The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has lamented the “fragile state of conservation” of the Gelati monument.

The Committee is calling on the Georgian government to implement a solution for safeguarding the monastery from precipitation via a “workable solution” and requesting international assistance for implementing measures for improving its conservation state.

In the related UNESCO document WHC/21/44.COM/7B, published on the official website of the global body following the 44th meeting of its Committee, a draft decision on the monument is presented containing a number of notes and requests for the Georgian and international community for safeguarding the site.

The decision is based on an analysis of the state of the monument by the World Heritage Centre, International Council on Monuments and Sites and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property.