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Historic Cairo

Advisory Bodies Evaluations
1979 Advisory Body Evaluation (ICOMOS)
Maps
2008 Map “Historic Cairo”, A3, scale 1:50000 showing in black the boundary of component 089-001 and in yellow its buffer zone.
2008 Map “Al-Fustat”, A3, scale 1:2500, displaying the components “Al-Imam ash-Shaf’i Necropolis” (089-003) and “As-Sayyidah Nafisah Necropolis” (089-004)
2008 Map “Al-Imam ash-Shaf’I Necropolis”, A3, scale 1:5000 displaying the buffer zone
2008 Map “Mosque of Ahmed Tulun, The Citadel Area, The Fatidim Nucleus of Cairo, Necropolis”, A3, scale 1:6000
Decisions
2023 45COM 7B.38 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2023 45COM 8E - Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
2023 45COM 8B.58 - Minor boundary modifications - Historic Cairo, Egypt
2021 44COM 7B.13 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2019 43COM 7B.44 - Historic Cairo (C 89)
2017 41COM 7B.77 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2015 39COM 7B.50 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2013 37COM 7B.49 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2012 36COM 7B.51 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2011 35COM 7B.48 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2009 33COM 7B.55 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2008 32COM 7B.58 - Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89)
2008 32COM 8D - Clarifications of property boundaries and sizes by States Parties in response to the restrospective inventory
2007 31COM 8B.2 - changes to names - Historic Cairo
2007 31COM 7B.56 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
2006 30COM 7B.50 - State of Conservation (Islamic Cairo)
2005 29COM 7B.42 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
2004 28COM 15B.47 - HIstoric Cairo
2003 27COM 7B.36 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
2002 26COM 21B.44 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
2001 25BUR V.198-202 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
2000 24COM VIII.36 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
2000 24COM VIIIiii.35-43 - State of conservation reports of cultural properties which the Committee noted
2000 24BUR IVB.59 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
1999 State of Conservation Report: 1999
1999 23COM XB.35 - SOC: Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
1999 23COM XV6.3 - International Assistance for Cultural Heritage approved by the Committee
1999 23BUR IVB.55 - Islamic Cairo (Arab Republic of Egypt)
1998 State of Conservation Report: 1998
1998 22COM VII.43 - Reports on the State of Conservation of Cultural Properties Noted by the Committee
1998 22COM XII - Requests for International Assistance: Cultural Heritage
1998 22EXTBUR V3 - Requests for international assistance - Cultural heritage
1998 22BUR VB.41 - Islamic Cairo (Arab Republic of Egypt)
1997 21COM VIIC.45/48 - SOC: Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
1997 21BUR IVB.39 - Islamic Cairo (Arab Republic of Egypt)
1995 19COM VIIC.2.35/36 - SOC: Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
1995 19COM XIIIB - Requests for International Assistance: Cultural Heritage
1995 19EXTBUR IVB.1.1 - Examination of requests for International Assistance - Cultural Heritage - Requests recommended by the Bureau for approval by the Committee - Technical Cooperation
1993 17BUR VIII2 - Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
1992 16COM XIA-B - Requests for International Assistance
1981 05COM XII.32 - Technical co-operation requests
1979 Report of the 3rd Session of the Committee
1979 03COM XII.46 - Consideration of Nominations to the World Heritage List
1979 03COM XVIId).62 - Appeal of Mrs. El-Sadat
1979 03COM XIII50.c - Consideration of Technical Co-operation requests - Egypt
1979 02BUR V.25 - Technical co-operation requests - Egypt (request n°89.I)
Mission reports
2019 Report on the joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the UNESCO World Heritage property “Historic Cairo”, Egypt, 9-13 June 2019
2014 Report on the Joint WHC/ICOMOS Advisory Mission to Historic Cairo & Memphis and its Necropolis, 14-18 November 2014
2014 Report of the joint UNESCO/ICOM/ICCROM/ARC-WH mission to the Historic Cairo (Egypt), 4-9 September 2014
2007 Report on the Mission to Islamic Cairo and Thebes with its Necropolis, 29 April - 4 May 2007
2007 Report on the WHC Mission to Cairo, 9‐12 December 2007
2001 WHC Mission Report Islamic Cairo World Heritage Site, 10 – 16 February 2001
2001 Report on Monitoring Mission to Islamic Cairo (6-18 August 2001), ICOMOS
1993 WHC Mission Report, Historic Cairo
Periodic Reporting
2000 Periodic Reporting Cycle 1, Section II
State of Conservation Reports by States Parties
2024 Summary of the State of conservation report by the State Party / Résumé du Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
2022 Summary of the State of conservation report by the State Party / Résumé du Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
2020 Summary of the State of conservation report by the State Party / Résumé du Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
2018 Summary of the State of conservation report by the State Party / Résumé du Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
2017 Summary of the State of conservation report by the State Party / Résumé du Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
2015 Summary of the State of conservation report by the State Party / Résumé du Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
State of conservation reports
2023 State of conservation reports
2021 State of conservation reports
2019 State of conservation reports
2017 State of conservation reports
2015 State of conservation reports
2013 State of conservation reports
2012 State of conservation reports
2011 State of conservation reports
2009 State of conservation reports
2008 State of conservation reports
2007 State of conservation reports
2006 State of conservation reports
2005 State of conservation reports
2004 State of conservation reports
2003 State of conservation reports
2002 State of conservation reports
2001 State of conservation reports
2000 State of conservation reports
1999 State of conservation reports
1998 State of conservation reports
1997 State of conservation reports
1995 State of conservation reports
1993 State of conservation reports
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