or a former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko came up at a news conference. and peacekeepers in kosovo on high alert as ethnic tension in serbia as a breakaway republic reaches a boiling point violence broke out recently when kosovo violently seems to serbian checkpoints. when times are hard heritage is in peril the un's head of protecting the world's most oppressive precious places an artifact tells our next why social upheaval is threatening some of our most precious sites. 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 centuries 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 thing but let me first say that the overall concept the feeling of the necessity to preserve the chimp culture. of course it's an old one but at the same time we have 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 from that approach in 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 see it on the world. 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 to. 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 you know after the. end of the conflict we will be sending commissions there but there is another aspect also when so true in such cases which i think is important apart from their meeting monuments. as 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 subjected by conflict and let me take to give you another example of a similar case but. the prime 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 child parks which i described on the world heritage list and in fact they represent an incredible important goal sole. means of securing. the

border city and players who are trolling 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 i say we. i mean the world heritage committee and also me is that the general to the government will take concrete measures and i'll find these change already together with the prime minister at the very brought them. we drafted to draw and plan for preserving of safeguarding of this important than park with all the concrete measures so for doing decreasing violence for. educating some of the warriors who are

there participating combat educating them and giving them the feeling that preserving it's very important that peace 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 different and i know that you and you know it's going general always appealed to protect the cultural heritage different countries but just organization 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 in this particular 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 they put 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 them to quit is 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 a situation that we're seeing all over the world. and that's why we are very much committed to strengthening the international cooperation through the one nine hundred seventy and the school convention on the prohibiting the ability to trafficking of cultural objects it's important to secure more education 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 two years some of the countries that represent the biggest markets. or cultural objects like belgium and the netherlands so i have read the fight to the convention literally a year ago we are cooperating fully with the. new also phenomenon with some of the big auction houses i personally visited recently the headquarters of. christie's and we decided to start the corporation in terms of capacity building of sense of say a 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 of of countries by concrete examples of returning said objects of. i have for also 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 death and this return this cooperation was based on ninety seven to rescue convention there was no other legal way or for doing it well you know that major auction houses have been very responsive to your appeal question remains who are the smugglers and where. people who buy those objects well i mean the smugglers are. just saying so out of this a 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 wall there who are doing that but the important thing is called the countries. of origin have the means and the only and the capacity

to curb this smuggling in all the other site also the 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 registration to have the respective. introduction of norms international legislations sold that then such smugglers supper security 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 that 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 you 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 countries of their heritage it deprives people up for their identity. after all they they they are all from their identity need i would say a long term perspective on the feelings and culture in these countries you can throw away. tracks you can throw away weapons somewhere but you can't return and what these last in terms of carried kitchen that. you can.

find to substitute to buy something for these countries thank you very much for this interview thank you also for this interest. like millions of americans i've lost thousands of dollars in retirement funds and i haven't had as bad as many it's not just about this it's about me to. say. gee.

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resistance in three libyan cities remaining supporters of tripoli say they're wrecked by fear and repression loyalist forces deeply entrenched in sirte bani walid and sob but he's whereabouts remain unknown. as nato moves ahead with fresh agreements on putting u.s. missiles in eastern europe there are security concerns of the kremlin call for urgent talks romania poland and turkey all poised to host elements of the defense shield that moscow feels could neutralize its nuclear. last hour in london put deals before differences with david cameron security multi-million dollar contracts during the first trip by a british prime minister to russia in six years both sides set aside disagreements even though the two thousand and six london murder of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko came up at a news conference. and peacekeepers in kosovo on high alert as ethnic tensions in serbia breakaway republic reaches

a boiling point violence broke out recently when kosovo violence he sees two serbian czech. sports stay with us. hello there thanks for watching the sports and these are the main stories wellesley's samoa the rugby world cup to take a major step towards the quarter finals. while it's home to home for russia as hundreds turn out to watch them both to face the italians. and also in force in krasnodar rushed home for an els a boost their chances of a shock a european court. will stop the rugby world cup well wales have beaten smurf seventeen ten to keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter finals the welsh were desperate for a victory after losing their third game to south africa in crete day and were trying to make ten six at half time that two penalties from replacement kicker

reached pretty slim and then a try from shane williams she cured the way in and right now england are taking on georgia in groups leading the shang for two wins from two in the seventeen time approaches there after two tries from shontayne hape and later in group a bronze take on canada after both sides won the open is against japan and tonga respectively while arlene produced the shock of the rugby world cup so far beating try nations champions astride a fifteen six north and on saturday to go top of pool c. jonathan sexton and ronan o'gara take two penalties each for ireland and sexton also landed a drop goal to james o'connor penalties were all astray could manage and were left without even a losing point. meanwhile russia are preparing for their second game of the tone which is against italy in nelson on change day but it's not all work for the world cup in new zealand as richard pound porfiry reports. this is russia's main home at

the rugby world cup in new zealand a small picture a style of blame is located at the top of the sign fall and he's famous for being before from the country's one growing industry. the 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 which here this is a very nice place the locals treat us who will give us lots of support everything is in place 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 evening that gives the team plenty of three hours to kill however the become fairly adapt to trying to make time fly. but as the more obscure 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 play station so old sorts of things. personally no burgers and chips for the players at lunch time of course fair 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 a field for practice which for there 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. we enjoy training there we're not in a hotel very much because our schedule is packed and we're travelling to different town for our games so our sporting director trying to use 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 for a hundred local firearms many of whom have adopted russia's best second team member told him and turned out to see the best practice which is more spectators and attend some russian league matches this support certainly rubbed off on players who

were delighted at the turnouts. in part a new world cup in new zealand is really something out of the ordinary all eyes are on you here 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 to 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. have really taken to the bears their hearts and both parties would like nothing more but of russia but again when this rugby world cup. r.t. . easy now in other news boxing's multi world champion floyd mayweather has beaten victor ortiz with a controversial knockout in last vegas or has appeared to be apologizing to the

referee for a head butt when he was floored by mayweather in the fourth round mayweather claim the w.b.c. welterweight title in what was his first fight this. sixteen months after coming out of retirement the thirty four year old remained in forty two pounds this he's twenty six nor can. football in the russian premier league when you boys have boosted their chances of finishing in the top eight after a four nil triumph at tom 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 well present are went ahead in terms of their just before half time through alexander get a kick in their netted soon after the break there was an injury time spot kick from euro of c.c.m. strike ensured the visitors won four nil to stay nine. and in the other game yesterday nicky of hit the eighty four minute winner their rise to ten with the

win at home to rock bottom spot and now. today the top eight sides are in action league leaders to discard travel to rostov was the need to level on points with the army men go to the roof very informed an armored car and spartak moscow welcome critics to get up on what will be the last game for the red and whites for my captain on the day taken off elsewhere locomotive travel to grozny and q bands host big spending and g. who are up to four. over in england yesterday you can have you scored a brace is struggling blackburn twice came from behind to stun arsenal for three aston villa three one one with newcastle everton recorded their first home win by beating wigan three one who also wins for all three promoted sides nora just one and keep our last day in england play chelsea travel to leaders manchester united man city were level on points with united go to for them spurs entertain liverpool and sunderland stoke. justin rose is well placed for his first golf 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 back birdies early on and almost added a third on the seventh hole but the ball breaks just a little bit later after this nifty little chip rose now has a four shot lead over john senden in second and victory would ensure the englishman would qualify for the end of season fed ex top championship next week. britain and ireland looks set to retain the vivendi seventy trophy daily continental europe by five points after saturday's play dice in there and jamie donaldson led the way for the four in the first green simms match against nicklaus course it's matty amana cyrano britain are in need just two and a half points from sunday's ten singles matches for victory. i'm finally efforts are being made to ensure that junior ice hockey club will cup

returns to the russian city of next year and the all star squad from the american east in junior hockey is one thing that skein to attend to siberia and one custer after 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 that sentiment with e.j. h.e.l. all star squad representing the united states you know hockey is one of the few sports that is truly worldwide and in a sport that. the united states does not dominate in which most of our professional sports are majority american more employers but hockey is one where they have to compete with players from all over the world so for have them have the experience to to come in and see how they match up against some of the best from around the world is outstanding well the russian fans were dreaming of

a final that would involve their team against the canadians the 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 thievery is to reach the final on them over three on the russians out of three hundred to go. i think we feel pretty good about what we're doing right now we are concerned earlier where we are. it's starting to come together the boys are starting to gel you know we're getting better every period 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 but 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 team's roster 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 not 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 home team which went on to win the insides are intimate though the americans failed to go all the way they and the rest of the visiting clubs gains invaluable experience here in siberia it's exciting and we play the same teams all year long it's great you know here i don't play some national i've never played great experience for me personally you know i think this is why i'm so excited for it 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 it's certainly

one very my heart if it was here and 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 youth events and more countries will join but for now siberia is gearing up to host the next junior ice hockey club world cup ramon cos are artsy bums. and i've just got time to tell you at the rugby world cup it's now huff time tween england and georgia england leading seventeen points to ten the full time school.

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