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DUBAI: Designed in 1962 by the renowned late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli, Lebanon is now on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger, which was updated Jan. 25. The site a symbol of mid-20th century modernization in the Lebanese architectural landscape and of the historical cross-cultural relations between Brazil and
PARIS The United Nations cultural agency decided Wednesday to add the historic center of Ukraine s Black Sea port city of Odesa to its list of endangered World Heritage sites, recognizing "the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity to protect it."
In an urgent session on Wednesday, UNESCO named two sites from Lebanon and Yemen to its List of World Heritage in Danger, calling for their immediate preservation.