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UNESCO to send mission to assess Jerusalem

April 12, 2014 at 3:48 pm

An expert mission is to be sent to the Old City of Jerusalem to evaluate its state of preservation and submit a report along with recommendations to the World Heritage Committee to be held in Doha in June, a United Nations resolution passed yesterday said.


The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s Executive Board passed the resolution by an overwhelming majority; only the US voted against it during the Executive Board’s meeting in Paris.

Palestine and Jordan were able to issue several resolutions through the Executive Board and the World Heritage Committee demanding Israel halt all illegal violations against the holy city. They have also called for Israel to stop accusing those concerned with preserving the city’s heritage “of politicising the work of UNESCO and other international organisations”.