APPROVAL FOR CHANGING OF BOUNDARIES AND CONSTITUTION OF BUFFER ZONE OF UNESCO NATURAL AND CULTURO HISTORICAL REGION OF KOTOR
In 2008 a joint UNESCO / ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission was invited to consider the State Party ’ s proposal to locate a bridge across the entrance to the inner harbour at Veriges as part of the bypass road . The mission recommended the definition and delineation of a buffer zone around the nominated area of the property as requested since 2003 to enhance protection in accordance with paragraphs 103 to 107 of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention ; the mission urged the authorities to clearly define such a buffer zone for the protection of the World Heritage property and take into account the integral aspects of the whole Boka Kotorska , noting that this region has an overall cohesion integrating cultural and natural aspects into a cultural landscape . A buffer zone was subsequently defined following a workshop partly funded by UNESCO that involved key stakeholders and expert consultants and was approved in 2012 by the World Heritage Committee Decision 36 COM 8B . 58 ( St Petersburg , 2012 ). 1
1 NATURAL AND CULTURO-HISTORICAL REGION OF KOTOR ( MONTENEGRO ). NO 125 125BIS-ICOMOS-1937-EN
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