UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.
The UN cultural organisation UNESCO has added the Murujuga site in Western Australia, featuring one million Aboriginal carvings potentially dating back 50,000 years, to its World Heritage list, prompting calls for better protection amid mining threats. Additionally, Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were recognized, alongside the listing of Cambodian sites linked to the Khmer Rouge regime.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: The United Nations has decided to add a very old place in Australia, with one million special carvings made by Aboriginal people, to its list of important world sites to help protect it.
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