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State of Conservation 4003
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Tentative Lists 906
World Heritage Properties 85
9001.
Lebanon,
Need for an international safeguarding campaign (issue resolved)
Construction of a tourist complex (land fill) (issue resolved)
Construction project of a large fish market (issue resolved)
Construction project of a coastal motorway (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled construction (issue resolved)
Project to build a new tourist marina (issue resolved)
Road construction ...
9002.
Uzbekistan,,WHC:
In December 2001, the National Commission of Uzbekistan for UNESCO alerted the World Heritage Centre to the immediate potential structural threats facing the Ak Sarai Palace and other main monuments at Shakhrisyabz World Heritage site. Upon receiving this news, which included information on extensive cracks, leaning walls and humidity inside the Ak-Sarai ...
9003.
Iraq,
Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites (issue resolved)
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 12 April 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the four World Heritage properties in Iraq, as well as for ten of the eleven sites included in the country’s Tentative List. The report is available at: ...
9004.
WHC/21/23.GA/7.Corr
9005.
WHC/21/44.COM/INF.5A.2
9006.
9007.
WHC-12/36.COM/12D
9008.
9009.
WHC-12/36.COM/7C
9010.
WHC/17/41.COM/7
9011.
WHC/18/42.COM/7
9012.
WHC/19/43.COM/7
9013.
9014.
Will contribute resources towards site management, capacity building, alternative livelihoods for communities, research and fundraising activities.
Objectives
In April 2004, the World Heritage Centre entered into a US$ 5 million, biodiversity programme to protect India's World Heritage sites, Manas and Kaziranga and their endangered species including the one-horned ...
9015.
The World Heritage Committee on Monday morning inscribed Lena Pillars Nature Park of the Russian Federation, the last site to be added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List during this year’s session. Chad, Congo, Palau and Palestine had World Heritage sites inscribed on the List for the first time.
Lena Pillars Nature Park is marked by spectacular rock pillars that reach a ...
9016.
From 19-20 July 2022, a two-day workshop on “Sustainable Tourism Strategy for World Heritage Properties in Suriname” was organized which brought together representatives of government institutions, World Heritage site managers, and representatives of local communities to identify current challenges and opportunities for the development of sustainable tourism at ...
9017.
Afghanistan,a) Political instability;
b) Inclination of the Minaret;
c) Lack of Management Plan;
d) Illicit excavations and looting.,At the time of drafting the present document, no progress report on the implementation of the corrective measures has been submitted by the State Party to the World Heritage Centre as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th ...
9018.
Bosnia and Herzegovina,Construction of a hotel in the buffer zone of the World Heritage property, not in conformity with provisions of the Master Plan, which was part of the management plan included in the nomination file. ,Inappropriate construction of a hotel in the buffer zone:
The President of the National Commission for UNESCO informed the Centre, by letter of 31 ...
9019.
India,Development projects, threats to monuments’ foundations due to geological instability of riverbank,The World Heritage Centre received a progress report from the State Party on 29 January 2005.
The State Party proposes to reconstitute a coordination committee which had previously existed for monitoring development activities and management of the three World ...
9020.
Russian Federation,
Gradual changes to the urban fabric: construction and restoration projects;
Inappropriate urban development;
Major changes to the property’s skyline through the construction of the new Cathedral of the Assumption;
High rise projects;
Management system.
,The State Party has not submitted a state of conservation report. The ICOMOS reactive ...
9021.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Extensive poaching of large mammals, in particular elephants;
b) Mining activities inside the property;
c) Uncontrolled migration into the villages located within the property;
d) Illegal timber exploitation in the Ituri Forest, which might affect the property in the near future;
e) Planned rehabilitation of the National Road RN4 ...
9022.
Austria,Hungary,
High-rise hotel development;
Large-scale heart clinic development (issue resolved)
,On 27 November 2020, upon request from the World Heritage Centre, the State Party of Hungary submitted a report on the state of conservation of the Hungarian component of the property; its executive summary is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/772/documents/.
In ...
9023.
Heavy fighting broke out again on December 3, 2007 between the DRC army and rebel forces of general Nkunda north of the city of Goma, in North Kivu. Heavy shelling and gunfire is taking place in the immediate vicinity of the heart of the gorilla sector in the Virunga National Park and World Heritage site. The renewed fighting poses a serious threat to the survival of the ...
9024.
The call for applications for the business skills training programme for protected areas in Africa is now open until 24 February 2017.
Each year, the Earth Skills Network (ESN) provides funded training in:
business planning and effective management practices and,
personal development of leadership capabilities, with
12 months of mentoring from an ESN corporate member with ...
9025.
In response to the fires in Mount Kenya National Park in early March, the Kenyan authorities - Mount Kenya Trust - submitted a grant application to the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) and obtained the maximum amount of US$30,000. This support will make it possible to finance hours of helicopter flights to monitor the Park's risk areas and intervene with water bombers in the ...
9026.
Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the Turkish authorities, made without prior discussion, and calls for the universal value of World Heritage to be preserved
The Director-General of UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the Turkish authorities, made without prior discussion, to change the status of Hagia Sophia. This evening, she shared her serious ...
9027.
Each year, International Women's Day is the occasion to celebrate the role of women and encourage gender equality in everything that we do.
Women play a crucial role in managing World Heritage sites. To mention just a few, there are Tania Zaven, site manager of Byblos, Christina Sinclair, site manager of Edinburgh, and Beverly Wade, national focal point for the Belize ...
9028.
In line with UNESCO’s efforts since 1988 to encourage research on the Silk Roads as routes of interchange and dialogue of cultures, the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust (FiT) project “Support for the Asian Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination(s) (Phase II)” was launched in November 2018 and completed in November 2022.
Upon completion of this ...
9029.
Germany,a) Urban development pressure through high-rise building project impacting on the visual integrity of the Cathedral as a landmark;
b) Lack of buffer zone.,Buffer zone:
The State Party of Germany, in its letter dated 30 January 2008 provided the World Heritage Centre with a map of a buffer zone, as requested by the World Heritage Committee. It covers the east bank ...
9030.
Senegal,a) Capture and relocation of wildlife ;
b) Road construction.,In May 2006, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN were informed that a wildlife inventory was being undertaken jointly by the management authority (Direction des Parcs Nationaux - DPN) and African Parks Foundation (APF), a Dutch based NGO. On 2 June 2006, the preliminary results of this census were ...
9031.
Lithuania,
Limited financial resources (issue resolved);
Need for a comprehensive rehabilitation programme (issue resolved)
Rehabilitation and restoration programme
Urgent restoration and infrastructural upgrading
Revitalisation programme
,The World Heritage Centre has received letters from Lithuania citizens calling attention to a ‘Detailed Plan’ for Vilnius, which if ...
9032.
South Africa,Lack of institution coordination
Additional Details:
Conflicting land use ,The World Heritage Centre and IUCN received the State Party’s report in February 2004. The report noted that all decision-making within the Park takes place under the framework of the World Heritage Convention Act (WHCA), the Wetlands Park Regulations and other relevant ...
9033.
India,
Construction of a dam (issue resolved);
Bodo people insurgency;
Destruction of Park infrastructures;
Illegal removal of vegetation;
Poaching
,Principal issues:
Rehabilitation following damage to infrastructure in 1992 due to rebel activities. Poaching on selected wildlife species.
New information:
At its twenty-fifth session in June 2001, the Bureau had noted that ...
9034.
China,a) Uncontrolled urban development and expansion of tourism-related facilities in and adjacent to the boundary of the property;
b) Negative impact of the rehabilitation projects on the protection of the traditional urban tissue of the historic centre. ,The State Party submitted its report to the World Heritage Centre on 20 January 2011.
The report describes ...
9035.
Denmark,a) Tourism impacts;
b) Hunting and fishing ,At the time of inscription of this property by the World Heritage Committee at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004), the Committee recommended the State Party to review the protection and management of the property, particularly in relation to hunting, fishing, and tourism activities and to submit a report on progress ...
9036.
France,,The property of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch 2007). However, very shortly afterwards, two major river crossing problems arose, threatening the outstanding universal value of the property : the first concerns one of the wet docks of the Port due to the ...
9037.
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, ...
9038.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, has decided to inscribe the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to concerns about the imminent extinction of the vaquita, an endemic porpoise in the Gulf of California.
Mexico has made efforts to protect these threatened species, notably by ...
9039.
Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Uncoordinated urban development - construction of a large scale commercial complex
Subway route under the historical axis of Esfahan
,On 17 March 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/115/documents/, in response to Decision 37 COM 7B.62 (Phnom Penh, 2013), as follows:
Metro ...
9040.
Lebanon,
Port expansion project (issue resolved)
Need for a Management Plan and a Master Plan (issue resolved)
Plans for an extension of the jetty (issue resolved)
,In August 2016, the World Heritage Centre requested the State Party to submit detailed and clear information regarding the different components of the ‘Diplomatic Club’ project, proposed to be undertaken ...
9041.
Rationale: Tubbataha is a no-take area and the only activities allowed are tourism, which generates funds for conservation, and research.
Since the late 1970s, when dive tourism "discovered" Tubbataha, boat operators anchored on reefs and caused coral damage. By the mid-1990s, seven boats with gross tonnage between 100-300 operated in the Park during the diving season of ...
9042.
United Republic of Tanzania,a) Increased human pastoral population;
b) Poaching;
c) Spread of invasive species;
d) Tourism pressure;
e) Encroachment and cultivation.,On 1 February 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which provides an update on the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the 2007 and 2008 ...
9043.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Armed conflict and political instability
Poaching by nationals and trans-border armed groups
Inappropriate management capabilities to address the poaching crisis (resolved)
Lack of management plan
Probable extinction of the northern white rhinoceros subspecies within the property
Artisanal mining
,No report had been provided by the State ...
9044.
WHC-03/27.COM/24
9045.
9046.
WHC-02/CONF.202/14B
9047.
9048.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9049.
WHC/23/18.EXTCOM/3.Add
9050.
WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add
9051.
WHC-08/32.COM/7A.Add
9052.
WHC-06/30.COM/7B.Add
9053.
WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
9054.
WHC-06/30.COM/7A.ADD
9055.
WHC-07/31.COM/3A.Rev
9056.
WHC-05/29.COM/3A.Rev3
9057.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/INF.15
9058.
WHC-08/32.COM/INF.17
9059.
WHC-06/30.COM/7A.Corr
9060.
WHC-07/31.COM/21B
9061.
WHC-01/CONF.208/21Rev
9062.
WHC-08/32.COM/24rev
9063.
WHC-04/28.COM/6
9064.
WHC/20/14.EXTCOM/5
9065.
WHC/20/14.EXTCOM/5
9066.
WHC/21/15.EXTCOM/5
9067.
WHC-03/27.COM/4
9068.
WHC-02/CONF.202/25
9069.
WHC-14/38.COM/INF.8B1
9070.
WHC.93/CONF.002/09
9071.
WHC-93/CONF.002/9
9072.
WHC-98/CONF.203/13Add.
9073.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/15 Rev.
9074.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/15 Corr.
9075.
WHC-09/33.COM/10C
9076.
WHC-03/27.COM/INF.8A
9077.
WHC-04/28.COM/INF.14A
9078.
WHC.18/42.COM/
9079.
WHC-03/27.COM/INF.8B
9080.
WHC-04/28.COM/INF.14B
9081.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9082.
WHC-07/31.COM/5.2
9083.
CC-81/CONF.003/INF.4 Rev
9084.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9085.
9086.
WHC-03/27.COM/19
9087.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9088.
WHC-07/31.COM/19B
9089.
CC-79/CONF.003/9
9090.
WHC-97/CONF.208/13
9091.
WHC-02/CONF.202/9
9092.
WHC-10/34.COM/7.3
9093.
WHC-98/CONF.203/12
9094.
WHC-04/28.COM/INF.19B
9095.
WHC-05/29.COM/20
9096.
WHC-15/11.EXTCOM/2
9097.
WHC/17/12.EXTCOM/2
9098.
WHC/19/13.EXTCOM/2
9099.
WHC-06/30.COM/3A
9100.
WHC-10/9 EXT.COM/3A
9101.
WHC/24/46.COM/3A
9102.
WHC/21/44.COM/3A
9103.
WHC/23/45.COM/3A
9104.
WHC-07/31.COM/3B.Rev
9105.
WHC-06/30.COM/3B.Rev
9106.
WHC-08/32.COM/3B
9107.
WHC-09/33.COM/3B.Rev
9108.
WHC-10/9.EXT.COM/3B
9109.
WHC/24/46.COM/3B
9110.
WHC/21/44.COM/3B
9111.
WHC/23/45.COM/3B
9112.
WHC-05/29.COM/21
9113.
CLT-82/CONF.015/INF.5
9114.
WHC-09/33.COM/14B.Corr
9115.
WHC-07/31.COM/INF.5B
9116.
WHC-08/32.COM/INF.5B
9117.
WHC-10/34.COM/INF.5B
9118.
WHC/23/19.EXTCOM/4
9119.
WHC/23/18.EXTCOM/6
9120.
WHC/16/40.COM/19
9121.
WHC-95/CONF.203/INF.10
9122.
WHC.17/42.COM/
9123.
WHC/24/46.COM/11
9124.
WHC-06/30.COM/5
9125.
WHC-04/7EXT.COM/3C
9126.
WHC-04/7EXT.COM/3C
9127.
WHC-95/CONF.203/4
9128.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/3
9129.
WHC-01/CONF.208/3
9130.
WHC-98/CONF.203/4
9131.
WHC-02/CONF.202/2
9132.
WHC.99/CONF.209/4
9133.
WHC-02/CONF.202/INF.6
9134.
WHC-98/CONF.203/INF.5
9135.
WHC-01/CONF.208/INF.3
9136.
WHC.99/CONF.209/INF.5
9137.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/INF.4
9138.
WHC-01/CONF.208/24
9139.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/21
9140.
WHC-97/CONF.208/5
9141.
WHC-03/27.COM/18B
9142.
9143.
WHC-06/30.COM/8D
9144.
WHC.03/27.COM/7A.Corr
9145.
WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4
9146.
WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
9147.
WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2
9148.
WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3
9149.
WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2
9150.
WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.3
9151.
WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
9152.
WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.3
9153.
WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.4
9154.
WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4
9155.
WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add.Corr
9156.
WHC-05/29.COM/7A.Add
9157.
WHC-05/29.COM/INF.7B.Rev
9158.
CC-79/CONF.003/INF.2
9159.
CC-81/CONF.003/INF.2
9160.
CC-86/CONF.003/INF.2
9161.
WHC-03/27.COM/6A
9162.
WHC/23/45.COM/INF.19
9163.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9164.
WHC-08/32.COM/INF.5C
9165.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9166.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9167.
Documents
Score 1.8370866
9168.
WHC-05/29.COM/18
9169.
Second letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Viscaino
9170.
,The 28th session of the World Heritage Committee was taken as an occasion to brief all the States Parties from Europe and North America on the progress made in completing Section I and II of the Periodic Report.
9171.
,Scientific Conference on the Key Issues of the World Heritage Management.Elchin KarimovSenior Project SpecialistReserve Management Center of the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijanelchin.karimov@tourism.gov.az
9172.
Case Study: Policy framework for a controlled wind energy development near a transboundary World Heritage property
9173.
The state of conservation of Serengeti National Park was examined at the 34th Session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia, in July 2010, and the Committee expressed its utmost concern about a proposed highway in the northern wilderness area of the Serengeti National Park. This proposed highway is a part of Tanzania's Transport Sector Improvement Program ...
9174.
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Responsible Business Week to run from 17-23 September 2012
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts today embarks on a week-long programme of activities around the world to help protect and preserve unique cultural heritage sites as part of Responsible Business Week 2012. This marks the third year of InterContinental’s Responsible ...
9175.
In the framework of Document WHC-12/36.COM/10C and Decision 36 COM 10C adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012), the final meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Santiago de Chile, Chile from 3-5 December 2012.
As the final meeting for the Region, it ...
9176.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, today condemed the deadly attack perpetrated on 9 April against the staff of the Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, during which six guards and their driver lost their lives.
“I condemn this deadly attack on six guards of the Virunga National Park and their driver. I call on the Democratic Republic of the ...
9177.
On 3 July 2019, during its 43rd session in Baku, Azerbaijan, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California in Mexico on the List of World Heritage in Danger. One of the main reasons for this decision is the current vulnerable situation of the vaquita species, whose population, according to the most recent scientific ...
9178.
At dawn on Friday 04 December 2020, the Tapoa base at the entrance to the W natural park in Niger was the target of a deadly attack that claimed the lives of two park officials. UNESCO, through the World Heritage Centre, strongly condemns this attack, which comes in a global context already weakened by a health crisis due to COVID-19.
"This armed attack fills us with deep ...
9179.
UNESCO welcomes the Italian government's decision to ban large cruise ships from the Venice Lagoon. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee urged Italy in 2014 to ban large ships and oil tankers from entering the Venice Lagoon. Sometimes weighing up to 40,000 tonnes, they undermine the Venice lagoon and its ecological balance. The decree-law announced by the Italian Government ...
9180.
UNESCO expresses its full support to the families of the victims of two deadly attacks carried out on Tuesday 8 and Thursday 10 February 2022 against security guards on patrol in the W National Park in Benin, one of the components of the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger) inscribed on the World Heritage List.
"These deadly attacks that occurred at a ...
9181.
Further to recent reports and inquiries, regarding the displacement of the Maasai people in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage property, UNESCO wishes to recall that neither the World Heritage Committee – the intergovernmental body of 21 elected States governing the Convention – nor UNESCO Secretariat have at any time asked for the displacement of the Maasai ...
9182.
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 ...
9183.
Libya,
Vandalism
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Human Resources
Conflict situation prevailing in the country
Illegal activities
,The State Party did not submit the state of conservation report, which was requested by the Committee at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016). No recent information on the state of conservation of the property is ...
9184.
Durban, South Africa, 12-14 July 2005
Objectives
In parallel with the 29th World Heritage Committee meeting in Durban a visual arts workshop for young people was held.
The objective was to translate the children's perspective on heritage sites into visual arts.
Report
The Youth Forum consisted of a general introduction and reflection on World Heritage and of two workshops. ...
9185.
China,a) Progressive loss of integrity and authenticity due to major tourism and commercial developments in and around the property
b) No clearly defined boundary or buffer zones;
c) Lack of a comprehensive Conservation Master Plan for the property and its sourroundings,The World Heritage Committee in its Decision 32 COM 7B.67 focussed on three main conservation issues: ...
9186.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),
Serious deterioration of materials and structures;
Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property;
Lack of adequate management, planning and conservation mechanisms;
Absence of detailed and technical information on the state of conservation of the property since 2007;
Flooding and water damage.
,The ...
9187.
Peru,a) Lack of a Disaster Preparedness Plan
b) Ongoing planned development projects which impact the historic centre, such as the planned construction of the Chilina Bridge
c) Illegal demolitions involving historical buildings,The World Heritage Centre received a state of conservation report on 2 February 2010. The report provides a brief summary of the property and ...
9188.
Belize,a) Sale and lease of public lands within the property, leading to destruction of fragile ecosystems due to resort and housing development;
b) Oil exploration and potential oil drilling;
c) Introduction of invasive species,A report on the state of conservation of the property was received from the State Party on 16 February 2012. The report includes a request for ...
9189.
Our Pledge, Bergen, Norway
Cultural and natural sites form the environment on which human beings are dependent psychologically, religiously, educationally and economically. Their destruction or even deterioration could be harmful to the survival of our identity, our nations and our planet. We have the responsibility to preserve these sites for future generations.
Our ...
9190.
Of all the past civilisations, the Roman civilisation was the first to envisage from the very beginning the systematic construction of roads. The creation of a very extensive road network standing the test of time up to the present was only possible thanks to the administrative organisation which Rome had developed throughout the different provinces of its empire.The ...
9191.
This first African World Heritage Day is very special.
This is an opportunity to celebrate the wealth of Africa’s cultural and natural heritage, embodying outstanding universal values. This is a moment for the world to stand with Governments, local communities and societies to support one of the continent’s most precious resources. Africa’s cultural and natural heritage is ...
9192.
As nearly half of the global population went into lockdown in recent months, rare wildlife sightings emerged in the most unexpected places. CO2 emissions dropped by 8% since the start of the year, the largest decrease ever recorded. Nature seemed to finally take a breath from the relentless human pressures that have been the primary reason for biodiversity reduction and ...
9193.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Need for information on the management (issue resolved)
Site Museum project
Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project
Risks of collapse of Silbury Hill (issue resolved)
Infrastructure development pressure
Lack of visitor management
,On 30 January 2008, the Head of the Policy, Strategy and Resources Unit of the ...
9194.
Algeria,
Urban Pressure;
Tourism Pressure;
Lack of capacity in conservation techniques;
Lack of management mechanism (including legislation);
Lack of Presentation and interpretation;
Lack of human or financial resources;
Lack of institution coordination;
Looting/Theft
,At its 27th session, the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to submit a report to the ...
9195.
Colombia,
State of conservation of the fabric of the megalithic sculptures;
Lack of a management plan;
Lack of buffer zone;
Ongoing challenges by local communities with regards to the use of illegally constructed roads which traverse the archaeological park.
,In response to the recommendations made by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (35 COM 7B.121), the ...
9196.
Canada,Petroleum exploration in the vicinity of the World Heritage property,On 31 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/419/documents/. The State Party reports the following:
Parks Canada has contributed to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Western Newfoundland ...
9197.
Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Lack of a comprehensive management plan; (issue resolved)
The boundaries of the property inscribed on an emergency basis were not aligned with the written text of the original Nomination File; (issue resolved)
Development pressure related to the post-disaster reconstruction process
,On 18 March 2015, the State Party submitted a detailed state of ...
9198.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has been working together with the Government of China on a methodological approach for the preparation of a nomination for the cultural properties along the Silk Road to the World Heritage List. Although the network passed through China, Central/Western and South Asia and beyond, China is the only ...
9199.
Almaty, Kazakhstan,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Kazakhstan National Commission for UNESCO, with the support of the UNESCO Japanese Funds-in-Trust and the UNESCO Korean Funds-in-Trust Silk Roads projects, is organizing the 4th Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination from 24 to 26 November 2015 in ...
9200.
BiodiversityLife Insurance for our Changing WorldThis week, in New York, leaders of the world will review progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals embody the international community's aspirations for a better world, where hunger and poverty are eradicated, all people enjoy basic rights, and equity and health prevail in all ...