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WHC-95/CONF.203/16
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VII.38 Borobudur (Indonesia)
The Committee noted with appreciation the submission of the state of conservation reports on Borobudur and Prambanan, both inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991 and commended the Indonesian World Heritage Committee for the importance it has attached to the systematic monitoring exercise and rapid completion of the state of conservation reports on the cultural properties.
With regard to Borobudur, the Committee expressed its wish to receive the detailed plan of the "sound and light" theatre at this site, prior to its construction in view of the ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Borobudur Temple Compounds
Country: Indonesia
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Borobudur Temple Compounds
Country: Indonesia
VII.39 Heidan Emam of Isfahan (Iran)
The Secretariat informed the Committee that it received the draft report of a mission carried out in September 1995 to assess the state of conservation of the Meidan Eman of Isfahan by the Iranian Cultural Organization in association with ICCROM following the concern raised by the Bureau in July 1995 on the impact of the new road projects on this site. The Committee took note of this and decided to study the reports at the next Bureau meeting before formulating its recommendations.
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
VII.40 Petra (Jordan)
The Secretariat recalled that during its eighteenth session, the Committee was informed of the different threats (hotel constructions near the site, insufficient waste water evacuation systems, uncontrolled urban development, proliferation of shops) menacing the preservation of the integrity of the site.
It informed the Committee that by letter of 13 March, the Permanent Delegation of Jordan had sent the Centre a proposal for an extension of the site under the name Petra Natural and Archaeological Park, which was subsequently withdrawn pending completion of the ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Petra
Country: Jordan
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Petra
Country: Jordan
VII.41 Vilnius Historic Centre (Lithuania)
The Committee took note of the report on the comprehensive rehabilitation programme for the City. It commended the Government of Lithuania and the municipal authorities of Vilnius for their timely and appropriate initiative.
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Vilnius Historic Centre
Country: Lithuania
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Vilnius Historic Centre
Country: Lithuania
VII.42 Ihle de Mozambique (Mozambique)
The Committee was informed that the World Heritage Centre undertook a mission last July in order to:
- define the necessary measures to prepare an integrated rehabilitation programme for the Ihle;- establish the list of urgent conservation work.
The report of this mission was discussed last November in Paris, with the Minister of Culture who asked the Director- General of UNESCO for a Funds-in-Trust to be administered in Maputo by a steering Committee. The UNESCO Representative in Mozambique would be a member of this Committee. The Mozambique ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Island of Mozambique
Country: Mozambique
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Island of Mozambique
Country: Mozambique
VII.43 Tyr (Lebanon)
The committee was informed of a land fill project in part of the bay adjacent to the old port north of Tyr, in the immediate vicinity of the World Heritage site, in order to build a tourist complex. If implemented, such a project would irremediably destroy the underwater archaeological remains located near the old port and would be a major threat to the immediate vicinity of the listed site. UNESCO organized a mission of two experts to the site; however, the results of this mission had not been received at the beginning of December.
The Committee thanked Mr Michel ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Tyre
Country: Lebanon
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Tyre
Country: Lebanon
VII.46 Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
The Secretariat reported that the technical cooperation grant approved by the committee at its eighteenth session in December 1994, enabled the deployment in October 1995 of an International Technical Adviser (ITA) to Kathmandu for a period of five months to assist the authorities in the preparation of project proposals for international funding and to establish a development control unit within the Department of Archaeology. In addition to the three national professionals who will be trained as development control officers by the ITA, three persons are ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Kathmandu Valley
Country: Nepal
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Kathmandu Valley
Country: Nepal
VII.47 Taxila (Pakistan)
The Committee noted that the Bureau at its nineteenth session requested the Department of Archaeology & Museums, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, to (i) carry out the required scientific studies on vegetation control to minimize the damage to the masonry and structure of the monuments, and (ii) appraise the impact of the heavy industries and the stone quarrying in the Taxila Valley areas, identified during the systematic monitoring mission carried out in March-April 1995.
It noted that the Government of Pakistan submitted a technical ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Taxila
Country: Pakistan
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Taxila
Country: Pakistan
VII.48 Taos Pueblo (United States of America)
The committee recalled that the potential impact of the extension of the Taos Airport on the World Heritage site of Taos Pueblo was discussed at various Bureau and committee meetings and that the Committee's concerns were transmitted to the united states authorities. The Secretariat informed the committee that it had received preliminary monitoring reports notably from the US National Park Service. These reports indicated that the major issue was the size of the area determined to be affected by the proposed airport extension. It was reported ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Taos Pueblo
Country: United States of America
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Taos Pueblo
Country: United States of America
VII.32 Kasbah of Algiers (Algeria)
The committee was informed of the Algerian authorities' firm intention to continue their efforts in preserving the World Heritage values of the Kasbah of Algiers, and that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had sent to the World Heritage Centre a "Report on the Actions for the Safeguarding of the Kasbah for 1995", in accordance with the request of the Committee during the inscription of the site in 1992.
The Committee thanked the Algerian Government for having provided the information concerning the high priority given to this site and the actions ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Kasbah of Algiers
Country: Algeria
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Kasbah of Algiers
Country: Algeria
VII.44 Megalithic Temples (Malta) Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Malta)
The Committee was informed, during its eighteenth session, and the Bureau at its nineteenth session, of the very serious situation with regard to these monuments.
The Secretariat informed the Committee that since that time, the Permanent Delegation of Malta had transmitted a detailed report dated 4 September 1995 from the Director of the Museums Department of Malta on all the measures already undertaken or foreseen to ensure the long-term safeguarding of ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Megalithic Temples of Malta
Country: Malta
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Megalithic Temples of Malta
Country: Malta
VII.45 Medina of Fez (Morocco)
The Committee followed with interest the Moroccan Government's efforts for the preservation of the Medina of Fez, which made it a model for the protection of Islamic cities.
Nevertheless, according to the Secretariat's report, it appears that the urban development projects undertaken in 1994 and 1995 and which consist among others of demolishing parts of the Medina to make way for tarmac roads, completely ignore the principles for preservation as defined in the World Heritage Convention. Consequently, the Committee expressed its grave concern with regard ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Medina of Fez
Country: Morocco
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Medina of Fez
Country: Morocco
VII.49 Hue (Viet Nam)
The Committee noted with satisfaction the Secretariat's report on the considerable efforts made by the Vietnamese authorities in the conservation of the Complex of Hue Monuments and the achievements made by the Hue-UNESCO Working Group in revitalizing the International Campaign for the Safeguarding of the Hue World Heritage site.
The Secretariat reported on the formation by the Vietnamese authorities of an inter-ministerial coordination mechanism to monitor and ensure the safeguarding of Hue and the Committee shared the Vietnamese authorities' concern that rapid ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Complex of Hué Monuments
Country: Viet Nam
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Complex of Hué Monuments
Country: Viet Nam
CONF 203 VIII.1-2
Information on the Tentative Lists and Examination of Nominations to the World Heritage List and List of World Heritage in Danger
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
VIII.3 The Committee recalled that the Bureau at its last session in July 1995 examined ten natural nominations and referred three properties back to the States Parties and one to IUCN.
VIII.4 The Bureau examined at its December session four nominations of natural properties, of which it recommended the inscription of two properties. Two nominations were deferred as further information was needed. The Committee also discussed one proposed extension to a World Heritage site and one revision of the boundaries of a World Heritage ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
CONF 203 VIII.A.1
Inscription: Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (Canada/United States of America)
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Country: Canada United States of America
Messel Pit Fossil site
720
Germany
N(i)
The Committee inscribed the nominated property on the basis of criterion (i), considering that the site is of outstanding universal value as the single best site which contributes to the understanding of the Eocene, when mammals became firmly established in all principal land ecosystems. Furthermore, the committee commended the German Government for their support of the high standards of paleontological research ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Messel Pit Fossil Site
Country: Germany
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Messel Pit Fossil Site
Country: Germany
CONF 203 VIII.A.1
Inscription: The Caves of the Aggtelek Karst and the Slovak Karst (Hungary/Slovak Republic)
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Country: Hungary Slovakia
The Virgin Komi Forests
719
Russian Federation
N(ii) (iii)
The Committee inscribed the nominated property on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii), considering the site among the most important natural sites in the boreal forest region. The site has pristine boreal forests and is an important site for scientific research including climate change.
The Committee decided to inscribe an area of 3.28 million ha, which is fully protected as a National Park, Zapovednik and buffer zone. It requested the Centre to write to the national authorities to encourage them to upgrade the legal status ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Virgin Komi Forests
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Virgin Komi Forests
Country: Russian Federation
Gough Island Wildlife Reserve
740
United Kingdom
N(iii) (iv)
The Committee noted that the British authorities had confirmed that the marine area (three nautical miles) is included in the nomination and the site is to be known as the "Gough Island wildlife Reserve", of which 6,500 ha is terrestrial area.
The Committee decided to inscribe the site under criteria (iii) and (iv) as one of the least disturbed major cool-temperate island ecosystems in the South Atlantic, one of the most important seabird colonies in the world and high scenic qualities with spectacular sea-cliffs. The ...
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Session: 19th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 203)
Year: 1995
Sites: Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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