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"This inscription embodies our collective determination to ensure that this city, which has always surmounted global upheavals, is preserved from further destruction."

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The new designation is intended to offer additional protection and resources to the historic port city

The Black Sea port has been battered by Russian shelling for months.

UNESCO decided to inscribe the Historic Center of the Port City Odesa, Ukraine, on the World Heritage List and the World Heritage in Danger.

Paris - UNESCO on Wednesday added the historic center of Ukraine's port city of Odesa, often described as "the pearl of the Black Sea," to

The decision is designed to protect the ‘outstanding universal value’ of the historic Black Sea port.

Odesa, Ukraine(Photo from Anadolu) GENEVA-The UNESCO World Heritage Committee said Wednesday it will inscribe on the World Heritage List the Historic Center of Ukraine's port city of Odesa, which Russia has attacked with missiles. The decision recognizes the outstanding universal value of the site on the Black Sea and the duty of all humanity to protect it, UNESCO said in a statement. "Odesa, a free city, a world city, a legendary port that has left its mark on cinema, literature and th...

Zelenskyy sought the designation to help protect the port city

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