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Opening of the session.
Adoption of the agenda.
Election of the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur.
Nominations to the World Heritage List.
Technical co-operation requests.
Protection of the World Heritage Emblem and of the name of the World Heritage Fund.
Revised text of the "Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention".
Measures to be taken to improve the balance between the cultural and the natural heritage in the implementation of the Convention.
Public information ...
[Uniquement en anglais] I would like to welcome the participants of the fourth session of the World Heritage Committee. The French Government is honored that this meeting, which brings together the leading specialists in historical monuments and natural sites, is being held in 1980 in France. At the request of the President of the Republic, 1980 is in fact Heritage Year in our country. It is marked by numerous activities initiated by the State, local communities and associations for preserving and enhancing the illustrious and more humble legacies of our people's past. It is fortu- nate ...
La quatrième session du Comité du patrimoine mondial s'est tenue à Paris, France, du 1er au 5 septembre 1980 à l'aimable invitation du gouvernement français. Les États membres du Comité dont la liste suit étaient présents à la réunion: Algérie, Argentina, Australie, Bulgaria, Equateur, Egypte, France, Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Népal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Sénégal, Soudan, Suisse, Tunisie, États-Unis d’Amérique and Yougoslavie.
Des représentants du Conseil international des monuments et des sites (ICOMOS) et de l'Union international pour la conservation de la ...
[Uniquement en anglais] Representatives of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) attended the meeting in an advisory capacity.
[Uniquement en anglais] Observers from thirteen States Parties to the Convention which were not members of the Committee, namely Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Zaire also attended the session, as well as an observer from one other international organization: the Arab, Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization. The full list of participants will be found in Annex I to this report.
Le président, le Dr Shehata Adam, a déclaré la session ouverte ; il a ensuite souhaité la bienvenue aux participants et remercie le gouvernement français d'avoir aimablemet invité le Comité du patrimoine mondial à tenir sa quatrième session à l'Hôtel de Sully. M. Jean-Pierre Bady, directeur de la Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites, a prononcé une allocution de bienvenue dans laquelle il a brièvement évoqué l'historique de l'Hôtel de Bethune Sully. M. Michel Batisse, Sous-Directeur général adjoint des sciences, a pononcé ...
[Uniquement en anglais] 5. Dr. Shehata Adam brought to the attention of the Committee the text of a letter from the Government of Jordan regarding the nomination to the World Heritage List of the "Old City Jerusalem and its walls" and suggested the matter be taken up under Item 4 of the proposed agenda.6. The delegate from the United States of America suggested that a working group on the balance between cultural and natural sites be established and the exanimation of the Report of the Rapporteur on the 4th session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee (19-22 May1980) was ...
[Uniquement en anglais] 8. Mr. M. Parent was elected as Chairman of the Committee by accla- mation. The Committee then elected by acclamation the following representatives of States Members of the Committee as Vice-Chairmen : H. Exe. Prof. R.O. Slatyer (Australia), Mr. J. Adusei (Ghana), Mrs. R. Torres de Arauz (Panama), Mr. D. Hales (United States of America), Dr. M. Prelog (Yugoslavia) and Mr. A. Beschaouch (Tunisia) as Rapporteur. Dr. S. Adam (Egypt), the former Chairman of the Committee, was invited to participate in the work of the Bureau.
9. Mr. M. Parent, in his capacity as ...
4 COM V.11
Examen du point 4 de l'Ordre du jour: Proposition d'inscription sur la Liste du Patrimoine mondial
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee discussed one by one those nominations which had been recommended by the Bureau for inscription on the List, those which had been recommended by the Bureau not to be entered on the List and nominations which raised a problem of application of the criteria, and were hence recommended by the Bureau to be deferred. In each case the Committee heard, as appropriate, the comments of the representatives of IUCN and/or ICOMOS who presented an evaluation of each property in question in relation to the criteria. The representatives of IUCN and ICOMOS were ...
Le Comité a également décidé d'élargir le site protégé du Lac Ohrid pour y inclure la zone culturelle et historique située aux abords du lac. Ce site sera designé comme suit: "La région d'Ohrid ses aspects culturels et historique et son milieu naturel.".
4 COM V.15
Examen du point 4 : Propositions d'inscription sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial (sites non inscrits)
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee furthermore decided not to inscribe the following ten sites on the World Heritage List :
No. / Name of property / State Party
104 / Church of Orosi / Costa Rica
105 / National Monument at San Jose / Costa Rica
108 / National Theatre / Costa Rica
110 / Church of Nicoya / Costa Rica
123 / Kainji Lake National Park / Nigeria
56 / Valley of Heidal / Norway
57 / Kjerringøy Trading Centre / Norway
60 / Eidsvoll Building / Norway
141 / Archaeological ruins at ...
4 COM V.16
Examen du point 4 : Propositions d'inscription sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial (la vielle ville de Jérusalem et ses remparts)
16. A l'issue d'un débat sur la proposition d'inscription présentée par le Royaume hachémite de Jordanie au sujet de la « vieille ville de Jérusalem et ses remparts », la motion suivante a été adoptée par consensus :
« Le Comité de patrimoine mondial, au cours de sa 4ème session, a pris en considération, dans tous ses aspects culturels et humains, la proposition présentée par le Royaume hachémite de Jordanie relative à la « vieille ville de Jérusalem et ses remparts ».
Le Comité a apprécié, d’un complet accord, leur ...
4 COM V.12
Examen du point 4 : Propositions d'inscription sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial (sites inscrits)
Le Comité décide d'inscrire sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial les vingt-huit sites suivants :
No. identification / Nom du bien / État partie
102 / Qalaa des Beni Hammad / Algerie
124 / Ville historique d'Ouro Prêto / Brésil
133 / Site de Burgess Shale / Canada
79 / Paphos / Chypre
134 /Parc national Redwood / États-Unis d'Amérique
10 / Basse vallée de l'Aouache / Ethiopie
12 / Tiya / Ethiopie
15 / Axoum / Ethiopie
17 / Basse vallée de l'Omo / Ethiopie
35 / Batiments traditionnels Asante / Ghana
129 / Site maya de Copan / Honduras
91 / Centre historique de Rome / ...
Sites : Ancienne ville de Bosra Axoum Basse vallée de l'Aouache Basse vallée de l'Omo Centre historique de Rome, les biens du Saint-Siège situés dans cette ville bénéficiant des droits d'extra-territorialité et Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs Centre historique de Varsovie Ipogée de Ħal Saflieni L'église et le couvent dominicain de Santa Maria delle Grazie avec « La Cène » de Léonard de Vinci La Kalâa des Béni Hammad Paphos Parc national de Durmitor Parc national de Kahuzi-Biega Parc national de l'Ichkeul Parcs d'État et national Redwood Ruines archéologiques de Mohenjo Daro Ruines bouddhiques de Takht-i-Bahi et vestiges de Sahr-i-Bahlol Site de Palmyre Site maya de Copán Taxila Temples mégalithiques de Malte Ville de La Valette Ville historique d'Ouro Preto Ville minière de Røros et la Circonférence
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[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Item 4 of the agenda:Nominations the World Heritage List (differed sites)
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee decided furthermore to defer the following sites :
No. / Name of property / State Party
101 / Dey's Palace at Algiers/ Algeria
103 / Citadel Quarter of Setif / Algeria
106 / National archaeological park of Guayabo de Turrialba / Costa Rica
107 / Santa Rosa historic mansion / Costa Rica
109 / Ruins of Ujarras / Costa Rica
11 / Adulis / Ethiopia
111 / Bale Mountain National Park / Ethiopia
112 / Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park / Ethiopia
13 / Melka Kontoure / Ethiopia
14 / Matara / Ethiopia
16 /Yeha / Ethiopia
92 / Convent of ...
4 COM VI.18-20
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of item 7 of the agenda : The revised text of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
[Uniquement en anglais] 18. The Committee reiterated the importance of the Operational Guidelines and emphasized that every measure should be taken to ensure that the resulting guidelines are the best possible and that they reflect the thorough deliberations which precede each decision taken by the Committee. The insertion in the introduction of a brief paragraph to this effect was recommended by the Committee.
19. The Committee then discussed in detail the Revised Operational Guidelines and made the following modifications:
a) Chapter I, section A, paragraph 5 (ii) should ...
4 COM VII.21
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of item 8 of the agenda: Measures to be taken to improve the balance between the cultural and the natural heritage in the implementation of the Convention
[Uniquement en anglais] 21. The Committee heard the report of the working group set up to examine measures to improve the balance between the cultural and the natural heritage in the implementation of the Convention and agreed with the recommendations set out below:
1) Preparatory assistance to States Parties should be granted on a priority basis for:
(i) the establishment of tentative lists of cultural and natural properties situated in their territories and suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List;
(ii) the preparation of nominations of types of properties underrepresented ...
4 COM VIII.22-29
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Item 9 of the Agenda : Public Information Activities
[Uniquement en anglais] 22. The Committee took note of the Report of the Secretariat on public information activities undertaken during the preceding year. The Committee also emphasized the importance of such activities in promoting and imple menting the World Heritage Convention.
23. The Committee requested the Secretariat that the royalties on the retail prices for Upsala Ekeby's commemorative Glass and Silverware go directly into the World Heritage Fund, and agreed that 10 % of these royalties (i.e. 2 % on the retail sales price) go to Unesco's Public Liaison Fund to cover expenses ...
4 COM IX.30-31
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Item 6 of the agenda: Protection of the World Heritage Emblem and of the Name of the World Heritage Fund
[Uniquement en anglais] 30. The Secretariat informed the Committee that it had carefully explored the various means available to protect the emblem and the name of the World Heritage Fund.
31. Possibilities for such protection exist in a number of countries within the framework of the Universal Copyright Convention, the Berne Convention and national legislation. In noting this report the Committee decided to include in the operational guidelines the following recommendation :
Nations party to the Convention should take all possible measures to prevent the use of the emblem of the ...
4 COM X.32-33
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Items 5 and 10 of the agenda: Technical cooperation requests, Examination of the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and adoption of a budget for 1981
[Uniquement en anglais] 32. The Committee heard the report of the working group set up to examine the interim statement of accounts and technical co-operation requests and to prepare a budget for September 1980 to December 1981.
33. The Committee took note of document CC-80/CONF. 016/7 which includes the interim statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund for the period 1 January 1979-31 July 1980. It also noted the surplus in the World Heritage Fund amounting to 1,463,832.61 $ as of 31 July this year. In view of this favorable financial situation the Committee adopted a budget for ...
4 COM X.36-37
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Items 5 and 10 of the agenda: technical co-operation requests
[Uniquement en anglais] 36. The following two requests were submitted to the Secretariat during the fourth session of the Committee :
Ecuador - The Historic Center of Quito
Panama - The fortifications on the Caribbean side of Panama : Portobelo-San Lorenzo
$ 25,000
$ 51,000
37. The Committee authorized the Chairman of the Committee to approve these two requests in consultation with the other members of the Bureau subject to the outcome of a technical review by the Secretariat and the professional non-governmental organizations ...
4 COM X.40-42
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Items 5 and 10 of the Agenda: examination of the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund
[Uniquement en anglais] 40. The representative of the United States of America expressed reservations on the continued need for temporary assistance to the Secretariat for the implementation of the Convention and abstained on the relevant item of the budget. In this respect the Secretariat drew attention to the fact that the proposed increase for temporary assistance is in proportion far smaller than the overall increase in the budget which corresponds to a considerable increase in the workload. The Secretariat further indicated that services to the Convention provided directly from ...
4 COM X.34
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of items 5 and 10 of the agenda : technical co-operation requests.
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee upon recommendation of the Bureau approved the following technical co-operation requests:
Nepal - Sagarmatha National Park (request n°120.1): $75,000
Tunisia - Baths of Antonius at Carthage (request n°37.1 and addendum): $118,000
Zaire - Virunga National Park (request n°63.1): $43,660
Zaire - Garamba National Park (request n°126.1): $19,120
Zaire - Kahuzi-Biega National Park (request n°137.1): $15,120
Ethiopia - Lalibela (request n°18.1): ...
4 COM X.35
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of items 5 and 10 of the agenda : technical co-operation requests.
[Uniquement en anglais] 35. The Committee, as requested by Tanzania, approved an additional $7,000 for the preparation of a management plan for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
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[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of items 5 and 10 of the agenda : technical co-operation requests.
[Uniquement en anglais] 38. The Committee decided to ask the Bureau to elaborate guidelines for the evaluation of technical co-operation requests which could be then reviewed and adopted by the Committee, and would be included in the operational guidelines.
4 COM X.39
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Items 5 and 10 of the agenda: technical co-operation requests
[Uniquement en anglais] The Committee urged States Parties to indicate in their future technical co-operation requests, details of their counterpart contribution as well as other contributions from bilateral or multilateral sources made or planned for the conservation of the property in question.
4 COM X.43
[Uniquement en anglais] Consideration of Items 5 and 10 of the Agenda: adoption of a budget for 1981
[Uniquement en anglais] 43. The Committee adopted the following budget for the period September 1980 to December 1981.
B U D G E T
September 1980 - December 1981
Activities
Funds brought forward from 1979-1980
Additional Funds allocated
Total Funds authorized for the period September 1980 – December 1981
I.
Prepatory ...
[Uniquement en anglais] 44. The Committee examined a proposal made by one of its members, presented as follows :
"Contributions offered to the World Heritage Fund for international assistance campaigns and other Unesco projects of technical co- operation for any property inscribed on the World Heritage List shall be accepted and used as international assistance pursuant to Section V of the Convention and in conformity with the modalities established for carrying out the campaign or project".
45. The Committee adopted this proposal.
46. The Committee further agreed with the following ...
[Uniquement en anglais] 47. The Representatives of IUCN and ICOMOS presented their point of view on this important topic. The Committee noted with satisfaction IUCN's plans for the preparation of a worldwide inventory of natural sites through worldwide distribution of questionnaires and organisation of a series of expert meetings during the next two years.
48. The Committee discussed the request of IUCN to establish a sub- committee for in depth review of and guidance on the preparation of inventories as well as on theme studies for comparative analysis. The Committee felt that this ...
[Uniquement en anglais] 51. The Secretariat presented the draft of the report to be submitted by the Committee to the General Conference, pointing out that this docu- ment would have to be completed in accordance with the decisions made by the Committee at its fourth session. The Committee was informed that this report would be submitted to the programme commission on Culture and Communication as well as the programme commission on Science of the General Conference. The Committee adopted the draft report as presented and requested the Secretariat to incorporate the decisions taken at the ...
[Uniquement en anglais] 52. His Excellency, Mr. Camille Aboussouan, the Ambassador at Unesco of Lebanon informed the Committee that his country will ratify the World Heritage Convention in the near future. He addressed the attention of the Committee to the need to protect the archaeological and cultural sites and monuments of the city of Tyr in conformity with the stipulations of the Hague Convention and referred in this respect to resolution S/RES/459 (1979) of the United Nations Security Council.
53. The Committee examined a proposed design for World Heritage Certificates and ...