Reflections on processes for mixed nominations

WHC-14/38.COM/9B

The present document was requested by the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (Phnom Penh, 2013) by Decision 37 COM 8B.19. This decision recognized that mixed nomination and the associated IUCN and ICOMOS evaluations have raised fundamental questions in terms of how the indissoluble bonds that exist in some places between culture and nature can be recognized on the World Heritage List.

This document presents an overview of the historical background and the evaluation procedures by the Advisory Bodies ICOMOS and IUCN of mixed sites nominations and presents a project in this regard currently undertaken by the Advisory Bodies.