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World Heritage 31 COM World Heritage 31 COM Distribution Limited WHC-07/31.COM/8A Paris, 31 March 2007 Original: English/French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Thirty first Session Christchurch, New Zealand 23 June – 2 July 2007 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 31 March 2007, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines SUMMARY This document presents a proposal for an amended format and a new procedure for Tentative Listing. It also presents the Tentative Lists of all States Parties submitted in conformity with the Operational Guidelines as of 31 March 2007. The World Heritage Committee is requested to note that all nominations of properties to be examined by the 31st session of the Committee are included in the Tentative Lists of the respective States Parties. • Annex 1 presents the amended Tentative List submission format; • Annex 2 presents a full list of States Parties indicating the date of the most recent Tentative List submission; • Annex 3 presents new Tentative Lists (or additions to Tentative Lists) submitted by States Parties since the last session of the World Heritage Committee; • Annex 4 presents a list of all properties submitted on Tentative Lists received from the States Parties, in alphabetical order. Draft Decisions: 31 COM 8A.1 and 31 COM 8A.2, see points II and IV. I. Proposal for an amended format and a new procedure for Tentative Listing 1. The World Heritage Committee requests each State Party to submit to it an inventory of the cultural and natural properties 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. The purpose of these inventories, also known as Tentative Lists, is to enable the World Heritage Committee to evaluate within the widest possible context the "Outstanding Universal Value" of each property nominated to the List. At its 24th session (Cairns, 2000), the Committee confirmed the importance of these Lists for planning purposes, comparative analyses of nominations and for facilitating the undertaking of the global and thematic studies. It also decided that inclusion in the Tentative List would be mandatory for all properties which the State Party intends to nominate for inscription on the World Heritage List. 2. In considering the use of Tentative Lists as a means for achieving the objectives of the Global Strategy, the Special Expert Meeting on “The Concept of Outstanding Universal Value”, Kazan, Russian Federation, (April 2005), recommended that: • States Parties should each establish a coordination mechanism with an interdisciplinary composition to undertake and oversee effectively the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and the preparation and review of Tentative Lists in particular; • Tentative Lists should be seen as part of the effort of conservation of national heritage; • Properties on Tentative Lists should have national and/or other appropriate recognition; • Compilation of Tentative Lists should involve local communities and indigenous peoples and should include public consultation where appropriate; • The compilation of Tentative Lists should take account of the Global Strategy, comparative studies and the Advisory Bodies gap analysis; • The preparation of Tentative Lists should have due regard to other international conventions and programmes; • In preparation of their Tentative Lists, States Parties should be rigorous in their local evaluation to ensure that expectations of inscription match reality; • The size of a Tentative List should take into account the Cairns-Suzhou decision (Decision 28 COM 13.1) and the 10 years cycle of the Tentative List recommended by the Operational Guidelines (paragraph 65); • The comparative analysis should be developed by regions and themes; • Regional meetings on harmonization of Tentative Lists should identify types of properties for nomination in a given region, and those for possible inclusion as transnational and transboundary properties; • The Advisory Bodies should complete their thematic studies and initiate and facilitate appropriate regional and comparative studies as soon as possible and in a Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 31 March 2007, WHC-07/31.COM/8A, p. 1 in conformity with the Operational Guidelines time scale to allow States Parties to identify categories and themes of heritage that are relevant for completion of all Tentative Lists in 2007 and the revision of existing Tentative Lists; • States Parties with no Tentative Lists should be encouraged to request preparatory International Assistance if necessary for preparing their Tentative List; • The Advisory Bodies, within their available resources, should comment on the Tentative Lists of all States Parties upon request; • The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies should provide a compilation of best practices and publish a number of training manuals; • The World Heritage Centre should prepare a handbook to inform property owners and stakeholders about the process and requirements for inscription on the List of World Heritage, and to clarify expectations concerning the benefits and commitments that may result from being inscribed as a World Heritage property. 3. Furthermore, the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006) requested (Decision 30 COM 9, paragraph 9) the World Heritage Centre, in consultation with the Advisory Bodies to propose a new format for Tentative Listing, while taking into account each State Party's situation, to include a level of information to allow: a) A preliminary evaluation by the Advisory Bodies to guide States Parties in the preparation of their nominations; b) An evaluation of the Global Strategy by the Advisory Bodies to inform States Parties of possible comparative advantages that might be considered in their nominations, based on the categories and criteria for Outstanding Universal Value; c) A preliminary study on the Statements of Outstanding Universal Value in the Tentative Lists in order to assess the entries on those lists against the objectives of the World Heritage Global Strategy. 4. A standard format for Tentative Lists is set out in the Operational Guidelines, Annex 2, including the name of the property, its geographical location, a brief description, and justification of its Outstanding Universal Value composed of three parts: criteria and their justification, statements of authenticity and / or integrity, and comparison with other similar properties. 5. To address the requirements of the World Heritage Committee’s Decision 30 COM 9, paragraph 9, the amended format for Tentative Lists should also contain a brief justification of Outstanding Universal Value. This justification should make clear why the property is considered to merit inscription on the World Heritage List and explain the use of the criteria proposed (see Annex 1 of this document). 6. Moreover, in light of the objectives of the Global Strategy, a new procedure for reviewing the Tentative Lists submissions could be established. To this extent, and when requested by the State Party, the Secretariat could forward to the concerned Advisory Bodies the new Tentative List submissions. The Advisory Bodies would to the extent possible and within the available resources, review and provide comments on these submissions. The comments, together with a list of the corresponding thematic studies, if they exist, would be then included in the letter of acknowledgement from the World Heritage Centre to the State Party. Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 31 March 2007, WHC-07/31.COM/8A, p. 2 in conformity with the Operational Guidelines II. Draft Decision Draft Decision: 31 COM 8A.1 The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-07/31.COM/8A, 2. Recalling Decision 30 COM 9, paragraph 9, adopted at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), 3. Decides to approve the amended format and the new procedure for Tentative Lists as presented in Annex 1 and in paragraph I.6 of this document. Note: The World Heritage Centre wishes to recall that inclusion of a property on a Tentative List does not guarantee that the property will be inscribed on the World Heritage List. Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 31 March 2007, WHC-07/31.COM/8A, p. 3 in conformity with the Operational Guidelines III. Examination of Tentative Lists 7. According to paragraph 65 of the Operational Guidelines, States Parties shall submit Tentative Lists preferably at least one year prior to the submission of any nomination. States Parties are also encouraged to re-examine and re-submit their Tentative Lists at least every ten years. 8. As of 31 March 2007, of the 183 States Parties which have ratified the Convention, 157 had submitted Tentative Lists in accordance with the requirements specified in the Operational Guidelines, 26 States Parties had not submitted any Tentative List. All the nominations submitted for examination in 2007 (see Document WHC-07/31.COM/8B) are included on the Tentative Lists of the States concerned. 9. In conformity with the Committee Decision 27 COM 8A, paragraph 4, this document presents the Tentative Lists submissions received since the last session of the World Heritage Committee in a separate annex. Since the 30th session of the Committee, 30 States Parties had submitted new Tentative Lists or modified existing Lists. The number of new properties added to the Tentative Lists is 152. These properties are presented in Annex 3 of this document. 10. In conformity with the Committee Decision 7 EXT.COM 4A, properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List were removed from the Tentative Lists of States Parties. 11. In conformity with the Committee Decision 27 COM 8A, paragraph 5, the complete Tentative Lists of all States Parties are accessible to the public at the following web address of the World Heritage Centre: http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists.
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