(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijani Culture Minister Anar Karimov has addressed the
UNESCO-MONDIACULT 2022 World conference in Mexico, Azernews
reports, citing .
The main goal of the conference is to shape a more robust and
resilient cultural sector, fully anchored in the perspectives of
sustainable development as well as promotion of solidarity, peace,
and security, in line with the vision enshrined in the UN
Secretary-General's report 'Our Common Agenda' (September 2021),
which refers to culture as a global public good, for the good of us
all.
In his speech, the minister drew the participants' attention to
the ethnocultural genocide (ethnocide) committed by Armenia in
Azerbaijan's formerly occupied territories for nearly 30 years.
Many mosques, historical monuments, and various cultural
institutions were completely destroyed as a result of unprecedented
systematic and purposeful actions against the Azerbaijan's cultural
heritage during the Armenian occupation.
He emphasized that those acts of genocide against Azerbaijani
historical and cultural heritage were met with silence by
international organizations.
Karimov noted that after liberating its lands from occupation,
Azerbaijan started large-scale restoration, including the
restoration of cultural heritage.
In this regard, the minister said that the cultural heritage
located in the territory of Azerbaijan reflects the cultural
diversity of the country and expressed the importance of protecting
and restoring all cultural and religious monuments, regardless of
their origin.
Anar Karimov appealed to UNESCO for a technical mission to be
dispatched to Karabakh.
He mentioned that the global campaign can be applied as a model
of promoting peace in the existing post-conflict situations in
different regions of the world.
During the session, Minister Karimov as the representative of
Azerbaijan, chairing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), made a
statement on behalf of the NAM member states. In the statement, the
UN countries condemn all forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia, and intolerance, and noted the importance of national,
regional, and international initiatives for the protection of
cultural properties.
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