These sites have all been on the List of World Heritage in Danger for more than a decade.
The List of World Heritage in Danger helps draw support for sites that are under threat from climate change, conflict, poaching, urban sprawl etc.
The World Heritage Committee also added four sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger, and removed the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) from this List.
Even the United Nations has given warning that the development could jeopardise plans to add the opera house to its list of World Heritage sites.
During the session, the World Heritage Committee will examine progress in the conservation of the 35 properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
It removed the Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines) from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
In this case, if the alert is justified and the problem is quite serious, the site will also be included on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Committee will also review the state of conservation of 147 World Heritage properties, including the 31 sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and another 36 that are causing serious concern.
The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting took place in Brasilia from 25 July - 2nd August 2010 to consider nominations for the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger.
During the session, World Heritage Committee members will examine the state of conservation of 169 properties including the 34 sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger because of serious threats to their outstanding universal value.
The List of World Heritage in Danger is designed to inform the international community of threats to the outstanding universal values for which a property has been inscribed on the World Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action.
The Committee will also review the state of conservation of the 30 World Heritage properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and may decide to add to that list new properties whose preservation requires special attention.
Two conservation success stories were recognized by the World Heritage Committee allowing for them to be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger: Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines).
The government of Mali will request the inscription of the two World Heritage sites of Timbuktu and the Tomb of Askia on the List of World Heritage in Danger by the World Heritage Committee during its forthcoming session (24 June to 6 July).
Last June, UNESCO placed the iconic city on its list of endangered world heritage sites after the Islamist militants controlling the area destroyed many of its treasured tombs and shrines.
The panel will now begin the process of forming a new UK Tentative List of sites for World Heritage Status based on the 38 applications submitted to the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) earlier in the year.
UNESCO: Next step in finding new UK World Heritage sites announced
During the session, the Committee approved the inscription of 27 sites on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
The inscription of Rio de Janeiro in the World Heritage List of UNESCO was approved after 10 years of work on behalf of its candidacy.
The inscription of Cais do Valongo (Valongo wharf), an important archaeological dig in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, in the World Heritage List of UNESCO was another prominent theme of the seminar, which brought together experts and authorities on black culture and history from Brazil and several countries, most Africans.
Successful measures have been taken to remove the threat to the brilliant palaces, mosques and gardens of Lahore, according to the World Heritage Committee which inscribed this outstanding testimony of Mughal civilization on the World Heritage List in 1981.
As a State Party to the World Heritage Convention, Palestine can submit nominations of sites for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Problems including urban encroachment had warranted the inscription of the site on the World Heritage List in Danger in 2000, at the request of the Pakistani government.
Becoming part of the World Heritage List, give sites new opportunities to reach out to and engage with the local community, particularly young people.
Assist and advise States Parties to the Convention in planning, development and implementation of outreach strategies aimed at strengthening the credibility of the World Heritage List in the Arab States and promoting their adherence to the World Heritage Convention.
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Today, as it reaches maturity with so many sites on its List, the ultimate contribution of the World Heritage Convention does not just go to those properties that are listed, but to the long-term protection of our planet and its resources.
International, regional and national registers list items of world significance in the same way as the UNESCO World Heritage List identifies precious natural sites and buildings.
Their position on the World Heritage List ensures that they will remain a part of our global heritage for generations to come.
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Since its adoption, and the inscription of the first sites on the World Heritage List in 1978, the Convention has grown and evolved to reflect the needs of the vastly different sites that have been identified and protected.
The Director-General will also visit Um Er-Rasas, a World Heritage site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, and the iconic site of Petra, inscribed on the List in 1985.
To date, the World Heritage List recognizes 878 properties of "outstanding universal value, " including 679 cultural, 174 natural and 25 mixed properties in 145 States Parties.
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