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UN experts to assess damage to Serbian cultural heritage
Belgrade,
26 April 2004
Head of the UNESCO mission to Kosovo-Metohija Mari Paule Roudil said today that experts of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will arrive to the province tomorrow to study the conditions of Serbian churches and monasteries that were destroyed during the last month's outbreak of violence of ethnic Albanian extremists.
Before her trip to the province, Roudil said that UNESCO experts will give an initial assessment of the condition of Serbian sacred sites on April 30, and the organisation's Director General Koichiro Matsuura will release first results of the mission's work upon his arrival to Belgrade on May 3. The UNESCO will prepare its final report by late May.
Roudil said that the UNESCO is coming to Kosovo-Metohija to assess damage to the Orthodox cultural heritage and assume part of responsibility for its restoration. She stressed that monuments of history and culture in the province belong to the cultural heritage of the humanity as a whole.
According to Roudil, the UNESCO mission is not a court of justice. Its mission is to assess damage to Serbian cultural heritage, which is one of the richest in Europe.
The UNESCO team includes experts from Russia, Austria, Italy and Bulgaria, who will visit all 35 churches and monasteries that have been identified as damaged.
Vice President of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Branislav Krstic said that the UNESCO's arrival to the province is very important, since from now on, Serbia will not be the only one to speak about the destruction of its monuments of culture. UNESCO will raise its voice too and thus put UNMIK to the historical test of responsibility for the Serbian cultural heritage.
Roudil said that the UNESCO is coming to Kosovo-Metohija to assess damage to the Orthodox cultural heritage and assume part of responsibility for its restoration. She stressed that monuments of history and culture in the province belong to the cultural heritage of the humanity as a whole.
According to Roudil, the UNESCO mission is not a court of justice. Its mission is to assess damage to Serbian cultural heritage, which is one of the richest in Europe.
The UNESCO team includes experts from Russia, Austria, Italy and Bulgaria, who will visit all 35 churches and monasteries that have been identified as damaged.
Vice President of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Branislav Krstic said that the UNESCO's arrival to the province is very important, since from now on, Serbia will not be the only one to speak about the destruction of its monuments of culture. UNESCO will raise its voice too and thus put UNMIK to the historical test of responsibility for the Serbian cultural heritage.
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