Secretary General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Ordzhonikidze, First President of the Republic of Tatarstan, State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiev, and the Rector of the Saint Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko will share the goals, objectives and programme of the forum.
1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is one of the most efficient and widely recognised international acts developed under the auspices of UNESCO. In accordance with the Convention, the World Heritage List – a list of the world’s most outstanding cultural and natural sites of universal value that require special protection – has been compiled for over a half-century.
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