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Historic Centre of Macao (China) (C 1110)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
7B.59
Date
Jun 16, 2013
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
37e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,

  2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B. 64 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),

  3. Takes note of the progress made in addressing the continuing inadequacy of the current management system in providing effective protection of, and addressing potential threats to, the attributes that  maintain the Outstanding Universal Value of the property;

  4. Also takes note of the State Party’s efforts to establish appropriate legal and planning instruments to protect, inter alia, the visual linkages between the inscribed property and the wider urban landscape and seascape of Macao;

  5. Requests the State Party to finalise the Management Plan by 1 February 2015 in compliance with the new Macao Heritage Law, the correlated new Urban Planning Law and other legal and planning instruments, and to submit the plan to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies.