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Three Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to Unesco heritage list
Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by Unesco to its World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed to the list by the United Nations cultural agency Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. Tourists look at portrait photos of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh on Saturday. AFP Unesco's World Heritage List sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalised in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, located in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, also was regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. A tourist takes photos next to skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. AFP Choeung Ek, located about 15 kilometres south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there are the focus of the 1984 film "The Killing Fields,' based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighboring Vietnam. In September 2022, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $337 million over 16 years but convicted just three men. Fine art students perform a reenactment of Khmer Rouge crimes to mark the annual 'Day of Remembrance' at the Choeung Ek memorial. AFP Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country on Sunday morning to mark the Unesco listing. "May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended,' Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. "From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity.' Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country is "still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity.' But naming the three sites to the Unesco list will play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide. Chum Mey, a survivor of the notorious S-21 prison where an estimated 15,000 people were tortured to death, tells his story during an interview in Phnom Penh on Saturday. AFP "Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal,' he said. The Unesco inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and is among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Friday. Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as Unesco World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker, the ministry said. Associated Press
2 days ago
- Politics
Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed to the list by the United Nations cultural agency Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List lists sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalized in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, located in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, also was regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, located about 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there are the focus of the 1984 film 'The Killing Fields,' based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighboring Vietnam. In September 2022, the U.N.-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $337 million over 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message Friday directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. 'May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended,' Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. 'From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity.' Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country is 'still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity.' But naming the three sites to the UNESCO list will play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide. 'Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal,' he said. The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and is among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement Friday.
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2 days ago
- The Advertiser
Cambodia sites of Khmer Rouge brutality heritage listed
Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have joined UNESCO's World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed on the list by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The Murujuga rock art landscape in Western Australia was listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Friday after intense lobbying by the federal government. The Cambodian inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List features sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed on Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalised in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, was also regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, about 15km south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there is the focus of the 1984 film The Killing Fields, based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighbouring Vietnam. In September 2022, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $US337 million ($A512 million) across 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message on Friday directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country on Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. "May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended," Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. "From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity." Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country was "still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity". But naming the three sites on the UNESCO list would play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide, Chhang said. "Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal," he said. The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Friday. Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker, the ministry said. Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have joined UNESCO's World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed on the list by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The Murujuga rock art landscape in Western Australia was listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Friday after intense lobbying by the federal government. The Cambodian inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List features sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed on Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalised in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, was also regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, about 15km south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there is the focus of the 1984 film The Killing Fields, based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighbouring Vietnam. In September 2022, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $US337 million ($A512 million) across 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message on Friday directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country on Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. "May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended," Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. "From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity." Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country was "still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity". But naming the three sites on the UNESCO list would play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide, Chhang said. "Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal," he said. The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Friday. Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker, the ministry said. Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have joined UNESCO's World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed on the list by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The Murujuga rock art landscape in Western Australia was listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Friday after intense lobbying by the federal government. The Cambodian inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List features sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed on Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalised in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, was also regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, about 15km south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there is the focus of the 1984 film The Killing Fields, based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighbouring Vietnam. In September 2022, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $US337 million ($A512 million) across 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message on Friday directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country on Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. "May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended," Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. "From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity." Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country was "still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity". But naming the three sites on the UNESCO list would play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide, Chhang said. "Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal," he said. The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Friday. Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker, the ministry said. Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have joined UNESCO's World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed on the list by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The Murujuga rock art landscape in Western Australia was listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Friday after intense lobbying by the federal government. The Cambodian inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List features sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed on Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalised in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, was also regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, about 15km south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there is the focus of the 1984 film The Killing Fields, based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighbouring Vietnam. In September 2022, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $US337 million ($A512 million) across 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message on Friday directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country on Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. "May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended," Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. "From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity." Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country was "still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity". But naming the three sites on the UNESCO list would play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide, Chhang said. "Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal," he said. The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Friday. Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker, the ministry said.
Asahi Shimbun
2 days ago
- Asahi Shimbun
Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list
FILE - Visitors walk by the mass grave of the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime next to a memorial stupa filled with victims' skulls at the Choeung Ek killing field in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed to the list by the United Nations cultural agency Friday during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. The inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List lists sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalized in a Hollywood film. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, located in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, also was regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, located about 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there are the focus of the 1984 film 'The Killing Fields,' based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighboring Vietnam. In September 2022, the U.N.-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $337 million over 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message Friday directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. 'May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended,' Hun Manet said in a video message posted online. 'From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity.' Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country is 'still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity.' But naming the three sites to the UNESCO list will play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide. 'Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal,' he said. The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and is among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement Friday. Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker, the ministry said.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list
Three locations used by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed to the list by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday (July 11, 2025) during the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris. Thailand says 'progress made' in Cambodia border dispute talks The inscription coincided with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power by the communist Khmer Rouge government, which caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians through starvation, torture and mass executions during a four-year reign from 1975 to 1979. UNESCO's World Heritage List lists sites considered important to humanity and includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and Cambodia's Angkor archaeological complex. The three sites listed on Friday include two notorious prisons and an execution site immortalised in a Hollywood film. Thailand and Cambodia say they will return to agreed border positions after fatal clash Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, located in the capital Phnom Penh, is the site of a former high school used by the Khmer Rouge as a notorious prison. Better known as S-21, about 15,000 people were imprisoned and tortured there. The M-13 prison, located in rural Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia, also was regarded as one of the main prisons of the early Khmer Rouge. Choeung Ek, located about 15 km south of the capital, was used as an execution site and mass grave. The story of the atrocities committed there are the focus of the 1984 film 'The Killing Fields,' based on the experiences of New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran and correspondent Sydney Schanberg. The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and immediately herded almost all the city's residents into the countryside, where they were forced to toil in harsh conditions until 1979, when the regime was driven from power by an invasion from neighbouring Vietnam. In September 2022, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, concluded its work compiling cases against Khmer Rouge leaders. The tribunal cost $337 million over 16 years but convicted just three men. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a message on Friday (July 11, 2025) directing people to beat drums simultaneously across the country on Sunday morning to mark the UNESCO listing. 'May this inscription serve as a lasting reminder that peace must always be defended,' Hun Manet said in a video message posted online.' From the darkest chapters of history, we can draw strength to build a better future for humanity.' Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said the country is 'still grappling with the painful legacies of genocide, torture, and mass atrocity.' But naming the three sites to the UNESCO list will play a role in educating younger generations of Cambodians and others worldwide. 'Though they were the landscape of violence, they too will and can contribute to heal the wounds inflicted during that era that have yet to heal,' he said. 'The UNESCO inscription was Cambodia's first nomination for a modern and non-classical archaeological site and is among the first in the world to be submitted as a site associated with recent conflict,' Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Friday (July 11, 2025.) 'Four Cambodian archaeological sites were previously inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk and Koh Ker,' the Ministry said.
