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CONF 015 I.1
Introduction
The sixth session of the World Heritage Committee which was held at Unesco Headquarters in Paris from 13 to 17 December 1982 was attended by the following States Members of the World Heritage Committee : Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Switzerland, Tunisia, the United States of America and Zaire.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
State Parties: Argentina Australia Brazil Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt France Germany Guinea Iraq Italy Jordan Libya Nepal Pakistan Panama Senegal Switzerland Tunisia United States of America
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CONF 015 I.2
Introduction
Representatives of the International Centre for Conservation in Rome (ICCROM), the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and the International Union for Conservation of Na- ture and Natural Resources (IUCN) attended the meeting in an ad- visory capacity.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 I.3
Introduction
Observers from 18 States Parties to the Convention not members of the Committee, namely Afghanistan, Algeria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Mauri- tania, Morocco, Niger, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka and Syrian Arab Republic also participated in the session, as well as observers from two intergovernmental organizations, the Arab Educational, Cul- tural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the Council of Europe, and three international non-governmental organizations, the Interna- tional Council of Museums (ICOM), the International ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 II.4
Opening of the session
The meeting was declared open by the outgoing Chairman, Professor R.O. Slatyer (Australia) who welcomed the delegates and observers. The Chairman recalled the conditions in which it had been decided that the meeting would be held in Paris and expressed the regret he shared with the authorities of Pakistan that it had not been possible to hold the sixth session of the Committee in Pakistan.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 II.5
Opening of the session
In his welcome address on behalf of the Director-General, Mr.Makaminan Makagiansar, Assistant Director-General for Culture,once again drew attention to the importance of the role of the Committee. He referred to the World Conference on Cultural Policies (Mexico City, August 1982), to the IUCN World National Parks Congress (Bali, October 1982) and to the Extraordinary Session of the General Conference of Unesco (Paris, November 1982), at which special attention was called to the safeguarding of the cultural and natural heritage. After having assured the Committee of the interest taken in ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 II.6
Opening of the session
The Chairman informed the Committee of requests he had received from organizations which did not have an official status of observer to meetings of the Committee that they should be allowed to address the Committee. The Secretariat explained the decisions which the Committee had taken at previous sessions when similar requests had been received, namely that such groups would not be authorized to address the Committee direct nor to circulate material in the meeting room and that they should be requested to contact their national delegations; since the meeting of the Committee was public, ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 III.7
Adoption of the agenda
The Committee adopted the agenda for the meeting.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 IV.8-10
Election of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur
8. Professor R.O. Slatyer (Australia) was re-elected Chairman of the Committee by acclamation, and gave a brief speech. Professor Slatyer informed the Committee that he would stand down from the Chair when the two Australian nominations were considered by the Com- mittee. 9. The Committee thereafter elected by acclamation the delegates of the following States members of the Committee : Argentina, Bulgaria, Guinea, Italy and Pakistan as Vice-Chairmen. 10. Mr. Azedine Beschaouch (Tunisia) was re-elected Rapporteur by acclamation.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
State Parties: Argentina Bulgaria Guinea Italy Pakistan Tunisia
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CONF 015 IX.26
Guidelines for the inscription of cultural and natural properties on the list of World Heritage in Danger
In introducing the draft guidelines which had been prepared jointly by IUCN and ICOMOS, the representative of IUCN drew attention to the following three objectives of the List of World Heritagein Danger: a) to support national efforts towards safeguarding the integrity of a property; b) to demonstrate to world opinion the reality of the danger threatening a property; c) to contribute to the effectiveness of international fund-raising campaigns by identifying the property for which the public is being asked to contribute. He stated that the list was considered as being a short list, ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 IX.27
Guidelines for the inscription of cultural and natural properties on the list of World Heritage in Danger
During the discussion that ensued on the draft criteria and procedure for the inscription of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger, several amendments were suggested to the text in paragraph 5.5 of the IUCN/ICOMOS document which was proposed for insertion in the "Operational guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention". These amendments related to the difficulty of inscribing properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger when major operations were not required to protect the property and when the State concerned did not require assistance under the ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 V.11
Report on the sixth session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee
The Rapporteur, Mr. A. Beschaouch, referred to the main points of the report on the sixth session of the Bureau of the Committee which was held in Paris from 21 to 24 June 1982. In particular, he drew attention to the twenty-four properties which had been recommended for inclusion in the World Heritage List and to the Bureau 's request to IUCN and ICOMOS to draw up draft guidelines for the inscription of cultural and natural properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger. He added that, in response to this request, a report was presented to the Committee by these two organizations on ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 VI.12
Report of the Representative of the Director-General on activities undertaken since the fifth session of the World Heritage Committee
In his report on the activities undertaken for the implementation of the Convention since the fifth session of the World Heritage Committee, the representative of the Director-General, Mr. Michel Batisse, Deputy Assistant Director-General for Science indicated that a total of sixty-nine States had now ratified, accepted or acceded to the Convention, and that one hundred and twelve properties nominated by thirty-three States Parties were now included in the World Heritage List. He reported on the activities which had been decided upon by the Committee at its fifth session and drew ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 VII.13
Tentative Lists
The Committee noted that, with the withdrawal by the Italian authorities of their list, only seven States Parties had so far submitted tentative lists of cultural and natural properties considered suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List. The delegates of Argentina, Brazil and Italy indicated that tentative lists would soon be available for submission to the Committee.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
State Parties: Argentina Brazil Italy
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CONF 015 VII.14
Tentative Lists
It was noted furthermore that the lists submitted by India and Portugal referred to cultural properties only, and the Committee expressed the hope that similar lists would be prepared by these two States on natural heritage sites.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
State Parties: India Portugal
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CONF 015 VII.15
Tentative Lists
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany informed the Committee that a second list, comprising some fifty properties, which had been prepared in the light of the list submitted by the authorities of France, would shortly be available for submission to the Committee. This statement gave rise to remarks by the Rapporteur and the representative of ICOMOS on the desirability of discussion among States of the same cultural region before tentative lists are submitted. The Rapporteur also indicated that ALECSO was co-ordinat- ing the drawing up of tentative lists of cultural and natural ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 VII.16
Tentative Lists
The Chairman drew attention to the availability of preparatory assistance to States Parties for the establishment of tentative lists
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 VII.18
Tentative Lists
In concluding the discussion on this item, the Committee reiterated the request made at previous meetings that those States which had not so far submitted tentative lists should prepare lists and make them available as soon as possible for submission to the Committee.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 VIII.19
Nominations to the World Heritage List
Before the Committee examined the nominations to the World Heritage List, a series of slides on some of the cultural and natural properties nominated was shown by ICOMOS and IUCN. The Committee then took up one by one the nominations of those properties which the Bureau had recommended for inclusion in the World Heritage List. In each case the Committee was informed of the point of view of the Bureau as presented by the Rapporteur and took note of the comments of the representatives of ICOMOS and/or IUCN, who had made an evaluation of each property in relation to the criteria for the ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
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CONF 015 VIII.20
Nominations to the World Heritage List (inscribed sites)
The Committee decided to enter in the World Heritage List the twenty-four cultural and natural properties which had been recommended by the Bureau: Name of PropertyContracting State having submitted the nomination of the property in accordance with the ConventionIdentification No.  Tassili n'Ajjer  Algeria  179  The M'Zab Valley Algeria  188  Djemila  Algeria  191  Tipasa Algeria  193  Timgad Algeria  194  Western Tasmania Wilderness National Parks The Committee is seriously concerned at the ...
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
Sites: Aldabra Atoll Ancient City of Polonnaruwa Ancient City of Sigiriya Archaeological Site of Cyrene Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna Archaeological Site of Sabratha Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Djémila From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt Historic Centre of Florence Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda Lord Howe Island Group M'Zab Valley National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers Old Havana and its Fortification System Old Walled City of Shibam Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve Sacred City of Anuradhapura Selous Game Reserve Taï National Park Tasmanian Wilderness Tassili n'Ajjer Timgad Tipasa
State Parties: Algeria Australia Brazil Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Haiti Honduras Italy Libya Seychelles Sri Lanka United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Yemen
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CONF 015 VIII.21
Nominations the World Heritage List (extension)
The Committee furthermore decided that the site of Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, which was already included in the World Heritage List on the proposal of Guinea, would be extended through the addition of that part of the Reserve situated in Ivory Coast, which was nominated by that State.
Session: 6th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 015)
Year: 1982
Sites: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
State Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
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