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World Heritage Committee; 40Th; Report of the Decisions Adopted World Heritage 40 COM WHC/16/40.COM/19 Paris, 15 November 2016 Original: English UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Fortieth session Istanbul, Turkey 10 - 17 July 2016 UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France 24-26 October 2016 Report of the Decisions adopted during the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) The decisions adopted during the continuation of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee at the UNESCO Headquarters from 24 to 26 October 2016 are followed by an asterisk (*) Table of Contents 2. ADMISSION OF OBSERVERS ........................................................................................................... 3 3A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ........................................................................................................... 3 3B. ADOPTION OF THE TIMETABLE ....................................................................................................... 3 4. REPORT OF THE RAPPORTEUR OF THE 39TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE (BONN, 2015) ............................................................................................................... 4 5A. REPORT OF THE WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE’S DECISIONS .............................. 4 5B. REPORTS OF THE ADVISORY BODIES ........................................................................................... 5 5C. WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT .................................... 5 5D. REPORT ON THE WORLD HERITAGE THEMATIC PROGRAMMES .............................................. 6 6. FOLLOW-UP TO THE WORLD HERITAGE CAPACITY-BUILDING STRATEGY AND PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WORLD HERITAGE-RELATED CATEGORY 2 CENTRES ................................. 8 7. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES .............................................. 9 7A. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER CULTURAL PROPERTIES ....................................................................... 13 CULTURAL PROPERTIES ................................................................................................................ 13 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ...................................................................................... 13 AFRICA................................................................................................................................... 17 ARAB STATES ....................................................................................................................... 22 ASIA AND PACIFIC ................................................................................................................ 40 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ......................................................................................... 43 NATURAL PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................. 47 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ...................................................................................... 47 AFRICA................................................................................................................................... 49 ASIA-PACIFIC ........................................................................................................................ 67 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ......................................................................................... 69 7B. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST 70 CULTURAL PROPERTIES ................................................................................................................ 70 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN .............................................................................. 70 AFRICA................................................................................................................................... 79 ARAB STATES ....................................................................................................................... 92 ASIA-PACIFIC ........................................................................................................................ 99 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ....................................................................................... 118 MIXED PROPERTIES ..................................................................................................................... 133 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ............................................................................ 133 AFRICA................................................................................................................................. 134 ARAB STATES ..................................................................................................................... 135 ASIA-PACIFIC ...................................................................................................................... 136 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ....................................................................................... 138 NATURAL PROPERTIES ................................................................................................................ 139 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ............................................................................ 139 AFRICA................................................................................................................................. 149 ARAB STATES ..................................................................................................................... 157 Report of the Decisions adopted during the 40th session of the WHC/16/40.COM/19, p.1 World Heritage Committee (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) ASIA-PACIFIC ...................................................................................................................... 160 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ....................................................................................... 165 OMNIBUS .................................................................................................................................................. 178 CULTURAL PROPERTIES .............................................................................................................. 179 ARAB STATES ..................................................................................................................... 179 8A. TENTATIVE LISTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES AS OF 15 APRIL 2016, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES ...................................................................................... 180 8B. NOMINATIONS TO THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ....................................................................... 180 I. CHANGES TO NAMES OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ....... 180 II. EXAMINATION OF NOMINATIONS OF NATURAL, MIXED AND CULTURAL PROPERTIES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ....................................................................................................... 181 A. NATURAL SITES ..................................................................................................................... 181 B. MIXED SITES .......................................................................................................................... 199 C. CULTURAL SITES ................................................................................................................... 210 III. EXAMINATION OF MINOR BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS OF NATURAL, MIXED AND CULTURAL PROPERTIES ALREADY INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST .............. 242 A. NATURAL PROPERTIES ........................................................................................................ 242 B. MIXED PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................. 243 C. CULTURAL PROPERTIES ...................................................................................................... 243 IV. STATEMENTS OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE OF 7 PROPERTIES INSCRIBED AT THE 38TH (DOHA, 2014) AND 39TH (BONN, 2015) SESSIONS AND NOT ADOPTED BY THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................ 246 8C. UPDATE OF THE LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER ...................................................... 247 8D. CLARIFICATIONS OF PROPERTY BOUNDARIES AND AREAS BY STATES PARTIES ............. 249 8E. ADOPTION OF RETROSPECTIVE STATEMENTS OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE .... 251 9A. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE REFLECTION CONCERNING THE UPSTREAM PROCESSES252 10A. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE PERIODIC REPORTING REFLECTION (2015-2017) ................ 253 10B. FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE PERIODIC REPORTING EXERCISE FOR ALL REGIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 254 11. REVISION OF THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES ........................................................................ 259 12. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE POLICY GUIDELINES DOCUMENT .......................................... 261 13A. FOLLOW-UP TO RECOMMENDATIONS OF EVALUATIONS AND AUDITS ON WORKING METHODS: OUTCOMES OF THE AD-HOC WORKING GROUP ................................................
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