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Erbil Citadel (Iraq) (C 1437)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
7B.23
Date
Jul 10, 2016
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
40e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC/16/40.COM/7B,
  2. Recalling Decision 38 COM 8B.20, adopted at its 38th session (Doha, 2014),
  3. Commends the State Party for the actions undertaken in response to the World Heritage Committee’s recommendations at the time of the property’s inscription;
  4. Encourages the State Party to continue with the implementation of the measures and activities already undertaken, so as to prevent and to limit the threats to the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (OUV);
  5. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2017, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 42nd session in 2018.