<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Odessa</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The <strong>United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO,</strong> said that it had designated the historic center of <strong>Odessa, a strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-2">The status, awarded by a UNESCO panel meeting in Paris, is designed to help protect Odesa's cultural heritage, which has been under threat since Russia's invasion, and enable access to financial and technical international aid.</li></ul><h3><strong>About</strong>&nbsp;</h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Odessa or Odesa is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Odessa is sometimes called the <strong>"Pearl by the Sea", the "Southern Capital", "Odessa-mama" and "The Humour Capital", as well as "Southern Palmyra".</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Odessa is a <strong>warm-water po</strong>rt. The city of Odessa hosts both the <strong>Port of Odessa and Port Yuzhny</strong>, a significant oil terminal situated in the city's suburbs.&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://sunyaias.in/notes/prelims-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>