“We must save Palmyra” says UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today expressed her deep concern over reports of fighting near Palmyra, endangering the local population and posing an imminent threat to the site, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Irina Bokova called for the immediate cessation of fighting.

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