Y hablando de Portobelo

Parece que fue antes de ayer que el Presidente resaltara el trabajo de su equipo en el rescate y protección de nuestro patrimonio cultural:

Igualmente […] con este contrato […] arreglar también Portobelo que está incluido ahí, en otro contrato, no ha habido un gobierno que haya invertido más en un, en el patrimonio histórico que este gobierno [fuertes aplausos].

Bueno, casualmente ahora del 16 al 27 de junio es la 37ma sesión del Comité de Patrimonio Mundial de Unesco en Cambodia. Como Unesco es una máquina de eficiencia, las agendas y conclusiones propuestas para la sesión están listas desde hace rato, y disponibles en su sitio web. ¿Ya se los leyeron? Si no tienen mucho tiempo, les soplo que los importantes son estos dos:

WHC-13/37.COM/7A : State of conservation of the properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

WHC-13/37.COM/7B: State of conservation of World Heritage properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

Con el segundo ni pierdan mucho tiempo, porque la información sobre el Casco Viejo no está ahí, porque parece que nuestro State Party no la entregó a tiempo (“late receipt of additional information”), y viene en una adenda WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add que yo no encuentro todavía. Si alguien la tiene, plis me la facilita porfa.

Pero bueno, el cuento de qué hemos hecho sobre nuestro sitio en peligro está en la página 91 del 7A. Les arruino la sorpresa reproduciendo la draft decision.

Draft Decision: 37 COM 7A.36

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7A,
2. RecallingDecision 36 COM 7B.102, adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Takes note of the information provided by the State Party on the conditions at the property and the actions implemented and regrets that the report did not specifically relate information to the adopted corrective measures;
4. Expresses its serious concern for the limited progress that has been achieved in the execution of the corrective measures and urges the State Party to implement them within the approved timeframe, with particular attention to:

a)  Formulation of a budgeted Emergency Plan that includes the identification of priority interventions for stabilization, conservation and protection with timeframes and priority interventions for implementation,
b)  Ensuring that operational conservation arrangements are in place and that budgets have been secured for the implementation of the Emergency Plan,
c)  Identification of measures to address encroachments and urban pressure;

5. Requests the State Party to submit comprehensive technical and graphic information on the planned construction of a retaining wall at the Santiago de la Gloria fort in Portobelo by 30 October 2013, and to halt the interventions until the evaluation of the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies is submitted to the State Party;
6. Also requests the State Party to submit clear information on the role of the Patronato de Portobelo for the conservation of the property within the framework of a collective Management Plan for this property and the Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá;
7. Further requests the State Party to invite an advisory mission to support the State Party in providing guidelines to finalize the diagnosis and to prepare a comprehensive conservation Emergency Plan as soon as possible,
8. Requests moreover the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2014, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 38th session in 2014;
9. Decides to retain Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Panama) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.