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Nominations to the World Heritage List World Heritage 44 COM WHC/21/44.COM/8B Paris, 4 June 2021 Original: English / French 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 8B. Nominations to the World Heritage List SUMMARY This document presents the nominations to be examined by the World Heritage Committee at its extended 44th session (Fuzhou (China) / Online meeting, 2021). It is divided into four sections: Part I Changes to names of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List Part II Examination of nominations of natural, mixed and cultural sites to the World Heritage List II.A Nominations submitted for examination in 2020 II.B Nominations submitted for examination in 2021 Part III Examination of minor boundary modifications of natural, mixed and cultural properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List proposed for examination in 2020 Part IV Record of the physical attributes of each site being discussed at the extended 44th session The document presents for each nomination the proposed Draft Decision based on the recommendations of the appropriate Advisory Body(ies) as included in documents WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2, and it provides a record of the physical attributes of each site being discussed at the extended 44th session. Decisions required: The Committee is requested to examine the recommendations and Draft Decisions presented in this Document, and, in accordance with paragraph 153 of the Operational Guidelines, take its Decisions concerning inscription on the World Heritage List in the following four categories: (a) sites which it inscribes on the World Heritage List; (b) sites which it decides not to inscribe on the World Heritage List; (c) sites whose consideration is referred; (d) sites whose consideration is deferred. I. CHANGES TO NAMES OF D. At the request of the Spanish authorities, the PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE Committee is asked to approve a change to the English and French name of the property WORLD HERITAGE LIST Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000. A. At the request of the Australian authorities, the Committee is asked to approve a change to the Draft Decision: 44 COM 8B.4 English and French name of the property Fraser Island, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992. The World Heritage Committee, Draft Decision: 44 COM 8B.1 1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B, The World Heritage Committee, 2. Approves the name change to the Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco as proposed by the Spanish 1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B, authorities. The name of the property becomes Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco in English and Ensemble archéologique de Tarraco in 2. Approves the name change to Fraser Island as French. proposed by the Australian authorities. The name of the property becomes K’gari (Fraser Island) in English and K’gari (Île Fraser) in French. II. EXAMINATION OF NOMINATIONS OF NATURAL, MIXED AND CULTURAL B. At the request of the Kazakh authorities, the SITES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE Committee is asked to approve a change to the LIST PROPOSED FOR EXAMINATION English and French name of the property Petroglyphs within the Archaeological IN 2020 AND 2021 Landscape of Tamgaly, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004. Summary Draft Decision: 44 COM 8B.2 At its extended 44th session, the Committee will be examining a total of 45 nominations. 26 nominations The World Heritage Committee, were foreseen to be examined in 2020 and 19 in 2021. Out of the 45 nominations 36 are new nominations, 1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B, having not been presented previously, three are significant boundary modifications and six nominations 2. Approves the name change to the Petroglyphs were deferred or referred by previous sessions of the within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly as Committee. proposed by the Kazakh authorities. The name of Of these nominations, ICOMOS and IUCN are the property becomes Petroglyphs of the recommending 18* nominations for inscription on the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly in English World Heritage List. and Pétroglyphes du paysage archéologique de Tanbaly in French. * Please note that the Draft Decisions of eight nominations, for which, due to the exceptional sanitary situation, the Technical Evaluation Missions took place C. At the request of the Saudi Arabian authorities, the in December 2020 and January 2021 and extraordinary Committee is asked to approve a change to the sessions of the Advisory Body World Heritage Panels English and French name of the Al-Hijr had to be organized in January, as well as one Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih), inscribed on the nomination referred back by a previous session of the World Heritage List in 2008. Committee, are included in the Addendum document [see: WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add]. Draft Decision: 44 COM 8B.3 Nominations withdrawn at the request of the State Party The World Heritage Committee, The following nominations have been withdrawn prior to 1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B, the preparation of this document: • Egypt: The Coptic Monasteries of Wadi al-Natrun 2. Approves the name change to the Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) as proposed by the Saudi Arabian authorities. The name of the Nominations not evaluated for the extended 44th property becomes Hegra Archaeological Site (al- session Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) in English and Site The following nominations were not evaluated for the archéologique de Hegra (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ en extended 44th session: Ṣāliḥ) in French. Nominations to the World Heritage List WHC/21/44.COM/8B, p. 1 • Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria: Lake Chad cultural landscape For security reasons, the evaluation of this site and the examination of the nomination by the World Heritage Committee are postponed. • China: Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes Following the request from the State Party linked to the ongoing global COVID-19 situation, the evaluation of this site is postponed. In accordance with Decision 14 EXT.COM 4, this nomination will be examined by the World Heritage Committee at its 45th session. Presentation of Nominations The nominations are presented in two parts according to the year in which their examination by the Committee was foreseen (2020 and 2021). Within the natural, mixed and cultural groups, nominations are presented by IUCN and ICOMOS in English alphabetical and regional order: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. The Advisory Bodies’ evaluation documents and this working document are presented in this order. As in the past, for ease of reference, an alphabetical summary table and index of recommendations is presented at the beginning of this document: the 2020 nominations on page 3, and the 2021 nominations on page 4. Nominations to the World Heritage List WHC/21/44.COM/8B p. 2 Alphabetical Summary Table and Index of Recommendations of the 2020 nominations by IUCN and ICOMOS to the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee (16 - 31 July 2021) State Party World Heritage nomination ID No. Recommendation Criteria proposed by Pp the State Party NATURAL SITES Georgia Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 1616 I (ix)(x) 10 Japan Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of 1574 I (x) 7 Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island Republic of Korea Getbol, Korean Tidal Flat 1591 D (viii)(ix)(x) 9 Slovenia Classical Karst 1615 N (vii)(viii)(ix)(x) 12 Thailand Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex 1461 Rev See 8B.Add (x) 9 MIXED SITES Ethiopia Holqa Sof Umar: Natural and Cultural Heritage (Sof Umar: Caves 1516 N/N (iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii) 12 of Mystery) CULTURAL SITES Austria / Belgium / Czechia / The Great Spas of Europe 1613 I (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 17 France / Germany / Italy / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Austria / Germany / Hungary / Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western 1608 Rev I (ii)(iii)(iv) 25 Slovakia Segment) Belgium / Netherlands Colonies of Benevolence 1555 Rev I (ii)(iv) 28 Brazil Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 1620 I (ii)(iv) 32 China Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China 1561 Rev I (ii)(iii)(iv) 15 Dominican Republic Historical and Archaeological Site of La Isabela 1628 N (ii)(v) 33 France Cordouan Lighthouse 1625 I (i)(iv) 19 Germany Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 1614 R (ii)(iv) 21 Greece Fortress of Spinalonga 1617 N (iv)(vi) 21 India The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways – Rudreshwara 1570 D (i)(ii)(iii) 13 (Ramappa) Temple, Palampet, Jayashankar Bhupalpally District, Telangana State Iran (Islamic Republic of) Trans-Iranian Railway 1585 D (ii)(iv) 14 Italy ‘Padova Urbs picta’, Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel and Padua’s 1623 I (i)(ii)(iii) 22 fourteenth-century fresco cycles Mongolia Deer Stone Monuments and Related Sites, the Heart of Bronze 1621 R (i)(iii)(iv) 14 Age Culture Netherlands Dutch Water Defence Lines [extension of “Defence Line of 759 Bis R (ii)(iv)(v) 25 Amsterdam”, inscribed in 1996] Peru Chankillo Solar Observatory and ceremonial center 1624 I (i)(v) 34 Romania Roșia Montană Mining Landscape 1552 Rev I (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 30 Saudi Arabia Cultural Rock Arts in Ḥimā Najrān 1619 R (i)(ii)(iii)(v) 12 Spain Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and 1618 D (ii)(iv)(vi) 23 Sciences Turkey Arslantepe Mound 1622 R (ii)(iii)(iv) 24 Uruguay The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida 1612 I (iv) 35 KEY I Recommended for inscription R Recommended for referral D Recommended for deferral OK Significant boundary modification recommended for approval N Not recommended for inscription NA Significant boundary modification recommended for non-approval (i)(ii) etc Cultural and/or Natural criteria proposed by the State Party Nominations in bold are considered "new", having not been presented to the Committee previously.
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