The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
- Recalling Decision 40 COM 8B.24, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO 2016),
- Welcomes the information provided by the States Parties concerning the establishment of the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and associated coordination mechanisms ;
- Requests the States Parties to continue to progress on the issues identified by the World Heritage Committee at the time of the inscription of the property, including:
- Continue implementing a consistent mapping and cataloguing system for the components of the serial property,
- Developing active conservation programmes for the stećci, based on monitoring outcomes, and utilising the advice of skilled conservators,
- Developing and implementing monitoring indicators that include the impacts of development and tourism,
- Developing and implementing consistent Heritage Impact Assessment and Disaster Risk Management approaches within the transnational management system,
- Continuing to organize and provide capacity development activities for site managers in relation to these objectives;
- Also requests the States Parties to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2019, a consolidated progress report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, and by 1 December 2020, a consolidated report on the completed measures, for examination by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies.