World Heritage 42 COM WHC/18/42.COM/18 Manama, 4 July 2018 Original: English UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Forty-second session Manama, Bahrain 24 June – 4 July 2018 Decisions adopted during the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee (Manama, 2018) Table of Contents 2. ADMISSION OF OBSERVERS .......................................................................................................... 4 3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND THE TIMETABLE .................................................................... 4 3A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ........................................................................................................... 4 3B. PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE OF THE 42ND SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE (MANAMA, 2018) ................................................................................................................................ 4 4. REPORT OF THE RAPPORTEUR OF THE 41ST SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE (KRAKOW, 2017) ......................................................................................................... 5 5. REPORTS OF THE WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE AND THE ADVISORY BODIES ....................... 5 5A. REPORT OF THE WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE’S DECISIONS ............................................................... 5 5B. REPORTS OF THE ADVISORY BODIES ........................................................................................... 7 6. FOLLOW-UP TO THE WORLD HERITAGE CAPACITY-BUILDING STRATEGY AND PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WORLD HERITAGE-RELATED CATEGORY 2 CENTRES ................................ 8 7. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES ............................................. 8 7A. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER ................................................................................................................... 15 CULTURAL PROPERTIES .......................................................................................................................... 15 ASIA AND PACIFIC ........................................................................................................................... 15 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 21 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ................................................................................................. 23 AFRICA ............................................................................................................................................. 28 ARAB STATES .................................................................................................................................. 32 NATURAL PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................................ 56 ASIA-PACIFIC ................................................................................................................................... 56 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 60 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ................................................................................................. 60 AFRICA ............................................................................................................................................. 62 7B. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ................................................................................................................................................... 77 CULTURAL PROPERTIES .......................................................................................................................... 77 ASIA-PACIFIC ................................................................................................................................... 77 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 92 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ....................................................................................... 106 AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................... 116 ARAB STATES ................................................................................................................................ 126 MIXED PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................................... 134 ASIA-PACIFIC ................................................................................................................................. 134 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ....................................................................................... 137 AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................... 138 ARAB STATES ................................................................................................................................ 140 NATURAL PROPERTIES .......................................................................................................................... 143 ASIA-PACIFIC ................................................................................................................................. 143 Decisions adopted during the 42nd session WHC/18/42.COM/18, p. 1 of the World Heritage Committee (Manama, 2018) EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................. 146 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ....................................................................................... 159 AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................... 166 ARAB STATES ................................................................................................................................ 177 OMNIBUS .................................................................................................................................................. 180 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST AND OF THE LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER ................................................................................................................. 181 8A. TENTATIVE LISTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES AS OF 15 APRIL 2018, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES ...................................................................................... 181 8B. NOMINATIONS TO THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ....................................................................... 181 CHANGES TO NAMES OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ................. 181 EXAMINATION OF NOMINATIONS OF NATURAL, MIXED AND CULTURAL SITES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST .............................................................................................................................. 182 NATURAL SITES ....................................................................................................................................... 182 AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................... 182 ASIA - PACIFIC ............................................................................................................................... 185 EUROPE - NORTH AMERICA ........................................................................................................ 188 MIXED SITES ............................................................................................................................................ 193 EUROPE - NORTH AMERICA ........................................................................................................ 193 LATIN AMERICA - CARIBBEAN ..................................................................................................... 197 CULTURAL SITES ..................................................................................................................................... 204 AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................... 204 ARAB STATES ................................................................................................................................ 206 ASIA-PACIFIC ................................................................................................................................. 211 EUROPE - NORTH AMERICA ........................................................................................................ 219 EXAMINATION OF MINOR BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS OF NATURAL, MIXED AND CULTURAL PROPERTIES ALREADY INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST .................................. 235 NATURAL PROPERTIES .......................................................................................................................... 235 ASIA - PACIFIC ..............................................................................................................................