Ukraine: two more cultural properties under “enhanced protection” of UNESCO
At the request of the Ukrainian authorities, the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has just granted temporary enhanced protection to Babyn Yar, the site of one of the largest massacres of the ‘Holocaust by bullets’, and to the Odesa Literary Museum. This brings the number of cultural properties benefiting from this status in Ukraine to 27.
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In times of war, international solidarity is crucial to protect threatened cultural heritage. This decision will make it possible to further strengthen the safety of these two Ukrainian cultural sites, including a major site for Holocaust remembrance.
Audrey AzoulayUNESCO Director-General
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