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UKRAINE / UNESCO AZOULAY VISIT
STORY: UKRAINE / UNESCO AZOULAY VISIT
TRT: 07:49
SOURCE: UNESCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 APRIL 2023, CHERNIHIV, KYIV, UKRAINE
04 APRIL 2023, CHERNIHIV, UKRAINE
1. Various shots, meeting with President Zelensky
2. Various shots, visit to the regional youth centre, heritage building damaged by the war
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“We are here in a site in Chernihiv where, as you can see, the bombardments have been heavy. It is an important cultural center of the city, and you can see the extent of the destruction.”
4. Various shots, visit to regional youth centre
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“We are on the side of the Ukrainian, and here with me is the Minister of Culture, to support the protection of cultural heritage, look at all the damages that have been done, review them for the Ukrainian and the international community, support the education, support the press - especially journalists’ security.”
6. Various shots, visit to regional youth centre
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“We have just talked about the future candidature at the UNESCO world heritage of this city, Chernihiv, which is very important in Ukrainian history.”
8. Various shots, visit to regional youth centre
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“We have also contributed to a report published some days ago on the cultural damages estimates. The estimation is about USD 7 billion. So, as per Ukraine’s request, our role is also to support them in mobilizing the international community, coordinating it here, and protecting the culture.”
10. Various shots, visit to school and teachers received a computer from UNESCO and Google
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“Thanks to the contribution of Google in supporting distant teaching, distant learning through digital devices because some parents prefer to keep their children at home, but we need to protect and preserve the continuity of education. We’ve learned during previous wars, we've learned during COVID that to stop education is a disaster.”
04 APRIL 2023, KYIV, UKRAINE
12. Various shots, meeting with Denise Brown, UN Resident Coordinator
13. Various shots, visit of Saint-Sophia Cathedrale, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with Olena Zelenska, President’s wife
14. Various shots, bilateral meeting with Zelenska
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“We have been, as you said, monitoring the damages in our mandate, specifically in culture, and it's very important also for the rehabilitation and for the future, tomorrow to know the damages and you know what needs to be done to repair them. Our scope, our support is already quite substantial, but you could be improving and increasing in the months to come. As you said, there's already been inscriptions that are the recognition by the international community of the universal value of Odesa. Tomorrow more nominations are coming up prepared by Ukraine on intangible heritage, but also world heritage sites. This shows the trust of Ukraine towards UNESCO, and we will be at the level of this trust in terms of mobilizing the international community to secure support and in terms of expertise provided by UNESCO.”
16. various shots, tasting of Ukrainian bortsch, inscribed as an Intangible Culture Heritage of UNESCO, Ievgen Klopotenko’s restaurant
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay carried out a two-day mission to Ukraine, to reaffirm the Organization's support to the population and to advance the reconstruction of the country’s cultural sector. President Zelensky welcomed the “concrete results” of the emergency measures taken by UNESCO since the beginning of the war.
At a press briefing outside Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Azoulay said that UNESCO stands by the Ukrainian people to help protect culture, heritage, education, and the safety of journalists.
Repeatedly since February 2022, the Organization has reiterated that targeting cultural sites and schools violates international law.
UNESCO has also deployed an emergency plan, funded to $30 million.
It ranges from the delivery of protective equipment for monuments and works of art to the distribution of more than 50,000 computers to enable teachers to continue teaching remotely, as well as the provision of dozens of helmets and bullet-proof vests to journalists working in combat zones.
The Director-General of UNESCO also presented figures on the impact of the war on all areas of culture over the past year.
In particular, the Organization took stock of $2.6 billion in physical damages.
According to Azoulay, to rebuild but also to redress the situation, it will be necessary to invest $6.9 billion in the cultural sector in Ukraine over the next ten years.
At their meeting, the Ukrainian President welcomed measures already implemented by the Organization.
The President requested UNESCO to support the Ukrainian authorities’ development of their recovery plan for the cultural sector while continuing to coordinate and mobilize international actors in the field.
Audrey Azoulay concluded her visit to Ukraine in Odesa, whose historic centre was inscribed by UNESCO on the List of World Heritage in Danger in late January this year.
Following the inscription, the Organization will further strengthen actions on the ground, prioritizing the preservation and digitization of artistic and documentary heritage while protecting heritage buildings endangered by artillery fire.
UNESCO will also launch a vast project to improve the conservation of the city’s archaeological museum collections, thanks to the financial support of the Foundation of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière.
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