World Heritage 26 BUR Distribution limited WHC-02/CONF.201/12 Paris, 25 February 2002 Original : English/French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE BUREAU OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Twenty-sixth session Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, Room IV 8 - 13 April 2002 Item 13 of the Provisional Agenda: Information on Tentative Lists and Examination of nominations of cultural and natural properties to the List of World Heritage in Danger and the World Heritage List SUMMARY This document presents the nominations proposed to be examined by the Bureau and the Committee in 2002. It is divided into three sections and an Annex: I Examination of nominations for the List of World Heritage in Danger II Examination of nominations to the World Heritage List III Examination of a deferred nomination to be reactivated on the request of the Committee Annex I Tentative Lists of all States Parties whose nominations are being considered in 2002 The Bureau examines the nominations to the List of World Heritage in Danger and to the World Heritage List and makes its recommendations to the Committee. Recommendations on nominations to the List of World Heritage in Danger are made when the Bureau determines that a property on the World Heritage List is threatened by serious and specific danger and that major operations are necessary for the conservation of the property. Recommendations on nominations to the World Heritage List are made in the following four categories: a) properties which it recommends for inscription without reservation; b) properties which it does not recommend for inscription; c) properties that need to be referred back to the nominating State Party for further information or documentation; d) properties whose examination should be deferred pending a more in-depth assessment or study. About this Document In this document, the Centre has introduced a modification to the format by adding a new "technical summary" section. In this new section, the Centre provides a brief background history of the nomination, as well as noting any technical issues still outstanding concerning the nomination. In particular, where serial nominations are presented, the summary will provide an opportunity to outline the several parts of the nomination in a tabular format. I. Examination of nominations for the List of World Heritage in Danger At the time of the preparation of this document, there were If this information has not been received at the time of the no regular proposals to inscribe properties on the List of Bureau session, the Bureau will be consulted prior to the World Heritage in Danger. meeting of the Committee in time for it to recommend to the Committee whether or not the proposed nomination meets the standards set out in paragraph 67. Examination of a nomination to be processed on an emergency basis to the World Heritage List and to the List of World Heritage in Danger Property The First Railway Bridge over the Yenisei River Id. N° 1071 State Party Russian Federation Criteria proposed C (i) (ii) (iv) II. Examination of nominations of Request received cultural, natural, and mixed properties to the World Heritage List Technical Summary: The State Party submitted a nomination for the First Concerning cultural heritage, the Peruvian authorities, via Railway Bridge over the Yenisei River on 28 June 2001. fax received on 15 February 2002 have withdrawn the The steel-truss bridge, built across the Yenisei at nomination of the Historic Centre of Trujillo. Krasnoyarsk, in 1896-99, is the largest railroad bridge on the main line of Trans-Siberian Railway and reportedly the Information on Tentative Lists first bridge in Russia and the second on the Euro-Asian continent of such length (1000 m) and size of span In accordance with paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Operational between abutments (144m). The bridge reportedly Guidelines and the decision of the World Heritage exercized great influence on subsequent bridge design. Committee at its 24th session in Cairns, Australia, which The State Party claims it as an outstanding example of require that States Parties submit a tentative list of "typical" construction at the end of the 19th century. The properties that it intends to nominate for inscription, the bridge occupies 0.96 ha and has a buffer zone of 2 ha. World Heritage Centre has verified that all the nominations submitted for examination in 2002 are included on the By letter dated 29 January 2002 the State Party has tentative lists of the States concerned. requested that the nomination be presented this year for inscription on the World Heritage List and on the List of The tentative lists of all States Parties nominating a World Heritage in Danger under the provisions of property can be found in Annex I of this document. paragraph 67 of the Operational Guidelines There is to date no precedent for the implementation of this provision of the Operational Guidelines. Paragraph 67 of the Operational Guidelines concerning emergency nominations states that: "67. The normal deadlines for the submission and processing of nominations will not apply in the case of properties which, in the opinion of the Bureau, after consultation with the competent international non-governmental organization, would unquestionably meet the criteria for inclusion in the World Heritage List and which have suffered damage from disaster caused by natural events or by human activities. Such nominations will be processed on an emergency basis." Paragraph 67 may be interpreted as meaning that the Bureau must give its approval to the activation of this "fast- track" nomination process, based on the recommendation of the relevant Advisory Body that the property a) would "unquestionably meet the criteria for inclusion in the World Heritage List"; and b) has "suffered damage from from disaster caused by natural events or human activities." Additional information has been requested from the State Party concerning the urgency of this request. At the time of the preparation of this document this information had not been received. Examination of Nominations to the World Heritage List WHC-02/CONF.201/12, p. 2 Alphabetical Summary Table of Recommendations by the Advisory Bodies State Party Proposed World Heritage Property Id No. Rec. of AB Natural Properties Benin Pendjari and W National Parks 1062 Kenya Rift Valley Lakes Reserve 1060 Rev Russian Federation/ Uvs Nuur Basin 769 Rev Mongolia Mixed Properties N / C Egypt Saint Catherine Area 954 - / I Italy Archipelago of La Maddalena 1064 N / - Cultural Properties Germany Upper Middle Rhine Valley 1066 D Germany Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar 1067 I Hungary Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape 1063 D Hungary The Medieval Royal Seat and Parkland at Visegrád 1065 N Hungary Andrássy Avenue and the Underground (extension to 400 Bis OK "Budapest, the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter") Italy The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 1068 I Italy The Rebuilding of Val de Noto in the Late Baroque Period 1024 I Mexico The Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche 1061 I Morocco Portuguese City of El Jadida (Mazagan) 1058 D Poland Wooden Churches of southern Little Poland 1053 I Suriname The Historic Inner City of Paramaribo 940 Rev I KEY I Recommending inscription N Recommending rejection R Recommending referral D Recommending deferral OK Recommendation for approval of an extension Rec of AB Recommendation by the Advisory Body A. NATURAL PROPERTIES Property Pendjari and W National Parks The nomination was originally presented as a mixed site, Id. N° 1062 under both cultural and natural criteria. However, in State Party Benin correspondence with the State Party in March 2001 it was Criteria proposed N (ii) (iv) C (iv) (v) agreed that the information provided was insufficient to evaluate the nomination under cultural criteria, and only Technical Summary: natural values would be considered. This is a serial nomination of two national parks in the north of Benin. Supplementary material supplied by the State IUCN Recommendation: Party indicates that their adjacent hunting zones are also The field inspection of this site took place in early February included in the nomination, which effectively links the parks 2002. The evaluation report will be included in the into one large protected area of 1,277,751 ha. supplementary report to the April Bureau meeting. Protected Area Area (ha) Parc National de la Pendjari 281,359 ha Parc National du W 579,147 ha zone cynégétique de la Djona 115,791 ha zone cynégétique de la Pendjari 172,103 ha zone cynégétique de l'Atacora 129,371 ha TOTAL of all areas 1,277,751 ha Examination of Nominations to the World Heritage List WHC-02/CONF.201/12, p. 3 Property Rift Valley Lakes Reserve Id. N° 1060 Rev Cluster name State Area (ha) Buffer Zone State Party Kenya Mongun Taiga RF 15,890 84,510 Criteria proposed N (ii) (iii)( iv) Ubsu-Nur RF 4,490 Oroku-Shinaa RF 28,750 Technical Summary: Aryskannyg RF 15,000 11,800 The Rift Valley Lakes Reserve is a serial nomination of Jamaalyg RF 800 4,000 three protected areas consisting of: Tsugeer els RF 4,900 50,000 Ular RF 18,000 2,480 Protected Area Location Area Tsagan shuvuut M 23,170 Lake Bogoria National Baringo & 10,700 ha Turgen M 116,831 476,411 Reserve Koibatek districts Uvs Lake M 424,298 Lake Nakuru National Nakuru District 18,800 ha Altan els M 148,246 Park TOTAL 800,375 629,201 Lake Elmenteita Wildlife Nakuru District 4,200 ha Sanctuary RF= Russian Federation, M= Mongolia TOTAL 33,700 ha IUCN Recommendation: The 25th session of the Bureau decided to refer this A revised nomination was received from the World nomination back to the State Party for confirmation from the Heritage Centre on 1 February 2002 and IUCN is in the Kenyan authorities of the timing and effectiveness of the process of clarifying the new information received.