State of Conservation
40
Reports
40
Properties concerned
13
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start:
2023close
Date end:2023close
Region:
Arab Statesclose
States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Encroachments within the property and inappropriate recent constructions; Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
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: | Egypt |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development |
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 Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Military training Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Tunisia |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
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: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Desertification Illegal activities War |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of the stone masonry; Sand covering certain areas of the property; Graffiti and fires |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Relative humidity War |
Other Threats: | Excessive vegetation growth; Impact of humidity and seawater salt on stone masonry |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.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: | Iraq |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Jordan |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Buildings and Development (lack of design and construction guidelines) Preservation of important vistas and sightlines of the property |
States Parties: | Lebanon |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Sudan |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Desertification Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Wind |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2 |
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: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.4 |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Absence of Statement of Outstanding Universal Value at the time of inscription |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Saudi Arabia |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities |
States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
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
Algeria Egypt Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Saudi Arabia State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 28 Housing 24 War 16 Management activities 10 Land conversion 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Illegal activities 7 Human resources 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Financial resources 5 Legal framework 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Flooding 4 Desertification 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Governance 3 Commercial development 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Quarrying 2 Relative humidity 2 Civil unrest 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Major linear utilities 1 Water infrastructure 1 Solid waste 1 Surface water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Wind 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 High 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.