Georgia joins UNESCO Committee for Protection of Cultural Property
By Jamila Babayeva
Georgia has been elected as the new member of the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, the country's foreign ministry reported on December 17.
Georgia will be a member of the 12-member committee for four years.
"The purpose of the committee is to strengthen the protection of cultural heritage during armed conflict and its main function is assignment, temporary suspension or withdrawal of the status of the monument which is under heavy guard. The committee membership will give Georgia the opportunity to actively engage in the process and contribute to the protection of cultural property," the report reads.
Some 59 countries attended the elections, which were held on December 17 at the headquarters of the UNESCO in Paris. Georgia gained the support of 41 states.
Georgian Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ekaterine Siradze-Delaunay headed the Georgian delegation at the meeting.
The Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict was established by the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention. The main tasks of the Committee focus primarily on monitoring the implementation of the Second Protocol and managing the system of enhanced protection.
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