Decision : 36 COM 8D
Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties in response to the Retrospective Inventory

The World Heritage Committee,

1.   Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/8D,

2.   Recalling Decision 35 COM 8D adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),

3.   Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the delimitation of their World Heritage properties and thanks them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;

4.   Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies will not be able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitation of such properties as inscribed is unclear;

5.   Takes note of the clarifications of property boundaries and areas provided by the following States Parties in response to the Retrospective Inventory, as presented in the Annex of Document WHC-12/36.COM/8D:

• Algeria: M’Zab Valley;
• Argentina: Los Glaciares National Park;
• Australia: Lord Howe Island Group; Wet Tropics of Queensland; Shark Bay, Western Australia; Heard and McDonald Islands;
• Cambodia: Angkor;
• China: The Great Wall; Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian; Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area; Ancient City of Ping Yao; Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing; Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing;
• Colombia: Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox;
• Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National Park;
• Czech Republic: Historic Centre of Prague;
• Finland: Fortress of Suomenlinna;
• Georgia: Historic Monuments of Mtskheta;
• Germany: Aachen Cathedral; Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg;
• Germany and the United Kingdom: Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian’s Wall;
• Honduras: Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve;
• India: Ajanta Caves; Kaziranga National Park;
• Indonesia: Borobudur Temple Compounds;
• Japan: Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area; Himeji-jo; Yakushima; Shirakami-Sanchi; Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama; Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome); Itsukushima Shinto Shrine; Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara;
• Nepal: Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha;
• Sri Lanka: Sinharaja Forest Reserve;
• Seychelles: Aldabra Atoll;
• Spain: Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid; Works of Antoni Gaudí; Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct; Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias; Santiago de Compostela (Old Town); Old Town of Cáceres; Old City of Salamanca; Poblet Monastery; Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida; Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe;
• Syrian Arab Republic: Ancient City of Aleppo;
• Thailand: Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns; Historic City of Ayutthaya; Ban Chiang Archaeological Site;
• Tunisia: Archaeological Site of Carthage;
• Turkey: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia;
• Uzbekistan: Itchan Kala; Historic Centre of Bukhara; Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures;

6.   Requests the States Parties which have not yet answered the questions raised in the framework of the Retrospective Inventory to provide all clarifications and documentation as soon as possible and by 1 December 2012 at the latest.