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The eleventh General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was held in Paris at UNESCO Headquarters on 27 and 28 October 1997, during the twenty-ninth session of the General Conference.
One hundred and twenty-eight States Parties to the Convention were represented at this meeting.
The representatives of the three advisory bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN), the Council of Europe, three non-governmental organizations, as well as one State not party to the Convention attended the ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
5. In her opening address, the representative of the Director-General, Mrs Lourdes Arizpe, Assistant Director-General for Culture, spoke of the remarkable and visionary character of the Convention for the Protection of World Heritage, which was adopted exactly twenty-five years ago. The Convention is based on the by now well-accepted premises that there are natural and cultural properties of such importance that not only are they of national value, but also of universal value to all humankind. She welcomed the adhesion of new States Parties to the Convention and mentioned the most recent ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
9. The General Assembly elected by acclamation H.E. Mr Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos (Benin) as President of the General Assembly, the representatives of Australia, Morocco and the United States of America as Vice Presidents, and Mr Mauricio Montalvo (Ecuador) as Rapporteur.
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
10. The agenda was adopted without amendments.
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
11. The Chairperson, Mrs Teresa Franco, recalled the last sessions of the World Heritage Committee which were held in Berlin (Germany - nineteenth session) and Merida (Mexico - twentieth session). During these sessions, the World Heritage Committee decided to include 66 new properties on the World Heritage List, bringing the total to 506, with 380 cultural, 108 natural and 19 mixed properties.12. After a quarter of a century of implementation, it appears that the 1972 Convention is one of the most successful instruments in the field of heritage protection. The Chairperson recalled the ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
17. The General Assembly took note of the Document WHC-97/CONF.205/3A concerning the examination of the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund for the financial period 1994/1995, as well as the accounts audited by the Auditor General for 1996. The representative of the Bureau of the Comptroller proposed that the General Assembly accept the accounts for 1994, 1995 and 1996.18. The Delegate of Thailand wished to know why, according to the letter from the Auditor General of Canada, the accounts for the preceding years had not been audited, whereas all the financial statements ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
19. The representative of the Bureau of the Comptroller indicated that a large number of States Parties had paid their contributions and that other contributions were being made and would be accepted until midday. 20. The Delegate of China voiced his disappointment that the amount of US$ 20,000 contributed by his country was not indicated as a voluntary contribution in the document. The representative of the Bureau of the Comptroller said that he would verify this information and that the necessary corrections would be made.
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
CONF 205 21
Determination of the amount of the contributions to the World Heritage Fund in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the Convention
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
22. The Director of the World Heritage Centre recalled that the Tenth General Assembly examined the monitoring and reporting on the state of conservation of World Heritage properties and that it decided the following (paragraph 31 of the Summary Record of the Tenth General Assembly):
'As a conclusion, the General Assembly decided to continue the debate on the systematic monitoring and reporting on the state of conservation of World Heritage properties at the Eleventh General Assembly of States Parties that will be held in 1997. The General Assembly requested the World Heritage Committee ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
26. Under item 9 of the agenda, the General Assembly was called upon to elect seven members of the World Heritage Committee, to replace the following seven members whose mandate would expire at the end of the 29th session of the General Conference: China, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Philippines and Spain. The list of candidates was read out to the General Assembly: Angola, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
33. The Delegate of Panama informed of his wish to associate States not yet party to the Convention with the 152 States Parties, in a reflection on the protection of the World Heritage, and he suggested that the number of members of the World Heritage Committee be increased to enable greater participation in the work of the Committee. The Delegate of Italy wished to go back to item 6 of the agenda in Document WHC-97/CONF.205/3A concerning the approbation of the utilization of the World Heritage Fund, item 12 of page 21. She indicated that contrary to what was mentioned in the report, it ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
35. After having thanked the Secretariat, the tellers and the interpreters for their efficient work, the President declared the session closed.
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
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