According to the resolution of the 42nd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, for the reviewing at the subsequent 44th session, China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan shall jointly submit a State of Conservation (hereinafter as SOC) report on the "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-T ianshan Corridor" to the World Heritage Centre. On November 9th, 2019, the second joint compilation meeting on the SoC Report of “Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor” hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The participants of the meeting including Ms. Kumis Seitova, Director of the Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, Ms. Aigul Khalafova, Project Manager of UNESCO Of fice in Almaty, Ms. Assel Alitanova, Cultural Heritage and Historical Management Specialist of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan Ms. Lazzat Beisembayeva, Director of the Scientific Research and Planning Department of the S tate-owned Enterprise of the Kazakh Restoration Republic; Mr. Imankulov Dzhumamedel, Director of the Kyrgyz Scientific Research and Design Institute of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of Kyrgyzstan; Ms. Zulaika Bektemirova, Representative of Kyrgyz Institute of Scientific Research and Design, Ministry of Culture,Information and Tourism of Kyrgyzstan; Ms. Bai Jing, E ngineer of China Cultural Heritage Research Institute; Ms. Liu Yisi, Deputy Director of IICC-X, Ms. Zhang Jingqiu, Deputy Director of Communication Training Department, and related expert representatives. At the meeting, the delegates heard recent years’ SoC Report of “Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor” from the three State Parties. In the afternoon session, chaired by Zhang Jingqiu, the representative of IICC-X and the three countries working group discussed in detail the issues such as the compilation an d summary of the joint Soc Report. Participants noted the great p rogress made by the three countries' working groups in conservation management and coordination, and praised major contents of the joint report. At the same time, suggestions were also made on some of the contents of the report. After the meeting, the agreement on the form and content of the joint report was reached, and a meeting resolution was formed: 1. The meeting decided to adopt the final version of the joint SOC Report of the "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" of China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. 2. As of November 15th , the State Parties shall submit the revise d final version of the report to the Secretariat of the W orking Group, namely IICC-X. 3. The format of the joint report will be organized by IICC-X. 4. In order to submit a joint report to the World Heritage Center, China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan should formally draft letters of authorization to the IICC-X and agree that the IICC-X should submit the joint SoC Report on the "Silk Roads: the Rout es Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" on behalf of the three State Parties. |
