× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (Afghanistan) Document type Decision Reference number 15A.21 Date Jun 28, 2004 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Wild species & ecosystems Treaty Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972) Meeting 28e session du Comité Website whc.unesco.org Abstract The World Heritage Committee,1. Commends the State Party for having reached a compromise solution concerning the road construction in the immediate vicinity of the Minaret of Jam;2. Requests the State Party to implement the recommendations of the UNESCO mission of February 2004 as follows:to give priority to the consolidation and restoration of the Minaret of Jam,to construct an alternative footbridge across the Hari River in order toenable access of the villagers from the Bedam valley to the Jam valley;3. Further requests the State Party, with assistance from the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies, to elaborate and finalize a site management plan as well as to strengthen legal protection for the property;4. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2005, a report on the progress achieved on the above-mentionedrecommendations for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005;5. Decides to retain the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.