texting the world's most precious places in artifacts tells our next why social upheaval is threatening some of our most valuable sites stay with us. you know bocal the you know secretary general it's really great to have you with us and i don't know over two centuries ago george byron reflected and asked and saluting you would think that two centuries later and twenty first century is because we think we're more civilized things are better but are they really better for instance in egypt or libya i would say definitely much much better of course a very very wrecked the comparison says the danger of pain but let me first say that the overall concept the feeling of the necessity to preserve

culture. of course it's an old one but at the same time it has the need to have you know reading and meaning so i believe we are very successful on the whole of course you mentioned something. very important there approaching the plea we see conflicts we see internal strife. we see a war and very often. such monuments which are on the world carried picture least or even important monuments we try not to get on the world heritage are being affected by the destroyed or damaged or there are some disputes and of course it's only deplorable that this is happening now or to really want to accentuate a libya just because it's on everybody's mind right now do you know this for us because sites there have been damaged or bombed from the very first day man for

size this some of the conflict i have raunch the appeals to all the involved parties. i have spoken. then that to nato i have spoken also to the to believe me and so i have appealed to the libyan people. to preserve this monument after the i called the main one tenth of the conflict who will be sending commissions there but there is another aspect also when so true in such cases which i think is important that apart from that meeting among humans. is an aftermath of of such a conflict it's another tendencies emerging and another i would say very unfortunate it's maddening i will get to that later but i really want to ask you. after something like this happens one joined a call flaked cultural heritage is destroyed or damaged does anyone answer for that

is anyone persecuted for that afterwards i could have to say that situations have very different. situations for example in some of the african countries affected by conflict and let me take to give you another example a similar case but rather from of domestic point of view of domestic social strife or civil war in fact and this is the democratic republic of congo where we have for their true parks which i described on the world heritage list and in fact they represent an incredible important goal sole. means of securing a bio diversity and play a huge role in the climate change. there even after and i'm talking particularly of the view i'm going to park early to see in the east part of the country where most of the violence and civil war was waged in the now

i hold the situation is of course improving and we could be in the peeling for a long time to the government when they say we. i mean the world heritage committee and also me is there at the general to the government to take concrete measures and now finally this change already together with the prime minister at the very brought them the confidence he. drafted to join plan for preserving of safeguarding of this important them park with all the concrete measures of doing decreasing violence for. educating some of the warrior who are there participating going back educating them and giving them the feeling that preserving it's very important that these for their own interests to try to interest to reintegrate them in society it's a very complex issue that's why i say that to situations have deeper and i don't think you and you know it's going general always appealed to protect the cultural

heritage different countries but just organisation actually has to mean its or the arsenal to do it to protect it we don't have we have not because we don't have a book casks or something like that but in very many cases similar cases and indiscipline let me just mention haiti because it's a different there but it's once again a natural disaster to be pretty worse effect on the world heritage we work with the partners there on the few who are in fact intrusted with the practical day to day i would say business of per securing. the order and the record structure in the particular country you've mentioned another huge problem which is smuggling antiquities now some estimates have it that the turnover from smuggling antiquities is almost as big as track trafficking human trafficking and arson arms sales is that really the case you're entirely right that

the trafficking good for objects of. approaching the thing nowadays equals the traffic you put a human being. drax and it's a very alarming new tendency in a situation that we're seeing all over the world. and that's why we are very much committed to strengthening international cooperation through the one nine hundred seventy and the school convention on the prohibiting the ability the trafficking of cultural objects it's important to secure more ratifications to this convention nowadays we have more than one hundred twenty countries that have it here to this convention and there are positive tendencies in the international corporation these last years some of the countries that were present the biggest markets open or cultural objects like belgium and the netherlands so i have read the fight to the convention literally a year ago we are cooperating three d. . and you also phenomenon with some of the big auction houses i personally visited

recently the headquarters. for christie's and we decided to start the corporation in terms of capacity building of sense of st sensitizing the public opinion and all the stakeholders we work with the of course we've been there paul the international customs union and i believe that encouraging the international cooperation them of countries by concrete examples of returning said. i have felt so personally assisted a very moving ceremony when kennedy returned to my country of origin of all get it twenty one thousand objects exported from the country to can the debt and this return this corporation was based on ninety seven to nasco convention there was no other legal way of for doing it while you sat that major auction houses have been

very responsive to your appeal question remains who are the smugglers and while. people who buy those objects well i mean the smugglers are. the same so while the same smuggler said i'm doing the smuggling of arms. for human beings and otherwise unfortunately all the illegal trafficking is the most i would say call but i stand there always people on both sides of the who are doing that but the important thing is for the countries. of origin to have the means and the knowledge and the capacity to curb this smuggling in on the other side also ethics to have the moral norms also all of the different parts to do it not to do it in fact we have done that we have. drafted a called the very fix. for the

a trade that for cultural goods i think this is very important that it's taken on board by all the different and then of course the national legislation to have the respective. interaction of norms international legislations sold that then such smugglers have prosecuted impunity in this case is a very bad signal to think there is a connection between arms sales drug seeking and smuggling antiquities well. i think yes we have read legacies in the reports and of course because these are a big money as you said and. very valuable things and as long as there is such an interest in bet that there might be only yes what do you think is the money from sales use for it could be used to finance new wars for instance yes i mean like all the to go out there smuggling it's corruption. of course it's also

a conflict it's it's horse it's all different kinds of illegal activities but what is most important is the. deprives whole country of their heritage it deprives people of for their identity. after all day they are all their identity need i would say a long term perspective on the feelings and culture in these countries you can throw away you can trucks you can throw away weapons somewhere but you can't read. what is lost in terms of of heritage and of culture you can then find a substitute to buy something for these countries thank you very much for this interview thank you also for this interest.

well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy coming from the city whether it's a sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or it's destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for clamming purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that care shall be taken in the war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that.

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latest news in the week's top stories get out these remaining supporters put up resistance in three libyan cities but his remaining supporters in tripoli see that written by fear and repression loyalist forces are deeply entrenched in a certain time when we didn't stop but about his whereabouts himself may not know. nato steams ahead with fresh agreements on putting u.s. missiles in eastern europe but there are security concerns of the kremlin and a call for urgent talks romania poland and turkey are boys both elements of the defense shield that moscow feels want to do true lies its nuclear arsenal. basco in london sweetening their sour relations as david cameron makes the first trip to russia by british prime minister in six years both sides agreed to shell differences as they sign off on major deals although cameron still raises the two thousand and six london murder of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko. and peacekeepers in kosovo on high alert as ethnic

tension and certainly as a breakaway republic reaches a boiling point violence broke out recently when kosovo by a little he sees two serbian checkpoints. and you farmer joins us now with all the latest in the world of sports you know some crucial games in the rugby world cup today well it's an action along with england and france is teams trying to secure places in the quarterfinals on more of that plus the latest goals in the russian premier league. hello there thanks for watching the sports and lays the headlines fighting for survival while the taking on samoa knowing only a win will do the latest from rugby world cup. while it's going from home to russia's hundreds tonight to watch them prepared to face the italians. will some force in present rushed home full will to chances of

a shot at european football. stop by with the rugby world cup well wales need to beat some other to avoid an early exit from the tournament after now really losing to south africa in their first game wales is desperate for their first victory in three days but they are nine ten down as the second half gets underway that anthony peden eases try giving the samoans the days but penalties from talk prescreened. in such a later on england take on georgia in group baby english making nine changes to the line of the beat argentina george you have kept pretty much the same side but lost to scotland and in group a france take on canada after both sides won the open as against japan and told their respective late mile island produced the show result of the rugby world cup so far between try nation champions astray fifteen points to six and opened on saturday to go top of say jonathan sexton run and taking two penalties each for ireland and six and also landed a drop go to james o'connor penalties for all the she could manage on my left

without even a losing bonus point. now russia are preparing for their second game of the tone which is against italy in nelson on cheese day but it's not the work for the world cup that putin's in new zealand pull for eight now reports. this is russia's main home at the rugby world cup in new zealand a small picturesque town of blend in is located at the top of the south island and it's famous for being the forefront of a country's wine growing industry. but locals have been doing their best to try and make the players feel at home even going as far as to help out a russian team if they get lost. but this is a very nice police the locals treat us who will give us lots of support everything is in police to help us prepare properly for the next game. the daily passing is fairly monotonous for the players an early wake up call followed by training lunch

and another session me evening that gives the team plenty of three hours to kill however the become fairly adapt to trying to make time fly. but. we do all sorts of things in our spare time we go to the cinema or go for a walk me personally i use my playstation all sorts of things. personally no burgers and chips for the players at lunch time of course very given carbohydrate loaded meals to keep them in the best possible shape ahead of very meaningful matches however it's almost a relief for the team to leave the hotel and take the field for practice which for them is the best way to pass the boredom and the anticipation of tuesday's match against italians nelson which surround an hour and a half from their training camp. joint training though we're not you know heard till very much because our schedule is packed and we're travelling to different town for our games so a sporting director trying to his best to help us relax we go to the beach or to

a shooting range to release the tension. the russians would receive quite a welcome when they finally took to the training pitch around three hundred local fans many of whom have adopted russia's best second team in the tall and turned out to see the best practice which is more spectators and attend some russian. league matches this support certainly rubbed off from players who were delighted at the turn outs. in part a new world cup in new zealand is really something out of the ordinary zone you hear rugby skiing here it's long been part of the culture so every kid in the street cheers even for the underdog teams that's just great. however there was a serious matter of practice with russia's next match against italy getting underway on the twentieth of september and the players have plenty to work on ahead of back game following their opening much defeat to the usa. what was really is a fantastic morale boost for the russians the have so many people interested in

every move over here probably full of blame of really taking to the bears to their hearts and both parties would like nothing more but a brush over to gain a win in this rugby world cup. r.t. played in new zealand. let's hope they do now and the russian premier league new boys krasnodar have boosted their chances of finishing in the top eight after a four nil triumph tom now at the end of the regular season the top eight teams will go into the championship round to fight for the league title while the bottom eight will go into the relegation round to decide which two teams will go down across the dark when the head in tom's just before half time to do eyes and you know there alexander you're ok and then netted soon after the break while in injury time a spot kick from your mouth and mikail strike ensured the visitors one for neil to stay nine. and the other going now you're out of hit the eighty fourth minute winner is vulgarized tenth one nil win at home to rock bottom spot now. today the

top eight sides are in action league leaders to scarf travel to rostov while the need to a level on points with the army man go to inform than our host and current spartak moscow welcome chris to get off what will be the last game of the red and white ball my caption under they keep going off elsewhere luck trying to grow and cabana big spending and she who are. to fall. over in england scored a brace is struggling blackburn twice came from behind to stun arsenal for three yesterday the gunners conceding two own goals their aston villa three one one more newcastle habits and recorded their first home win by beating wigan three one and there were also wins for all three promoted sides. and q.p.r. . now today. just managed united man city to a level on points with united go to for them liverpool and sunderland. justin rose is well placed with first title of the year the englishman is four

shots clear at the b.m.w. championship in illinois with one round left to play rose getting off to a solid start with back to make birdies early on. and he almost added a third on the seventh hole the ball just breaks a little bit of light after this nifty chip rose now has a four shot lead over john send in second victory would ensure the englishman would qualify for the end of season fed ex top championship next week. take thousand and seven may say cheap a world champion casey stoner looks on course to extend his overall a disease strain and claimed his ninth poll this season ahead of sunday's gone grown praying in spain hopes had been high for a local pole sitter off danny could drive the reigning champion who had dominated friday's practice but nothing could stop stone any tracks not even a minor crash repsol honda man said i knew that recalled qualifying ahead of team

night. and finally efforts are being made to ensure the junior hockey club will returns to the russian city of next year on the all star squad from the american eastern junior hockey league one team that is keen to return to siberia and from unkosher eth reports. before coming to russia for the inaugural junior club world cup these guys had never experienced international i saw there were eight teams from just as many countries and the tournament e.j. all star squad representing the united states you know hockey is one of the few sports that is truly worldwide in a sport that. the united states does not dominate which most of our professional sports are majority american more employers but hockey is one where the have to

compete with players from all over the world so for him to have the experience to come in and see how they match up against some of the best from around the world is outstanding well the russian fans. we're dreaming of a final that would involve their team against the canadians then american selects and their own agenda asser winning two games against teams from latvia and slovakia the juniors from the states found themselves to be among the favorites to reach the final run them over three on the russians well i was reading on russia. i think we feel pretty good about what we're doing right now our concern earlier where we were we are. it's starting to come together the boys are starting to gel and you know we're getting better every theory and so we're looking forward to friday night sanjay in their way of the final on friday was the red army title holders of the n.h.l. which is a european junior league originally founded in russia that now encompasses six countries that sask proved to be

a near impossible affair for the visitors and there were at least a couple of reasons for that firstly the russians were a by far more experienced on the international scene with scenes rosser boasting a couple of under twenty world champions and secondly the local site had a huge advantage with nine thousand fans cheering on the red army our guys never played in front of a crowd like that let alone a crowd that was certainly not on our side which is awesome you know it's a again it's the like we've been saying every day this was an experience that our guys will never forget and they certainly won't know the russia us decider ended in favor of the hole and see which went on to win the inside certain amount though the americans failed to go all the way they and the rest of the visiting clubs gates invaluable experience here in siberia it's exciting we're going to seem teams all year long it's great you know here no points and it's national i've never played sister experience for me personally you know i guess that's why i'm so excited for

you and i will be writing the i.i.h.f. i when i return back to the states to let them know that myself and usa hockey would be tremendous supporters of this event continuing to go and answer. one very my heart if i was here in almost every year because we've just had an unbelievable time well hopefully the international ice hockey federation will soon find a permanent place on its counter for the city's youth events and more countries will join but for now say bierria is gearing up to host the next junior ice hockey club world cup on call sort of artsy films. and cry event that that's a whole a school for the moment small.

latest news in the week's top stories could off these remaining supporters put up fierce resistance in the real libyan cities where the people of tripoli who still support the ousted pearl say they're gripped by fear and face repression. as nato moves ahead with pressure agreements on putting u.s. missiles in eastern europe there are security concerns at the kremlin and a call for urgent talks. moscow and london sweeten their sour relations as david cameron makes the first trip to russia by a british prime minister in six years. was peacekeepers in kosovo on high alert as ethnic tension in serbia as breakaway republic reaches a boiling point. nine am in moscow i mattress or bring you to.