The nomination dossier "

“Today, the nomination file “Historical Center of the Port City of Odessa” has been officially submitted for consideration by UNESCO for inclusion in the World Heritage List. We appreciate the efforts of everyone aimed at making the center of Odessa a world cultural heritage and protecting it from Russian terrorists,” Dzhepparova wrote..

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Today, nomination file " Appreciate everyone's efforts to make the center of Odesa a cultural world heritage\u0026protect it from? terrorists pic. twitter. com/uFa44zR81H.

— Emine Dzheppar (@EmineDzheppar) October 11, 2022.

As reported on the website of the Odessa City Council, the issue of including Odessa on the UNESCO World Heritage List should be considered at the next session of the Committee.

The dossier was handed over by the mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, at a meeting with UNESCO Deputy Director General for Culture Ernesto Ottone, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center Lazar Elundu Assomo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko.

Recall that on the morning of October 10, Russia launched massive missile and air strikes on the territory of Ukraine..

The occupier hit the center of the capital, Explosions also rang out in Khmelnitsky, Zhytomyr, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Poltava and other regions. In the Odessa region, air defense forces shot down three missiles and five kamikaze drones.

Trukhanov urged UNESCO to include the center of Odessa in the World Heritage List in the summer. Then, as a result of another strike by the invaders, the Vorontsov Palace was damaged.