World Heritage
40 COM
WHC/16/40.COM/INF.7
Paris, 10 June 2016
Original: English / French
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF
THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE
WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Fortieth session
Istanbul, Turkey
10-20 July 2016
Item7 of the Provisional Agenda: State of conservation of World Heritage
properties
INF.7: List of state of conservation reports proposed for discussion
SUMMARY
This document presents the list of state of conservation reports proposed
jointly by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies for discussion by
the World Heritage Committee at its 40th session.
The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies have agreed that the reports on the
following properties would be proposed to the World Heritage Committee for discussion.
World Heritage Committee members can still propose to discuss a state of conservation
report, initially submitted for adoption without discussion, provided a written notification,
explaining the reason why the report should be discussed, is sent to the Chairperson of
the World Heritage Committee prior to 1 July 2016.
In case additional SOC reports are proposed for discussion, the revised list will be
subsequently issued as Document WHC/16/40.COM/INF.7.Rev.
The order below refers to the order of the reports, as presented in documents
WHC/16/40.COM/7A,
WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add,
WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2,
WHC/16/40.COM/7B and WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add.
I.
AGENDA ITEM 7A - STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE PROPERTIES
INSCRIBED ON THE LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER
(in the English alphabetical order of States Parties)
CULTURAL PROPERTIES
AFRICA

Timbuktu (Mali) (C 119rev)

Tomb of the Askia (Mali) (C 1139)

Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) (C 1022)
ARAB STATES

Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (Iraq) (C 1130)

Hatra (Iraq) (C 277rev)

Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq) (C 276 rev)

Ancient City of Aleppo (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 21)

Ancient City of Bosra (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 22)

Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 20bis)

Ancient villages of Northern Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 1348)

Crac des chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 1229)

Site of Palmyra (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 23)

General decision on the properties of the Syrian Arab Republic

Historic Town of Zabid (Yemen) (C 611)

Old City of Sana’a (Yemen) (C 385)

Old Walled City of Shibam (Yemen) (C 192)
ASIA AND PACIFIC

Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan)
(C 208 rev)
List of state of conservation reports proposed for discussion
WHC/16/40.COM/INF.7, p. 1
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland) (C 1150)
NATURAL PROPERTIES
AFRICA

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d’Ivoire/Guinea) (N 155bis)

Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 137)

Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 280)

Simien National Park (Ethiopia) (N 9)

Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar) (N 1257)

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger) (N 573)
II.
AGENDA ITEM 7B - STATE OF CONSERVATION OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON
THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST
(in the English alphabetical order of States Parties)
CULTURAL PROPERTIES
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (Argentina / Bolivia (Plurinational State of) / Chile /
Colombia / Ecuador / Peru) (C 1459)
AFRICA

Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia) (C 17)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)

Old Towns of Djenné (Mali) (C 116 rev)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)

Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) (C 938)
ARAB STATES

Erbil Citadel (Iraq) (C 1437)

Archaeological Site of Cyrene (Libya) (C 190)

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (Libya) (C 287)
ASIA-PACIFIC

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an – Tian-shan Corridor (China / Kazakhstan
/ Kyrgyzstan) (C 1442)

Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (Japan) (C 1418)

Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) (C121bis)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)
List of state of conservation reports proposed for discussion
WHC/16/40.COM/INF.7, p. 2

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) (C 171)

Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (Pakistan) (C 143)
(2 options proposed, including inscription on the List of World Heritage in
Danger)

Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka) (C 451)

Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan) (C 885)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)
MIXED PROPERTIES
AFRICA

Bandiagara Cliffs (Land of the Dogons) (Mali) (C/N 516)
NATURAL PROPERTIES
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa
Rica/Panama) (N 205bis)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)
AFRICA

Dja Wildlife Reserve (Cameroon) (N 407)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)
ARAB STATES

Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) (N 1263)
ASIA-PACIFIC

Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand) (N 590rev)
(proposed for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger)
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

Bialowieza Forest (Belarus / Poland) (N 33ter)

Gros Morne National Park (Canada) (N 419)
List of state of conservation reports proposed for discussion
WHC/16/40.COM/INF.7, p. 3