The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/9B,
- Recalling Decisions 38 COM 9B, 39 COM 9B and 41 COM 9B adopted at its 38th (Doha, 2014), 39th (Bonn, 2015) and 41th (Krakow, 2017) sessions respectively,
- Welcomes the report of the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies on proposals to improve the preparation and evaluation of mixed World Heritage nominations;
- Reiterates that due to the complexity of mixed site nominations and their evaluation, States Parties should ideally seek prior advice from IUCN and ICOMOS, if possible at least two years before a potential nomination is submitted, in compliance with Paragraph 122 of the Operational Guidelines;
- Recognises the progress made by the Advisory Bodies over the past two years and encourages them to continue their efforts towards setting up a harmonised evaluation process for mixed nominations;
- Calls upon States Parties interested to consider providing support to this initiative that requires additional resources;
- Notes the ongoing reflection on reforming the nomination and evaluation process;
- Requests ICOMOS and IUCN to continue to consider possibilities for further enhancements of evaluation processes for mixed site nominations within the framework of the ongoing reflection.