Armenia becomes vice chair of key UNESCO committee bureau![]() February 15, 2018 - 10:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia on Tuesday, February 13 assumed the deputy chairmanship of the bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage at UNESCO for a one-year period, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Armenia was approved a committee member for the period of 2016-2020. Nominations for vice-chairmanship were held during the committee’s 12th session in December 4-9, 2017 in South Korea, while the final approval came in February this year. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is commonly known as the Intangible Heritage Committee. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news |