2018 WHC (33)
Africa (2) - Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa) Referral - Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (Kenya) Inscribe
Arab States (3) - Ancient City of Qalhat (Oman) Referral - Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape (Saudi Arabia) Not Inscribe - Khor Dubai, a Traditional Merchants' Harbour (UAE) Not Inscribe
Asia (9) - Historic Monuments and Sites of Ancient Qunazhou - Zayton (China) Not Inscribe - Fanjingshan (China) Referral - The Victorian & Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (India) Inscribe - Age of Trade: Old Jakarta (Indonesia) Not Inscribe - Sassanian Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (Iran) Deferral - Arasbaran Protected Area (Iran) Not Inscribe - Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (Japan) Inscribe - Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island (Japan) Deferral - Withdrawn - Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (Republic of Korea) Inscribe - 4/7 components
Europe (14) - Funeral and Memorial Sites of World War I (Western Front) (Belgium, France) Postponement - Colonies of Benevolence (Belgium, Netherlands) Deferral - Žatec – the Hops Town (Czechia) Deferral - Chaîne des Puys et faille de Limagne (France) Inscribe - Nimes, Antiquity to the present (France) Deferral - The Jewish Cemetery Hamburg-Altona (Germany) Withdrawn - The Archaeological Border Landscape of Hedeby and Danevirke (Germany) Inscribe - Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century (Italy) Referral - The Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene (Italy) Not Inscribe - Roșia Montană Mining Cultural Landscape (Romania) Inscribe - Bikin River Valley [Extension] (Russia) Referral - The Caliph City of Medina Azahara (Spain) Inscribe - Gobekli Tepe (Turkey) Inscribe - Naumburg Cathedral (Germany) No Recommendation
Latin America & Caribbean (2) - Chiribiquete National Park - "Maloca of the Jaguar" (Columbia) Inscribe - Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley (Mexico) Inscribe N - Deferral - C
North America (3) - Tr'ondëk-Klondike (Canada) Withdrawn - Pimachiowin Aki (Canada) Inscribe - Aasivissuit - Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea (Denmark) Inscribe
- 33 nominations, yet only 13 are recommended for inscription! - Is it possible no state party gets (2) inscriptions in 2018? Ironic considering 2019! - World Heritage Committee battles loom, Naumberg and WWI Sites. |