The nomination file "Historical Center of the Port City of Odesa" was submitted for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Japarova announced on Twitter.
"Today, the nomination file "Historical center of the port city of Odesa" was officially submitted for consideration by UNESCO for inclusion in the World Heritage List. We appreciate everyone's efforts aimed at making the center of Odesa a world cultural heritage and protecting it from Russian terrorists," Dzaparova wrote.
Today, nomination file "Historic Center of the Port City of Odesa" was officially submitted to @UNESCO for consideration in order to be included in the World Heritage List.
&mdash ; Emine Dzheppar (@EmineDzheppar) October 11, 2022
Appreciate everyone 39;s efforts to make the center of Odesa a cultural world heritage&protect it fromterrorists pic.twitter.com/uFa44zR81H
The dossier was handed over by Odesa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov at a meeting with UNESCO Deputy Director General for Culture Ernesto Ottone, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center Lazar Elund Assomo, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko.