The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add.2,
- Recalling Decision 39 COM 8B.32, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
- Expresses its concern over the situation prevailing in Diyarbakir;
- Acknowledges the steps taken by the State Party to protect the property and its buffer zone and underlines the importance of preventing any further damage to the property;
- Requests the State Party, as soon as the security situation allows, to carry out an assessment of the state of conservation of the property and submit the results to the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies for review;
- Further requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2017, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session in 2017.