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CONF 001 VI.D.56
Report of the drafting Committee
At the last meeting of the Committee, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee presented his report which, after a statement on the philosophy underlying the Convention, set out the decisions taken by the Committee on the various ...
Session: 1st session of the Committee (CONF 001)
Year: 1977 -
CONF 010 XI.(d).63
Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention
The Committee authorized the Secretariat to amend the above-mentioned Operational Guidelines, adopted by the Committee at its first session, to bring them into line with the decisions taken at the second session.
Session: 2nd session of the Committee (CONF 010)
Year: 1978 -
CONF 003 XI.(b).37
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of natural properties in the World Heritage List and guidelines for the evaluation of nominations by IUCN
In view of the difficulty of assessing nominations without an adequate inventory, the Committee decided to encourage States Parties to prepare such inventories. It was furthermore decided to ask IUCN to prepare a proposal for the next ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 003 XI.(b).38
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of natural properties in the World Heritage List and guidelines for the evaluation of nominations by IUCN
The Committee decided to instruct IUCN to use great caution in the application of criterion (iv) when it was the sole criterion for recommending sites for the World Heritage List. The sites nominated under this criterion should be ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 003 XI.32
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
The Committee considered that it was absolutely essential that the List contained only properties which were of outstanding universal value. Unless this general criterion was applied to every nomination, the List could rapidly decline ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 003 XI.34
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
On the general question of the number of inscriptions to be entered on the World Heritage List, as well as of the selection criteria to be applied, the Committee recalled that the Convention foresees in Article 11 paragraph 1 that each ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 003 XI.35
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
In response to specific questions raised by Mr. Michel Parent's report, the Committee adopted the following principles: (i) States Parties may propose in one single nomination several individual cultural properties, which may be in ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 003 XI.36
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the World Heritage List and Guidelines for the evaluation of Nominations to the World Heritage List by ICOMOS and IUCN
The Committee took note of the typology proposed in Mr. Michel Parent's report. It considered that it was on the basis of the inventories submitted by States Parties that such a typology could be finalized. The question will therefore ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 003 XI.39
Amendments to the criteria for the inclusion of natural properties in the World Heritage List and guidelines for the evaluation of nominations by IUCN
The Committee considered the complex issues concerning sites occupied by migratory species on a seasonal basis and decided to add to paragraph 11 on integrity in the "Operational Guidelines" a new sub-paragraph (v) as follows: "In ...
Session: 3rd session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1979 -
CONF 016 VI.18-20
Consideration of item 7 of the agenda : The revised text of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
18. The Committee reiterated the importance of the Operational Guidelines and emphasized that every measure should be taken to ensure that the resulting guidelines are the best possible and that they reflect the thorough ...
Session: 4th session of the Committee (CONF 016)
Year: 1980 -
CONF 015 IX.26
Guidelines for the inscription of cultural and natural properties on the list of World Heritage in Danger
In introducing the draft guidelines which had been prepared jointly by IUCN and ICOMOS, the representative of IUCN drew attention to the following three objectives of the List of World Heritagein Danger: a) to support national efforts ...
Session: 6th session of the Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982 -
CONF 015 IX.27
Guidelines for the inscription of cultural and natural properties on the list of World Heritage in Danger
During the discussion that ensued on the draft criteria and procedure for the inscription of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger, several amendments were suggested to the text in paragraph 5.5 of the IUCN/ICOMOS document ...
Session: 6th session of the Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982 -
6 EXT.COM 5.1
Revision Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Thanking the Drafting Group and all other experts, representatives of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre for work accomplished to date on ...
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003 -
6 EXT.COM 5.2
World Heritage Basic Texts
The World Heritage Committee, Taking note of the proposal by the Belgian Delegation (presented in Figure 1 of document WHC-02/CONF.202/15) for the preparation of a compilation of World Heritage Basic Texts like the Basic Texts of ...
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003 -
6 EXT.COM 7
Nominations to be examined by the World Heritage Committee in 2004
The World Heritage Committee, Takes note of the list of all nominations received by the World Heritage Centre between 28 January 2002 and 1 February 2003 as presented in document WHC-03/6 EXT.COM/7 Rev; Decides that the 32 new ...
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003 -
CONF 009 VI.13
Updated Operational Guidelines
13. At its seventh session, the Bureau had expressed the wish that the Operational Guidelines (document WHC/2 Revised) be updated to incorporate the decisions taken by the Committee at its fifth and sixth sessions and the ...
Session: 7th session of the Committee (CONF 009)
Year: 1983 -
CONF 004 VIII.21-24
Mixed Properties and Rural Landscapes
21. The Rapporteur, Mr. Chabason, brought up the question of mixed cultural/natural properties and particularly of rural landscapes, which meet criterion (iii) for natural sites as "exceptional combinations of natural and cultural ...
Session: 8th session of the Committee (CONF 004)
Year: 1984 -
CONF 008 IX.25-28
Elaboration of Guidelines for the Identification and Nomination of Mixed Properties or Rural Landscapes
25. The representative of IUCN recalled that this question had been first raised at the eighth session of the Committee at Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1984 and that the Committee had requested IUCN to consult with ICOMOS and the ...
Session: 9th session of the Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985 -
CONF 003 XI.34-35
Requests for International Assistance
34. The Committee noted that, at a meeting of the Bureau during its session, consideration had been given to the procedure for the approval of large-scale technical cooperation requests. (...) In order to streamline the decision-making ...
Session: 10th session of the Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986 -
CONF 005 XI.26-30
Promotional Activities
26. The Committee took note of document SC-87/CONF.005/8 presenting the promotional activities undertaken in 1987 and those foreseen for 1988. The Committee congratulated the Secretariat on its work and emphasised the need to expand ...
Session: 11th session of the Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Country: China Haiti