(MENAFN- azernews)
laman ismayilova read more assistant director-general for unesco social and human sciences
gabriela ramos and the azerbaijan culture minister adil karimli
have expressed their willingness to cooperate in the cultural
field.
addressing the meeting, adil karimli stressed gabriela ramos's
visit to baku will further boost the partnership between azerbaijan
and unesco, azernews reports.
speaking about cultural cooperation, the minister specially
noted the importance of the baku process and world intercultural
dialogue forums initiated by president ilham aliyev.
despite the break caused by the global pandemic, preparatory
work has already started to organize the forum in may, 2024.
taking into account that the forum is traditionally organized
jointly with the main partners, including unesco, the organization
can make an appropriate contribution to the preparation
process.
gabriela ramos emphasized the significance of the forums held in
baku in the field of intercultural dialogue. she expressed her
confidence that unesco will actively participate in the next forum,
which is expected to be rich in discussions that show more
practical solutions to the changing world.
the sides outlined azerbaijan's support in the creation of
unesco's e-platform, partnership within unesco silk roads programme
as well as the country's participation in the events timed to the
programme's 35th anniversary.
the meeting also discussed the effects of artificial
intelligence and modern technologies on global culture, as well as
global institutional initiatives in the direction of ethical and
legal regulation of these effects.
assistant director-general for unesco social and human sciences
gabriela ramos invited the culture minister adil karimli to take
part in the international conference on the ethics of
neurotechnology to be held on july 13 and global forum against
racism and discrimination scheduled for november 29.
note that azerbaijan and unesco have established a fruitful
partnership since 1992.
in 2003, they signed a comprehensive framework agreement
covering areas such as culture, science, education, and
communication.
many azerbaijani cultural sites have been included in unesco's
world heritage list, including icharishahar (old city) with maiden
tower, shirvanshah's palace, gobustan national historical-artistic
reserve, etc.
furthermore, the pomegranate festival and art of miniature were
inscribed in unesco representative list, while the city of shaki
was included in unesco's world heritage list. in 2021, lankaran
district was included in the unesco list "network of creative
cities".
unesco also honors azerbaijan's outstanding personalities like
the poet and thinker imadaddin nasimi, fikrat amirov, great
philanthropist and oil magnate haji zeynalabdin taghiyev, etc.
unesco also recognizes azerbaijan's outstanding personalities
such as renowned poet and philosopher imadaddin nasimi, prominent
composer fikrat amirov, philanthropist and oil magnate haji
zeynalabdin taghiyev.
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