The Newsmakers: UNESCO World Heritage

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Channel: TRT World · 2016 · News & Politics

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There are more than one thousand sites on the World Heritage list and this month a UNESCO committee is deciding whether to add more. But who do these places belong to - locals, tourists, historians or governments? And does an international organisation have the power to protect the cultural heritage of every country? The Newsmakers' Yvette McCullough reports.

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