In 2012 World Heritage Committee youth session to be held in Kazan

Today President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with executive secretary of Commission on UNESCO matters of RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grigory Ordzhokidize.

The meeting took place in RT Government House and dealt with discussing the issues of preparing for holding 36th –session of World Heritage Committee.

Upon end of the meeting with Rustam Minnikhanov, Grigory Ordzhonikidze informed the journalists that the main meeting of 36th session of the Committee would be held in June 25 - 5 July, 2012 in St. Petersburg.

Further, it is assumed to arrange visit of the World Heritage committee to Kazan for holding a special meeting in Tatarstan capital dedicated to problems of seeing the future of Convention (Convention on protection of world cultural and natural heritage), and coordinating Committee ‘s activity with other auxiliary bodies.

«Today we with Rustam Minnikhanov have negotiated the idea how to stage here the alternative youth session of the Committee, - Grigory Ordzhonikidze said. – The aim itself - preserving world heritage – aimed at future generations. It is important for the youth to have a look at these objects by their own eyes».

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The previous 35th session of the World Heritage Committee took place in June, 2011, in Paris.

The decision was taken up there to hold the following session in St. Petersburg in 2012.

Members of the World Heritage Committee include 21 states ( with Russia),being members of UNESCO Convention on protection of world cultural and natural heritage (1972.). This Convention is one of the most effective, international, legal UNESCO documents and unites for today 187 countries.