UNESCO Director General offers condolences over victims of Syria earthquake
Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay has expressed her deepest condolences to the Syrian people over victims of the earthquake that his Syria on February 6th.
Azoulay offered her condolences on Saturday after receiving the credentials of Syria’s permanent Ambassador to UNESCO Louy Fallouh at the organizations headquarter in Paris.
She said that the organization is closely following up on the repercussions of the earthquake in Syria and that she delegated a mission from the organization’s regional office in Beirut to assess the damage that caused to the educational and cultural institutions and the archeological sites due to the earthquake, with the aim of providing possible support in accordance with UNESCO mandate.
For his part, Fallouh stressed Syria’s keenness on enhancing its cooperation with UNESCO in all fields under the organization’s mandate.
He explained the efforts exerted by the Syrian government in the confrontation of the terrorist acts that targeted many Syrian cultural and educational institutions as well as archeological sites. He also briefed Azoulay on the government’s efforts to tackle the repercussions of the earthquake which killed and injured thousands of people and caused massive damage to infrastructure, archeological sites and property.
Fallouh reiterated that the western coercive measures imposed on Syria, in addition to the recent Israeli aggression, which targted several points in Damascus including an archeological site, which is part of the world cultural heritage, have exacerbated the impacts of the disaster.
Hamda Mustafa