Restoring work in the historical center of Odessa. Photo from the archive Ukraine: Against the backdrop of new shelling, UNESCO strengthens the support of the World Heritage Site in Odessa Culture and education In January 2023, the object in Odessa was simultaneously included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and in the List of the World Heritage Heritage, which is under threat, in recognition of its outstanding universal value and threats that hung over it. in November 2024, January 2025 and, more recently, on June 23, 2025 – in response to repeated shelling of Odessa, the city visited UNESCO mission to assess damage. These trips were coordinated through the organization’s office in Kyiv. In 2025, two technical misses in Odessa were also sent to UNESCO to provide expert assistance to national, regional and local authorities, as well as specialists in the field of cultural heritage protection. ~ ~ > read Also: after a blow to Kyiv, the representative of UNESCO visited the Sofia Cathedral to evaluate the damage ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ To strengthen the capabilities of local authorities to protect the heritage. In addition, UNESCO promotes urgent work to restore and repair key cultural objects in Odessa with financial participation of Italy and Japan. Assistance was provided with the restoration of the House of Scientists, the Odessa Art Museum, the music school named after the carpentry and the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Council. 60 > Help Odessa-part of the wider support that UNESCO provides to Ukraine during the financial support of Japan: in particular, the standardized methodology for assessing damage and damage to and is developed and is developed risks. At the same time, advanced technologies are used, including, for example, a 3D-laser scanning of architectural objects. ~ 60 > UNESCO condemns any attacks that pose a threat to objects of universal heritage, and again resembles the member states about their obligations in accordance with the 1972 Convention and the Hague of the Hague. The 1954 Convention on the Protection of Cultural Values in the case of an armed conflict. These conventions prohibit intentional actions that can cause damage to cultural and natural heritage.