in six years both sides shelled disagreements even though the two thousand and six murder in london a former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko came up out of the 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 forcibly seized two serbian checkpoints. next when times are hard heritage is in peril the un's head of protecting the world's most precious places an artifact tells r t why social upheaval is threatening some of our most valuable cultural assets. 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 on athens looting 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 but they're of course a very they're wrecked the comparison says the danger of thing but let me first say that the overall concept the feeling of in the city to preserve 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 also very important that approach of the we see conflicts we see internal us try. 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 here if you 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 alleviate 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 nato i care spoken also to be to believe me and so i have appealed to believe in people. to preserve this monuments no to be i mean one tenth of the conflict will be sending commissions there but there is another aspect also in situ in such cases which i think is

important apart from damaging monuments. as an aftermath of of such a conflict it's another tendencies emerging and another i would say very unfortunate it's muddling 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 came 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 probably my stick 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 children parks which i described on the world heritage least and in

fact they represent an incredible important goal sole. means of securing a by have 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 part only 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 have been appealing for a long time to the government when they say we. i mean the world heritage committee and also me is that the general to the government will take concrete measures and now finally does change already together with the prime minister at the very important them. we drafted for joint 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 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 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 power there's a power on the few who are in fact trusted 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 him in being so. drax 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 a tool strengthening the international cooperation through the one nine hundred seventy and the school convention on the prohibiting the ability of 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 two years some of the countries that represent 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 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 st sensitizing the public opinion and all the stakeholders we work with the of course we've been there paul read the international customs union and i believe that encouraging the international cooperation of of countries by concrete

examples of returning said objects of the virus. i have fall so personally assisted a very moving ceremony when kennedy returned to my country of origin of a good twenty one thousand objects illicitly exported from the country to canada and this return this corporation was based on ninety seven to mexico convention there was no other legal way of doing it while you sat that major auction houses have been very responsive to your appeal question remains who are the smugglers and why. those people who buy those objects well i mean the smugglers are. the same so while the same smuggler say they are doing the smuggling of arms. for human beings and otherwise unfortunately all of the illegal trafficking is the most i would call but i stand there always people on both sides of the who are doing that but the

important thing is called the countries. of origin to have the means and the only 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 and not to do it in fact we have done that we have. drafted a called the very fix. 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. introduction of norms international legislations sold that then such smugglers have prosecuted impunity in this case is a very bad signal to think there's a connection between arms sales drug seeking and smuggling antiquities well.

i think yes we have read legacies and 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 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 the whole country of their heritage it deprives people up for their identity. after all they they they are all their identity anything has that i would say a long term perspective on the feelings and culture in this country you can crawl away. tracks you can throw away weapons somewhere but you can't.

and what is lost in terms of carried pitch enough. you can. find to stop security by something called base countries thank you very much for this interview thank you also for this interest.

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news in the week's top stories gadhafi is remaining supporters put up fierce resistance in syria libyan cities but the remaining supporters in tripoli say they're gripped by fear and repression loyalist forces are deeply entrenched in sirte bani walid and sob but dockings whereabouts remain unknown. as nato steams ahead with fresh agreements on putting american missiles in eastern europe there are security concerns at the kremlin and a call for urgent talks romania poland and turkey are poised to host elements of the defense shield that moscow worries could neutralize its nuclear deterrent. moscow and london putting deals before differences with david cameron securing a multi-million dollar contracts during the first trip by a british prime minister to russia in six years both sides show their disagreements even though the two thousand and six murder in london a former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko did come up at the news conference. plus peacekeepers

in kosovo on high alert as ethnic tensions in serbia serbia's breakaway republic reaches boiling point violence broke out recently when kosovo forcibly seized two serbian checkpoints. more news for you in fifteen minutes time first though the sports with andrew farmer's stay with us. hello there thanks for watching the sports and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes think three thousand london wilds of the rugby will compass both sides push towards the quarter finals. while he's hiding in the high. for russia as hundreds turn out to watch them prepare to face the italians. and austrian forcing crowds that are thrashed home for nil to boost their chances of a sure european football. with the rugby world cup where there have been wins for england and wales today the english thrashing georgia forty one points to ten with

six tries saying hey touching down twice in the first twenty minutes people delon armitage monita lardy and chris ashton made the school comfortable in the second half england with two wins from to win while got a much needed win improved they beat samoa seventeen ten shane williams with the only try for the welsh who had lost to south africa last week right now in group a france is taking on canada that has just started with france's seven eight down to try a case for the sides already both sides won this again chapin and tonga respectively but island produced the shock of the rugby world cup so far beating try nation's champions astray a fifteen six in oakland on saturday to go top of paul c. jonathan sexton and ronan o'gara kicking two penalties each for ireland and six and also landed a drop goal was to james o'connor penalties for all the strain he could manage and were left without even a losing bonus point. meanwhile russia are preparing for their second

game of the tone which is against italy in nelson on tuesday and they have been surprised by the amount of local interest they generated as rich and poor fleet now 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 for oil and i was 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. but 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 i'm sure 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 two old sorts of things for certainly no burgers and chips for the players at lunchtime of course of a given carbohydrate loaded meals to keep them in the best possible shape ahead of very meaningful matches. however it's almost a relief of the team to leave the hotel and take a field for practice which very is the best way to pass the boredom and the anticipation of tuesday's match against italians nelson which surrounded hour and a half from their training camp. we enjoyed 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 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 three hundred local firearms many of whom have adopted russia as their second team in the tournament 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 turn outs. in part of the 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 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 match defeat to the usa. what is really is a fantastic morale boost for the russians the have so many people interested in their every move over here. have really taken to the bears to their hearts and both

parties would like nothing more but of russia but again when this rugby world cup. r.t. . easy. thing gets crossed now in other news boxing is not a world champion floyd mayweather has beaten takes the authors with a controversial knockout in las vegas or has appeared to be apologizing to the referee for a head butt when he was floored by mayweather in the fourth round play where they claim the w.b.c. welterweight title in. what was his first five to sixteen months after coming out of retirement thirty four year old remains unbeaten in forty teams babs he's twenty six nor can. the russian premier league new boys krasnodar have boosted their chances of finishing in the top eight after a four nil triumph at home 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 will present our went ahead in taunts there just before half time through no alexander here then netted soon after the break while in injury time

a spot kick from the euro. and. strike ensured the visitors won four nil to stay nine. boulder up to ten defeating bottom side spartan out yesterday in the key to my way out of hitting the eighty fourth minute there. today the top eight sides are in action league leaders to scar trouble to rostov while they need to or a level on points with the army men is going to be informed an armored car and spartak moscow welcome chris to get off in what will be the last game for the red and whites for my captain. elsewhere locomotive traveled through and cabana host big spending and g four. by when england scored a brace is struggling back burned twice came from behind to stun arsenal four three yesterday aston villa three one one with newcastle everton recorded their third home win by beating wigan three one and there were also wins for all three promoted sides nor each swanzy and q.p.r.

. and today in england in the top flight third place chelsea travel to leaders manchester united man city to eleven on points with united go to full and spurs entertain liverpool and sunderland stoke. not in use justin rose is well placed for his first goal for title of the year the englishman is four shots clear at the b.m.w. championship in illinois with one round left to play getting off to a solid start with back to back birdies early on yesterday and almost added a third on the seventh hole but the ball just broke a little bit late after a nifty chip rosenau has a four shot lead over john senden second victory would ensure the englishman would qualify for the end of season fed ex torch championship next week. britain are looks set to retain the vivendi seve trophy their lead continental europe by five points after saturday's play dice and jamie dunks and led the way for the first

green since match against nicolas. see it oh britain are in need just two and a half points from sunday's ten singles matches to victory. and finally yes it's all a big night to ensure the cheney ice hockey club will coupler tense the russian city of next year on the all star squad from the american eastern junior hockey league is one team that's going to attend to siberia for one cost ref 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 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 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 after 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 run them over three on the russians are a lot of reading on russia. i think we feel pretty good about what we're doing right now our concern 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 standing 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 bike. far more experienced on the international scene with teams 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 round 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 and it 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 gained invaluable experience here in siberia it's exciting we're going to see him teams all year long it's great you know here in

a place and it's natural i've never played in history experience for me personally you know i think this is why i'm really excited for it and i will be writing the i.i.h.f. 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 on costs or artsy homes. just before we go time to tell you france tank canada ten and that like just getting the rugby world cup that is made by three the first half will have the full time school and a cup of asked. latest

news in the week's top stories could off these remaining supporters put a fierce resistance in three libyan cities while the people of tripoli who still support the ousted colonel say they're gripped by fear and face the pressure. as nato moves ahead with fresh agreements on putting american missiles in eastern europe there are security concerns at the kremlin and a call for urgent talks with. moscow and london put deals before differences with david cameron securing multi-million dollar contracts during the first trip by a british prime minister to russia in six years. was peacekeepers in kosovo on high alert as an ethnic tension in serbia the breakaway republic reaches boiling point.