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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine)
 

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CONF 003 1-6
Opening of the General Assembly by the Director-General or his representative
The Ninth 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 29 and 30 October, during the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference. One hundred and fifteen of the one hundred and thirty-six States Parties to the Convention were represented at this meeting. The ...
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
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CONF 003 7
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the General Assembly
7. The General Assembly elected by acclamation Mr. C. Leventis (Cyprus) as Chairman. The General Assembly also elected unanimously the representatives of Burkina Faso, China and Tunisia as Vice-Chairmen, and Mr. H. Palma (Peru) as Rapporteur.
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
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CONF 003 8
Adoption of the Agenda of the General Assembly
8. The draft agenda of the session was adopted.
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
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CONF 003 9
Report of the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
9. In accordance with the recommendation of the World Heritage Committee at its sixteenth session, the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. R. Milne, (United States of America) presented to the General Assembly the report that the Committee was submitting to the General Conference of UNESCO. The text of Mr. Milne's presentation, as well as the Committee's report to the General Conference, is ...
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
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CONF 003 10-12
Examination of the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund, including the status of the States Parties' contributions
10. The General Assembly examined documents WHC-93/CONF.003/3 presenting the accounts of the World Heritage Fund, in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the Fund, and WHC.93/CONF.003/3 add. presenting the contributions received up to 28 October 1993. The Assembly was also informed that the following contributions had been received since 28 October 1993: State ...
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
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CONF 003 13-28
Elections to the World Heritage Committee
13. Under item 8 of its agenda, the General Assembly was called upon to elect seven Members to the World Heritage Committee, to replace the following seven Members whose mandate would expire at the end of the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference: Brazil, Cuba, France, Italy, Pakistan, Tunisia, United States of America. The list of the thirty-one States Parties having submitted ...
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
Country: Brazil France Italy Japan Lebanon Niger United States of America
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CONF 003 29-33
Conclusions and Closure of the session
29. The General Assembly felt that these elections showed that the voting system as set out in the Rules of Procedure was no longer suitable to the present situation. On the one hand, the requirement of obtaining an absolute majority had necessitated nine ballots, and, on the other hand, the system did not guarantee an equitable representation of the different cultures and regions of the ...
Session: 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 003)
Year: 1993
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Srebarna Biosphere Reserve (Bulgaria)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee at its last session included this site in the List of World Heritage in Danger. Prevention of seasonal flooding has led to a decrease in the size and productivity of Srebarna and agricultural and residential use of surrounding areas have led to decline or disappearance of migratory and passerine bird populations. The Bureau recalled that IUCN, on the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Srebarna Nature Reserve
Country: Bulgaria
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
The Bureau recalled that the integrity of this site, which has been inaccessible since the onset of armed conflict in the region in 1991, still remained intact. However, recognizing that the potential for a resurgence of hostilities continued to threaten the integrity of this site, the Committee, at its last session included the Plitvice Lakes National Park in the List of World Heritage in ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park
Country: Croatia
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Mt. Nimba Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire/Guinea)
In 1981 the World Heritage Committee inscribed Mt. Nimba on the World Heritage List. In 1992 Mt Nimba was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger by the Committee which requested the Centre to send an expert mission to: (a) ascertain the boundaries of the site at the time of inscription and recommend an appropriate boundary; (b) assess the impact of the iron-ore mine and other threats ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Country: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Sangay National Park (Ecuador)
Noting that the Ecuadorean authorities have not yet provided the information requested by the Committee, the Bureau requested the Centre to contact them once again and obtain information on the status of the road construction project and on-going efforts to assess its impact on the integrity of the site. In accordance with the recommendations of the Committee, the Bureau also invited the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Sangay National Park
Country: Ecuador
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, was informed that the damage caused by the invasion of this site by militants belonging to the Bodo tribe in Assam was estimated to be about US$1.6 million and that although the Park infrastructure had suffered considerable damage, habitats in the inaccessible parts of the Sanctuary appeared to be intact. Concerned by the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Country: India
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Air and Ténéré Nature Reserve (Niger)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, included this site in the List of World Heritage in Danger because it was concerned that the region in which it is situated has been affected by civil disturbance and that six members of the Reserve staff were being held hostage since February 1992. The Bureau deeply regretted that two of the six Reserve staff who had been held ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Country: Niger
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Iguazu National Park (Argentina)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its fifteenth session held in Carthage, Tunisia, in December 1991, noted that eight helicopters regularly overflew the waterfall area and that local conservation groups opposed the use of the area by helicopters since it contravened legal regulations for air traffic control over protected areas. The Bureau was satisfied to note that the efforts of ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Iguazu National Park
Country: Argentina
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Iaguaçu National Park (Brasil)
The Bureau was satisfied to note that the Brazilian authorities were in contact with their counterparts in Argentina to study the possibilities for establishing common regulations for helicopter traffic over the waterfalls area.
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Iguaçu National Park
Country: Brazil
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Wrangell-St. Elias-Kluane-Glacier Bay National Parks (Canada/United States of America)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, while approving the extension of this transfrontier site to include the Glacier Bay National Park (USA), at its last session, urged the American and the Canadian authorities to incorporate additional areas to the World Heritage property. In this regard, the Bureau was pleased to be informed ty the Observer for Canada that the Provincial Government of ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Country: Canada United States of America
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Manovo-Gounda Saint Fions (Central African Republic)
In response to the December 1992 request of the World Heritage Committee, two meetings were held with representatives of the Central African Republic (CAR) to discuss: (a) the protection of the site; (b) participation of local people, and (c) the social-economic ramifications of a "privatized management regime". The first meeting in April determined that the issues were of an administrative ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Country: Central African Republic
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Talamanca-La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica-Panama)
The Bureau took note of the fact that the proposal to construct a road through of the Talamanca-La Amistad Reserves of Costa Rica is unlikely to be implemented in the immediate future. The Bureau was informed that the Costa Rican authorities were not in agreement with all the boundary modifications recommended by the Committee, at its fifteenth session. The Bureau noted that the Ministry of ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Country: Costa Rica Panama
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Tikal National Park (Guatemala)
The Bureau noted with satisfaction that the size of this mixed World Heritage property might be enlarged by about 50% and that the new areas earmarked for inclusion in the Park may contain natural and cultural heritage values of universal significance. The Bureau was informed that an IUCN project in the buffer zone of the Park is working with 26 villages to find alternative livelihood ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Tikal National Park
Country: Guatemala
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Te Wahinounamu - Southwest New Zealand (New Zealand)
The Bureau recalled that at its last session the Committee was informed that the Government of New Zealand had approved an application from a private company for a licence to export water from this World Heritage site. The exportation of freshwater would require the construction of a dam, a buried pipeline and four large reservoirs at Jackson's Bay. The Committee noted that the visual and ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
Country: New Zealand
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