Tentative Lists Submitted by States Parties As of 15 April 2021, in Conformity with the Operational Guidelines
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World Heritage 44 COM WHC/21/44.COM/8A Paris, 4 June 2021 Original: English UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Extended forty-fourth session Fuzhou (China) / Online meeting 16 – 31 July 2021 Item 8 of the Provisional Agenda: Establishment of the World Heritage List and of the List of World Heritage in Danger 8A. Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2021, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines SUMMARY This document presents the Tentative Lists of all States Parties submitted in conformity with the Operational Guidelines as of 15 April 2021. • Annex 1 presents a full list of States Parties indicating the date of the most recent Tentative List submission. • Annex 2 presents new Tentative Lists (or additions to Tentative Lists) submitted by States Parties since 16 April 2019. • Annex 3 presents a list of all sites included in the Tentative Lists of the States Parties to the Convention, in alphabetical order. Draft Decision: 44 COM 8A, see point II I. EXAMINATION OF TENTATIVE LISTS 1. The World Heritage Convention provides that each State Party to the Convention shall submit to the World Heritage Committee an inventory of the cultural and natural sites situated within its territory, which it considers suitable for inscription on the World Heritage List, and which it intends to nominate during the following five to ten years. Over the years, the Committee has repeatedly confirmed the importance of these Lists, also known as Tentative Lists, for planning purposes, comparative analyses of nominations and for facilitating the undertaking of global and thematic studies. Since 2000, inclusion on the Tentative List is mandatory for all sites that the State Party intends to nominate for inscription on the World Heritage List. 2. According to Paragraph 65 of the Operational Guidelines, States Parties shall submit Tentative Lists at least one year prior to the submission of any nomination. The submission format for national sites is presented in Annex 2A of the Operational Guidelines. The submission format for all transnational and transboundary sites is presented in Annex 2B of the Operational Guidelines. The Tentative List submission for such transnational and transboundary sites will be valid only after the submission by all the States Parties involved. 3. Tentative Lists should be established selectively, on the basis of evidence that supports their potential Outstanding Universal Value. When preparing Tentative Lists, States Parties should consult the various studies and analyses prepared by the Advisory Bodies and harmonize their Tentative Lists at regional and thematic levels. States Parties are also encouraged to take a more systematic approach to the revision of their Tentative Lists. Tentative Lists should be reviewed and updated regularly in order to enhance their overall quality. Capacity-building efforts should be made by all stakeholders, with particular emphasis on engaging indigenous peoples and rights holders. 4. States Parties are encouraged to seek, as early as possible, upstream advice during the development and revision of their Tentative Lists. The Upstream Process, as defined in the Operational Guidelines (para. 71 and 122) enables the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre to provide guidance directly to States Parties throughout the whole process leading up to the preparation of a possible nomination. 5. The World Heritage Committee at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018), Decision 42 COM 12A, launched the reform of the nomination and evaluation process and at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019), Decision 43 COM 12, endorsed the main principles guiding it. In considering the Tentative Lists as an essential part of the nomination process, experts participating in the ongoing reform recommended that States Parties should be encouraged to develop sound and robust processes for the selection of sites to include in their Tentative Lists, with widest possible participation of stakeholders. Good quality Tentative Lists provide the pool which, filtered through the Preliminary Assessment, could greatly improve the smoothness of the nomination process. The experts also noted that States Parties should be encouraged to make use of the Upstream Process for the establishment or revision of their Tentative Lists and highlighted the importance of developing guidelines to support the work of States Parties in revising their Tentative Lists. 6. In the framework of the Upstream Process, ICOMOS, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, IUCN and ICCROM, prepared, in 2020, a guidance for States Parties on the development or revision of their Tentative Lists. This document is an initial response to the increased need to provide basic guidance to State Parties. It suggests the basic steps to be followed in the Tentative List process, identifies the stages where assistance could be helpful to States Parties, and in which ways the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre might be requested to provide that assistance. It also provides examples of good practices and practical advice on how to make a first selection of Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2021 WHC/21/44.COM/8A, p. 1 potential sites and on the main steps when proceeding with the preparation or revision of a Tentative List. The guidance document can be found at: https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/184566. 7. As of 15 April 2021, of the 194 States Parties to the Convention, 185 have submitted Tentative Lists in accordance with the requirements specified in the Operational Guidelines. All sites nominated for examination at the present session (see Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B) were included in the Tentative Lists of the States Parties concerned one year prior the submission of the nomination. 8. In conformity with Decision 27 COM 8A, Paragraph 4, the Tentative Lists submissions received since 16 April 2019 are presented in Annex 2 of this document. Since 16 April 2019, 45 States Parties have submitted new Tentative Lists or have modified their existing Lists, which met all the requirements of Paragraph 68 of the Operational Guidelines. The number of sites added to existing Tentative Lists is 123. 9. In conformity with Paragraph 68 of the Operational Guidelines, inscribed properties and nominated sites which the Committee decides not to inscribe on the World Heritage List are removed from the Tentative Lists of States Parties. 10. In conformity with Paragraph 69 the Operational Guidelines, the complete Tentative Lists of all States Parties are accessible to the public at the following web address of the World Heritage Centre: https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists. 11. States Parties, which have not yet done so, are invited to submit Tentative Lists in accordance with the Operational Guidelines. II. DRAFT DECISION Draft Decision: 44 COM 8A The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8A, 2. Stressing the importance of the process of revision and updating of Tentative Lists, as a tool towards regional harmonisation of the World Heritage List and long-term planning; 3. Encourages States Parties to seek as early as possible upstream advice from the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies during the development or revision of their Tentative Lists as appropriate; 4. Commends the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, IUCN, and ICCROM for the preparation of a guidance document for States Parties on the development or revision of their Tentative Lists; 5. Takes note of the Tentative Lists presented in Annexes 2 and 3 of this document. Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2021 WHC/21/44.COM/8A p. 2 Content of the Annexes Annex 1 List of States Parties indicating the page 4 date of the most recent Tentative List submission Annex 2 New Tentative Lists and additions to page 6 Tentative Lists submitted since 16 April 2019 Annex 3 World Heritage Tentative Lists by page 9 region: Africa page 9 Arab States page 12 Asia and the Pacific page 14 Europe and North America page 18 Latin America and the Caribbean page 25 Disclaimer The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate harmonization of Tentative Lists at regional and thematic levels. The sole responsibility for the content of each Tentative List lies with the State Party concerned. The publication of the Tentative Lists does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the World Heritage Centre or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its boundaries. Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2021 WHC/21/44.COM/8A p. 3 Annex 1 List of States Parties indicating the date of the most recent Tentative List submission Absence of a date indicates that the State Party has not yet submitted a Tentative List in conformity with the requirements of the Operational Guidelines. State Party Last revision Arab States Algeria 30/12/2002 Africa Bahrain 04/03/2019 Angola 09/05/2017 Egypt 01/02/2021 Benin 24/02/2021 Iraq 06/04/2021 Botswana 27/10/2010 Jordan 08/08/2019 Burkina Faso 24/01/2012 Kuwait 17/05/2017 Burundi 09/05/2007 Lebanon 11/07/2019 Cabo Verde 15/03/2016 Libya 20/07/2020 Cameroon 23/06/2020 Mauritania 14/06/2001 Central African Republic