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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2024close
Region: Arab Statesclose
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Military training Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Fire (widlfires) Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Desertification Illegal activities Localised utilities Relative humidity War
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stone masonry; Sand covering certain areas of the property; Graffiti and fires; Alarming state of conservation of the Hunting Baths; Tidal flooding and continuous sea encroachment on the circus area
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War
Other Threats: Excessive vegetation growth; Impact of humidity and seawater salt on stone masonry
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Desertification Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan War Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Desertification Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Wind
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War
Other Threats: Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites 
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Absence of Statement of Outstanding Universal Value at the time of inscription; Restricted access
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan War
Other Threats: Serious degradation of the city’s heritage (many houses and the ancient souq are in an alarming state of deterioration)
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Desertification Flooding Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments; Urban environment and visual integrity; Impact of archaeological excavations
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Commercial development Desertification Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management activities War Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods; Physical damage and instability of buildings; Problems with the network for the evacuation of rainwater
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Human resources Management systems/ management plan War Water (rain/water table)
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Human resources War Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Damage to historic buildings
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Other Threats: Potential construction of a separation fence (wall)
Danger List:  Yes

* : 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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