28 COM 14B.37
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Defers the nomination of the Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, Azerbaijan, to allow the State Party to undertake a research and analysis programme for the site, using methodologies which are now emerging in other rock art sites in the region, in order to quantify the site's significance in the wider world context.
The World Heritage Committee,1. Decides not to inscribe the Wine Village Terraces, Cyprus, on the World Heritage List.
The World Heritage Committee,1. Defers the nomination of Kuressaare Fortress, Estonia, to allow the State Party to prepare a comparative analysis that clearly demonstrates the outstanding universal value of the site within the relevant historic and cultural context;2. Encourages the authorities to consider the possibility of enlarging the nominated area to include the historic town of Kuressaare;3. Further encourages the authorities to finalise the conservation plan as soon as possible as a necessary complement to the management ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Dresden Elbe Valley, Germany, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v):Criterion (ii): The Dresden Elbe Valley has been the crossroads in Europe, in culture, science and technology. Its art collections, architecture, gardens, and landscape features have been an important reference for Central European developments in the 18th and 19th centuries.Criterion (iii): The Dresden Elbe Valley contains exceptional testimonies of court architecture and festivities, as well as renowned ...
28 COM 14B.41
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Þingvellir National Park)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Noting that this property is the first to be inscribed on the World Heritage List from Iceland,2. Inscribes Þingvellir National Park, Iceland, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (vi):Criterion (iii): The Althing and its hinterland, the Þingvellir National Park,represent, through the remains of the assembly ground, the booths for those who attended, and through landscape evidence of settlement extending back possibly to the time the assembly was established, a unique reflection of mediaeval ...
Sites: Þingvellir National Park
28 COM 14B.42
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (the Incense Route and the Desert Cities in the Negev)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Refers the nomination of the Incense Route and the Desert Cities in the Negev, Israel back to the State Party to allow it to strengthen the comparative analysis in order to clearly demonstrate the outstanding universal value of the proposed site.
28 COM 14B.43
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, Italy, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i), (iii) and (iv):Criterion (i): The necropolises of Tarquinia and Cerveteri are masterpieces of creative genius: Tarquinia's large-scale wall paintings are exceptional both for their formal qualities and for their content, which reveal aspects of life, death, and religious beliefs of the ancient Etruscans. Cerveteri shows in a funerary context the same town planning and architectural schemes used in an ancientcity.Criterion ...
28 COM 14B.44
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Kernavė Archaeological Site)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė), Lithuania, as a cultural landscape on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv):Criterion (iii): The archaeological site of Kernavė presents an exceptional testimony to the evolution of human settlements in the Baltic region over the period of some 10 millennia. The property has exceptional evidence of thecontact of Pagan and Christian funeral traditions.Criterion (iv): The settlement patterns and the impressive hill-forts represent outstanding examples ...
28 COM 14B.45
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Vegaøyan - The Vega Archipelago)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Inscribes Vegaøyan - The Vega Archipelago, Norway, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criterion (v):
Criterion (v): The Vega Archipelago reflects the way generations of fishermen/farmers have, over the past 1500 years, maintained a sustainable living in an inhospitable seascape near the Arctic Circle, based on the now unique practice of eider down harvesting, and it also celebrates the contribution made by women to the eider down process;
2. Requests the authorities to develop a specific strategic plan for the ...
28 COM 14B.46
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Ensemble of Novodevichy Convent)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent, Russian Federation, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i), (iv) and (vi):Criterion (i): The Novodevichy Convent is the most outstanding example of the so-called ‘Moscow Baroque’, which became a fashionable style in the region of Moscow. Apart from its fine architecture and decorative details, the site is characterised by its town-planning values.Criterion (iv): The Novodevichy Convent is an outstanding example of an exceptionally well-preserved monastic complex, representing ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Dečani Monastery, Serbia and Montenegro, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):Criterion (ii): Dečani Monastery represents an exceptional synthesis of Byzantine and Western medieval traditions. The monastery and particularly its paintings also exercised an important influence on the development of art andarchitecture during the Ottoman period.Criterion (iv): Dečani Monastery represents an outstanding example of the last phase of the development of the Serbian-Slav architecture. The construction hasintegrated ...
Sites: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Varberg Radio Station, Sweden, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):Criterion (ii): The Varberg radio station at Grimeton is an outstanding monument representing the process of development of communication technology in the period following the First World War.Criterion (iv): The Varberg radio station is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a type of telecommunication centre, representing the technological achievements by the early 1920s, as well as documenting the further development over some three ...
28 COM 14B.49
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City, United Kingdom, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv):Criterion (ii): Liverpool was a major centre generating innovative technologies and methods in dock construction and port management in the 18th and 19th centuries. It thus contributed to the building up of the international mercantile systems throughout the British Commonwealth.Criterion (iii): The city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the ...
28 COM 14B.50
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (The Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes The Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi):Criterion (iii): The Bremen Town Hall and Roland bear an exceptional testimony to the civic autonomy and sovereignty, as these developed in the Holy Roman Empire.Criterion (iv): The Bremen Town Hall and Roland is an outstanding ensemble representing civic autonomy and market freedom. The town hall represents the medieval Saalgeschossbau-type of hall construction, as well as being an outstanding example ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Val d'Orcia, Italy, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (iv) and (vi):Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture.Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where ...
Sites: Val d'Orcia
28 COM 14B.52
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture, Portugal, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (v):Criteria (iii) and (v): The Pico Island landscape reflects a unique response to viniculture on a small volcanic island and one that has been evolving since the arrival of the first settlers in the 15th century. The extraordinarily beautiful humanmade landscape of small, stone walled fields is testimony to generations of smallscale farmers who, in a hostile environment, created a sustainable ...
28 COM 14B.53
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski, Germany/Poland, on the World Heritage List as cultural landscape on the basis criteria (i) and (iv): Criterion (i): Muskauer Park is an exceptional example of a European landscape park that broke new ground in terms of development towards an ideal humanmade landscape.Criterion (iv): Muskauer Park was the forerunner for new approaches to landscape design in cities, and influenced the development of ‘landscape architecture’ as a discipline.2. Encourages both States Parties to continue their collaboration and to ...
28 COM 14B.54
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Luis Barragán House and Studio)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (i) and (ii):Criterion (i): The House and Studio of Luis Barragán represents a masterpiece of the new developments in the Modern Movement, integrating traditional, philosophical and artistic currents into a new synthesis.Criterion (ii): The work of Luis Barragán exhibits the integration of modern and traditional influences, which in turn have had an important impact especially on the design of garden and urban landscape design.2. Recommends ...
28 COM 14B.55
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Bam and its Cultural Landscape)
The World Heritage Committee,1. Noting the request of the State Party to modify the name of the property,2. Inscribes Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v):Criterion (ii): Bam developed at the crossroads of important trade routes at the southern side of the Iranian high plateau, and it became an outstanding exampleof the interaction of the various influences.Criterion (iii): Bam and its Cultural Landscape represent an exceptionaltestimony to the development of a trading settlement in ...
28 COM 14B.56
Inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger (Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Islamic Republic of Iran)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Decides to inscribe Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Considering that the quality of the Decisions of the Committee depends upon the quality, completeness and timeliness of the documentation and information provided by the States Parties and the Advisory Bodies,
2. Stressing that consideration of nominations is a key element of the Committee's work,
3. Decides that the following principles must guide the evaluations and presentations of ICOMOS and IUCN. The evaluations and presentations should:
a) adhere to the World Heritage Convention and the relevant Operational Guidelines and any additional policies ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Reiterates its serious concern for the state of conservation of Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park and the need for increased international support and co-operation, including that between the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan;2. Notes that the State Party has provided a revised Emergency Rehabilitation Plan and has invited the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to undertake a mission to evaluate the state of conservation of the property;3. Requests the World Heritage Centre and IUCN, in consultation with the State Party, to undertake a mission to ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Reiterates its concern about the continuing insecurity in Côte d'Ivoire and its potential impact on Comoé National Park;
2. Requests the State Party to submit by 1 February 2005, a report on the state of conservation of the property and the impacts of the conflict on the integrity of the property and its World Heritage values for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005;
3. Thanks the State Party for inviting the joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN mission and recommends that the mission to the property take place as ...
Sites: Comoé National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families of the park staff who lost theirlives in trying to protect the World Heritage properties;
2. Commends "Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature" (ICCN) andespecially its dedicated field staff, UNESCO and its partners in the project“Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict” for their on-goingefforts to protect the integrity and the World Heritage values of the properties;Decisions adopted at the 28th session of the World Heritage WHC-04/28 COM/26, p.52 Committee ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Commends the Austrian Government for its support to the property through the Simien Mountains National Park Integrated Development Project;
2. Reiterates its request to the State Party to provide by 1 February 2005, a report on the state of conservation of the property for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005, specifically on progress made in relation to the benchmarks set by the 25th session of the Committee for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger on the following issues:
a) realignment of the ...
Sites: Simien National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Recommends to the States Parties of Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia that they follow up on the decisions and recommendations of the tri-national meeting held in N’Zérékoré (12-15 February 2002) to increase transboundaryco-operation and inform the World Heritage Centre on progress achieved;
2. Requests the State Party of Guinea to provide more detailed information on the expected restarting of the exploration studies in the mining enclave for which the concession rights were acquired by the Euronimba ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Reiterates its concern that no report was provided by the State Party on the theft of the vehicles provided with financial assistance from the World Heritage Fund and on progress made in the implementation of the rehabilitation plan;
2. Urges the State Party to provide this report as soon as possible but no later than 1 December 2004;
3. Decides that, in the event that the State Party fails to make available such a report to the Committee, it will consider taking the necessary measures;
4. Also urges the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to undertake as ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Requests the World Heritage Centre and IUCN in co-operation with the State Party and the IUCN invasive species specialist group, to undertake a mission to the property to: assess the level of threat posed by they proliferation of Typha australis and other invasive aquatic species; assess the other problems reported by the State Party, namely the growing salinity and silting up of the rivers, and; advise on required actions and possible benchmarks and timeframes for removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger and submit ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Congratulates the State Party for successfully addressing most of the recommendations of the IUCN/World Heritage Centre mission and for the work undertaken to maintain the integrity of the property despite the difficult socio-economic and political situation faced by the country in recent years;
2. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre a copy of the General Management Plan as soon as it is approved by the Board of Trustees of Uganda Wildlife Authority and a map indicating the precise surveyed and marked boundary as soon as the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Commends the State Party for the dynamic way in which it has begun the implementation of the 2003 workshop recommendations that set out the benchmarks for a possible removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger, in particular monitoring, restoration of the water control structures and releases of fresh water from the dams;
2. Reiterates its request to the State Party to acknowledge that the Ichkeul National Park is considered as a “net consumer of water” and to confirm its commitment to an average annual release of 80 to ...
Sites: Ichkeul National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Congratulates the State Party and welcomes its commitment to co-operate with national and international partners to raise financing for World Heritage conservation in India;
2. Commends the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and its partners for committing financial support for World Heritage conservation in India including support to Manas Wildlife Sanctuary;
3. Recommends the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to fully co-operate with the State Party, UNF and other national and international partners to begin activities benefiting Manas Wildlife Sanctuary as ...
Sites: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Notes the detailed report provided by the State Party and acknowledges its efforts to achieve progress on the different programmes to restore and conserve this property;
2. Commends the State Party for its co-operation with the State of Florida and local governments in the development of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and the Everglades Forever Act which taken together will restore the natural hydrological system, will meet the water supply and flood control needs of the adjacent municipalities, and will reduce the phosphorous levels in ...
Sites: Everglades National Park
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Commends the State Party for its efforts in addressing key integrity issues in the management of the property; 2. Also commends the Government of the Netherlands for providing financial support to conserving Sangay National Park and encourages it to continue doing so; 3. Appreciates the efforts of Fundación Natura in assisting the State Party to avoid land use conflict issues and to support sustainable development activities among the local residents; 4. Invites the State Party to continue working with Fundación Natura and other partners and stakeholders ...
Sites: Sangay National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Notes that the property’s conditions have improved substantially since it was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1996 and that the State Party is showing firm commitments to the conservation of the property;
2. Commends the State Party, non-governmental organizations, municipalities and communities in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, and international organizations for their support to implement the recommendations since the 2000 mission;
3. Also commends the Government of Germany for having provided significant ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Taking note of the results of the joint mission undertaken by the World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS,
2. Congratulates the State Party on its efforts to improve the conservation of the property;
3. Expresses its appreciation to the governments of Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United States of America and Italy for their generous contributions to the protection of the property;
4. Encourages the State Party to pursue the implementation of the following measures to enable the Committee to consider removing the property in the List of World Heritage ...
Sites: Royal Palaces of Abomey
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Taking note of the detailed report on the damage caused to the Timbuktu property by the floods in August 2003, which the UNESCO mission in January 2003 confirmed, as well as of the approval by the Chairperson of the Committee of the emergency assistance request submitted by the State Party,
2. Thanks the Italian government for its support in the organisation of the seminar on the management of World Heritage properties in Mali and on the rehabilitation of the earthen architecture of Timbuktu;
3. Encourages the State Party to carry out, as swiftly as ...
Sites: Timbuktu
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Commending and congratulating the State Party for the steps taken to enhance the protection of the property, and notably for having established a plan aiming at the relocation of the families presently living within the property and for having repaired the roofing of the storages,
2. Considering, however, that further action is required to ensure the full safeguarding of the property,
3. Strongly encourages the State Party to pursue its efforts towards the protection of Tipasa and, to enable the Committee to consider the possible removal of the property ...
Sites: Tipasa
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Takes note of the information provided by the State Party, and expresses its concerns over the deterioration of the property caused by rising groundwater levels and other threats;
2. Commends the State Party for the efforts made in order to solve the problems related to the rising ground water in the area;
3. Reiterates, however, the urgency to adopt more long-term and sustainable measures in coordination with the relevant national institutions and in accordance with the recommendations contained in the UNESCO Mission Report of September 2002;
4. ...
Sites: Abu Mena
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Notes with concern that the security situation in Iraq is delaying implementation of activities critical for the conservation of Ashur;
2. Encourages the State Party to establish, as early as possible, a site management coordination unit, which will be responsible for any action to be undertaken on the property and shall constitute a counterpart of the World Heritage Centre in the development of an emergency Conservation Plan;
3. Requests the World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS to continue assisting the responsible Iraqi authorities, in every possible way, ...
Sites: Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Recalling its Decision 27 COM 7A.19 to consider the possible removal of the property from the World Heritage List in Danger at its 28th session having taken into account all ICOMOS recommendations and whether or not the management plan is completed and adopted by the Oman authorities,
2. Noting with satisfaction the considerable progress made by the State Party in the preparation of a Management Plan for the property, which appears now to be near completion,
3. Expresses its strong appreciation to the State Party for the difficult decisions made with ...
Sites: Bahla Fort
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Notes the information provided by the World Heritage Centre on the current state of conservation of the property and the lack of progress in implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee in 2003 (Decision 27 COM 7A.20), notably in the completion and adoption of the Urban Conservation Plan, the halting and removal of illegal constructions, and the strengthening of the local Unit of the General Organisation for the Preservation of the Historic Cities of Yemen (GOPCHY);
2. Strongly urges the State Party to make every effort towards the rapid ...
Sites: Historic Town of Zabid
The World Heritage Committee,1. Commends the State Party for having reached a compromise solution concerning the road construction in the immediate vicinity of the Minaret of Jam;2. Requests the State Party to implement the recommendations of the UNESCO mission of February 2004 as follows:
to give priority to the consolidation and restoration of the Minaret of Jam,
to construct an alternative footbridge across the Hari River in order toenable access of the villagers from the Bedam valley to the Jam valley;
3. Further requests the State Party, with assistance from the World Heritage ...
The World Heritage Committee,1. Commends the State Party for its dedication to the safeguarding of this property;2. Thanks the Governments of Japan, Germany and Switzerland for their generous contributions towards the conservation of this property;3. Reasserts the need for the international community and various organizations involved in the protection of this property to continue their cooperation and assistance to the Afghan authorities;4. Requests the State Party, with the assistance of UNESCO and ICOMOS, to develop a comprehensive programme to mitigate the threats facing this ...
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Notes with satisfaction the extra-budgetary funded operational projects for the conservation or the restoration of the site of Angkor;
2. Congratulates the State Party, including the APSARA Authority for their dedication in the safeguarding of the World Heritage property, as well as multilateral donors, such as France, Japan, Italy and bilateral donors such as China, Hungary, India, Indonesia and Switzerland, the World Monuments Fund, and the private group ACCOR for their generous support;
3. Takes note of the remarkable improvement of the physical ...
Sites: Angkor