Requests the World Heritage Centre to revise the March 1999 Operational Guidelines to reflect the revised calendar and cycle for World Heritage Statutory Meetings as adopted by the Committee at its 24th session (Cairns, 2000).  The revision should reflect the new 1 February deadline for receipt of state of conservation reports, international assistance requests and nominations from States Parties [17].

[17] See related decisions 26 COM 18 and 26 COM 26.