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15 Jul 2013

More Belarus’ properties might be included in UNESCO World Heritage List

More Belarus’ properties might be included in UNESCO World Heritage List

MINSK, 15 July (BelTA) – Belarus has good prospects to expand its presence in the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France, Belarus’ Permanent Representative at UNESCO on concurrent Pavel Latushko has told the STV TV channel, BelTA has learnt.

The inclusion of Belarus’ properties into this list is important for the country’s image; it demonstrates how rich and profound Belarusian history and culture are. It opens up great economic prospects, because properties inscribed on the list become more appealing for tourists, Pavel Latushko believes.

Belarus has nominated 10 properties to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The properties submitted on the Tentative List include Brest Fortress, Independence Avenue in Minsk, Savior Transfiguration Church and St. Sofia Cathedral in Polotsk and others. “Lithuania has recently suggested submitting another property to the list together with Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. This property is a series of defensive castles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,” Pavel Latushko informed. He believes that Belarus should step up efforts to work on including more properties in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List: “The folk rite Christmas Tsars is the only one in this list so far”.

Among the sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List are the National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha (as a natural cross-border site jointly with the Republic of Poland, 1992); Mir Castle (Korelichi District, Grodno Oblast, 2000); the former Radziwill residence in Nesvizh (Minsk Oblast, 2005); Struve Arc (a cross-border site which 19 points are located on the territory of Belarus, 2005).

For comparison: Lithuania has four properties inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, Ukraine has seven, Poland has 14 and Russia has 25.

 

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