The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/7B,
- Recalling Decision 41 COM 8B.28, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
- Takes note of the progress accomplished by the State Party, and requests it to continue working on the issues identified at the time of inscription, including by:
- As a priority, submitting a fully revised Management Plan to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies prior to its adoption,
- Providing for the legal protection for the entirety of the buffer zone by considering the extension of the 3rd Degree Conservation Zone to encompass all of the buffer zone,
- Clarifying the relationship of the monitoring programme to the state of conservation of the quarry component and implementing a conservation programme, including remedial conservation measures, within that component,
- Further implementing the drainage rehabilitation plan to provide an effective framework to solve the problems caused by rising ground water inside the walled city,
- In relation to the sewerage and infrastructure works carried out in the buffer zone northeast of the walled city component, clarifying if this is a ‘compulsory infrastructure’ and whether an impact study was carried out prior to this work; and if so, how was the impact of ‘compulsory infrastructure’ assessed,
- Developing a full fire prevention plan, including provision for a permanent fire suppression system and submitting it to the World Heritage Centre;
- Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2022, 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 46th session.