United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization convention concerning the protection of the world

World Heritage	28 COM
Distribution limited	WHC-04/28.COM/15B Paris, 15 June 2004 Original: English/French

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL

ORGANIZATION
CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD

CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Twenty-eighth session

Suzhou, China

28 June – 7 July 2004

Item 15B of the Provisional Agenda: State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

SUMMARY
This document contains information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, and is separated in two parts:
Part I lists state of conservation reports for discussion by the Committee;

Part II lists state of conservation reports for noting by the Committee;

Decision required: The Committee is requested to review the reports on the state of conservation of properties contained in this document. In certain cases, the Committee may wish to decide to discuss in detail the state of conservation report presented for noting.
The Committee may wish to adopt the draft decision presented at the end of each state of conservation report.

I. INTRODUCTION
This document deals with reactive monitoring as it is defined in the Operational Guidelines: "The reporting by the Centre, other sectors of UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the Bureau and the Committee on the state of conservation of specific World Heritage propertys that are under threat". Reactive monitoring is foreseen in the procedures for the eventual deletion of properties from the World Heritage List (paragraphs 48-56 of the Operational Guidelines) and for the inclusion of properties in the List of World Heritage in Danger (paragraphs 86-93 of the Operational Guidelines).

II. STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT
The structure of the document with Part I and Part II for each region takes into account decision 27 COM 7B.106.3, which requested, …“that the reports are categorized as follows:

1. 
   reports with recommended decisions which, in the judgment of the World Heritage Centre in consultation with the Advisory Bodies, require discussion by the World Heritage Committee,
   

2. 
   reports which, in the judgment of the World Heritage Centre in consultation with the Advisory Bodies, can be noted without discussion,
   

Reports in category (b) will not be discussed unless a request is made to the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee in advance of the discussion of this agenda item;

To facilitate the work of the Committee, a standard format has been used for all state of conservation reports. This format has been adapted taking into account decision 27 COM 7B 106.4:
“Invites the World Heritage Centre to present all information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List in the following manner:

1. 
   the report on each property should start on a new page,
   

2. 
   the identification number of the property allocated at the time of its nomination should be used in the document,
   

2. 
   an index of all properties should also be included,
   

2. 
   the decisions should have a standard layout, draft recommendation, and should be concise and operational;”
   

Therefore the standard format includes:

Name of the property (State Party) (ID number)

• 
  Year of inscription on the World Heritage List and on the List of World Heritage in Danger, respectively;
  
• 
  Inscription criteria;
  
• 
  International Assistance received;
  
• 
  Previous Bureau/Committee deliberations;
  
• 
  Conservation issues;
  
• 
  Draft Decision.
  

The information contained in this document was prepared in consultation with other UNESCO Divisions and with the Advisory Bodies.

INDEX

State Party	Name of property	ID No	page
Algéria	Kasbah of Algiers	C 565	63
Algéria	M'Zab Valley	C 188	65
Argentina / Brazil	Jesuit Missions of the Guaranies: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes	C 275-291	147
Australia	Greater Blue Mountains Area	N 917	19
Australia	Kakadu National Park	C/N 147 bis	47
Australia	The Great Barrier Reef	N 154	19
Austria	City of Graz - Historic Centre	C 931	120
Austria	Historic Centre of Salzburg	C 784	119
Austria	Historic Centre of Vienna	C 1033	121
Austria / Hungary	Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape	C 772 rev	122
Bangladesh	Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur	C 322	79
Belarus / Poland	Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest	N 33-627	25
Brazil and Argentina	Jesuit Missions of the Guaranies: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes	C 275-291	147
Brazil	Brasilia	C 445	148
Brazil	Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás	C 993 rev	149
Brazil	Historic Town of Ouro Preto	C 124	150
Brazil	Iguaçu National Park	N 355	44
Bulgaria	Pirin National Park	N 225	27
Bulgaria	Srebarna Nature Reserve	N 219	31
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve	N 407	2
Canada	Historic District of Québec	C 300	123
Canada	Nahanni National Park	N 24	32
Canada	Wood Buffalo National Park	N 256	33
Chile	Churches of Chiloé	C 971	151
China	Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains	C 705	94
China	Classical Gardens of Suzhou	C 813 bis	83
China	Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa	C 707 ter	81
China	Imperial Palace of the Ming and the Qing Dynasties	C 439	80
China	Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas	N 1083	10
Colombia	Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena	C 285	152
Costa Rica / Panama	Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park	N 205-552	45
Cote d' Ivoire	Taï National Park	N 195	3
Cyprus	Paphos	C 79	124
Dominican Republic	Colonial City of Santo Domingo	C 526	153
Ecuador	Galapagos Islands	N 1 bis	42
Egypt	Islamic Cairo	C 89	70
Egypt	Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur	C 86	76
Egypt	Saint Catherine Area	C 954	77
France / Spain	Pyrénées – Mont Perdu	C/N 773 bis	50
Georgia	Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery	C 710	125
Georgia	City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta	C 798	101
Germany	Cologne Cathedral	C 292 rev	103
Germany	Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz	C 534 rev	128
Germany	Hanseatic City of Lübeck	C 272 rev	126
Germany	Parks and Palaces of Potsdam and Berlin	C 532 ter	127
Greece	Acropolis, Athens	C 404	104
Greece	Mount Athos	C/N 454	51
Guatemala	Antigua Guatemala	C 65	154
Honduras	Maya Site of Copán	C 129	155
Hungary / Austria	Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape	C 772 rev	122
India	Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodhgaya	C 1056 rev	84
India	Agra Fort	C 251	86
India	Fatehpur Sikri	C 255	86
India	Taj Mahal	C 252	86
Indonesia	Borobudur Temple Compounds	C 592	88
Indonesia	Lorentz National Park	N 955	12
Ireland	Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	C 659	105
Islamic Republic of Iran	Meidan Emam, Esfahan	C 115	95
Italy	Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	N 908	34
Italy	City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto	C 712 bis	129
Italy	Rock Drawings in Valcamonica	C 94	106
Japan	Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara	C 870	96
Kenya	Lamu Old Town	C 1055	55
Kenya	Mount Kenya National Park	N 800	4
Lao Democratic People’s Republic	Town of Luang Prabang	C 479 rev	90
Lao Democratic People’s Republic	Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape	C 481	97
Latvia	Historic Centre of Riga	C 852	107
Liban	Tyre	C 299	72
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Archaeological site of Cyrene	C 190	74
Lithuania / Russian Federation	Curonian Spit	C 994	109
Malta	The Megalithic Temples of Malta	C 132 bis	111
Mauritania	Banc d'Arguin National Park	N 506	7
Mexico	Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco	C 412	157
Mexico	Historic Centre of Puebla	C 416	156
Mexico	Sian Ka’an	N 410	46
Morocco	Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou	C 444	68
Morocco	Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)	C 753 rev	66
Morocco	Medina of Fez	C 170	78
Nepal	Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha	C 666	98
Nepal	Royal Chitwan National Park	N 284	14
Nepal	Sagarmatha National Park	N 120	20
New Zealand	Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand	N 551	21
Niger	W National Park of Niger	N 479	1
Norway	Rock Drawings of Alta	C 352	130
Oman	Arabian Oryx Sanctuary	N 654	9
Panama / Costa Rica	Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park	N 205-552	45
Panama	Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo	C 135	158
Peru	Archaeological Site of Chavín	C 330	143
Peru	City of Cuzco	C 273	159
Peru	Historic Centre of Lima	C 500 bis	160
Peru	Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu	C/N 274	52
Peru	Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa	C 1016	161
Philippines	Tubbataha Reef Marine Park	N 653	22
Poland / Belarus	Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest	N 33-627	25
Poland	Auschwitz Concentration Camp	C 31	131
Portugal	Cultural Landscape of Sintra	C 723	112
Romania	Historic Centre of Sighisoara	C 902	132
Russian Federation / Lithuania	Curonian Spit	C 994	109
Russian Federation	Kizhi Pogost	C 544	133
Russian Federation	Lake Baikal	N 754	28
Russian Federation	Volcanoes of Kamchatka	N 765 bis	36
Senegal	Island of Gorée	C 26	61
Serbia and Montenegro	The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor	C 125	114
Slovakia	Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments	C 390	134
Slovenia	Skocjan Caves	N 390	38
Solomon Islands	East Rennell	N 854	12
South Africa	Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park	N 914	5
South Africa	Robben Island	C 916	57
Spain / France	Pyrénées – Mont Perdu	C/N 773 bis	50
Spain	Doñana National Park	N 685	40
Spain	Old City of Salamanca	C 381 rev	136
Spain	Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches	C 348 rev	135
Spain	Route of Santiago de Compostela	C 669	115
Turkey	Historic Areas of Istanbul	C 356	116
Turkmenistan	State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”	C 886	99
Ukraine	L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre	C 865	138
Ukraine	Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastery Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra	C 527	137
United Kingdom	Henderson Island	N 487	41
United Kingdom	Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	C 728	139
United Kingdom	Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	C 373	140
United Kingdom	Tower of London	C 488	142
United Republic of Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	N 39	6
United Republic of Tanzania	Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara	C 144	59
Uruguay	Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento	C 747	144
Uzbekistan	Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz	C 885	100
Venezuela	Coro and its Port	C 658	145
Viet Nam	Complex of Huê Monuments	C 678	92
Viet Nam	Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park	N 951 rev	23
Vietnam	Ha Long Bay	N 672 bis	16

Reports on the State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List
A. Natural Heritage
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