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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 questions raised in the main working document. He drew the attention of participants to Section IV of the document in which several recommendations addressed to States Parties were formulated. With a certain number of modifications, which are referred to in the appropriate section of this record, the report under the title of "Operational Guidelines for the ...
Session: 1st session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 001)
Year: 1977
Session: 1st session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 001)
Year: 1977
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 World Heritage Committee (CONF 010)
Year: 1978
Session: 2nd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 3rd session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 4th session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage 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
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
6 EXT.COM 5.1
Revision Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003
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 UNESCO and of the positive comments on this proposal received from States Parties in responses to Circular Letter CL/WHC.12/02 concerning the revision of the Rules of Procedure;
Requests the World Heritage Centre, to prepare an outline and publication plan (including budget) for a compilation of World Heritage Basic Texts in English and French (to include the ...
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003
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 nominations determined by the World Heritage Centre to be complete by 1 February 2003 and four additional nominations for which the Centre had asked for guidance from the Committee be transmitted to the Advisory Bodies for evaluation.
Requests the World Heritage Centre to assist States Parties who have submitted incomplete nominations to make them complete for ...
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003
Session: 6th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee (6 EXT.COM)
Year: 2003
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 recommendations formulated by the Bureau at Its seventh session. The Secretariat presented the updated version of the Operational Guidelines (revised as of November 1983) and indicated to the Committee where changes and revisions had been made. The Committee took note of the updated version of the Guidelines and in addition accepted the ICOMOS recommendations concerning ...
Session: 7th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 009)
Year: 1983
Session: 7th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 009)
Year: 1983
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 elements". Mr. Chabason described three types of problems connected with such properties. The first was the question of identification of exceptionally harmonious, beautiful, man-made landscapes as epitomised by the terraced rice-fields of S.E. Asia, the terraced fields of the Mediterranean Basin or by certain vineyard areas in Europe. In this respect, criterion ...
Session: 8th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 004)
Year: 1984
Session: 8th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 004)
Year: 1984
CONF 008 IX.25-28
Elaboration of Guidelines for the Identification and Nomination of Mixed Properties or Rural Landscapes
Session: 9th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985
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 process, the Committee approved the Bureau's recommendations on the following points:
The ceiling for small-scale technical cooperation requests which can be approved by the Chairman at any time of the year should remain at $20.000 per project. The Chairman could not approve requests submitted by his own country.
The Bureau should be authorized by ...
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
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 this promotion programme.
27. It was recalled that States Parties have a responsibility in strengthening promotional activities. Several members of the Committee mentioned the activities undertaken in their respective countries, such as the production of stamps or pamphlets on world heritage sites in Yugoslavia and India, or the publication and sale at ...
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Country: China Haiti
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Country: China Haiti