Decision : 40 COM 8D
Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties
The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/16/40.COM/8D,
- Recalling Decision 39 COM 8D, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
- Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the boundaries of their World Heritage properties and commends them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
- Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies are not able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitations of such properties as inscribed remain unclear;
- Takes note of the clarifications of property boundaries and areas provided by the States Parties as presented in the Annex of Document WHC/16/40.COM/8D:
ARAB STATES
- Syrian Arab Republic: Site of Palmyra;
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
- Canada: Dinosaur Provincial Park;
- Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National Park;
- Czech Republic: Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc; Litomyšl Castle;
- France: Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France; Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy;
- Germany: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau; Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg;
- Holy See: Vatican City;
- Italy: City of Verona;
- Russian Federation: Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow;
- Spain: Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain; Las Médulas; La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia; San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries;
- Sweden: Skogskyrkogården;
- United States of America: La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico; Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site; Chaco Culture;
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
- Belize: Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System;
- Cuba: Old Havana and its Fortification System;
- Mexico: Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan;
- Peru: Huascarán National Park;
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Coro and its Port;
- 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 2016 at the latest, for their subsequent examination, if the technical requirements are met, by the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee in 2017.
Documents
Decisions ReportContext of Decision
WHC-16/40.COM/8DOther Documents (27)
Dinosaur Provincial Park - Map of inscribed ...Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and ...
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau - ...
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg - ...
Vatican City: Map of the inscribed property
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow - Map of ...
Las Médulas - Map of the inscribed property
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia - Map of the ...
San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries - Map of ...
Skogskyrkogården - Map of inscribed property
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic ...
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - Map of ...
Chaco Culture - Map of inscribed property
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France - ...
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan - Map of ...
Coro and its Port - Map of the inscribed ...
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System - Map of ...
City of Verona - Map of inscribed property
Old Havana and its Fortification System - Map ...
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of ...
Site of Palmyra - Map of the inscribed ...
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc- Map of the ...
Litomyšl Castle - Map of inscribed property
Huascarán National Park - Map of inscribed ...
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - map of ...
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic ...
Places Stanislas, de la Carrière et ...
Decision Code: 40 COM 8D
Themes: Credibility of the World Heritage List
States Parties (17): Belize Canada Croatia Cuba Czechia France Germany Holy See Italy Mexico Peru Russian Federation Spain Sweden Syrian Arab Republic United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Properties (25): Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain Chaco Culture City of Verona Coro and its Port Dinosaur Provincial Park Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc Huascarán National Park Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Las Médulas Litomyšl Castle Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Old Havana and its Fortification System Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy Plitvice Lakes National Park Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Site of Palmyra Skogskyrkogården Vatican City
Year: 2016
Keywords:
clarification
State of conservation reports:
2016 Site of Palmyra
2016 Plitvice Lakes National Park
2016 Coro and its Port
2016 Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
2016 Site of Palmyra
2016 Plitvice Lakes National Park
2016 Coro and its Port
2016 Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System