Decision 41 COM 7B.92

Meidan Emam, Esfahan (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) (C 115)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 39 COM 7B.67, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
3. Appreciates the efforts made by the State Party to shift the routing of Metro Line 2 outside the property and requests the State Party to ensure that all mitigation measures and the investigation and monitoring of monuments continue to be part of the tunnelling activities, in order to ensure that these works do not cause any negative impact on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property;
4. Reiterates its request to the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre the draft Conservation and Management Plan prior to its finalization, for review by the Advisory Bodies, to carry out an assessment of the property’s vulnerability to disasters such as earthquakes or fires, and to develop a systematic strategy for disaster risk reduction and integrate it into the Conservation and Management Plan;
5. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies and before any further works:
   1. Information on the development of the spatial structure for the pedestrian roadways for visitors to the property,
   2. Detailed information on the reorganization of the sewage system within the property and its buffer zone;
6. Further requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2018, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 43rd session in 2019.