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From 18-22 April 2011, the Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre organized its third online auction for the benefit of World Heritage marine sites. This year, the manufacture auctioned a limited series watch in tribute to the legend of divers' watches: the Prototype N°1 of the Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea, "LeCoultre Spécial Amérique 1959" ...
730.
India,
Construction of a dam (issue resolved);
Bodo people insurgency;
Destruction of Park infrastructures;
Illegal removal of vegetation;
Poaching
,The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its sixteenth session, was informed that the damage caused by the invasion of this site by militants belonging to the Bodo tribe in Assam was estimated to be about US$1.6 ...
731.
India,
Major increase in heavy goods traffic (issue resolved)
Dismantling and reconstruction of an important historic monument (issue resolved)
Serious problems in the implementation of cultural heritage policies and regulations
Lack of a comprehensive management approach and plan
Lack of co-ordinating authority
Rural development pressure and ad-hoc public works, ...
732.
India,,At the time of inscription of this property on the World Heritage List, the World Heritage Committee noted with concern the information from ICOMOS regarding intense pressure from tourism development and pilgrimage activities on-site. The Committee recommended that the Indian authorities develop a comprehensive management plan to ensure the conservation of the ...
733.
Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia,The World Heritage Youth Forum has become an annual event held in conjunction with the session of World Heritage Committee. As part of the 37th session, an international youth forum is being organized by the State Party of Cambodia with the support of the ASEAN Foundation and the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia.
Young ...
734.
The Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary (HVWS) and its extension are located in northwest Myanmar and falls in both Sagaing Division and Kachin State and cover a total area of 17,890 km2. HVWS and extension form a doughnut whose unprotected center covers the floodplain of the Chindwin River, the largest tributary of the Ayeyarwady River. The floodplain is inhabited by some ...
735.
Improved conservation allowed the World Heritage Committee to remove Cologne Cathedral (Germany), Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal), the Group of Monuments at Hampi (India) and Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia), from the List of World Heritage in Danger on Monday. The debate on the List of World Heritage in Danger will continue tomorrow. The decision by the ...
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, has offered UNESCO’s support to the countries devastated by the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the ensuing tsunami, and expressed his sorrow at the tragic loss of life in the region. Writing to the King of Thailand, and to the presidents of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka, the ...
737.
India,a) Lack of an operational site management plan;
b) Lack of traffic regulations limiting heavy-duty vehicular traffic.,On 1 February 2011, the State Party submitted a brief report providing information on the progress achieved with regard to the requirements outlined in Decision 34 COM 7B.71.
a) Preparation of a draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value
The State ...
738.
India,a) Insurgency 1988-2003;
b) Forced evacuation of Park staff;
c) Destruction of Park infrastructure;
d) Poaching and logging;
e) Illegal cultivation.,At the time of preparation of this report, the State Party had not submitted a state of conservation report, which was requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, Spain). Therefore, progress ...
739.
India,Threats identified at the time of inscription in 2013:
Need for substantial progress with major conservation project at Jaisalmer according to the agreed timetable and for capacity building
Threats from industrial development and mining activities in the wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort
Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within Chittorgarh and ...
740.
India,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Rights issues with respect to local communities and indigenous peoples in the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries
Impacts of grazing and other resource use
Opportunities to progressively increase the size of the property, in order to increase integrity and better provide for the conservation of ...
741.
India,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Management Systems/Management Plan (Lack of an adapted management plan; Lack of a heritage conservation unit; Absence of Buffer Zone)
,Following the submission of information by third parties, the World Heritage Centre sent four letters to the State Party (26 June 2017, 11 July 2017, 18 July 2018 and 14 ...
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The World Heritage Committee will examine proposals to inscribe 29 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 40th session (10 to 20 July), which will be chaired by Ambassador Lale Ulker, General Director for Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The session will be held at the Istanbul Congress Centre.
The Committee will ...
743.
Bangladesh,
Governments of Bangladesh and India were encouraged to co-operate with interested parties and consider initiating actions that could eventually lead to the joint inscription of The Sundarbans World Heritage site of Bangladesh and the Sundarbans National Park World Heritage site of India as a single entry on the World Heritage List
High level of ...
744.
India,
Forced evacuation of Park staff;
Poaching and logging;
Illegal cultivation;
Slow release of funds;
Invasive species;
Uncontrolled infrastructure development by local tourism groups;
Attempts by paramilitary group Sashastra Seema Bal to set up base camps in the property.
,On 11 February 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, a ...
745.
India,
Housing (Urban development in wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort)
Mining (Industrial mining activities in wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort)
Management systems / Management Plan (Interpretation strategy for the overall ensembles of palaces, temples and fortifications)
Management activities (Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring ...
746.
747.
Mattanchery Palace was built around 1555 A.D. by the Portuguese. It is a two tiered quadrangular building consisting of long and spacious halls. The central open courtyard enshrines the tutelary diety of the royal family "Pazhayannur Bhagwati". The upper story consists of a coronation hall, bed chamber known as Ramayana room, dining hall, assembly hall and the staircase. ...
748.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, also known as Thiruvaranga Tirupati, is one of the most illustrious Vaishnav[1] temples in the country, dedicated to Ranganatha, a reclining form of Hindu deity, Bhagwan (God or Lord) Vishnu. Situated in an ethereal setting on the island of Srirangam that is bounded by the two rivers of Cauvery and Kollidam (a ...
749.
A practical guide on climate change adaptation for natural World Heritage sites has been published in the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage Paper Series, thanks to the generous support of the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust and the Belgian Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment.
Climate change has become more prominent as a management ...
750.
Inaccessible since its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008, the Le Morne Mountain, symbol of Maroons and resistance to slavery, opened its footpaths to the public in July 2016.
This new development comes as a follow-up to the recommendations of the Joint Reactive Monitoring Mission, carried out by the World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS in February 2016 and to ...
751.
The theme of the 2020 International Day for Biological Diversity is “Our Solutions are in Nature”.
The year 2020 was defined as a 'biodiversity super year', but because of the Covid-19 pandemic, major events dedicated to Biodiversity protection have been postponed to a later date. The current pandemic has shaken the international biodiversity agenda but has also revealed ...
752.
The 24th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention is meeting from 22 to 23 November 2023 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, convening the 195 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention.
During the session, the General Assembly elected nine members to the World Heritage Committee:
Ukraine, Republic of Korea, Viet Nam, Kenya, ...
753.
Colombia,Plans to construct a new bridge (issue resolved),Upon request of the Secretariat, and further to information received from various public sources in Colombia over the period February to March 2003, the State Party provided extensive documentation on 12 March 2003, in Spanish, concerning a rehabilitation project for public spaces in the historic centre of Cartagena ...
754.
Lumbini, Nepal,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre together with the UNESCO Kathmandu Office, in close collaboration with Nepal's Department of Archaeology and the Lumbini Development Trust is organizing a workshop for the World Heritage property of Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Lumbini, Nepal.
About 100 participants from different Nepali ministries, ...