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Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (C 946 rev)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
7B.80
Date
Jul 25, 2010
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
34e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-10/34.COM/7B,

2. Recalling Decision 33 COM 7B.95, adopted at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009),

3. Also recalling the results and recommendations of the reactive monitoring missions of 2006 and 2007 and the expert mission of 2008,

4. Notes that the monitoring activities for structural stability of the bridge are being implemented by the Municipality of Mostar;

5. Acknowledges the receipt of the drawings for the revised design for the Hotel Ruza;

6. Requests the State Party to revise the drawings to ensure that no construction, of any kind is permitted above the fifth storey (ground floor plus four upper floors) of the proposed hotel building;

7. Considers that the new design as submitted to the World Heritage Centre, if the rooftop constructions are removed, will not have an overall negative impact on the Outstanding Universal Value of the property;

8. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2011, a progress report on the monitoring of revised drawings and construction works at the Hotel Ruza as well as the first results of the structural monitoring of the bridge for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session in 2011.