At its annual session in the South Korean city of Busan, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has once again decided to postpone adding the Ohrid region to the List of World Heritage in Danger, giving the country a deadline of five years to implement recommendations aimed at preserving the region’s natural and cultural heritage.
The Macedonian delegation to the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee was led by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to UNESCO, Professor Igor Nikolov, who in his addresses reaffirmed the country’s firm commitment to implementing the Committee’s recommendations and to the long-term protection of the outstanding universal value of the Ohrid region.
Macedonia remains fully committed to the implementation of the Management Plan and the Strategic Rehabilitation Plan, to the strengthening of institutional coordination, to the establishment of a management body, as well as to the further close cooperation with Albania in the management of this transboundary World Heritage Site.
The Ohrid region is an invaluable natural and cultural treasure of outstanding universal value. Its preservation is our national responsibility, but also a common obligation towards the World Heritage and future generations. The proposed draft decision to inscribe the Ohrid region on the List of World Heritage in Danger was decided not to be adopted by the World Heritage Committee.
