UNESCO adds Odesa city centre on the World Heritage List
This decision will give Ukraine access to international assistance to protect and restore the city centre
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced on Wednesday that it was adding the Ukrainian city of Odesa to its list of World Heritage Sites.
Source. CNN.
Details. Members of the UNESCO founding Convention, which include Ukraine and russia, are obligated to “not take any deliberate measures that directly or indirectly damage their heritage or that of another State Party to the Convention.”
Audrey Azoulay, director-general of UNESCO, said in a statement that she hoped it would help protect Odesa from the war.
"Odesa, a free city, a world city, a legendary port that has left its mark on cinema, literature and the arts, is thus placed under the reinforced protection of the international community,” Ms. Azoulay said.
“While the war continues, this inscription embodies our collective determination to ensure that this city, which has always surmounted global upheavals, is preserved from further destruction,” she emphasised.
The statement said that the decision would give Ukraine access to “technical and financial international assistance” to protect and rehabilitate the city centre.
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