Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
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World Heritage 44 COM WHC/21/44.COM/8E Paris, 21 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 8E. Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value SUMMARY This document presents for adoption 18 retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value submitted by 8 States Parties for properties which had no Statement of Outstanding Universal Value adopted at the time of their inscription on the World Heritage List. It also presents 2 Statements for which the management and protection part has been updated in compliance with the Operational Guidelines. Annex 1 contains the full texts of the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value in the original language, as submitted to the Secretariat. The full texts of the two updated Statements of Outstanding Universal Value are included in Annex 2. Draft Decisions: 44 COM 8E, see point II. I. BACKGROUND 1. The Statement of Outstanding Universal Value was introduced in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention in 2005 as an essential requirement for the inscription of a property on the World Heritage List. All properties inscribed since 2007 present such a Statement. 2. In 2007, the World Heritage Committee, in its Decision 31 COM 11D.1, requested that Statements of Outstanding Universal Value be drafted and adopted retrospectively for all World Heritage properties inscribed between 1978 and 2006. 3. As a consequence, States Parties draft retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties located within their territories. These are then reviewed by the Secretariat and the relevant Advisory Body(ies). 4. This document presents 18 draft retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for which the review process has been finalized since the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee (Baku, 2019), for adoption by the World Heritage Committee. The Draft Decision presents a list of the concerned properties, 2 in Arab States, 4 in Asia and the Pacific and 12 in Europe and North America regions, in alphabetical order by region and by State Party. 5. The 18 draft retrospective Statements are included in Annex 1 of this document and are presented in the language in which they were submitted to the Secretariat. Once adopted, they will be translated into the other working language of the Committee and uploaded progressively on the World Heritage Centre’s website, subject to availability of funds. 6. Since 2009, the World Heritage Committee adopted 735 retrospective Statements. 57 Statements are still to be finalized and presented to the Committee: 2 in Africa, 12 in Arab States, 11 in Asia and the Pacific, 30 in Europe and North America and 2 in Latin America and Caribbean region. 7. This document also presents two Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for adoption by the World Heritage Committee, for which the protection and management part of the Statement has been updated in compliance with paragraph 155 of the Operational Guidelines. These two Statements were updated in consultation with the concerned State Party and reviewed by the Secretariat and the Advisory Body. The Draft Decision lists the two properties and the updated Statements are included in Annex 2 of this document, in the language in which they were submitted to the Secretariat. 8. Furthermore, in compliance with paragraph 155 of the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Centre automatically updates the Statements further to subsequent decisions taken by the Committee concerning a change of name of the property and change of surface further to minor boundary modifications. The Centre also corrects any factual errors as agreed with the relevant Advisory Bodies. Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value WHC/21/44.COM/8E, p. 1 II. DRAFT DECISION Draft Decision: 44 COM 8E The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E, 2. Commends the States Parties for the work accomplished in the elaboration of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties located within their territories; 3. Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in Annex 1 of Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E, for the following World Heritage properties: ARAB STATES • Libya, Old Town of Ghadamès • Oman, Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman ASIA AND THE PACIFIC • Australia, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park • India, Ajanta Caves • India, Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi • India, Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA • France, Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) • France, Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange • Germany, Maulbronn Monastery Complex • Italy, Costiera Amalfitana • Italy, Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia • Spain, Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain • Spain, La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia • Spain, Las Médulas • Spain, Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona • Spain, Palmeral of Elche • Spain, Vizcaya Bridge • Spain, San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries; 4. Notes that retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger will be reviewed in priority by the Advisory Bodies; Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value WHC/21/44.COM/8E, p. 2 5. Also adopts the Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in Annex 2 of Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E, for the following World Heritage properties, for which the protection and management part was updated in compliance with the Operational Guidelines: EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA • Czechia, Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž • Czechia, Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora; 6. Requests the World Heritage Centre to upload the two language versions of the above- mentioned retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value on its website. Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value WHC/21/44.COM/8E, p. 3 Annex 1 ARAB STATES ........................................................................................................................ 5 Libya 5 Old Town of Ghadamès ........................................................................................................................ 5 Oman 6 Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman .......................................................................................................... 6 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ......................................................................................................... 8 Australia 8 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park ............................................................................................................ 8 India 10 Ajanta Caves ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi .......................................................................................................... 11 Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi ................................................................................................ 13 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ........................................................................................ 14 France 14 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) ....................................................................................................... 14 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange ...................................... 15 Germany 16 Maulbronn Monastery Complex ......................................................................................................... 16 Italy 17 Costiera Amalfitana ............................................................................................................................ 17 Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia ............................................................................. 19 Spain 21 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain ............................................................ 21 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia ........................................................................................................ 23 Las Médulas ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona ................................................. 26 Palmeral of Elche ............................................................................................................................... 27 Vizcaya Bridge ................................................................................................................................... 29 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries ............................................................................................. 30 Annex 2 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ........................................................................................ 33 Czechia 33 Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž .......................................................................................................