New admission to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage in 1982

In 1982 the following new admissions to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage took place:

World heritage

At its sixth session from December 13 to 17, 1982 in Paris , the World Heritage Committee added 24 sites from 15 countries to the UNESCO World Heritage List, including 17 cultural (K), five natural (N) and two mixed Cultural and natural heritage site (K / N). In addition, a cross-border extension of a natural heritage site was identified and another cultural heritage site was placed on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger (R) .

World Heritage List

The following sites have been added to the World Heritage List:

Rock painting in Tassili n'Ajjer.

Nelson Falls in Franklin National Park - Lower Gordon Wild Rivers

Florence old town

Archaeological site of Leptis Magna

Contracting State	designation	Type	Ref.	Remarks
Algeria	Tassili n'Ajjer	K / N	179
	Valley of M'zab	K	188
	Djémila	K	191
	Tipasa	K	193
	Timgad	K	194
Australia	Western Tasmanian Wildlife National Parks	K / N	181	Initially included the Southwest , Franklin - Lower Gordon Wild Rivers and Cradle Mountain - Lake St. Clair national parks and was expanded by another three in 1989.
	Lord Howe Archipelago	N	186
Brazil	Historic center of the city of Olinda	K	189
Ivory Coast	Taï National Park	N	195
France	Royal Saltworks in Arc-et-Senans	K	203	The cultural heritage site was expanded in 2009 to include the great saltworks of Salins-les-Bains .
Haiti	National Historical Park - Citadel , Sans Souci , Ramiers	K	180
Honduras	Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve	N	196
Italy	Historic center of Florence	K	174
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen	Fortified old town of Shibam	K	192	The World Heritage Site of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen passed to the reunified Yemen in 1990 .
Cuba	Old town and fortifications of Havana	K	204
Libya	Archaeological site of Leptis Magna	K	183
	Archaeological site of Sabrata	K	184
	Archaeological site of Cyrene	K	190
Seychelles	Aldabra Atoll	N	185
Sri Lanka	Holy city of Anuradhapura	K	200
	Polonnaruwa old town	K	201
	Sigiriya old city	K	202
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve	N	199
United States	Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site	K	198

The following was also noted in the minutes of the meeting:

• The strict nature reserve Nimbaberge , which was included in the world heritage last year on the proposal of Guinea , has been extended to include a part of the reserve in Ivory Coast .
• The Stone City of Zanzibar , which was nominated by Tanzania , should no longer be considered for inclusion on the World Heritage List. Another application was successful and enrollment took place in 2000.
• The Italian delegate announced that the nomination of the Medici villas around Florence had been withdrawn. It was not until 2013 that twelve Medici villas and two pleasure gardens in Tuscany were added to the World Heritage List.
• Pakistan requested that the application of Kirthar National Park and Lal Suhanra National Park be postponed in order to provide further information before the World Heritage Committee's decision.
• Syria was asked to provide further information regarding Aleppo's nomination . The old town of Aleppo was added to the world heritage list in 1986.

Red List

At the request of Jordan , the cultural heritage of the Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem , which had been included in the World Heritage list the previous year, was placed on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger.

Web links

• Report of the Rapporteur - World Heritage Committee - Sixth Session. World Heritage Center, January 17, 1983, accessed May 4, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stone Town of Zanzibar / La ville de pierre de Zanzibar on the website of the UNESCO World Heritage Center ( English and French ).
2. ↑ Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany / Villas et jardins des Médicis en Toscane on the website of the UNESCO World Heritage Center ( English and French ).
3. ↑ Ancient City of Aleppo / Ancienne ville d'Alep on the website of the UNESCO World Heritage Center ( English and French ).