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CONF 002 III
Adoption of the Agenda
10. The Committee adopted the agenda as it had been set out in Document SC-91/CONF.002/1.
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991 -
CONF 002 IV
Election of Chairperson, Rapporteur and Vice-Chairpersons
11. Mr. Azedine Beschaouch (Tunisia) was elected Chairman of the Committee by acclamation. Mr. Diaz Barrio (Mexico) was elected as the Rapporteur, and the following members of the Committee were elected as Vice-Chairpersons: Brazil, ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991 -
CONF 002 VII
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Cultural and Related Technical Problems
18. The monitoring report presented by the Secretariat dealt with the following sites: Xanthos-Letoon (Turkey), the City of Valletta (Malta), Shibam (Yemen), National Historical Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haiti), Kathmandu ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro City of Valletta Kathmandu Valley Madara Rider Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers Old Walled City of Shibam Xanthos-Letoon
Country: Bulgaria Haiti Malta Nepal Pakistan Portugal Turkey Yemen -
CONF 002 VII
Inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger: Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia)
27. Special attention was given by the Committee to the dangers threatening the World Heritage sites during armed conflict. The Secretariat informed the Committee of the situation of the historical City of Dubrovnik. It also announced ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Old City of Dubrovnik
Country: Croatia -
CONF 002 VII
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Cultural Properties: Situation in Iraq and Future
31. Two other observers drew the attention of the Committee to the situation of the cultural heritage in Iraq. One of them requested UNESCO to send a mission to Iraq in order to evaluate the restoration work required on the sites ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Country: Iraq -
CONF 002 VIII
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Natural Properties and Related Technical Problems: Overview
34. The Committee was satisfied with the joint efforts of the Secretariat and IUCN to provide information on the status of conservation of an increasing number of natural and mixed World Heritage sites. The Committee was informed of ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991 -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia)
Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia) When this site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1988, the Committee requested IUCN to provide a report on the status of conservation in 1991. The Committee noted that IUCN had gathered ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Wet Tropics of Queensland
Country: Australia -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Iguazu National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil)
Iguazu National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil) The Committee noted that eight helicopters simultaneously overfly these adjacent sites which cover the same waterfall area. Over 7,000 visitors had registered ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Iguaçu National Park Iguazu National Park
Country: Argentina Brazil -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Pirin National Park (Bulgaria)
Pirin National Park (Bulgaria) The Committee noted that the Bulgarian authorities were considering a major expansion of this site to include the area of the Rhodope Mountains and recognized the potential for establishing a ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Pirin National Park
Country: Bulgaria -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Srebarna Biosphere Reserve (Bulgaria)
Srebarna Biosphere Reserve (Bulgaria) The Committee was concerned to note that the water quality and balance in this small World Heritage site (600 ha) has deteriorated to such an extent that the site is no longer ecologically viable; ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Srebarna Nature Reserve
Country: Bulgaria -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Dinosaur Provincial Park (Canada)
Dinosaur Provincial Park (Canada) The Committee noted that IUCN agreed, in principle, to deleting 1,415 acres of privately owned land comprising natural gas deposits from this site and including 1,478 acres of higher geological value ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Dinosaur Provincial Park
Country: Canada -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada) The Committee recalled that logging was permitted within this site and that as many as 3,200 of the Park's bison population were affected by brucellosis and tuberculosis. The Committee was satisfied ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Wood Buffalo National Park
Country: Canada -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Talamanca-La Amistad (Costa Rica/Panama)
Talamanca-La Amistad (Costa Rica/Panama) The Committee was pleased to note that in accordance with its request the authorities of Costa Rica and Panama had agreed to a single listing of this site. The Committee was satisfied that the ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Country: Costa Rica Panama -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Sangay National Park (Ecuador)
Sangay National Park (Ecuador) The Committee was satisfied to note that the Secretariat, based upon the information provided by IUCN, had sought clarification on the construction of an eight-kilometre highway through this Park. The ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Sangay National Park
Country: Ecuador -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Mt. Nimba Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire/Guinea)
Mt.Nimba Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire/Guinea) The Committee recalled that the Bureau at its last session requested the Guinean authorities to submit a new file stating the boundaries of the property receiving adequate ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Country: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras) The Committee noted that there had been a recent change in the national agency responsible for the management of this site. The Vice-President of Honduras requested the Committee at its last ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Country: Honduras -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India) The Committee recalled that this site had been threatened by the invasion of the Sanctuary by the people of the Bodo tribe in 1989. The Committee was concerned that there had been no response from ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Country: India -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal) The Committee was pleased to note that the Irrigation Department and the Nepal Planning Commission have formally dropped their plans for a US$30 million irrigation project to divert the Rapti River ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Chitwan National Park
Country: Nepal -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Djoudj National Park (Senegal)
Djoudj National Park (Senegal) The Committee recalled that this site was taken off the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1988, and since then had been the location of a training course from 4-15 March 1991 on Wetland Management, ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Country: Senegal -
CONF 002 VIII
SOC: Garajonay National Park (Spain)
Garajonay National Park (Spain) The Committee was informed of a road construction project, funded by EEC as part of a large-scale integrated development scheme for the Island of Gomera. If completed, the road would have had serious ...
Session: 15th session of the Committee (CONF 002)
Year: 1991
Sites: Garajonay National Park
Country: Spain