UNESCO today added the World War II D-Day landing beaches in France, Greece’s Mount Olympus, Japan’s ancient capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, and South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape to the World Heritage List.
The designations were approved during a UNESCO committee meeting in Busan, South Korea, which reviewed global nominations.
The newly inscribed sites recognise outstanding cultural and natural heritage, including the historic Normandy invasion beaches, Greece’s mythical Mount Olympus, Japan’s early imperial capitals, and South Sudan’s vast wildlife migration landscape
The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, a centuries-old porcelain center in eastern China and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List yesterday at a UN committee meeting in South Korea.
The UNESCO meetings in Busan, which continue through Wednesday, are reviewing dozens of other nominations, including the D-Day landing beaches in France, Mount Olympus in Greece, and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara.
The Okefenokee Swamp is regarded as one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems, encompassing a vast network of wetlands that supports exceptional biodiversity and serves as the source of two major rivers.