1.         Historic City of Meknes (Morocco) (C 793)

Year of inscription on the World Heritage List  1996

Criteria  (iv)

Year(s) of inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger  N/A

Previous Committee Decisions  see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/793/documents/

International Assistance

Requests approved: 0
Total amount approved: USD 0
For details, see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/793/assistance/

UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds

N/A

Previous monitoring missions

June 2000: mission 

Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports

Illustrative material  see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/793/

Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2000

In June 2000, a mission to the site revealed the existence of problems relating to the ramparts of the City:

·  Urban problems, where in spite of a management plan in the process of being approved, numerous and on-the-spot decisions are being taken by the administration to the detriment of the preservation of the site;

·  Structural problems, where the ramparts are threatened by natural degradation (rains, rising of capillary waters) and by degradation of human origin (canals disturbing the foundations, partial demolition for illicit construction, breaches for roads and vibration due to automobiles).

The report proposed a long-term plan in several stages to solve the problem permanently.  It also recommended proceeding immediately with the implementation of emergency repair works and a maintenance plan spread over a period of time, due to the importance of the works and their costs.

Analysis and Conclusions of the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS and ICCROM

N/A

No draft Decision