Six months after the organization decided not to classify the Western Wall as a solely Muslim site, it referred to the Wall and the Temple Mount solely by their Arab names.
The codex, believed to be the world’s oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible, will join two other Israeli items in the United Nations agency's registry.
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld were recognized on Monday by UNESCO for their work to call “societies to recognize their historical and moral responsibilities.”