World Heritage 33 COM Distribution Limited WHC-09/33.COM/8A Paris, 11 May 2009 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-third Session Seville, Spain 22 – 30 June 2009 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 15 April 2009, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines SUMMARY This document presents the Tentative Lists of all States Parties submitted in conformity with the Operational Guidelines as of 15 April 2009 and subject to the new procedure requested in Decision 31 COM 8A.3. The World Heritage Committee is requested to note that all nominations of properties to be examined by the 33nd session of the Committee are included in the Tentative Lists of the respective States Parties. • Annex 1 presents a full list of States Parties indicating the date of the most recent Tentative List submission; • Annex 2 presents new Tentative Lists (or additions to Tentative Lists) submitted by States Parties since the last session of the World Heritage Committee; • Annex 3 presents a list of all properties submitted on Tentative Lists received from the States Parties, in alphabetical order. ` I. Examination of Tentative Lists 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 WHC-09/33.COM/8A, p. 1 ` 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. 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. A standard format for Tentative Lists is set out in Annex 2 of the Operational Guidelines. 4. As of 15 April 2009, of the 186 States Parties which have ratified the Convention, 166 had submitted Tentative Lists in accordance with the requirements specified in the Operational Guidelines, 20 States Parties had not submitted any Tentative List. All the nominations submitted for examination in 2009 (see Document WHC-09/33.COM/8B) are included on the Tentative Lists of the States concerned. 5. In conformity with 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 32nd session of the Committee, 32 States Parties had submitted new Tentative Lists or modified existing Lists. The number of new properties added to the Tentative Lists is 88. These properties are presented in Annex 2 of this document. 6. In conformity with Committee Decision 7 EXT.COM 4A, properties already inscribed on the World Heritage List were removed from the Tentative Lists of States Parties. 7. 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. 8. Moreover, the World Heritage Committee invites the States Parties, which have not yet done so, to submit as early as possible Tentative Lists in accordance with the Operational Guidelines. Preparatory assistance can be provided if necessary and requested by the State Party concerned. WHC-09/33.COM/8A, p. 2 ` Content of the Annexes: Annex 1 Situation relative to Tentative Lists page 4 Annex 2 New Tentative Lists and additions to page 6 Tentative Lists submitted since 1st April 2008 Annex 3 World Heritage Tentative Lists by page 8 region: page 8 Africa page 11 Arab States page 12 Asia and the Pacific page 16 Europe and North America page 21 Latin America and the Caribbean WHC-09/33.COM/8A, p. 3 ` Annex 1 SITUATION RELATIVE TO TENTATIVE LISTS Absence of Date indicates that the State Party has not yet submitted a Tentative List in conformity with the requirements of the Operational Guidelines. State Party Last Jordan 11/05/2007 Revision Kuwait Lebanon 01/07/1996 AFRICA Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Angola 22/11/1996 Mauritania 14/06/2001 Benin 31/03/2009 Morocco 20/07/2006 Botswana 21/07/1999 Oman 04/07/1988 Burkina Faso 30/01/2004 Qatar 18/03/2008 Burundi 09/05/2007 Saudi Arabia 28/11/2006 Cameroon 18/04/2006 Sudan 28/09/2004 Cape Verde 07/05/2004 Syrian Arab Republic 28/12/2006 Central African Republic 11/04/2006 Tunisia 28/05/2008 Chad 21/07/2005 United Arab Emirates 05/02/2008 Comoros 31/01/2007 Yemen 08/07/2002 Congo 12/06/2008 Total 18 16 Côte d'Ivoire 29/11/2006 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11/11/1997 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Djibouti Afghanistan 08/09/2004 Eritrea 25/03/2005 Australia 01/07/2008 Ethiopia 13/03/2008 Bangladesh 17/02/1999 Gabon 27/01/2009 Bhutan Gambia 01/09/1995 Cambodia 01/09/1992 Ghana 17/01/2000 China 07/04/2008 Guinea 29/03/2001 Cook islands Guinea-Bissau 13/10/2006 Fiji 26/10/1999 Kenya 09/11/2001 India 28/01/2009 Lesotho 08/10/2008 Indonesia 18/01/2007 Liberia Iran (Islamic Republic of) 05/02/2008 Madagascar 14/03/2008 Japan 05/01/2009 Malawi 17/05/2000 Kazakhstan 06/02/2002 Mali 19/03/2009 Kiribati 07/03/2007 Mauritius 17/05/2006 Korea, Democratic People's Republic 25/05/2000 Mozambique 20/08/2008 of Namibia 03/10/2002 Korea, Republic of 16/01/2006 Niger 26/06/2006 Kyrgyzstan 29/01/2001 Nigeria 08/10/2007 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25/03/1992 Rwanda Malaysia 25/06/2004 Sao Tome and Principe Maldives 12/02/2008 Senegal 18/11/2005 Marshall Islands 24/10/2005 Seychelles Micronesia (Federated States of) 29/12/2004 Sierra Leone Mongolia 01/08/1996 South Africa 15/04/2008 Myanmar 04/10/1996 Swaziland 31/12/2008 Nepal 30/01/2008 Tanzania, United Republic of 28/01/2009 New Zealand 30/03/2007 Togo 08/01/2002 Niue Uganda 30/01/2007 Pakistan 30/01/2004 Zambia 03/10/2009 Palau 06/11/2007 Zimbabwe 26/06/1997 Papua New Guinea 06/06/2006 Total 44 38 Philippines 10/09/2008 Samoa 21/12/2006 ARAB STATES Solomon Islands 23/12/2008 Algeria 30/12/2002 Sri Lanka 30/10/2006 Bahrain 29/05/2008 Tajikistan 04/04/2006 Egypt 24/07/2008 Thailand 25/05/2005 Iraq 29/10/2003 Tonga 09/08/2007 WHC-09/33.COM/8A, p.