The World Heritage Committee inscribed the Historic Center of Odessa, Ukraine on the World Heritage List.
Ukraine’s President Zelensky made the submission of Odesa to develop into a World Heritage website official in October 2022 when he spoke to UNESCO on-line.
UNESCO agreed with Zelensky and determined:
As early as in the summertime of 2022, UNESCO linked worldwide consultants with Ukrainian consultants to organize the nomination, with the help of Italy and Greece.
UNESCO acknowledges the excellent common worth of the location and the obligation of all humanity to guard it.
The metropolis heart of Odessa with a inhabitants of 1 million is a real architectural masterpiece.
In 2008, the Odesa Opera Theatre was named among the many “11 outstanding Eastern European sights” in Forbes journal.
The monumental Potemkin Staircase, immortalized within the movie “Battleship Potemkin”, results in the harbor with the Vorontsov lighthouse. Parallel to the water runs the magnificent Primorsky Boulevard, a preferred promenade with mansions and monuments.
WTN Hero Ivan Liptuga appointed as performing director
After the UNESCO World Heritage inclusion was official, Ivan Liptuga, head of the nationwide tourism group and former adviser to the minister, has develop into performing director of the municipal division of tradition, worldwide cooperation, and European integration.
Ivan Liptuga is a board member of the World Tourism Network and was awarded the Tourism Hero title by WTN in March 2022.
He wished the tourism world to scream for Ukraine.
Ivan’s appointment was signed by Odesa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov.
“The Russians have been saying for so long that they love our city and are proud of our cultural heritage.
But we once again saw their true face.
Just like on February 24, when the rockets flew, then the statements of Russian politicians, and now opposition and resistance during the consideration of our application for admission to the UNESCO Main List.”
Odessa mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov advised eTurboNews
Odesa, a free metropolis, a world metropolis, a legendary port that has left its mark on cinema, literature and the humanities, is thus positioned underneath the strengthened safety of the worldwide group. While the struggle continues, this inscription embodies our collective dedication to make sure that this metropolis, which has at all times surmounted world upheavals, is preserved from additional destruction.
Audrey Azoulay UNESCO Director-General
Under the phrases of the World Heritage Convention, the 194 States Parties of the Convention commit to not undertake any deliberate step that will straight or not directly injury the World Heritage website and to help in its safety.
Russia and Ukraine are UNESCO members.
Odesa was added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, which supplies it entry to strengthened technical and monetary worldwide help, which Ukraine could request in order to make sure the safety of the property and, if essential, help in its rehabilitation.
An accelerated process as a result of struggle
In view of the threats to the town for the reason that starting of the struggle, the World Heritage Committee has used an emergency process supplied for within the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention. As early because the summer time of 2022, UNESCO linked worldwide consultants with Ukrainian consultants to organize the nomination, with the help of Italy and Greece.
UNESCO ƒevaluation our bodies examined the nomination over the next weeks, permitting for a evaluation at this week’s extraordinary World Heritage Committee in Paris.
UNESCO deploys emergency measures on the bottom
In latest months, in parallel with the method of inscribing the Historic Centre of Odesa on the World Heritage List, UNESCO applied emergency measures on the bottom to assist shield the location.
UNESCO has notably ensured the repairs to damages inflicted on the Odesa Museum of Fine Arts and the Odesa Museum of Modern Art for the reason that starting of the struggle. The Organization additionally supplied gear for the digitization of practically 1,000 artistic endeavors and of the documentary assortment of the Odesa State Archives. Equipment was additionally delivered to guard the buildings in addition to the open-air artistic endeavors.
These measures are a part of UNESCO’s general motion plan in Ukraine, which has already mobilized greater than $18 million for training, science, tradition, and knowledge.
Odesa’s mayor feedback on the appointment of Ivan Liptuga:
Appointing Ivan Liptuga because the interim director in command of the UNESCO achievement is an effective step ahead. Ivan is a well known tourism skilled in our metropolis, in Ukraine, and around the globe.
