  UNESCO regional conference underway in Yerevan April 21, 2012 - 15:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan's Matenadaran (the museum-institute of ancient manuscripts) hosts a two-day “Cultural Policy and Policy for Culture: Culture and Development” conference. The event is organized by Armenian Ministry of Culture with the support of the UNESCO Moscow Office. Speaking at the opening of the conference, Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan said culture is the key basis to build other relations upon. “I’m happy that today’s conference will touch upon different aspects of preserving the cultural heritage and the written heritage,” the Minister said. Lyubava Moreva, representative of UNESCO Office in Moscow also welcomed the participants. The event brings together UNESCO representatives, culture ministries delegations from other countries, members of international literature organizations, etc. Two plenary sessions will include panel discussions on World Heritage and Sustainable Development: Issues and Prospects and Cultural Diversity for Development: Written Heritage in Focus.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
