2024-08-01 08:49:40
A total of 24 heritage sites, including 19 cultural heritage sites including Sado Mine, a site of forced labor by Koreans, 4 natural heritage sites, and 1 mixed heritage site, were newly registered on the World Heritage List.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 1st that this decision was made through the 46th UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in New Delhi, India from the 21st to the 31st of last month.
Reflecting the results of this committee, the cumulative number of heritages is now 952 cultural heritages, 231 natural heritages, and 40 mixed heritages, with a total of 168 countries holding 1,223 UNESCO-registered heritages.
Among the newly listed cultural heritage sites is the Monastery of Saint Hilarion (Tel Umm Amer) in the war-torn Gaza Strip of Palestine, which was also added to the List of World Heritage in Danger.
In the Asia-Pacific region, a total of seven new sites were registered, including the ‘Moidam-Ahom Dynasty Tumuli System’ in India, the chair country, and the ‘Sado Mine’ in Japan.
The Sado Mine in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, was a place where traditional handicraft gold production took place from the 16th to the 19th century during the Edo period. During the Meiji period, when the mine was mechanized, many Korean workers were forcibly brought in.
According to a fact-finding report on forced labor at Sado Mine published by the Foundation for Supporting Victims of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Imperialism in 2019, approximately 1,200 Koreans were mobilized as miners at Sado Mine in the 1940s.
In addition, the ‘Betrenitsa Cave’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ‘Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites’ in South Africa, and ‘Historic Centre of Hegmatane and Hamadan’ in Iran were successfully registered.
In addition to the new registrations, the ‘Migratory Bird Sanctuary along the Yellow Sea-Bohai Bay Coast (Phase II)’ in China and the ‘Moravian Church Settlements’ in four countries, including Denmark and Germany, whose heritage boundaries have been significantly changed, have been expanded.
Meanwhile, the committee also discussed the state of preservation of Ukraine’s ‘St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev’ and the monastic buildings, as well as the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the historic center of Lviv, and the historic center of Odessa, which were added to the ‘List of World Heritage in Danger’ due to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
At the same time, a decision was adopted urging the Russian side to refrain from taking any actions that could cause damage to the heritage.
Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park, which was listed as a World Heritage Site in Danger in 2007, has been removed from the list after 17 years in recognition of its efforts to protect endangered species.
Meanwhile, our country will be elected as the Vice-Chairman of the 47th World Heritage Committee to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria next year, and will begin preparing for the committee.
(Seoul = News 1)
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2024-08-01 08:49:40