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Samarra Archaeological City (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Other Threats: Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures
Danger List:  Yes
Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region (2023)
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Housing Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General maintenance, including for unprotected archaeological remains on the surface
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2023)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Site of Palmyra (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats:
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2023)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure
Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire (2023)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inappropriate interventions at Kouto, Kaouara, Sorobango and Samatiguila mosques
Sukur Cultural Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System (2023)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Legal framework Water (rain/water table)
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2023)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2023)
States Parties: Argentina Belgium Switzerland Germany France India Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
The English Lake District (2023)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Non-renewable energy facilities Quarrying
The Great Spa Towns of Europe (2023)
States Parties: Austria Belgium Czechia Germany France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Italy
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Porticoes of Bologna (2023)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (2023)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Timbuktu (2023)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (2023)
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Tomb of Askia (2023)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2023)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire
Danger List:  Yes
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Ghana Haiti Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Mali Malta Mauritius Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Nigeria Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Togo Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 131 Housing 85 Ground transport infrastructure 34 Legal framework 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 32 Management activities 30 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 War 18 Commercial development 17 Illegal activities 17 Human resources 17 Water (rain/water table) 16 Financial resources 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Governance 14 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Underground transport infrastructure 8 Civil unrest 8 Water infrastructure 7 Solid waste 7 Flooding 7 Mining 5 Quarrying 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Earthquake 5 Industrial areas 4 Air transport infrastructure 4 Surface water pollution 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Relative humidity 3 Desertification 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Major linear utilities 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Localised utilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Military training 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Storms 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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