Furthermore, UNESCO is facilitating urgent repair and rehabilitation works at key cultural landmarks in Odesa, with contributions from Italy and Japan. Beneficiary sites include the Odesa House of ...

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- UNESCO has added the Ukrainian city of Odesa to its list of protected World Heritage sites amid the war with Russia. The World Heritage Committee decided on Jan. 25 to add the ...

UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay traveled to the war-torn nation to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and visit Kyiv, Odessa, and Chernihiv. "Sometimes there are only words.

The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has designated the historic center of Odesa as a World Heritage Site and classified it as being “in danger” during a committee session in Paris on ...

"UNESCO condemns these strikes, which contravene international law, and expresses its support for the victims, the population, and the local authorities," reads the statement published on Nov. 18.

Culture has been greatly impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine. As of 16 November 2022, UNESCO has verified damages to 216 cultural sites across the territory of Ukraine. In partnership with the ...

A Russian drone attack on Odesa damaged residential buildings, a gas station, and the city's Pryvoz market overnight on July ...

UNESCO Supports Ukraine's Bid To Put Port City Odessa On World Heritage List Last month, part of the large glass roof and windows of Odesa's Museum of Fine Arts, inaugurated in 1899, were destroyed.

PARIS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it supported a bid by Ukraine to put its port city of Odesa on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Following a meeting ...

UNESCO will also cover the cost of hiring additional staff to protect their collections. Support for the digitization of at least 1,000 works of art in Odesa and of documentary collection at the Odesa ...

UNESCO said it also wants to add Odesa on the List of World Heritage in Danger, as well as World Heritage sites Kyiv and Lviv, which are also under threat.

The significant number of reports prepared by the UNESCO Secretariat and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee represents an exceptional documentation on numerous conservation issues. It ...