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World Heritage 23 COM Distribution limited WHC-99/CONF.209/22 Paris, 2 March 2000 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-third session Marrakesh, Morocco 29 November – 4 December 1999 REPORT Table of Contents Page I. Opening Session 1 XV. Requests For International Assistance 45 II. Adoption of the Agenda and the Timetable 2 XVI. Date, Place And Provisional Agenda Of 51 The Twenty-Fourth Session Of The III. Report By The Secretariat On The 2 Bureau Of The World Heritage Activities Undertaken Since The Twenty- Committee Second Session Of The World Heritage Committee XVII. Date And Place Of The Twenty-Fourth 52 Session Of The World Heritage IV. Reports of the Rapporteurs on the Sessions 4 Committee of the World Heritage Bureau XVIII. Other Business 52 V. Report on the Decision of the General 4 Assembly Of States Parties With Regard To XIX. Closure Of The Session 52 “Ways And Means To Ensure A Repre- Sentative World Heritage List” Annexes Page VI. Progress Report On The Implementation Of 5 The Regional Actions Described In The Global Strategy Action Plan Adopted By I. Royal Letter of His Majesty King 55 The Committee At Its Twenty-Second Mohammed VI of Morocco Session II. List of Participants 59 VII. Follow-Up To The Work Of The 6 Consultative Body Of The World Heritage Committee III. Speech of the Director-General of UNESCO, 73 Mr. Koichiro Matsuura VIII. Information On Tentative Lists And 7 Examination Of Nominations Of Cultural IV. Declaration of the Youth from the Arab 77 And Natural Properties To The List Of Region on World Heritage World Heritage In Danger And World Heritage List V. Map of Lorentz National Park (Indonesia) 79 IX. Periodic Reporting: Regional Strategies For 20 VI. Statement by H.E. the Federal Minister of 81 Periodic Reporting Culture and Tourism, Nigeria on Sukur Cultural Landscape, Nigeria X. State Of Conservation Of Properties 21 Inscribed On The List Of World Heritage In VII. Statement by H.E. the Ambassador of the 83 Danger And On The World Heritage List Republic of South Africa to France on Robben Island, Greater St. Lucia Wetland XI. Activities Concerning World Heritage 38 National Park and the Fossil Hominid Sites of Documentation, Information And Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Education Environs, South Africa XII. Evaluation Of International Assistance: 38 VIII. Report of the twenty-third extraordinary 85 Examination Of The Recommendations Of session of the Bureau (WHC-99/ The Twenty-Third Session Of The Bureau CONF.209/6) relating to the state of Of The World Heritage Committee Con- conservation of properties inscribed on the Cerning Prioritization In Granting World Heritage List International Assistance IX. Statement of the United States of America on 109 XIII. Revision Of The Operational Guidelines 39 Mining Activities For The Implementation Of The World Heritage Convention X. Provisional Agenda of the twenty-fourth 111 session of the World Heritage Bureau XIV. Examination Of The World Heritage Fund 40 And Approval Of The Budget For 2000 XI. Statement by the Hungarian Delegation 113 And Presentation Of A Pro-Visional Budget concerning the twenty-fourth session of the For 2001 World Heritage Committee XII. Statement by the Australian Delegation 115 concerning the twenty-fourth session of the World Heritage Committee I. OPENING SESSION the preservation of its legacy. Through an initiative taken by the late King, His Majesty King Hassan II, Morocco has been I.1 The twenty-third session of the World Heritage working particularly with Moroccan and other experts, in the Committee was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, from 29 November restoration of the Royal Palace of Fez. The Royal Letter to 4 December 1999. It was attended by all twenty-one members concluded by expressing interest as regards the natural heritage of the World Heritage Committee: Australia, Belgium, Benin, and issues of the oral tradition, where man is inseparable from his Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ecuador, Finland, environment, and that we have the responsibility to protect the Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, verbally transmitted heritage that was greatly threatened. Republic of Korea, Republic of South Africa, Thailand, and Reminding the participants of the responsibilities of humankind, Zimbabwe. His Majesty thanked UNESCO for deciding to propose the nomination of Jamaa Lafna Square in Marrakesh as oral heritage I.2 The following States Parties to the Convention who are of humankind, an honour for Morocco. He noted with pleasure not members of the Committee were represented as observers: the presence of Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cyprus, Costa Rica, Czech UNESCO, and referred to his great competence and deep Republic, France, Germany, Holy See, Indonesia, India, Israel, understanding of issues of global civilization. After Japan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, congratulating Mr Matsuura on his election and having expressed Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, confidence in his leadership of the Organization, the King wished Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, the Committee success in its work and welcomed once again the Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, participants to the City of Marrakesh. Uzbekistan and Vietnam. I.7 At the invitation of the Chairperson of the World I.3 Representatives of the advisory bodies to the Heritage Committee, and in his first address to the World Committee, the International Centre for the Study of the Heritage Committee in his capacity as the Director- General of Preservation and Restoration of the Cultural Property UNESCO, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, welcomed the participants to (ICCROM), the International Council on Monuments and Sites the twenty-third session of the World Heritage Committee. He (ICOMOS) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) attended transmitted his sincere gratitude to the Kingdom and the people the meeting in an advisory capacity. The meeting was also of Morocco for their generosity and hospitality. Mr. Matsuura attended by representatives and observers of the following mentioned that, it had been several years since a meeting of the international governmental organizations (IGOs), international World Heritage Committee was held in an Arab country, and in non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and non-governmental this regard, he expressed his satisfaction that the meeting was organizations (NGOs): Arch Foundation, Association for the being held in Morocco and in the beautiful City of Marrakesh. Safeguarding of the Kasbah of Algiers, Heritage Friends of Morocco (APM), High-Tech Visual Promotion Centre, I.8 Mr. Matsuura took the occasion to pay tribute to the International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME), late King Hassan II, whom he said brought to Morocco a policy International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), of foresight and vision concerning the protection of cultural and International Federation of Shingon Buddhism, International natural heritage. He noted that it was indeed in 1980 when, with Foundation of Historical Heritage (Canada), International Fund the assistance of UNESCO, the late King led the initiative to for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Islamic Organization for launch the international campaign for the protection of the Education, Science and Culture, (ISESCO), Nature Resources Medina of Fez, which was followed by the inscription of Fez in Defense Council (NRDC), Organization of the Arab League for the World Heritage List. Mr. Matsuura recalled that it was the Education, Science and Culture (ALECSO), Organization of late King Hassan II who facilitated the preservation of the World Heritage Cities (OWHC), Pro Esteros Mexico, assemblage of the world’s most important architecture, as well as UNEP/PAM Project, UN Foundation,. (The full List of the living traditional art. Participants is attached as Annex II to this report). I.9 Welcoming again the participants, Mr. Matsuura I.4 The twenty–third session of the World Heritage expressed his high esteem for the work of the World Heritage Committee was opened by Mr Abdelaziz Touri, Chairperson of Committee of the 1972 Convention on the protection of the world the World Heritage Committee, who presented Mr Mohammed cultural and natural heritage. He reminded the participants that Achaari, Minister for Cultural Affairs of Morocco, to read the the work of the Committee is among others, the tangible welcome message of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of expression of international solidarity and co-operation embodied Morocco (The Royal Letter is attached as Annex I to this report). in the World Heritage Convention. I.5 In His Message, the King welcomed the participants I.10 The Director-General informed the participants that and expressed the pleasure of the Kingdom of Morocco in there are currently 158 States Parties who have adhered to the hosting the Committee meeting in the prestigious historical Convention, which represents the majority of the 188 UNESCO capital of Marrakesh. He emphasized the progress made in the Member States. He welcomed the States Parties attending the preservation of cultural and natural heritage which he attributed Committee session for the first time and congratulated the States to the overreaching agreement by countries of the same thinking,