The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/22/17.EXT.COM/3,
- Recalling that the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, initially scheduled from 19 to 30 June 2022, was postponed by the Bureau on 21 April 2022,
- Considers that the conditions to hold its 45th session in 2022, as foreseen in Decision 44 COM 16, are not met;
- Decides to suspend Rule 2.1 of its Rules of Procedure for the 2022 ordinary session;
- Decides to meet again in extraordinary session in the course of January 2023 to take a decision on the date, the venue and the outcome document of the Open-ended Working Group on sites of memory associated with recent conflicts, and consider the provisional agenda of its 45th session, as well as any other matter.