UNESCO understands Ukrainian culture “important part of world heritage” - Tkachenko

This was noted by the Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tkachenko, on Telegram as he spoke about the meeting with the delegation of the UNESCO Secretariat, where the terms of cooperation were discussed, reports Ukrinform.

"Before the war, we never dreamed of such a pace in resolving issues and a mode of assistance. UNESCO is well aware that the culture of Ukraine is an important part of the world's cultural heritage," Tkachenko said.

He added that during the meeting the parties discussed "the creation of a digital platform of the cultural heritage of Ukraine, initiated by the ministry."

Also, according to the minister, the parties raised the issue of "the possibility of granting the immovable heritage objects of Ukraine Enhanced Protection status and automatic recognition of the destruction of cultural heritage objects by the occupiers as a war crime."

Tkachenko noted that the Ministry and UNESCO agreed on active cooperation in identifying and documenting Russian war crimes on the territory of Ukraine, joining efforts in the field of preservation of Ukrainian cultural monuments, as well as on the creation in the future of a "special fund under the UNESCO auspices to finance cultural sphere of Ukraine both now and post war."

As previously reported, the Ukrainian Institute noted that Russia has already destroyed almost 400 objects of cultural heritage in Ukraine.