2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Session 45 of the World Heritage Committee (WHC)

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Session
#45 (2023)
Dates
Sept. 10, 2023-Sept. 25, 2023
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Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia
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India
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      winterkjm@ May 18, 2024 08:47
      Thanks for the clarification.
      elsslots@ May 17, 2024 22:01
      Extensions are fully new nominations. As per the operational guidelines: "set at 35 the annual limit on the number of …
      winterkjm@ May 17, 2024 03:06
      elsslots:
      Refer this discussion to the next session, in 2024, and let an Open-ended-working group work on this (so this …
      carlosarion@ Sep 28, 2023 02:34
      elsslots:
      Interesting summary by IUCN how they perceived this session:

      "Sites evaluated for deferral or referral by us became inscriptions, …
      elsslots@ Sep 28, 2023 00:37
      Interesting summary by IUCN how they perceived this session:
      https://www.iucn.org/blog/202309/reforming-riyadh-iucn-closing-blog-2023-world-heritage-committee
      elsslots@ Sep 26, 2023 00:12
      Based on this amendment from India, it seems that they want to change the Operational Guidelines to:
      - examine up …
      elsslots@ Sep 24, 2023 01:11
      year sites referred
      1990 5
      1991 20 (all at Bureau session, different procedure)
      1993 1
      1994 6
      1995 2
      1996 …
      winterkjm@ Sep 23, 2023 12:41
      I wonder how rare this was, that during this expanded session there was not a single "Referral" by the World …
      elsslots@ Sep 22, 2023 05:31
      kintante:
      Question: why do we have the 3 emergency additions on this website as 2022? The session was also in …
      jonathanfr@ Sep 22, 2023 03:28
      Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

      An interesting atlas:
      https://www.paysages-et-sites-de-memoire.fr/download/2023-03-atlas-des-nationalites/

      WHC Events

      Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
      Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation June 1, 2023

      Requested by State Party to not be examined: .

      The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona
      The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona Jan. 1, 2023

      Preparatory Assistance: Not granted

      Pleistocene occupation sites of Klasies River, etc Jan. 1, 2023

      Preparatory Assistance: Not granted for an integrated management plan for Klasies River and Border Cave as part of the second phase of the World Heritage site nomination (as first phase not nominated yet)

      Geometric rock art in Lake Victoria Region (Kenya) Jan. 1, 2023

      Preparatory Assistance: .

      Geometric rock art in Lake Victoria Region (Uganda Jan. 1, 2023

      Preparatory Assistance: .

      Geometric rock art in Lake Victoria Region (Tanz) Jan. 1, 2023

      Preparatory Assistance: .

      Eglise catholique d'Ambodifotatra de Sainte Marie Jan. 1, 2023

      Preparatory Assistance: .

      Sites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar
      Sites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar Jan. 1, 2023

      Upstream Process: .

      Lake Chad Cultural Landscape Jan. 1, 2023

      Postponed: "submitted in 2020, [the evaluation] could not be undertaken due to security reasons"

      The archeological site of Tanais Jan. 1, 2023

      Postponed: Preference given to nomination of Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University

      Pereslavl-Zalessky
      Pereslavl-Zalessky Jan. 1, 2023

      Postponed: Preference given to nomination of Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University

      The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
      The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio Jan. 1, 2023

      Requested by State Party to not be examined: .

      Inscribed

      Extended

      Added to Danger List

      Removed from Danger List

      Deferred and Referred

      Withdrawn