40th session of the World Heritage Committee

40 COM 2
Admission of Observers

40 COM 3A
Adoption of the Agenda

40 COM 3B
Adoption of the Timetable

40 COM 4
Report of the Rapporteur of the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (Bonn, 2015)

40 COM 5A
Report of the World Heritage Centre on its Activities and the Implementation of the World Heritage Committee’s Decisions

40 COM 5B
Reports of the Advisory Bodies

40 COM 5C
World Heritage Convention and Sustainable Development

40 COM 5D
Report on the World Heritage Thematic Programmes

40 COM 6
Follow-Up to the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy and Progress Report on the World Heritage-Related Category 2 Centres

40 COM 7
State of Conservation of World Heritage Properties

40 COM 7A.1
City of Potosi (Bolivia, Plurinational State of) (C 420)

40 COM 7A.2
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile) (C 1178bis)

40 COM 7A.3
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Panama) (C 135)

40 COM 7A.4
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (Peru) (C 366)

40 COM 7A.5
Coro and its Port (Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of) (C 658)

40 COM 7A.6
Timbuktu (Mali) (C 119rev)

40 COM 7A.7
Tomb of the Askia (Mali) (C 1139)

40 COM 7A.8
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) (C 1022)

40 COM 7A.9
Abu Mena (Egypt) (C 90)

40 COM 7A.10
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (Iraq) (C 1130)

40 COM 7A.11
Hatra (Iraq) (C 277rev)

40 COM 7A.12
Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq) (C 276 rev)

40 COM 7A.13
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (site proposed by Jordan) (C 148 rev)

40 COM 7A.14
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine) (C 1433)

40 COM 7A.15
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (Palestine) (C 1492)

40 COM 7A.16
Ancient City of Aleppo (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 21)

40 COM 7A.17
Ancient City of Bosra (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 22)

40 COM 7A.18
Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 20bis)

40 COM 7A.19
Ancient villages of Northern Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 1348)

40 COM 7A.20
Crac des chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 1229)

40 COM 7A.21
Site of Palmyra (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 23)

40 COM 7A.22
General Decision on the World Heritage properties of the Syrian Arab Republic

40 COM 7A.23
Historic Town of Zabid (Yemen) (C 611)

40 COM 7A.24
Old City of Sana’a (Yemen) (C 385)

40 COM 7A.25
Old Walled City of Shibam (Yemen) (C 192)

40 COM 7A.26
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan) (C 208 rev)

40 COM 7A.27
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (Afghanistan) (C 211 rev)

40 COM 7A.28
Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) (C 710)

40 COM 7A.29
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (Georgia) (C 708)

40 COM 7A.30
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbia) (C 724 bis)

40 COM 7A.31
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (C 1150)

40 COM 7A.32
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize) (N 764)

40 COM 7A.33
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras) (N 196)

40 COM 7A.34
Manovo Gounda St. Floris National Park (Central African Republic) (N 475)

40 COM 7A.35
Comoé National Park (Côte d’Ivoire) (N 227)

40 COM 7A.36
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d’Ivoire/Guinea) (N 155bis)

40 COM 7A.37
Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 136)

40 COM 7A.38
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 137)

40 COM 7A.39
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 718)

40 COM 7A.40
Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 280)

40 COM 7A.41
Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 63)

40 COM 7A.42
General Decision on the properties of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

40 COM 7A.43
Simien National Park (Ethiopia) (N 9)

40 COM 7A.44
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar) (N 1257)

40 COM 7A.45
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger) (N 573)

40 COM 7A.46
Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal) (N 153)

40 COM 7A.47
Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania) (N 199bis)

40 COM 7A.48
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia) (N 1167)

40 COM 7A.49
East Rennell (Solomon Islands) (N 854)

40 COM 7A.50
Everglades National Park (United States of America) (N 76)

40 COM 7B.1
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (Argentina / Bolivia (Plurinational State of) / Chile / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru) (C 1459)

40 COM 7B.2
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (Bolivia, Plurinational State of) (C 567rev)

40 COM 7B.3
Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís (Costa Rica) (C 1453)

40 COM 7B.4
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526)

40 COM 7B.5
City of Quito (Ecuador) (C 2)

40 COM 7B.6
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haïti) (C 180)

40 COM 7B.7
Historic Centre of Puebla (Mexico) (C 416)

40 COM 7B.8
Historic Centre of the City of Arequipa (Peru) (C 1016)

40 COM 7B.9
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (Suriname) (C 940rev)

40 COM 7B.10
Aksum (Ethiopia) (C 15)

40 COM 7B.11
Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia) (C 17)

40 COM 7B.12
Lamu Old Town (Kenya) (C 1055)

40 COM 7B.13
Old Towns of Djenné (Mali) (C 116 rev)

40 COM 7B.14
Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius) (C 1259bis)

40 COM 7B.15
Island of Mozambique (Mozambique) (C 599)

40 COM 7B.16
Historic Centre of Agadez (Niger) (C 1268)

40 COM 7B.17
Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) (C 938)

40 COM 7B.18
Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal) (C 956bis)

40 COM 7B.19
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa) (C 1099bis)

40 COM 7B.20
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 144

40 COM 7B.21
Stone Town of Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 173rev)

40 COM 7B.22
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Egypt) (C 86)

40 COM 7B.23
Erbil Citadel (Iraq) (C 1437)

40 COM 7B.24
Archaeological Site of Cyrene (Libya) (C 190)

40 COM 7B.25
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (Libya) (C 287)

40 COM 7B.26
Bahla Fort (Oman) (C 433)

40 COM 7B.27
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (Saudi Arabia) (C 1361)

40 COM 7B.28
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (Sudan) (C 1073)

40 COM 7B.29
Archaeological Site of Carthage (Tunisia) (C 37)

40 COM 7B.30
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (China) (C 705)

40 COM 7B.31
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (China) (C 707ter)

40 COM 7B.32
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (China) (C 704)

40 COM 7B.33
The Grand Canal (China) (C 1443)

40 COM 7B.34
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an – Tian-shan Corridor (China / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan) (C 1442)

40 COM 7B.35
Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India) (C 247rev)

40 COM 7B.36
Sangiran Early Man Site (Indonesia) (C 593)

40 COM 7B.37
Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan (Iran, Islamic Republic of) (C 1397)

40 COM 7B.38
Shahr-i Sokhta (Iran, Islamic Republic of) (C 1456)

40 COM 7B.39
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (Japan) (C 1418)

40 COM 7B.40
Pyu Ancient Cities (Myanmar) (C 1444)

40 COM 7B.41
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) (C121bis)

40 COM 7B.42
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal) (C 666rev)

40 COM 7B.43
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) (C 171)

40 COM 7B.44
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (Pakistan) (C 143)

40 COM 7B.45
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines) (C 722)

40 COM 7B.46
Golden Temple of Dambulla (Sri Lanka) (C 561)

40 COM 7B.47
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka) (C 451)

40 COM 7B.48
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan) (C 885)

40 COM 7B.49
Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) (C 1033)

40 COM 7B.50
Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) (C 95bis)

40 COM 7B.51
Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey (Germany) (C 1447)

40 COM 7B.52
Venice and its lagoon (Italy) (C 394)

40 COM 7B.53
Curonian Spit (Lithuania / Russian Federation) (C 994)

40 COM 7B.54
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Montenegro) (C 125ter)

40 COM 7B.55
Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (Poland) (C 31)

40 COM 7B.56
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (Russian Federation) (C 632)

40 COM 7B.57
Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (Russian Federation) (C 1170)

40 COM 7B.58
Kizhi Pogost (Russian Federation) (C 544)

40 COM 7B.59
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape (Turkey) (C 1457)

40 COM 7B.60
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape (Turkey) (C 1488)

40 COM 7B.61
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) (C 527 bis)

40 COM 7B.62
Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora (Ukraine) (C 1411)

40 COM 7B.63
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (Mexico) (C/N 1061bis)

40 COM 7B.64
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (Mali) (C/N 516)

40 COM 7B.65
Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan) (C/N 1377)

40 COM 7B.66
Tasmanian Wilderness (Australia) (C/N 181quinquies)

40 COM 7B.67
Trang An Landscape Complex (Viet Nam) (C/N 1438)

40 COM 7B.68
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) (C/N 99ter)

40 COM 7B.69
Iguazu National Park (Argentina) (N 303)

40 COM 7B.70
Iguaçu National Park (Brazil) (N 355)

40 COM 7B.71
Cerrado Protected areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil) (N 1035)

40 COM 7B.72
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica/Panama) (N 205bis)

40 COM 7B.73
Morne - Trois Pitons National Park (Dominica) (N 814)

40 COM 7B.74
Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) (N 1bis)

40 COM 7B.75
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) (N 1182ter)

40 COM 7B.76
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (Panama) (N 1138rev)

40 COM 7B.77
Pitons Management Area (Saint Lucia) (N 1161

40 COM 7B.78
Okavango Delta (Botswana) (N 1432)

40 COM 7B.79
Dja Wildlife Reserve (Cameroon) (N 407)

40 COM 7B.80
Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya) (N 801bis)

40 COM 7B.81
Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi) (N 289)

40 COM 7B.82
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda) (N 684)

40 COM 7B.83
Serengeti National Park (United Republic of Tanzania) (N 156)

40 COM 7B.84
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (Zimbabwe) (N 302)

40 COM 7B.85
Banc d’Arguin National Park (Mauritania) (N 506)

40 COM 7B.86
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) (N 1263)

40 COM 7B.87
Keoladeo National Park (India) (N 340)

40 COM 7B.88
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (India) (N 1406rev)

40 COM 7B.89
Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal) (N 120)

40 COM 7B.90
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand) (N 590rev)

40 COM 7B.91
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Viet Nam) (N 951bis)

40 COM 7B.92
Bialowieza Forest (Belarus / Poland) (N 33ter)

40 COM 7B.93
Pirin National Park (Bulgaria) (N 225bis)

40 COM 7B.94
Gros Morne National Park (Canada) (N 419)

40 COM 7B.95
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia) (N 98bis)

40 COM 7B.96
Golden Mountains of Altaï (Russian Federation) (N 768rev)

40 COM 7B.97
Lake Baikal (Russian Federation) (N 754)

40 COM 7B.98
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (Russian Federation) (N 1023rev)

40 COM 7B.99
Virgin Komi Forests (Russian Federation) (N 719)

40 COM 7B.100
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation) (N 765)

40 COM 7B.101
Western Caucasus (Russian Federation) (N 900

40 COM 7B.102
Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (N 369)

40 COM 7B.103
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (N 740bis)

40 COM 7B.104
Grand Canyon National Park (United States of America) (N 75)

40 COM 7B.105
Omnibus Decision

40 COM 7B.106
World Heritage properties in Libya

40 COM 8A
Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2016, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines

40 COM 8A
Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2016, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines

40 COM 8B.1
Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.2
Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.3
Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.4
Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.5
Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.6
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.7
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.8
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.9
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.10
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.11
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.12
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.13
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.14
Examination of nominations of natural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.15
Examination of nominations of mixed properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.16
Examination of nominations of mixed properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.17
Examination of nominations of mixed properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.18
Examination of nominations of mixed properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.19
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.20
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.21
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.22
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.23
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.24
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.25
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.26
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.27
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.28
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.29
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.30
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.31
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.32
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.33
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.34
Examination of nominations of cultural properties to the World Heritage List - boundary modification

40 COM 8B.35
Examination of minor boundary modifications of natural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.36
Examination of minor boundary modifications of mixed properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.37
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.38
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.39
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.40
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.41
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.42
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.43
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.44
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.45
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.46
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.47
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.48
Examination of minor boundary modifications of cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.49
Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

40 COM 8B.50
Statements of Outstanding Universal Value of properties inscribed at the 38th (Doha, 2014) and 39th (Bonn, 2015) sessions and not adopted by the World Heritage Committee

40 COM 8C.1
Update of the List of World Heritage in Danger (inscribed sites)

40 COM 8C.2
Update of the list of World Heritage in Danger (retained sites)

40 COM 8C.3
Update of the World Heritage in Danger (removed sites)

40 COM 8D
Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties

40 COM 8E
Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value

40 COM 9A
Progress Report on the reflection concerning the Upstream Processes

40 COM 10A
Progress report on the Periodic Reporting Reflection (2015-2017)

40 COM 10B.1
Follow-up to the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Asia and Pacific region

40 COM 10B.2
Follow-up to the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Africa region

40 COM 10B.3
Follow-up to the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Arab States region

40 COM 10B.4
Follow-up to the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for the Latin America and the Caribbean region

40 COM 10B.5
Follow-up to the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for the Europe and North America region

40 COM 11
Revision of the Operational Guidelines

40 COM 12
Progress report on the Policy Guidelines Guidelines document

40 COM 13A
Follow-Up to Recommendations of Evaluations and Audits on Working Methods: Outcomes of The ad-hoc Working Group

40 COM 13B
Follow-Up to the Recommendations of the External Auditor’s “Report on the governance of UNESCO and dependant funds, programmes and entities” (Document 38C/23)

40 COM 14
International Assistance

40 COM 15
Presentation of the final accounts of the World Heritage Fund for 2014-2015 and implementation of the World Heritage Fund under the biennium 2016-2017

40 COM 17
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (2017)

40 COM 17.2
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (2017)

40 COM 18
Provisional Agenda of the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (2017)