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Procedure for the evaluation and examination of Nominations to the World Heritage List

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XI.26
Date
Oct 26, 1981
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
5e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

On the question of evaluation and protection, the Committee decided :

  • to encourage ICOMOS and IUCN to be as strict as possible in their evaluations and to request the Secretariat to support the NGOs to this end ;
  • to encourage informal discussions between the State Party, the Secretariat and the NGO to advise the State Party on a nomination wherever it seems useful ;
  • to request the Secretariat to distribute as soon as possible after the Bureau Meeting the statement of justification on each property recommended for inclusion on the World Heritage List ;
  • to devote more time at the beginning of each session to a general discussion prior to the examination of individual proposals for inscription in the List ;
  • to encourage the presentation by the NGO concerned of slides on the property recommended for the List during the preliminary discussions ;
  • to ask States Parties to provide slides, other graphic material and suitable maps.