2021 in Online (Extended Session)

Session 44 of the World Heritage Committee (WHC)

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Due to COVID, this was a combined session for the years of 2020 and 2021. It was the first fully online WHC meeting, officially hosted by China in Fuzhou,

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#44 (2021)
Dates
July 16, 2021-July 31, 2021
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China in Online (Extended Session)
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China
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Bahrain
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      Jurre@ Aug 16, 2021 18:39
      winterkjm:
      Though, deleting Auschwitz would probably send the wrong message internationally.

      Oh, definitely. And I agree. But then there is …
      winterkjm@ Aug 16, 2021 16:19
      Hmm, not sure how I got pulled into this. If I recall, I was only posting information from the session …
      Jurre@ Aug 16, 2021 14:40
      Messy:
      winterkjm
      Does this mean that UNESCO should dis-inscribe Auschwitz-Bernkenou? After all, WW2 wasn't that long ago, and it evokes …
      Messy@ Aug 16, 2021 12:06
      winterkjm
      Does this mean that UNESCO should dis-inscribe Auschwitz-Bernkenou? After all, WW2 wasn't that long ago, and it evokes extremely …
      Jurre@ Aug 07, 2021 09:14
      elsslots:
      Something is fishy about the Australian behaviour prior to and during the past WHC session:
      https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/low-point-in-world-heritage-committee-history-as-politics-tramples-human-rights-of-the-karen-people

      This does …
      elsslots@ Aug 07, 2021 01:14
      Something is fishy about the Australian behaviour prior to and during the past WHC session:
      https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/low-point-in-world-heritage-committee-history-as-politics-tramples-human-rights-of-the-karen-people
      carlosarion@ Aug 02, 2021 17:58
      Now that the session is over (was not able to tune in that much due to the Olympics!), it's time …
      elsslots@ Aug 02, 2021 00:02
      I am going to close this topic now, as the session is over.

      You can continue at https://www.worldheritagesite.org/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=16&topic=2298
      Liam@ Aug 01, 2021 06:12
      mrayers
      I thought I had an exceptionally near miss of the Lower German Limes - but closer investigation reveals that …
      mrayers@ Jul 31, 2021 18:51
      In my case, highly bureaucratic committee proceedings, on any subject, always make me nauseous, so it is unlikely that I …

      WHC Events

      Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
      Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom July 1, 2021

      Adjourned: Decision adjourned by WHC sine die

      Beech Forests (France) Jan. 1, 2021

      Removed from Tentative List: None

      Beech Forests (France) Jan. 1, 2021

      Deferred: 3 locations inscribed, 3 (Sites of Aigoual, Sainte-Baume, Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre) "having issues", and another 3 (Chizé Component 1 North-West, Chizé Component 2 South, Fontainebleau) not recommended for inscription

      Great Spas of Europe (Germany) Jan. 1, 2021

      Removed from Tentative List: None

      Great Spas of Europe (Germany) Jan. 1, 2021

      Revision: 3 of the Spas were inscribed, the other 3 (Bad Homburg, Wiesbaden, Bad Pyrmont) were dropped along the road the final nomination dossier

      Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites Jan. 1, 2021

      Preparatory Assistance: Funding not granted: The resubmission of a transboundary nomination deferred by the Committee in 2011 under a single State Party would exclude some key aspects of the site

      Martin Brod - Una National Park Jan. 1, 2021

      Preparatory Assistance: Funding not granted: focus on upstream process for Vjetrenica cave

      Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes
      Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes Jan. 1, 2021

      Preparatory Assistance: Development of a nomination dossier

      City of Herat
      City of Herat Jan. 1, 2021

      Preparatory Assistance: Preparatory Project for Nomination of Herat City

      Blagaj
      Blagaj Jan. 1, 2021

      Preparatory Assistance: Funding not granted: focus on upstream process for Vjetrenica cave

      Bimbia et ses sites associés Jan. 1, 2021

      Preparatory Assistance: Inventory of cultural heritage in and around the sites associated with the site of the Ancient Slave Port of Bimbia

      Beech Forests (Serbia) Jan. 1, 2021

      Deferred: 5 locations have the potential to meet criterion (ix), but have not demonstrated yet that they fully meet integrity

      Inscribed

      Extended

      • Primeval Beech Forests
        Primeval Beech Forests
        Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
        Inscribed: 2007
        2.70
        321
        37
      • Popocatepetl monasteries
        Popocatepetl monasteries
        Mexico
        Inscribed: 1994
        2.76
        108
        10
      • Dutch Water Defence Lines
        Dutch Water Defence Lines
        Netherlands
        Inscribed: 1996
        2.46
        293
        16

      Delisted WHS

      • Liverpool
        Liverpool
        United Kingdom
        Delisted: 2021
        8
        8

      Added to Danger List

      Removed from Danger List

      Deferred and Referred

      Withdrawn