238
Decisions
By Year
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7A.24, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Expresses its continuing concern at the recent damage caused to the cultural heritage of Yemen as a result of ongoing armed conflict, and that the Old City of Sana’a has incurred irreversible destruction, and continues to be vulnerable, owing to the current security situation, ongoing social change and continuing lack of organisational support and resources for both heritage management and physical conservation;
Commends ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Old City of Sana'a
Country: Yemen
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Old City of Sana'a
Country: Yemen
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7A.25, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Expresses its continuing concern at the recent damage caused to the cultural heritage of the Old Walled City of Shibam as a result of natural elements and ongoing armed conflict, and that the property continues to be vulnerable, owing to the residual impact of previous flooding, as well as the current security situation, ongoing social change and continuing lack of organisational support and resources for both heritage ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Old Walled City of Shibam
Country: Yemen
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Old Walled City of Shibam
Country: Yemen
41 COM 7A.54
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan) (C 208 rev)
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
Country: Afghanistan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7A.27 adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes with regret that the State Party has neither adopted the detailed topographic map of the property produced in 2012, nor submitted a proposal for a minor boundary modification, and reiterates its request to the State Party to adopt the 2012 topographic map of the property and to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2018, a proposal for a minor boundary modification, in accordance with Paragraphs 163-165 of ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
Country: Afghanistan
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
Country: Afghanistan
41 COM 7A.56
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia (Micronesia, Federated States of) (C 1503)
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia
Country: Micronesia (Federated States of)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.48, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the Action Plan submitted by the State Party, which reflects an acknowledgement of the need to transform the protection, management and decision making not only for Shakhrisyabz but also for other World Heritage properties in Uzbekistan;
Notes with extreme concern the findings of the 2016 Reactive Monitoring mission concerning the drastic and irreversible damage to the Temurid urban planning and to traditional ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
Country: Uzbekistan
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
Country: Uzbekistan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.92, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the decision by the State Party of Belarus to increase the strict protection zone of the Belarussian part of the property;
Notes the information provided by the States Parties regarding the activities termed sanitary cuttings undertaken in the Polish part of the property and the conclusions of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Amendment to the Forest Management Plan for the Białowieża Forest ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Białowieża Forest
Country: Poland
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Białowieża Forest
Country: Poland
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 39 COM 7B.18, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
Welcomes the State Party’s acknowledgement of the property’s challenges and vulnerability, and the commitment to embark on a major and participatory management response in the form of an overarching and coherent Action Plan, and requests the State Party to:
Allocate adequate resources for the elaboration and implementation of the Action Plan as a matter of priority, and clarify the timeline for its completion,
Ensure a process ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Wood Buffalo National Park
Country: Canada
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Wood Buffalo National Park
Country: Canada
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.95, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes with significant concern the conclusions of the 2017 joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission that, while the ecological integrity of the property has so far been preserved, the property and its Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) are threatened by the significant expansion of tourist facilities, excessive number of visitors, associated pressures from unsustainable water use, water pollution, traffic ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park
Country: Croatia
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park
Country: Croatia
41 COM 7B.4
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine) (N 1133bis)
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Country: Germany Slovakia Ukraine
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.96, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the State Party’s ongoing commitment and progress made in implementing the recommendations of the 2012 Reactive Monitoring mission and reiterates its request to the State Party to continue its efforts in the implementation of all the mission recommendations, in particular as regards tourism planning and management, the involvement of civil society and particularly indigenous communities, as well as the consideration of ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Golden Mountains of Altai
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Golden Mountains of Altai
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.97, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Takes note of the information provided by the State Party regarding existing regulations on water use and management of Lake Baikal, but notes with concern the resolution increasing the allowed fluctuation between the maximum and minimum water levels of Lake Baikal in 2016-2017 and urges the State Party to elaborate an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of potential impacts of existing water use and management regulations on ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Lake Baikal
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Lake Baikal
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.98, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the invitation by the State Party for a joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission to the property and takes note of the fact that due to climatic conditions, this mission will only be able to visit the property in July 2017 and therefore its recommendations will only be available for consideration by the Committee at its 42nd session in 2018;
Also welcomes the ongoing progress with the removal of ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.101, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes with concern the recent legislative changes adopted by the State Party, which may weaken the protection regime of the property and recalls its concerns over a number of previous legislative changes potentially affecting the property;
Considers that such continuous degradation of the legal protection regime of protected areas comprising the property represents a potential danger to the Outstanding Universal Value ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Western Caucasus
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Western Caucasus
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 38 COM 7B.79 and 39 COM 7B.26, adopted at its 38th (Doha, 2014) and 39th (Bonn, 2015) sessions respectively,
Welcomes the State Party’s commitment not to authorize the dredging project to deepen the Guadalquivir River and takes note of the State Party’s statement to remove this project from the Guadalquivir Basin Hydrological Plan when it is next revised;
Also welcomes the information provided by the State Party and encourages the State Party to continue working on enhancing water resource ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Doñana National Park
Country: Spain
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Doñana National Park
Country: Spain
41 COM 7B.10
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil) (N 1035)
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Country: Brazil
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 39 COM 7A.19, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
Highly commends the State Party on the continuation of systematic management responses to the Committee’s requests and recommendations, as well as recommendations of the 2015 Reactive Monitoring mission;
Strongly encourages the State Party to:
Further consolidate human and financial resources and the partnership approach, bridging gaps between the government and civil society and among governmental institutions, both at local and ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Los Katíos National Park
Country: Colombia
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Los Katíos National Park
Country: Colombia
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 39 COM 7B.29, adopted at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015),
Commends the State Party on the comprehensive reporting on multiple threats to the property and on its efforts to balance renewable energy and biodiversity conservation objectives;
Also commends the State Party on its commitment to consider the property off limits to geothermal development, and requests it to unambiguously confirm that no facilities associated with the projects are or will be located within the boundaries of the ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Country: Costa Rica
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Country: Costa Rica
41 COM 7B.13
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica, Panama) (N 205bis
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Country: Costa Rica Panama
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.73, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the commitment of the State Party to strengthen the management of the property, including through elaboration of a new Management Plan and establishment of a buffer zone and encourages it to continue its efforts in this regard and, once the buffer zone of the Morne Trois Pitons National Park has been established, to submit a Minor Boundary Modification proposal, according to paragraphs 163-164 of the Operational ...
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Country: Dominica
Session: 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (41 COM)
Year: 2017
Sites: Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Country: Dominica