The National Committee for UNESCO focuses in its meeting on tangible heritage and its revival

Damascus, (ST) – The members of the Syrian National Committee for UNESCO focused on the following main and  prominent points during their meeting yesterday in the building of the Ministry of Education in Damascus which are: The first point is the need to focus on the tangible heritage and its revival as it is part of the human civilization heritage present in Syria. . The second point is expanding participation in conferences of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO including  follow up on projects submitted to the organization, and alleviating the severity of the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people.

The committee, which includes representatives from the relevant ministries and national bodies, affirmed that the political pressures that UNESCO  is exposed to results in the incapability of  developing countries  in securing the requirements of their peoples.

The committee sent a letter to the Director-General of UNESCO to motivate member states to return to the founding charter of this ancient organization, and to act according to its content to achieve the lofty goals that it seeks without politicization of its work, in a manner consistent with the interests of its peoples to reach its goals in achieving civil peace, through interest in education, science and culture.

The Minister of Education and Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Darem Tabbaa called in a speech during the meeting of the Member States of UNESCO to work hard and cooperate in the fields of education, science and culture to achieve the goals of civil peace and achieve the common interest of humanity. He referred to the importance of the various cultural contributions and efforts made in the field of preserving the tangible and intangible Syrian heritage, the protection of archaeological sites and the rehabilitation of what was destroyed as a result of the terrorist war.

Dr.Tabbaa added that these various cultural contributions have a very important role in highlighting the government’s interests in the national cultural project, especially since these efforts finally culminated in the registration of the Damascene Rose, Al Qudud Al Halabiah and the Oud in the organization’s intangible cultural heritage list.

The Secretary of the National Committee for UNESCO, Dr. Nidal Hassan, referred to the areas of cooperation with the organization and activities such as meetings, grants, seminars, prizes, celebrations, competitions and projects. “The most important of these projects are the Integrated School Information Management System (EMIS) project, the school environment improvement project, and the General Sports Federation project on submitting funding requests to combat ‘energy products’, in addition to following up on projects to nominate intangible cultural heritage elements for inclusion on UNESCO’s list of intangible human cultural heritage”, he said.

Raghda Sawas