EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 5.1
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
minister at the Federal Environment Ministry. The Slovak delegation went along with this
assessment.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the status of the implementation of the working programme
was discussed, which shows good progress. An overview of the current status will be
attached to the minutes.
Summary of results:
1. The Slovak and Ukrainian delegations agree in principle to the draft of the
German proposal for extension including trilateral management, as envisaged in
chapter 5 of the draft nomination dossier and the IMS.
2. Adoption of the title Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (Slovak
Republic/Ukraine) and Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Germany) for the
trilateral World Heritage Property.
3. Letter from Federal Environment Minister Dr. Röttgen to his colleagues in the
Slovak Republic and Ukraine requesting their written confirmation that they agree
with the German extension nomination (dossier) including the IMS as trilateral
management concept, and requesting them to ask their Ministries of Foreign
Affairs as well as their national UNESCO Commissions for rapid official
permission of the German proposal to extend the World Heritage Property
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians in time before the dossier is
submitted (January 2010).
4. Separate letter from the new Federal Environment Minister to his colleagues in
the Slovak Republic and Ukraine concerning the MoU.
5. Continuation of implementation of the working programme adopted at the second
trilateral meeting in November 2008.
Signed on 19 November 2009:
Heike Britz
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Division N I 4 International Nature Conservation
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