107
Decisions
0
Resolutions
Excel file
RSS file
WHC-01/CONF.208/4
(en)
By Year
II.1 The Committee adopted the Provisional Agenda and the Timetable (WHC-01/CONF.208/1Rev.1) after the Delegate of Belgium requested that an additional item be added to the Agenda concerning the organization of the 30th anniversary of the Convention foreseen in Venice in 2002.
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
II.2 The Chairperson reminded the Committee that a written request for a revision of the Rules of Procedure had been submitted by the Ambassador of Egypt. He requested the Delegate of Egypt to present this proposal.
II.3 The Delegate of Egypt presented the following proposal for an amendment to Article 8.2 of the Rules of Procedure (the proposed amendment is in bold): "The Procedure United Nations and organizations of the United Nations system, as well as, upon written request, other international governmental and non-governmental organizations, permanent observer missions to and non ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
CONF 208 IV.a
Reports of the Rapporteurs on the Bureau sessions of the World Heritage Committee, 2001
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
CONF 208 IV.16
Follow-up to the resolution of the Thirteenth General Assembly of States Parties (30-31 October 2001): acts constituting "crimes against the common heritage of humanity"
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
State Parties: Afghanistan
CONF 208 VI
Revision of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
CONF 208 VII.25
Progress Reports on Regional Periodic Reporting Strategies, Europe and North America Region
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
CONF 208 VII.26
Progress Reports on Regional Periodic Reporting Strategies, Europe and North America Region
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
CONF 208 VII.27
Progress Reports on Regional Periodic Reporting Strategies, Europe and North America Region
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Report on the state of the World Heritage in the Africa Region
VII.1 The Secretariat presented the report on Periodic Reporting in the Africa Region (WHC-01/CONF. 208/7) to the Committee. As at November 2001, fifty-three sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List. Forty of these sites were inscribed prior to 1993 and located in eighteen countries, comprising twenty-three natural, sixteen cultural and one mixed site, and were the subject of this monitoring report. The strategic approach for the compilation of the report and the co-operation of the African States Parties in the ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
VIII.2 The Committee learned that the Colon road was effectively closed in June 2001 through the intervention of the Brazilian Federal Police. The Committee was informed that the State Party provided information by a letter dated 5 December 2001 to the Centre on several steps taken: on the one hand to ensure permanent closure of the road and rehabilitate areas damaged by the illegal use of the road; and on the other, to assist local communities affected by the closure of the road.To ensure permanent closure of the road, the
VIII.3 Brazilian authorities sunk a ferry boat, scarified the ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Iguaçu National Park
State Parties: Brazil
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Iguaçu National Park
State Parties: Brazil
VIII.6 The Committee noted with satisfaction that in accordance with the recommendation made at its last session the State Party had invited a Centre/IUCN/Ramsar mission to the site which took place from 1 to 4 October 2001. The Committee reviewed the findings of the mission, included in document WHC-01/CONF.208/INF.5.
VIII.7 The Committee was pleased to note that improvements observed by a 1998 mission to the integrity of the site have all been sustained and that the chances of continuing improvements to the state of conservation of the site are quite high. Population of the dalmatian ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Srebarna Nature Reserve
State Parties: Bulgaria
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Srebarna Nature Reserve
State Parties: Bulgaria
VIII.9 The Committee noted with satisfaction that in accordance with the recommendations made at its last session, a mission to the site was fielded from 5-13 May 2001. The Committee took note of the conclusions and recommendations deriving from the examination of that report by the twenty-fifth session of the Bureau held in June 2001.
VIII.10 The Committee noted that the Centre and IUCN were in the process of co-operating with the State Party to prepare a fundraising plan for the implementation of urgent rehabilitation measures and a realistic workplan including institutional ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
State Parties: Central African Republic
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
State Parties: Central African Republic
VIII.30 The Committee noted that the Bureau, at its twenty-fifth session held in June 2001, had reviewed a report of an IUCN/Centre mission that visited the site from 8 to 13 April 2001 and recommended the adoption of the following specific benchmarks for the future monitoring of the state of conservation of Simen and its eventual removal from the List of World Heritage in Danger: (a) the realignment of the boundary of the Park to exclude the villages along the boundary of the Park; (b) the extension of the Park to include at least Mesarerya and Lemalino Wildlife Reserves; (c) ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Simien National Park
State Parties: Ethiopia
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Simien National Park
State Parties: Ethiopia
VIII.59 The State Party has updated the comprehensive report it submitted at the time of the twenty-fifth session of the Bureau on this site. The Committee noted the following specific improvements, achieved between June and December 2001:
The number of predatory lake trout fish removed through intensive gill netting and liberal angling regulations have increased from 28,000 (in the June 2001 report) to more that 43,000 in December 2001;
Wooden water tanks at Indian Creek Campground were replaced in fall 2001; work in the contract awarded, in 2000, to line sewer lines at Lake ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Yellowstone National Park
State Parties: United States of America
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Yellowstone National Park
State Parties: United States of America
VIII.62 The Committee examined the report on the state of conservation of Angkor and additional information presented concerning the progress being made by the national authorities together with support from UNESCO and relevant donors to implement the conservation and management plans of the ASPARA Authorities.
VIII.63 The Committee, after having examined the report on the state of conservation of the site, commended the Royal Government of Cambodia for the significant efforts undertaken in the reorganization of the APSARA Authority. In the perspective of implementation in ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Angkor
State Parties: Cambodia
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Angkor
State Parties: Cambodia
VIII.64 The Committee examined the report on the state of conservation of the Group of Monuments at Hampi. The Committee was informed that the Centre organized a mission by an international rural planner in close cooperation with the national and state government authorities responsible for the conservation and management of this large site. The expert mission assisted the authorities concerned to elaborate and carry out an impact assessment study related to the two bridges partially constructed within the site and to examine the feasibility and alternative sites for relocating these ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Group of Monuments at Hampi
State Parties: India
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Group of Monuments at Hampi
State Parties: India
VIII.67 The Committee examined the report on the state of conservation of Bahla Fort and noted the significant progress made since the last Bureau session, especially concerning the conservation works being carried out within the Fort and on the two nearby Mosques. The Committee also noted that the preparation of a Management Plan has been finally undertaken, and the strong commitment, stressed by the Delegate of Oman, of the State Party towards the protection and presentation of this site.
VIII.68 The Committee commended the State Party for having started the preparation of the ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Bahla Fort
State Parties: Oman
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Bahla Fort
State Parties: Oman
VIII.69 The Committee examined the report on the state of conservation of the Fort and Shalamar Gardens of Lahore. The Committee was informed that the Director- General of the Department of Archaeology had informed the Centre on 3 December 2001 that all efforts were being made to implement the recommendations of the Committee, Bureau and UNESCO international expert missions to address the conservation and management issues facing the property. In particular, the Department of Archaeology was continuing its discussion with the Lahore Development Co-operation and the Lahore Commissioner ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
State Parties: Pakistan
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
State Parties: Pakistan
VIII.73 The World Heritage Committee took note of the second periodic report prepared by the the National Institute for Culture of Peru, on the implementation of the Master Plan of the site. It also noted that priority was given to international fund-raising. Furthermore, as indicated in the first report, the dwellings, illegally constructed in situ, have been demolished. However, illegal cultivation continues at the site.
VIII.74 To remedy this situation, the high-level Chan Chan Commission was created, comprising representatives from the Ministries of Education and Agriculture. ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
State Parties: Peru
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
State Parties: Peru
VIII.80 The Committee examined the report on the state of conservation of Zabid. It noted the positive development of the situation on the ground, especially with regard to the large mobilization of resources, both at the national and international level, resulting from the inscription of the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2000.
VIII.81 The Committee also noted the results of the first missions carried out by the Centre in the framework of the emergency assistance approved by the Bureau at its last session in June 2001. The very significant steps taken by the State Party ...
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Historic Town of Zabid
State Parties: Yemen
Session: 25th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 208)
Year: 2001
Sites: Historic Town of Zabid
State Parties: Yemen
- The Convention
- Convention Text
- Operational Guidelines
- Policy Compendium
- Governing Bodies
- The General Assembly
- The Committee
- Resolutions / Decisions
- Sessions since 1977
- The States Parties
- The Centre
- Employment & Internships
- Who's Who
- Director of the World Heritage Centre
- The Advisory Bodies
- Funding
- World Heritage Fund
- Financial regulations
- International Assistance
- Reporting & Monitoring
- State of Conservation
- Periodic Reporting
- Reactive Monitoring
- List of factors affecting the properties
- The Emblem
- Africa
- Arab States
- Asia & Pacific
- Europe & North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean