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Bangladesh,a) Lack of an effective management system;
b) Lack of adequate human and financial resources;
c) Property and buffer zone boundaries not clearly defined;
d) Drainage and internal moisture contents problem.,The World Heritage Committee in Decision 32 COM 7B.64 noted the lack of progress in the implementation of the activity concerning drainage problems at the ...
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Senegal,a) Lack of implemention of the action plan, including the Safeguarding and Enhancement Plan (SEP), and establishment of a Maison du Patrimoine;
b) The lack of a conservation and management plan;
c) New construction and architectural modification and urban projects affecting authenticity and integrity;
d) Inappropriate housing restoration;
e) Environmental ...
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The World Heritage Committee on Tuesday morning recognized the success of two countries, Pakistan and the Philippines, in improving the conservation of sites that had been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger: Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines).
Successful measures have been taken to ...
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Badain Jaran Desert is located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern China. It is China’s second largest desert. The nominated property of Badain Jaran Desert—Towers of Sand and Lakes concentrates in the central desert area, including unique desert aeolian features of the most concentrated distribution area of mega-dunes and ...
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Central African Republic,a) Insecurity;
b) Poaching;
c) Mining;
d) Transhumance and illegal grazing;
e) Illegal fishing;
f) Lack of resources.,Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park was inscribed in 1988 for its diversity of habitats, including a Sudano-Guinean woodland savanna and flood plains, as well as for its biodiversity, especially its wealth of large wildlife. At ...
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Ethiopia,a) Insufficient delimitation of this serial property;
b) Lack of conservation and management plans;
c) Lack of appropriate urban planning and building regulations; ,On 29 January 2010, a report on the state of conservation of Aksum was submitted by the State Party. The report addressed Decision 32 COM 7B.46 of the World Heritage Committee. A joint World ...
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Poland,,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 15 March 2012. This addressed the Eastern Bridge Road project and provided details of proposed new projects in the property and its buffer zone. As requested by the Committee at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011), a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission visited the property between ...
309.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Lack of overall management of new developments
Lack of analysis and description of the townscape characteristics relevant to the Outstanding Universal Value of the property and important views related to the property and its buffer zone
Lack of clearly established maximum heights for new developments, for the backdrops ...
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WHC-13/37.COM/8B.Add.2
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Uruguay,a) Inappropriate architectural and urban design for a marina and hotel-casino in a building block at the old harbour;
b) Need to strengthen management planning for the historic quarter.,An ICOMOS technical mission took place in June 2008 to evaluate the situation and potential impact of the “Marinas de Sacramento” project on the Outstanding Universal ...
312.
On 19 November 2015, the 20th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted a Policy on the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the Convention.
The overall goal of the policy is to assist States Parties, practitioners, institutions, communities and networks, through appropriate guidance, to harness ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,Many activities such as tourism, infrastructure development, new buildings, urban regeneration and changes in land use may have negative impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the World Heritage properties.
The World Heritage Committee requests States Parties to present the possible impacts of the project proposals through Heritage Impact ...
314.
30th session of the World Heritage Committee Vilnius, Lithuania 30COM 09 July - 16 July 2006
Committee Members
Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Spain, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,The City of Bath was inscribed for the way its grand neo-classical crescents, terraces, and squares spread out around its hills and within a green valley combine harmoniously, integrating architecture, urban design and landscape to create deliberately a beautiful city. By letter dated 31 January 2008, the State Party ...
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Lithuania,
Limited financial resources (issue resolved)
Need for a comprehensive rehabilitation programme (issue resolved)
Rehabilitation and restoration programme (issue resolved)
Urgent restoration and infrastructural upgrading (issue resolved)
Revitalisation programme
High rise buildings located in vicinity of Vilnius Historic Centre which have an impact on the visual ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,
Conflict and political instability (issue resolved)
Lack of management control and of the accesses to the property
Poaching
Encroachment: human occupation and agricultural pressure
Bush fires
Illegal gold panning
Boundaries: reduction of the surface of the Park
,The State Party has continued its efforts in terms of improving the surveillance mechanism and ...
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Central African Republic,a) Insecurity;
b) Poaching;
c) Mining;
d) Transhumance and illegal grazing;
e) Illegal fishing;
f) Lack of resources.,The State Party submitted a report, dated 20 June 2007, on the state of conservation of the property. In addition, the World Heritage Centre received a letter dated 27 February 2008, in which the State Party notes that the ...
319.
Cuba,Potential impacts from mining activities,In response to the World Heritage Committee’s Decision 33 COM 7B.36, the State Party submitted on 22 February 2010 a state of conservation report outlining the progress achieved in enhancing the management of the property. However, the report does not address the World Heritage Committee’s repeated requests for a ...
320.
Colombia,a) Armed conflict;
b) Illegal extraction of natural resources;
c) Lack of control of management agency. ,The State Party report on the state of conservation of the property was received by the World Heritage Centre on 15 February 2010, along with a draft retrospective Statement of Outstanding Universal Value and a proposal for the Desired state of ...
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Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday took the unprecedented decision of removing a site from UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman), home to the rare antelope, today became the first site to be deleted since UNESCO's 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
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The Association of World Heritage Properties in France (ABFPM) is launching a call for candidates for the second national training session “Interpretation – World Heritage” which will be held from 7 to 9 March 2016 at the Arc-et-Senans Royal Saltworks (France).
This intensive and operational training is aimed towards personnel in charged with welcoming the public to World ...
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On 5 November 2018, a team of experts from the World Heritage Centre and IUCN arrived in Montenegro for a joint Advisory mission to the World Heritage property “Durmitor National Park.”
The State Party of Montenegro invited the mission with the objectives to review a potential boundary modification and to assess the overall state of conservation of the World Heritage site. ...
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In reaction to numerous inaccurate statements and errors circulating in the press about the situation of Hagia Sophia, UNESCO wishes to recall the following:
UNESCO reacted to the change of Hagia Sophia's status as early as July 2020 and expressed its concern in this regard. This position has remained constant since then.
UNESCO immediately initiated a review process and ...
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Located in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, at an elevation of over 4,500 m, Scenic and historic area of Sacred Mountains and Lakes is adjacent to Zanda County, Gar County and Gya'gya County, bordering on India and Nepal. ‘Two peaks perching to the north and south, two lakes reflecting with each other in the east and west’ describes the basic ...
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The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting met at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1-3 December 2016), and released important recommendations for future safeguarding actions at the Bamiyan World Heritage site, Afghanistan.
The Governor of the Bamiyan province, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Afghanistan, accompanied by high-ranking officials from the ...
327.
Lithuania,Russian Federation,
Potential pollution from the oil exploitation of the D-6 oil field in the Baltic Sea by the Russian Federation;
Lack of bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the Russian Federation including joint assessment of environmental impact of the D-6 project;
Impacts of sewage spill accident which took place at Klaipeda Water Treatment Station ...
328.
Mexico,a) Urban development pressures in areas surrounding the property;
b) Lack of management plan.,On 4 March 2008, the World Heritage Centre received the State Party’s report. The report was submitted in Spanish, but contains little new substantive information concerning the current situation to address the requests of the World Heritage Committee at its 31st ...
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Growing understanding that the outstanding universal value of urban heritage goes well beyond the value of the individual buildings it contains, has created a pressing need for internationally accepted guidelines and criteria for the preservation of historic city centres.
Conservationists, municipalities, architects and developers will address the issue at the Conference ...
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Belgium,,In February 2008, information was received by the World Heritage Centre from a foundation raising concerns about interventions and new constructions at the World Heritage property which could have an impact on its authenticity and integrity, as well as the state of conservation of some of the historic buildings. Subsequently, on 17 July 2008 the World Heritage ...
331.
Lao People's Democratic Republic,a) Lack of enforcement of the Luang Prabang conservation plan (PSMV) and illegal constructions;
b) Public works (road upgrading and drainage) which may affect the World Heritage values.,The State Party provided a report to the World Heritage Centre on 23 January 2008. Concerning the points raised by the World Heritage Committee, the State ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
a) Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church World Heritage property that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the World Heritage property;
b) Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible ...
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Lebanon,a) Absence of legislative framework and comprehensive management plan;
b) Absence of coordination mechanisms;
c) Illegal constructions and encroachments;
d) Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings;
e) Uncontrolled tourist development and absence of visitor management,The State Party, as requested by the World Heritage Committee (35 COM 7B.52), invited a ...
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Following news of the collapse of a part of the House of Wonders (Beit-al-Ajaib) in Stone Town, Zanzibar on 25 December 2020, the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ms Mechtild Rossler joins the people of Zanzibar, and the United Republic of Tanzania in general to mourn this sudden and significant loss.
The House of Wonders is one of the outstanding monuments in ...
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Zimbabwe,Final report
Saouma-Forero, Galia,Expert Meeting on Authenticity and Integrity in an African Context; Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 2000
Authenticity and Integrity
Summary of ICCROM Position Paper, Amsterdam 1998
Jukka Jokilehto in collaboration with Joseph King (02 February 2000)
1. Integrated Strategic Process
The World Heritage Convention identifies as the duty of ...
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Tunisia,,Since some time, information has reached the World Heritage Centre about successive declassifications of parts of Carthage Archaeological Park. As requests for clarification were not conclusive, the State Party was requested to provide a report to be presented to the World Heritage Committee. This report was submitted on 29 January 2011. It recalls the importance ...
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Austria,a) Urban development pressure, high-rise projects;
b) hydroelectric power station Salzburg-Lehen;
c) Train station project outside the buffer zone.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report in response to Decision 33 COM 7B.88 that reflected the concerns of the 2009 World Heritage Centre /ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission, ...
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Belgium,
Potential impacts of new construction projects
Gradual erosion of the attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value and consequently threaten the integrity of the property with regards to its overall coherence and originality.
,On 31 January 2014, the State Party submitted a State of conservation report, which is available at ...
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Senegal,a) Invasive species;
b) Integrated water management system not operational;
c) Lack of hydrological monitoring;
d) Soils salinity;
e) Cattle grazing;
f) Hunting;
g) Lack of management plan and sustained funding;
h) Poor management capacity and constant changes in staff;
i) Poor visitor management.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state ...
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Brazil,a) Urban pressure that may affect the original city plan (Plano Piloto) that warranted inscription in the World Heritage List;
b) Lack of a Master Plan.,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 5 February 2010. The report provides information on the activities implemented by the Superintendence of Instituto Do Patrimonio Historico e Artistico ...
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The Australian and Tasmanian Governments have today reached an agreement to jointly fund the eradication of rodent pests on Macquarie Island, Australia to protect its World Heritage values. The seabird populations and vegetation of the Island are under serious threat from plagues of rabbits, rats and mice. Following discussions, the Governments have agreed to provide ...
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India,,At the time of the examination of the Nomination File for the inscription of Champaner on the World Heritage List, in 2004, ICOMOS had recommended that the nomination be deferred to allow the State Party to provide a proper Management Plan and comprehensive planning which would integrate management of the 39 individual components of the property managed by the ...
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On 5 and 6 March 2020, the World Heritage Centre hosted a technical meeting to support Libya in the drafting of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value, and in the development of the Desired State of Conservation and corrective measures for the eventual removal of Old Town of Ghadames from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The meeting, which was held at UNESCO ...
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UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, Mr. Ernesto Ottone R., expressed his concern about the fire that, on the morning of 13 April, seriously affected the Milot Church inside the National Historic Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers, in Haiti, a property inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982.
"We are in contact with the National Heritage Preservation ...