Baku / 07.06.18 / Turan: Azerbaijan was elected a member of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
On June 6, the 7th General Assembly of the member countries of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Organization was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Within the framework of the session, elections were held for seats vacated by the Intergovernmental Commission for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Two candidates in the second group were nominated by 7 states - Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Macedonia. As a result of a wide propaganda campaign, Azerbaijan was elected a member of the committee, gaining the largest number of votes (90) among the candidates. Poland was elected to the other place with 52 votes, the document says. -02D-
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