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Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (St Kilda)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
8B.19
Date
Jul 10, 2005
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
29e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Documents WHC-05/29.COM/8B, WHC-05/29.COM/8B.Add 2 and WHC-05/29.COM/INF.8B.1,

2. Recalling Decision 28 COM 14B.19 adopted at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004),

3. Inscribes St Kilda (United Kingdom) on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (v):

Criterion (iii): St. Kilda bears exceptional testimony to over two millennia of human occupation in extreme conditions.

Criterion (v): The cultural landscape of St. Kilda is an outstanding example of land use resulting from a type of subsistence economy based on the products of birds, cultivating land and keeping sheep. The cultural landscape reflects age-old traditions and land uses, which have become vulnerable to change particularly after the departure of the islanders.

4. Requests the State Party of the United Kingdom to undertake a systematic archaeological survey to underpin future management of the cultural landscape.