During the bilateral meeting between Irina Bokova and Ms. Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of culture of Armenia, the Minister emphasized the growing importance of intangibleculturalheritage and the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions in her country.
Throughout the day, experts of culturalheritage worked to fine-tune an action plan for the protection of tangible and intangibleculturalheritage and manuscripts in the region.
In this regard, the establishment by UNESCO of the International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding of Haitian CulturalHeritage reflects its commitment to the protection of the tangible and intangibleheritage of Haiti and its cultural industries that are inseparable from its development and essential to its economy.