Decision : 31 COM 7B.131
FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF STATE OF CONSERVATION REPORTS BY THE STATES PARTIES
The World Heritage Centre,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-07/31.COM/7A, WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add, WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add.2, WHC-07/31.COM/7B, WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add, WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add.2,
2. Recalling Decisions 27 COM 7B.106 and 29 COM 7C, adopted at its 27th (UNESCO, 2003) and 29th (Durban, 2005) sessions respectively,
3. Invites the States Parties to use the following format for the submission to the World Heritage Centre of their report(s) on the state of conservation of World Heritage properties:
Format for preparing a State Party’s Report for World Heritage properties
(designed following the Advisory Bodies / World Heritage Centre meeting of 25-26 January 2007)
Name of World Heritage property (State Party) (Identification number)
1. Response from the State Party to the World Heritage Committee’s Decision, paragraph by paragraph
[Note: this information has to refer to developments over the past year or since the last decision of the Committee for this property]
or
- In case the property is inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger:
a) Corrective measures taken by the State Party in reply to the World Heritage Committee’s Decision(s)
b) Progress towards the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger
c) If needed, please describe the success factors or difficulties in implementing the corrective measures identified
[Note: please, provide factual information, including exact dates, figures etc. and provide comments separately]
d) Is the timeframe for the implementation of the corrective measures suitable? If not, please propose a justified alternative.
In all cases:
2. Other current conservation issues identified by the State Party
[Note: conservation issues which are not mentioned in the Decision of the World Heritage Committee or any information request from the World Heritage Centre]
3. In conformity with paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines, please describe any potential major restorations, alterations and/or new construction(s) within the protected area (core zone and buffer zone and/or corridors) that might be envisaged.
WHC-07/31.COM/24