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Baku Will Host UNESCO, and the Armenian Side Cannot Make an Objection
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/12/11/139617/
DECEMBER 11, 2012 15:29
The next session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in
Azerbaijan in December 2013. The UNESCO website informs about that.
Whereas Azerbaijan destroyed khachkars in Jugha, which hasn't been
adequately condemned by the international community and organizations,
nor has Azerbaijan publicly admitted its guilt. www.aravot.am inquired
of Kristina Mehrabekyan, the secretary of the Armenian National
Commission for UNESCO, why the Armenian delegation, which included,
besides her, Arev Samuelyan, the Deputy Minister of Culture, hadn't
responded in any way. Ms. Mehrabyan replied over the phone that she
wasn't entitled to give interviews, then added: `The Armenian
delegation cannot object to or not accept such a thing, because it is
a procedural issue that is decided by the UNESCO headquarters.'
Let us remind that on December 5, during the 7th session of the UNESCO
Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage, the application Performance of the Armenian epic of
`Daredevils of Sassoun' was considered and inscribed into the
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Moreover, only 36 out of 70 applications got an approval of experts
and were included in the session's agenda. The tar was also included
in the same list as an Azerbaijani musical instrument, which,
according to www.panorama.am, has caused Iranian musicologists
discontent. They described it as a theft committed by Azerbaijanis and
complained where the Iranian delegates had been during the discussion.
By the way, last June, the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Armenia,
and the Armenian Embassy to France organized an exhibition called The
Art of Khachkars: Armenian Khachkars in cooperation with UNESCO. The
directorate of UNESCO removed the explanatory captions under the
photos, leaving only the khachkars' dates of creation. The Armenian
delegation insisted, in response, the UNESCO flag was taken out of the
hall, as a result, the leadership didn't come to the opening ceremony.
Earlier, in 2010, Azerbaijan filed a complaint with regard to
recognizing Armenian khachkars as intangible cultural heritage,
claiming that khachkars are `not only Armenian.'
Gohar HAKOBYAN
From: A. Papazian
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/12/11/139617/
DECEMBER 11, 2012 15:29
The next session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in
Azerbaijan in December 2013. The UNESCO website informs about that.
Whereas Azerbaijan destroyed khachkars in Jugha, which hasn't been
adequately condemned by the international community and organizations,
nor has Azerbaijan publicly admitted its guilt. www.aravot.am inquired
of Kristina Mehrabekyan, the secretary of the Armenian National
Commission for UNESCO, why the Armenian delegation, which included,
besides her, Arev Samuelyan, the Deputy Minister of Culture, hadn't
responded in any way. Ms. Mehrabyan replied over the phone that she
wasn't entitled to give interviews, then added: `The Armenian
delegation cannot object to or not accept such a thing, because it is
a procedural issue that is decided by the UNESCO headquarters.'
Let us remind that on December 5, during the 7th session of the UNESCO
Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage, the application Performance of the Armenian epic of
`Daredevils of Sassoun' was considered and inscribed into the
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Moreover, only 36 out of 70 applications got an approval of experts
and were included in the session's agenda. The tar was also included
in the same list as an Azerbaijani musical instrument, which,
according to www.panorama.am, has caused Iranian musicologists
discontent. They described it as a theft committed by Azerbaijanis and
complained where the Iranian delegates had been during the discussion.
By the way, last June, the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Armenia,
and the Armenian Embassy to France organized an exhibition called The
Art of Khachkars: Armenian Khachkars in cooperation with UNESCO. The
directorate of UNESCO removed the explanatory captions under the
photos, leaving only the khachkars' dates of creation. The Armenian
delegation insisted, in response, the UNESCO flag was taken out of the
hall, as a result, the leadership didn't come to the opening ceremony.
Earlier, in 2010, Azerbaijan filed a complaint with regard to
recognizing Armenian khachkars as intangible cultural heritage,
claiming that khachkars are `not only Armenian.'
Gohar HAKOBYAN
From: A. Papazian