  Armenian heroic epic on UNESCO session agenda December 3, 2012 - 15:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The seventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, chaired by Mr Arley Gill of Grenada, started today, Dec 3 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The agenda will include, among others, the debate on the 16 new periodic reports submitted by States Parties on their implementation of the Convention at the national level, the organization’s official website reported. The event will also feature a discussion on the inclusion of Armenian heroic epic “Daredevils of Sassoun” on UNESCO agenda. The session will run until December 7. As spokesperson for Armenian Ministry of Culture told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, first secretary of National Commission on UNESCO Krisitne Mehrabekyan and RA deputy culture minister Arev Samuelyan will represent Armenia at the session.   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. |
