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World Heritage 28 COM Distribution limited WHC-04/28.COM/15B Paris, 15 June 2004 Original: English/French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Twenty-eighth session Suzhou, China 28 June – 7 July 2004 Item 15B of the Provisional Agenda: State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List SUMMARY This document contains information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, and is separated in two parts: Part I lists state of conservation reports for discussion by the Committee; Part II lists state of conservation reports for noting by the Committee; Decision required: The Committee is requested to review the reports on the state of conservation of properties contained in this document. In certain cases, the Committee may wish to decide to discuss in detail the state of conservation report presented for noting. The Committee may wish to adopt the draft decision presented at the end of each state of conservation report. I. INTRODUCTION This document deals with reactive monitoring as it is Therefore the standard format includes: defined in the Operational Guidelines: "The reporting by the Centre, other sectors of UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies Name of the property (State Party) (ID number) to the Bureau and the Committee on the state of conservation •= Year of inscription on the World Heritage List and on of specific World Heritage propertys that are under threat". the List of World Heritage in Danger, respectively; Reactive monitoring is foreseen in the procedures for the •= Inscription criteria; eventual deletion of properties from the World Heritage List •= International Assistance received; (paragraphs 48-56 of the Operational Guidelines) and for the •= Previous Bureau/Committee deliberations; inclusion of properties in the List of World Heritage in •= Conservation issues; Danger (paragraphs 86-93 of the Operational Guidelines). •= Draft Decision. The information contained in this document was prepared II. STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT in consultation with other UNESCO Divisions and with the Advisory Bodies. The structure of the document with Part I and Part II for each region takes into account decision 27 COM 7B.106.3, which requested, …“that the reports are categorized as follows: (a) reports with recommended decisions which, in the judgment of the World Heritage Centre in consultation with the Advisory Bodies, require discussion by the World Heritage Committee, (b) reports which, in the judgment of the World Heritage Centre in consultation with the Advisory Bodies, can be noted without discussion, Reports in category (b) will not be discussed unless a request is made to the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee in advance of the discussion of this agenda item; To facilitate the work of the Committee, a standard format has been used for all state of conservation reports. This format has been adapted taking into account decision 27 COM 7B 106.4: “Invites the World Heritage Centre to present all information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List in the following manner: (a) the report on each property should start on a new page, (b) the identification number of the property allocated at the time of its nomination should be used in the document, (c) an index of all properties should also be included, (d) the decisions should have a standard layout, draft recommendation, and should be concise and operational;” State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List WHC-04/28.COM/15B, p. i INDEX State Party Name of property ID No page Algéria Kasbah of Algiers C 565 63 Algéria M'Zab Valley C 188 65 Argentina / Brazil Jesuit Missions of the Guaranies: San Ignacio C 275-291 147 Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes Australia Greater Blue Mountains Area N 917 19 Australia Kakadu National Park C/N 147 bis 47 Australia The Great Barrier Reef N 154 19 Austria City of Graz - Historic Centre C 931 120 Austria Historic Centre of Salzburg C 784 119 Austria Historic Centre of Vienna C 1033 121 Austria / Hungary Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape C 772 rev 122 Bangladesh Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur C 322 79 Belarus / Poland Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest N 33-627 25 Brazil and Argentina Jesuit Missions of the Guaranies: San Ignacio C 275-291 147 Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes Brazil Brasilia C 445 148 Brazil Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás C 993 rev 149 Brazil Historic Town of Ouro Preto C 124 150 Brazil Iguaçu National Park N 355 44 Bulgaria Pirin National Park N 225 27 Bulgaria Srebarna Nature Reserve N 219 31 Cameroon Dja Faunal Reserve N 407 2 Canada Historic District of Québec C 300 123 Canada Nahanni National Park N 24 32 Canada Wood Buffalo National Park N 256 33 Chile Churches of Chiloé C 971 151 China Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang C 705 94 Mountains China Classical Gardens of Suzhou C 813 bis 83 China Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa C 707 ter 81 China Imperial Palace of the Ming and the Qing C 439 80 Dynasties China Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas N 1083 10 Colombia Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, C 285 152 Cartagena Costa Rica / Panama Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La N 205-552 45 Amistad National Park Cote d' Ivoire Taï National Park N 195 3 Cyprus Paphos C 79 124 Dominican Republic Colonial City of Santo Domingo C 526 153 Ecuador Galapagos Islands N 1 bis 42 Egypt Islamic Cairo C 89 70 Egypt Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields C 86 76 from Giza to Dahshur Egypt Saint Catherine Area C 954 77 France / Spain Pyrénées – Mont Perdu C/N 773 bis 50 Georgia Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery C 710 125 Georgia City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta C 798 101 Germany Cologne Cathedral C 292 rev 103 Germany Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz C 534 rev 128 Germany Hanseatic City of Lübeck C 272 rev 126 State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List WHC-03/27.COM/7B, p. iii State Party Name of property ID No page Germany Parks and Palaces of Potsdam and Berlin C 532 ter 127 Greece Acropolis, Athens C 404 104 Greece Mount Athos C/N 454 51 Guatemala Antigua Guatemala C 65 154 Honduras Maya Site of Copán C 129 155 Hungary / Austria Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape C 772 rev 122 India Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodhgaya C 1056 rev 84 India Agra Fort C 251 86 India Fatehpur Sikri C 255 86 India Taj Mahal C 252 86 Indonesia Borobudur Temple Compounds C 592 88 Indonesia Lorentz National Park N 955 12 Ireland Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the C 659 105 Boyne Islamic Republic of Iran Meidan Emam, Esfahan C 115 95 Italy Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) N 908 34 Italy City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the C 712 bis 129 Veneto Italy Rock Drawings in Valcamonica C 94 106 Japan Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara C 870 96 Kenya Lamu Old Town C 1055 55 Kenya Mount Kenya National Park N 800 4 Lao Democratic Town of Luang Prabang C 479 rev 90 People’s Republic Lao Democratic Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements C 481 97 People’s Republic within the Champasak Cultural Landscape Latvia Historic Centre of Riga C 852 107 Liban Tyre C 299 72 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Archaeological site of Cyrene C 190 74 Lithuania / Russian Curonian Spit C 994 109 Federation Malta The Megalithic Temples of Malta C 132 bis 111 Mauritania Banc d'Arguin National Park N 506 7 Mexico Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco C 412 157 Mexico Historic Centre of Puebla C 416 156 Mexico Sian Ka’an N 410 46 Morocco Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou C 444 68 Morocco Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) C 753 rev 66 Morocco Medina of Fez C 170 78 Nepal Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha C 666 98 Nepal Royal Chitwan National Park N 284 14 Nepal Sagarmatha National Park N 120 20 New Zealand Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand N 551 21 Niger W National Park of Niger N 479 1 Norway Rock Drawings of Alta C 352 130 Oman Arabian Oryx Sanctuary N 654 9 Panama / Costa Rica Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La N 205-552 45 Amistad National Park Panama Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: C 135 158 Portobelo-San Lorenzo Peru Archaeological Site of Chavín C 330 143 Peru City of Cuzco C 273 159 Peru Historic Centre of Lima C 500 bis 160 Peru Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu C/N 274 52 Peru Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa C 1016 161 Philippines Tubbataha Reef Marine Park N 653 22 Poland / Belarus Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest N 33-627 25 Poland Auschwitz Concentration Camp C 31 131 Portugal Cultural Landscape of Sintra C 723 112 State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List WHC-03/27.COM/7B, p. iv State Party Name of property ID No page Romania Historic Centre of Sighisoara C 902 132 Russian Federation / Curonian Spit C 994 109 Lithuania Russian Federation Kizhi Pogost C 544 133 Russian Federation Lake Baikal N 754 28 Russian Federation Volcanoes of Kamchatka N 765 bis 36 Senegal Island of Gorée C 26 61 Serbia and Montenegro The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of C 125 114 Kotor Slovakia Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural C 390 134 Monuments Slovenia Skocjan Caves N 390 38 Solomon Islands East Rennell N 854 12 South Africa Greater St.