List of World Heritage in Danger

Based on the State of Conservation report and on the advice of the Advisory Bodies and in consultation with the States Parties, the Committee may include properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Danger List was established under Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention for World Heritage properties threatened by serious and specific danger, whose protection requires ‘major operations and for which assistance has been requested’ (UNESCO 1972).

Chapter IV.B of the Operational Guidelines (UNESCO 2012) provides guidelines for the inscription of properties on the Danger List (OG para 177) as well as the criteria used in inscribing properties on the Danger List in either the ‘ascertained’ or ‘potential’ categories (OG paras 178–180). When the condition of the property is found to correspond to at least one of the criteria in either case, the Committee can inscribe it on the Danger List.

Source(s): World Heritage Resource Manual 'Preparing World Heritage Nominations'