UNESCO com­mends Zam­bia, Zim­b­abwe ties

Talha impressed with coun­tries’ pre­ser­va­tion of prop­erty

UNITED Nations Edu­ca­tional, Sci­entific and Cul­tural Organ­isa­tion (UNESCO) gen­eral con­fer­ence pres­id­ent Khondker Mohammad Talha has com­men­ded Zam­bia and Zim­b­abwe’s col­lab­or­a­tion in pre­serving the integ­rity and global sig­ni­fic­ance of the Vic­toria Falls.

He said this dur­ing a high-level visit to the Vic­toria Falls World Her­it­age Site.

The visit was under­taken to appre­ci­ate and assess the con­tin­ued efforts by the gov­ern­ments of Zam­bia and Zim­b­abwe in safe­guard­ing the site’s out­stand­ing uni­ver­sal value, in line with the oper­a­tional guidelines of the UNESCO World Her­it­age Con­ven­tion.

The high-level tour star­ted on the Zim­b­ab­wean side of the trans­bound­ary prop­erty and con­cluded in Zam­bia, demon­strat­ing the shared respons­ib­il­ity and coordin­ated man­age­ment of one of the world’s most cel­eb­rated nat­ural her­it­age sites.

Speak­ing after tour­ing key sec­tions of the site, includ­ing the East­ern Catar­act where the rain­forest is on the Zam­bian side, Mr Talha expressed admir­a­tion for the strong spirit of col­lab­or­a­tion between the two coun­tries in pre­serving the prop­erty.

“I am par­tic­u­larly impressed by the col­lab­or­a­tion between Zam­bia and Zim­b­abwe in pre­serving the out­stand­ing uni­ver­sal value of the prop­erty,” he said.

National Her­it­age Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion con­ser­va­tion officer John Zulu noted that such vis­its reaf­firm the strength of bilat­eral cooper­a­tion and provide an import­ant plat­form to show­case the ongo­ing efforts towards sus­tain­able con­ser­va­tion and her­it­age man­age­ment.

He emphas­ised the sig­ni­fic­ance of the visit, stat­ing that such high­level engage­ments val­id­ate ongo­ing con­ser­va­tion ini­ti­at­ives while enhan­cing inter­na­tional recog­ni­tion and sup­port for her­it­age pre­ser­va­tion efforts in the region.

“The visit fur­ther high­lights the global import­ance of the Mosi-oaTunya/Vic­toria Falls as a shared nat­ural asset requir­ing con­tin­ued joint stew­ard­ship,” he said, accord­ing to a state­ment issued by the National Her­it­age Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion com­mu­nic­a­tion unit.

Source: UNESCO com­mends Zam­bia, Zim­b­abwe ties (Zambia Daily Mail, 4th May 2026)

See also:

Victoria Falls Bits and Blogs (5th May 2026) UNESCO hails Zambia, Zim joint efforts to safeguard Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls Bits and Blogs (4th May 2026) UNESCO General Conference President CommendsZambia-Zimbabwe Cooperation At Mosi-Oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls.