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World Heritage 23BUR Distribution limited WHC-99/CONF.204/6 Paris, 1 April 1999 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-third session Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, Room X 5 - 10 July 1999 Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda : Information on Tentative Lists and examination of nominations of cultural and natural sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger and the World Heritage List SUMMARY 1. At its seventeenth session in Cartagena, December 1993, the Committee expressed its concern on the small number of tentative lists that meet the requirements as stipulated in the Operational Guidelines, paragraphs 7 and 8, and confirmed the importance of these lists for planning purposes, comparative analyses of nominations and for facilitating the undertaking of the global and thematic studies. These lists constitute also an inventory of the properties situated within the territory of each State Party, and which it considers suitable for inclusion on the World Heritage List. The Committee also confirmed that the tentative lists are mandatory for cultural properties which the State Party intends to nominate for inscription on the World Heritage List during the coming five to ten years. 2. Therefore, the Committee invited the States Parties, which had not yet done so, to submit tentative lists in accordance with the Operational Guidelines, with the understanding that "preparatory assistance should be provided if necessary and requested by the State Party concerned". The Committee also decided that "as of 1 October 1995, only nominations of cultural properties that are included in tentative lists which meet all requirements as stipulated in the Operational Guidelines would be processed." 3. By 1 July 1998, 39 countries submitted nominations for cultural properties for inscription on the World Heritage List which appeared on their tentative lists and met the requirements. 4. In April 1999, out of 156 countries which had ratified the Convention, - 104 States Parties had submitted tentative lists in accordance with the criteria specified in the Operational Guidelines; - 52 countries had not submitted any tentative lists. 5. All the tentative lists received by the World Heritage Centre from State Parties having submitted nominations in 1998 are attached in Annex I, in alphabetical order. Tentative Lists of States Parties whose Annex I nominations are being examined in 1999 State Party Site Name Natural Cultural ARGENTINA Alto Rio Pinturas City of La Plata, Foundational Urban Area Ischigualasto and Talampaya (#) The Road of the Estancias Valdés Peninsula Provincial Reservation (#)(^) AUSTRALIA The Greater Blue Mountains Area The Sydney Opera House in its setting (#) AUSTRIA Abbey of Kremsmünster Bregenzerwald (Bregenz Forest) Cathedral of Gurk Cultural landscape of Neusiedler Lake and environs Heiligenkreuz Abbey Hochosterwitz Castle Old part of Graz Old part of Hall in Tirol Old part of Innsbruck including Ambras Castle Old part of Salzburg (*) Old part of Steyr including Wehrgrabenviertel Salzkammergut Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens (*) Semmering Railway (*) Styrian Erzberg and Eisensraße (Iron Road) Town centre of Vienna Wachau BELARUS The Myr Castle (The Radzivillis Castle) BELGIUM Anvers, cathédrale, hotel de ville et environs Bruges , vieux centre ville Note: Asterisk (*) = site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List; # = Site has alternate names. 20 April 1999 Page 1 of 21 State Party Site Name Natural Cultural Gand , vieux centre-ville Grand-Place de Bruxelles (*) Habitations majeures de l'architecte Victor Horta Les Beffrois Flamands Les béguinages Flamands (*) Palais Stoclet The archeological site of neolithic flint mines at Spiennes The castle, gardens and rocks of Freyr The Cathedral of Our lady of Tournai The four lifts on the Centre Canal and their environs (*) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Old Mostar - The Bridge of the Worlds Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city BRAZIL Alto Ribeira Valley Complex Anavilhanas Ecological Station Canyon du Rio Peruaçu, Minas Gerais Cavernas do Peruaçu Federal Environmental Protection Area (APA) / Veredas Do Peruaçu State Park Centre Historique de la Ville de Diamantina, Minas Gerais Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro Ensemble architectonique de tourisme et loisir au bord du lac de Pampulha (#) Estuarine Lagoon complex of Iguape-Cananéia-Paranaguá (Lagamar Complex) Jaú National Park Les Couvents Franciscains du Nord-Est Brésilien (#) Monte Pascoal National Park and surrounding "Discovery Coast" Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministère de l'Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina (São Paulo - Rio de Janeiro) Parc National de Pantanal (Mato Grosso) Parc National du Pico da Neblina (Amazonas) Reserve biologique de Atol das Rocas (Rio Grande do Norte) Serra da Canastra National Park Serra da Capivara National Park and Permanent Preservation Areas Serra do Divisor National Park Station écologique de Taim (Rio Grande do Sul) Note: Asterisk (*) = site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List; # = Site has alternate names. 20 April 1999 Page 2 of 21 State Party Site Name Natural Cultural Station écologique du Raso da Catarina (Bahia) Ville de Goiás, Goiás CANADA "Old Town" Lunenburg (*) Anthony Island (Ninstints Haida Village) (*) Funk Island Great Lakes (Georgian Bay Islands National Park and Fathom Five Provincial Park) Gros Morne National Park (*) Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump - Alberta (*) Lac La Ronge or Quetico Parks Lancaster Sound (#) Le parc de conservation de Miguasha Mistaken Point Prince Leopold Island Thomsen River Tuktoyaktuk Pingoes (#) Wood Buffalo National Park (*) CHINA Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (*) Anji Bridge Beihai Park Beijing Ancient Observatory Chengyang Yongji Bridge Dazu Rock Carvings Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve Dujiangyan Dule Temple Foguang Monastery Foguang Temple Historical Remains at Yuan Shangdu Historical Residential Courtyards in Dingcun Hongcun Ancient Human Settlements Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda of Dingzhou City Liangzhu Archaeological Sites Lijiang Historic City (*) Note: Asterisk (*) = site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List; # = Site has alternate names. 20 April 1999 Page 3 of 21 State Party Site Name Natural Cultural Longmen Grottoes Lugou Bridge Lunan Stone Forest Scenic Zone Lushan National Park (*) Mausoleums of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Mogao Caves (*) Mount Emei Scenic Zone (*) Mount Huangshan Scenic Zone (*) Mount Taishan (*) Mount Wuyi Niuheliang Archaeological Site Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (*) Pingyao Historic City (*) Poyang Nature Reserve Sakya Tower of Fogong Monastery Shennongjia Nature Reserve Suzhou Classical Gardens (*) The Alligator Sinensis Nature Reserve The Ancient Town of Tongli The Ancient Town of Zhouzhuang The City Wall of Xi'an The Confucian Temple, Kong's Residence, and the Kong's Woods (*) The Forest of Steles in Xi'an The Great Wall (*) The Huanglong - Jiuzhaigou Scenic Zone (*) The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (*) The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin The Ming Tombs The Mountain Summer Resort of the Emperor of Qing Dynasty (1616-1911) (*) The Potala Palace of Lhasa (*) The Remains of Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty The Ruins of Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty The Ruins of Jiaohe Ancient City The Sakyamuni Pagoda at Fogong Temple (*) The Silk Road (Chinese Section) The Summer Palace (*) Note: Asterisk (*) = site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List; # = Site has alternate names. 20 April 1999 Page 4 of 21 State Party Site Name Natural Cultural The Temple of Heaven (*) Tonglushan Ancient Copper Mine Sites West Lake Scenic Zone in Hangzhou Xidi Ancient Human Settlements Yinxu Yongle Palace Yungang Grottoes Yunju Temple Pagoda and its Stone Scriptures COSTA RICA San José-Limon Region CUBA Château de San Pedro de la Roca, Santiago de Cuba (*)(#) Reserve naturelle des Mollusques terrestres genre Polymita Vallée de Viñales, Pinar de Río CZECH REPUBLIC Historical Centre of Olomouc (#) Holasovice -the historical centre of the village (*)(#) Kutna Hora - mining works and a part of the historic town centre with St.Barbara's Cathedral (*) Monastery Church of Our Lady in Kladruby Premises of the Castle at Litomysl The Castle and Gardens in Kromeriz (*) The Church of St.John of Nepomuk, centre of pilgrimage at Zelena Hora (*) The Lednice-Valtice complex, protected landscape zone (*) Tugendhat House (#) ECUADOR Bosque petrificado de Puyango Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de Cuenca Ciudad de Zaruma Complejo de fortificaciones precolombinas de Pambamarca Parque Nacional Machalilla Sitio arqueológico de Ingapirca FINLAND Petajavesi Old Church at Petajavesi (*) Suomenlinna Fortress, Helsinki (*) The Bronze Age burial site of Huiluvuori at Lappi TL (#) Note: Asterisk (*) = site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List; # = Site has alternate names. 20 April 1999 Page 5 of 21 State Party Site Name Natural Cultural The Carvings from historic time at the island of Gaddtarmen (Hauensuoli) The Holy place of worship of Ukonsaari by the Sami people at Inari The large Stone Age ruin of Kastelli at Pattijoki The medieval Castle of Olavinlinna at Savonlinna The Rock paintings of Astuvansalmi at Ristiina The site of Iron Age Prehistoric remains of Rapola at Valkeakoski The wooden town area
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