The United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday that it had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site.
The status, awarded by a UNESCO panel meeting in Paris, is designed to help protect Odesa’s cultural heritage, which has been under threat since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and enable access to financial and technical international aid.In July 2022, part of the large glass roof and windows of Odesa’s Museum of Fine Arts, inaugurated in 1899, were destroyed.
"As the war continues, this inscription reflects our collective determination to protect this city from greater destruction," Azoulay said in a statement. The debate over Odesa, however, took hours as Russia unsuccessfully tried to have the vote postponed. Its status as a trading hub brought significant wealth and made it one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Eastern Europe.
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