Cemeteries, places of genocide and torture centers became UNESCO sites
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World War I cemeteries in Belgium and France, the hills of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and a former torture center in Argentina have become UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This is reported by Reuters. The changes were made possible by the lifting of the ban on listing places of human suffering on the World Heritage List. Photo: Cebas1/Depositphotos “The study of these three sites marks a new stage in the role of world heritage on a global scale,” UNESCO representatives said during the briefing. The decision was made at a meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Until now, the only UNESCO World Heritage memorial sites were the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan. The list of World Heritage sites includes: 139 burial sites, cemeteries and memorials between the north of Belgium and the east of France; places of genocide in Rwanda – a series of hills where militants killed about 1 million people in 1994; the Argentine museum ESMA, which during 1976-1983 was a secret center for torture and murder of opponents of the dictatorial military regime. The organization noted that the recognition of memorial sites at the world level should contribute to the development of peace. We will remind you that two cathedrals in Kyiv and the center of Lviv have been added to the list of endangered UNESCO heritage. Read also: “We are not looking for a replacement for Khrzhanovsky” – the head of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center
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