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CONF 201 V.A.1
State of conservation
The Bureau reviewed state of conservation reports on thirteen of the fifteen natural World Heritage sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Bureau was informed that no new information was received with regard to ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Everglades National Park Yellowstone National Park
Country: United States of America -
CONF 201 V.A.2
Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgaria)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its nineteenth session (Berlin, 1995), had requested the Bulgarian authorities to submit, in 1998, a status report on measures taken to mitigate threats to the integrity of this site. Hence, ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Srebarna Nature Reserve
Country: Bulgaria -
CONF 201 V.A.3
Manovo-Gounda-St.Floris National Park (Central African Republic (CAR))
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, was seriously concerned about the uncontrolled poaching by armed groups which had resulted in the death of four members of the Park staff in 1997 and the decimation of more ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Country: Central African Republic -
CONF 201 V.A.4
World Heritage Sites of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Virunga National Park, Garamba National Park, Kahuzi Biega National Park, Okapi Faunal Reserve The Bureau recalled that the four sites under consideration were declared as World Heritage in Danger by the Committee, during the years ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Garamba National Park Kahuzi-Biega National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Virunga National Park
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo -
CONF 201 V.A.5
Sangay National Park (Ecuador)
The Bureau noted that at its last session, the Committee was informed that colonisation and small-scale mining activities had been stopped, a new management plan was nearing finalisation and that several conservation projects funded by ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Sangay National Park
Country: Ecuador -
CONF 201 V.A.6
Simen National Park (Ethiopia)
The Bureau recalled that the Regional authorities in Bahir Dar, where Simen National Park is located, had expressed their disagreement with the decision of the Committee, taken at its twentieth session (Merida, 1996), to include Simen ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Simien National Park
Country: Ethiopia -
CONF 201 V.A.7
Mount Nimba Nature Reserve (Guinea/Côte d’ Ivoire)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, had requested the State Party (Guinea) and the Centre to contact the relevant mining companies, which foresee exploiting an iron-ore mine in the vicinity of the Reserve, to ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Country: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea -
CONF 201 V.A.8
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee included this site in the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1996, and requested the State Party to implement the eleven-point corrective action plan that had been endorsed by the Minister for ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Country: Honduras -
CONF 201 V.A.9
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)
The Bureau recalled the fact that the Committee, at its last session, had noted that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) of India and the State Government of Assam had begun implementing a 2-3 year rehabilitation plan at a ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Country: India -
CONF 201 V.A.10
Air et Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee at its twentieth (Merida, 1996) and twenty-first (Naples, 1997) sessions approved a mission to this site to: evaluate the state of conservation of the site; determine the significance of ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Country: Niger -
CONF 201 V.A.11
Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee inscribed Ichkeul on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1996 and requested the Tunisian authorities to provide a programme of corrective measures to reverse the degradation of the site. It ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Ichkeul National Park
Country: Tunisia -
CONF 201 V.A.13
Butrinti (Albania)
The Bureau welcomed the progress made in the implementation of the corrective measures at Butrinti and the start of the process that should lead to the adoption of a management plan for the site. It recommended that due attention be ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Butrint
Country: Albania -
CONF 201 V.A.14
Angkor (Cambodia)
The Bureau expressed its appreciation for the report of the Secretariat and for the continued efforts of UNESCO in mobilising international co-operation for the protection, preservation and presentation of the site of Angkor, ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Angkor
Country: Cambodia -
CONF 201 V.A.15
Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)
The Secretariat informed the Bureau that the Croatian authorities had submitted a substantive report on the state of conservation of Dubrovnik requesting the Committee to delete the Old City of Dubrovnik from the List of World Heritage ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Old City of Dubrovnik
Country: Croatia -
CONF 201 V.A.16
Bahla Fort (Oman)
Having taken note of the report of the Secretariat concerning the situation at the Bahla Fort, the Bureau thanked the Omani authorities for their effort in safeguarding the site. However, considering the serious deterioration of the ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Bahla Fort
Country: Oman -
CONF 201 V.A.17
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (Peru)
The Bureau commended the Government of Peru for its initiative to prepare a management plan for the Chan Chan Archaeological Zone. It requested the Government to submit a second report on the progress made in this respect by 15 ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
Country: Peru -
CONF 201 V.B.18
Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
The Bureau, at its twenty-first extraordinary session in November 1997, requested that the Australian authorities provide specific information on the results of the financial review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Great Barrier Reef
Country: Australia -
CONF 201 V.B.19
Shark Bay, Western Australia (Australia)
The Observer of Australia informed the Bureau that the granting of a petroleum exploration permit, on 29 November 1996, by the State Government of West Australia was brought to the attention of the Commonwealth Government in January ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Shark Bay, Western Australia
Country: Australia -
CONF 201 V.B.20
Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia)
The Observer of Australia informed the Bureau that based on the concern that clearing may have occurred within the World Heritage property, the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment appointed a senior officer from the Wet Tropics ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Wet Tropics of Queensland
Country: Australia -
CONF 201 V.B.21
Iguacu National Park (Brazil)
The Bureau recalled that at its twenty-first ordinary session it requested the Brazilian authorities to close the 18km road traversing the Park that had been illegally re-opened by local people. The Committee at its last session ...
Session: 22nd session of the Bureau (CONF 201)
Year: 1998
Sites: Iguaçu National Park
Country: Brazil