring of the property, to continue ecological monitoring, to strengthen staff numbers and capacities, to rehabilitate the infrastructure of the management team, to raise awareness among local communities and to develop community alternatives to poaching, and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2,
Recalling Decisions 43 COM 7A.6, 44 COM 7A.40 and 45 COM 7A.4 adopted at its 43rd (Baku, 2019), extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
Notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts of the States Parties under difficult circumstances to implement the corrective measures, including joint transboundary surveillance patrols, funding to support management operations, surveillance, ecological monitoring, support for neighbouring populations and transboundary ...
46 COM 7A.46
General Decision on the World Heritage properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decisions 44 COM 7A.46 and 45 COM 7A.9 adopted at its extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
Regrets that a report on the implementation of these Decisions, as requested by the Committee at its 44th and 45th extended sessions, nor a report on the state of conservation of the four properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger were submitted by the State Party;
Notes that ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.5 adopted at its extended forty-fifth session (Riyadh, 2023),
Regrets that the State Party did not submit in time a state of conservation report on the four properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) included on the List of World Heritage in Danger, contrary to Paragraph 169 of the Operational Guidelines;
Notes with concern that the lack of reporting by the State Party makes it difficult to monitor the state of conservation of the DRC properties included on the ...
Sites: Garamba National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.6 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Regrets that the State Party did not submit a state of conservation report on the four properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) included on the List of World Heritage in Danger, contrary to Paragraph 169 of the Operational Guidelines;
Notes with concern that the lack of reporting by the State Party makes it difficult to monitor the state of conservation of the DRC properties included on the List of World ...
Sites: Kahuzi-Biega National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling 45 COM 7A.7 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Regrets that a timely report on the state of conservation of the four properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger was not submitted by the State Party;
Notes that the lack of reporting by the State Party makes it difficult for the World Heritage Committee to monitor the state of conservation of the DRC properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in ...
Sites: Okapi Wildlife Reserve
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.8 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Regrets that a report on the state of conservation of the four properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger has not been submitted by the State Party;
Notes that the lack of reporting by the State Party makes it difficult for the World Heritage Committee to monitor closely the state of conservation of the DRC properties inscribed on the List of World ...
Sites: Virunga National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2,
Recalling Decisions 44 COM 7A.47 and 45 COM 7A.10 adopted at its extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
Takes note of the State Party’s continued implementation of the Lake Turkana National Parks Management Plan, and reiterates its request to the State Party to consider developing an operational plan and a monitoring and evaluation system for the Management Plan to bring the three components of the property under one integrated management unit focused ...
Sites: Lake Turkana National Parks
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.11 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Regrets that the State Party has not submitted a report on the state of conservation of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana, a property included on the List of World Heritage in Danger, and notes with concern that the absence of a report from the State Party makes it difficult for the World Heritage Committee to monitor the state of conservation of the property, given the significant conservation threats facing the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.12 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Notes positively the State Party’s sustained efforts to implement the corrective measures and the 2022–2024 Development and Management Plan (DPM) and requests that it pursue their implementation as a matter of urgency;
Adopts the Desired state of conservation for removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) presented by the State Party as supplementary information to this report on the state ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.3,
Recalling Decisions 44 COM 7A.50 and 45 COM 7A.13 adopted at its 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and 45th (Riyadh, 2023) extended sessions respectively,
Notes the results of the joint UNESCO/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission conducted in March 2024 and commends the actions taken by the State Party in effectively implementing various recommendations and corrective measures stemming from the 2015 mission, as well as the significant progress made in achieving the Desired state of conservation for the removal of ...
Sites: Niokolo-Koba National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2,
Recalling Decisions 43 COM 7A.16, 44 COM 7A.51 and 45 COM 7A.14 adopted at its 43rd (Baku, 2019), extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021), and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
Noting that construction of the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP) within the property is nearing completion, also recalls its utmost concerns regarding this project, including its clear position that the construction of dams with large reservoirs within the boundaries of World Heritage properties is ...
Sites: Selous Game Reserve
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.15 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Notes with appreciation the continued efforts by the State Party to implement the corrective measures towards achieving the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR), including forest restoration activities, addressing encroachment, strengthening community engagement in ecosystem restoration, continuing species monitoring and patrolling efforts, and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,
Recalling Decision 45 COM 7A.16 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
Appreciates the State Party’s continued efforts towards the implementation of the corrective measures to achieve the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) within the current timeframe, in close cooperation with local communities and provincial, national and international partners,
Reiterates once again its request to the State Party to adopt, as a ...
Sites: East Rennell
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 33 COM 7B.86 and 38 COM 8E adopted at its 33rd (Sevilla, 2009) and 38th (Doha, 2014) sessions respectively,
Notes the submission of progress reports on the state of conservation in 2011 and 2015 as well as the completion, submission and first steps of the implementation of the Integrated Management Plan of the Butrint National Park 2020-2030 (IMP), and invites the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre a mid-term evaluation of its implementation;
Welcomes the engagement of the ...
Sites: Butrint
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 7B.75, 41 COM 7B.40, 43 COM 7B.79, 44 COM 7B.151 and 45 COM 7B.51 adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015), 41st (Krakow, 2017), 43rd (Baku, 2019), extended 44th (Fuzhou/online, 2021) and extended 45th (Riyadh, 2023) sessions respectively,
Welcomes the State Party’s commitment to upgrade urban planning regulations for both the Berat and Gjirokastra components of the property, requests the State Party to clarify the interlinkages between the Integrated Management Plan (IMP) and the separate ...
46 COM 7B.3
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) (Austria, Germany, Slovakia) (C 1608rev)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 44 COM 8B.24 adopted at its extended 44th session (Fuzhou/online, 2021),
Welcomes the submission of a minor boundary modification request to the World Heritage Centre for the establishment of buffer zones for a small number of components, and requests that a buffer zone also be established for the component part at Albing (1608-rev038) by also submitting a further minor boundary modification request to the World Heritage Centre;
Takes note of the progress made by the States Parties and also ...