Lazare Eloundou Assomo is the director of the World Heritage Center of UNESCO, the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural body.
LE FIGARO. - According to the UNESCO tally,
152 sites have been damaged since the start of the war in Ukraine
.
How do you identify them?
Lazare ELOUNDOU ASSOMO. -
UNESCO relies on information provided by professionals in the field, as well as on the census of the Ukrainian authorities.
The press then allows us to cross-reference and verify this information.
These are transmitted to UNITA (
the United Nations Institute for Training and Research is the United Nations training body, editor's note
) and analyzed by satellite photos via UNOSAT (
the United Nations satellite center ).
'ONU, Editor
's note ) to obtain the last necessary checks.
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We can then confirm the potential damage done to the sites and their locations.
This evaluation cannot be 100% complete.
She the…
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