The United Nations body entrusted with safeguarding the world's cultural heritage today welcomed the transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of an alleged extremist for trial on charges of destroying religious and historical monuments in Timbuktu, Mali.
Extremists inflicted significant damage to Timbuktu's cultural heritage in 2012 and 2013, including the destruction 14 out of the 16 mausoleums with World Heritage status, when they overran northern Mali.
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