The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list

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1. Story
2. Ahead of the 45th session in Riyadh (10–25 September 2023), UNESCO and the advisory bodies recommended inscribing Venice and its Lagoon on the List of World Heritage in Danger, finding no significant progress on mass tourism, development projects or climate impacts. The Committee decided against the recommendation of the Convention's own technical bodies, crediting measures adopted by Italian national and local authorities. It had done the same in 2021 after Italy banned large cruise ships from the historic centre.
3. Knowledge
4. List of World Heritage in Danger
5. World Heritage Committee
6. ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
7. Venice and its Lagoon
8. The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list
9. Connections
10. Venice and its Lagoon
11. List of World Heritage in Danger
12. World Heritage Committee
13. ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
14. List of World Heritage in Danger
15. The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list
16. Outstanding Universal Value and the ten selection criteria
17. Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
18. Venice and its Lagoon
19. Dresden Elbe Valley (delisted 2009)
20. Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (delisted 2021)
21. Timbuktu
22. Site of Palmyra
23. Galápagos Islands
24. Angkor
25. Angkor inscribed on the World Heritage List and the danger list on the same day
26. Angkor removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger
27. Galápagos Islands placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
28. Arabian Oryx Sanctuary deleted — the first site ever removed from the World Heritage List
29. Dresden Elbe Valley deleted — the second removal, by a vote of 14 to 5
30. Fourteen of Timbuktu's sixteen inscribed mausoleums destroyed
31. Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
32. The Temple of Bel at Palmyra destroyed
33. Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City deleted — the third and most recent removal
34. The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list
35. Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List (1994)
36. Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
37. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
38. ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
39. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
40. The first properties are inscribed on the World Heritage List
41. Angkor inscribed on the World Heritage List and the danger list on the same day
42. The Committee adopts the Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List
43. The cultural and natural criteria are merged into a single set of ten
44. Arabian Oryx Sanctuary deleted — the first site ever removed from the World Heritage List
45. Dresden Elbe Valley deleted — the second removal, by a vote of 14 to 5
46. Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City deleted — the third and most recent removal
47. The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list
48. Stonehenge
49. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople / Istanbul
50. Chartres Cathedral
51. World Heritage Committee
52. The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list
53. Evidence
54. The World Heritage Committee decided not to include 'Venice and its Lagoon' on the List of World Heritage in Danger, contrary to the recommendation of the Convention's technical bodies, citing measures adopted by Italian national and local authorities. ALSO: Ahead of the 45th session, UNESCO and advisory-body experts recommended in-danger listing for Venice, finding no significant progress on mass tourism, development projects and climate change, which they said were degrading building structures, urban areas and the cultural and social identity of the property. A similar move in 2021 was averted after Italy banned large cruise ships from the historic centre.