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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Abu Mena (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Encroachments within the property and inappropriate recent constructions; Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2023)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (2023)
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Lack of clarity regarding components and buffer zone of the property
Ancient City of Damascus (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
Archaeological Site of Cyrene (2023)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Danger List:  Yes
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
Centennial Hall in Wrocław (2023)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: impact on the Outstanding Universal Value of the property of the rebuilt Pavilion
Churches of Chiloé (2023)
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Insufficient delimitation of boundaries
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Danger List:  Yes
Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2023)
States Parties: India
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions
Ḥimā Cultural Area (2023)
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2023)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture
Historic Centre of Bukhara (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: degradation of traditional houses
Historic Centre of Lima (2023)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Demolition and re-building of traditional housing areas
Danger List:  Yes
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (2023)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (2023)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin tomb
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2023)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Island of Mozambique (2023)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
Island of Saint-Louis (2023)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants
Itchan Kala (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Kasbah of Algiers (2023)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Kizhi Pogost (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Structural integrity issues at the Church of the Transfiguration
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (2023)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Maloti-Drakensberg Park (2023)
States Parties: Lesotho South Africa
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Buffer zones not yet formalized
Meidan Emam, Esfahan (2023)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Challenging situation of community livelihoods; Condition and conservation of the Laetoli hominid footprints
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2023)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.4
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments; Urban environment and visual integrity; Impact of archaeological excavations
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Sana'a (2023)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities
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
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (2023)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Impact of the four temporary shelters constructed in 2008; Demolition of most of the traditional “tukul” dwellings
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
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Albania Algeria Chile China Egypt Ethiopia Georgia India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Lesotho Libya Mozambique Nepal Niger Pakistan Peru Poland Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal South Africa Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Yemen
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* : 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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