The Committee also decided that the Old Stone Town of Zanzibar which had been nominated by Tanzania should not be considered further for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Sites: Stone Town of Zanzibar
The delegate of Italy informed the Committee that the Italian authorities withdraw the nomination of the Medici Villas in the Florentine region.
6 COM VIII.24
Nominations to the World Heritage List: Kirthar National Park and Lal Sohanra National Park
The delegate of Pakistan requested the Committee to postpone consideration of the nominations of Kirthar National Park and Lal Sohanra National Park since the Government of Pakistan wished to have the opportunity to provide further information on these two sites before a final decision was taken by the Committee.
With respect to the nomination by the Syrian Arab Republic of Aleppo, the Rapporteur recalled the request made by the Bureau that the Syrian authorities should :
provide a clear definition of the zones granted absolute protection in Aleppo; and
adapt an urbanization policy analogous to that advocated in the report of the Unesco mission to Aleppo.
As soon as these additional steps have been taken, the Syrian authorities are invited to inform the Secretariat so that the nomination can be re-examined. This information should reach the Secretariat by the end of February 1983 to enable ...
Sites: Ancient City of Aleppo
6 COM X.28-35
Nomination of the "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls" to the list of World Heritage in danger
28. The Rapporteur recalled that the Bureau, on the proposal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, examined the request for the inclusion of the "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls" in the List of World Heritage in Danger, and that, since a consensus could not be reached on this nomination, the Bureau declared that "it will be for the Committee, at its sixth session, to take in this respect the decision which in any case has to be taken by the Committee".
29. At the Committee's request, ICOMOS pursued its examination of the file concerning this nomination. In this examination, ICOMOS took ...
The Committee was informed by the Rapporteur that a working group met on 14 December 1982 at Unesco Headquarters in order to consider the different budget lines of the draft budget for 1983 and to provide the Committee with recommendations concerning the technical co-operation requests received as well as the budgetary provisions for the various activities to be undertaken to implement the Convention. Representatives of the following States Members were present at this working group : Australia, Bulgaria, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Jordan and Pakistan. Mr. A. Beschaouch, ...
The recommendations of the working group were presented to the Committee in the form of a draft budget.
On the recommendations of the working group, the Committee adopted the following budget for the period 1 January - 31 December 1983 :
BUDGET
US $
I.
Preparatory assistance and regional studies
100 000
II.
Technical co-operation
"large" requests : 596 000
"small" requests : 149 000
745 000
III.
Training
500 000
IV.
Emergency assistance
220 000
V.
Promotional activities and information
150 ...
As far as temporary assistance to the Secretariat is concerned, some delegates considered that the Secretariat of the Convention should be financed from the regular budget of Unesco, as had been repeatedly stated at previous sessions of the Committee. In responding to these remarks, the representative of the Director- General reminded the Committee that, if the Secretariat of the Convention was in fact placed under the responsibility of Unesco according to Article 14, the management of the World Heritage Fund foreseen in Part IV should, according to Article 15.2, be carried out in ...
The Committee approved the interim statement of accounts of the Fund for the three-year financial period 1981-1983 as set out in document CLT-82/CONF.015/4. The Committee noted that as of 31 October 1982, the surplus in the Fund amounted to US $ 2,372,715.
On the basis of the recommendations of the working group, the Committee approved the following technical co-operation requests:
Bulgaria - Boyana, Ivanovo and Madara Rider (request 42-43-45.1): $48,000
Haiti - Citadel Henry, National History Park (request 180.1): $57,200
Honduras - Maya site of Copan (request 129.1): $24,050
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Old City of Jerusalem (request 148.1): $100,000
Pakistan - Archaeological ruins of Moenjodaro (request 138.1): $34,000
Yugoslavia - Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (request 125.1 rev): $50,000
Sub-total for ...
Sites: Aldabra Atoll Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Boyana Church Darien National Park Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Madara Rider Maya Site of Copan National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor Niokolo-Koba National Park Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo Sagarmatha National Park Simien National Park
The Committee approved without reservation the technical co-operation request from Senegal concerning Djoudj National Park.
It expressed its concern, however, concerning the consequences of the changes in the hydrological system on Djoudj National Park which would result from the works envisaged on the River Senegal and suggested that the authorities of Senegal request the inscription of this site on the List of World Heritage in ...
The Chairman reported that the Bureau had recommended that priority in training activities should be given to group training at the local and regional levels and that the training of individual persons should be essentially limited to short-term refresher courses. The Rapporteur presented the requests for such training activities that had been submitted by States Parties as part of technical co-operation projects and recalled that these would be funded under the budget line for training which had just been adopted by the Committee, amounting to US$ 500,000.
The Committee approved the following requests for training:
Honduras - Maya Site of Copan: $28,950
Pakistan - Archaeological ruins of Moenjodaro: $20,000
Sub-total for training requests in the field of cultural heritage conservation: $48,950
Honduras - Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve: $,4975
Tanzania - College of African Wildlife Management (Regional training centre): $45,000
Sub-total for training requests in the field of natural heritage conservation: $49,975
TOTAL of requests in the fields of cultural and natural heritage conservation: ...
The Committee took note of the recommendation of the Bureau which had proposed that the States having nominated the pro- perties inscribed on the World Heritage List should be presented in the published list under the following heading "Contracting State Having Submitted the Nomination of the Property in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention".
After examining this question the Committee decided that no reference should be made in the heading to any specific article of the Convention and that the heading should therefore read as follows "Contracting State Having Submitted the Nomination of the Property in accordance with the Convention".
6 COM XV.47-48
Protection and management of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List and reports on their condition
47. This item on the agenda gave rise to a lengthy discussion with several participants referring to the desirability of the Committee receiving regular reports from States Parties on World Heritage sites. In particular, it was considered that it would be useful if the Committee could be regularly informed
(a) on the state of conservation of the properties;
(b) on the measures taken to protect and to manage the properties;
(c) on the way in which funds allocated under the World Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of sites are used, as well as details on the conservation methods and ...
49. The Committee examined the report by the Secretariat on the state of implementation of the public information activities which the Committee at its fifth session had requested the Secretariat to undertake (document CLT-82/CONF.015/6) and it expressed its satisfaction thereon. It furthermore approved the proposals made by the Secretariat for future promotion and information activities, in particular the publication of a special issue devoted to the World Heritage of the magazine "Ambio" (published by the Swedish Royal Academy of Science) and of the periodical "Monumentum" (published by ...
The Committee took note of the draft report prepared for the period September 1980 to November 1982, given in document CLT-82/CONF.015/7. It agreed to the suggestion of the Secretariat that the report would be completed with information on the implementation of the Committee's decisions adopted at its sixth session and be submitted to the Bureau at its next meeting for approval and submission to the next General Conference. The Committee decided that a reference shall be added to the report which stresses the need for adequate staff resources particularly in view of the increasing number ...
53. The Committee took note of recommendation No. 16 concerning the World Heritage Convention which was adapted by the World National Parks Congress (Bali, 11-22 October 1982). It approved the suggestion made to Unesco to launch international campaigns for the protection of the natural heritage which would be similar to those which are currently under way for the preservation of the cultural heritage.
54. The Committee took note of recommendation No. 45 adopted by the World Conference on Cultural Policies (Mexico City, 26 July - 6 August 1982) in which the Conference "expresses the hope ...