Syria participates in UNESCO conference .. Al-Azab: We are exerting great efforts to continue the educational process and rehabilitate schools destroyed by terrorism

Paris-Sana

Syria is participating in the 40th session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which will run until the 27th of this month in Paris.

On the sidelines of the conference, Minister of Education Imad Al-Azab handed over to the Assistant Director-General of UNESCO's Education Sector Stefania Giannini the National Education Plan in the Syrian Arab Republic and gave a presentation on the great efforts made by the Syrian government to continue the educational process and the restoration of schools destroyed by terrorism and to accommodate all dropouts and improve the school environment. Curricula and capacity building of teaching staff.

Minister Al-Azab and his accompanying delegation also held an extensive meeting with the Assistant Director-General of the Culture Sector in the Organization, Ernesto Aten, during which he stressed the need to work on the return of Syrian artifacts stolen by terrorist organizations and to stop illegal excavations carried out by the Syrian government. The necessary support for the experts and specialists of the Organization in this field.

In meetings with delegates from Egypt, Bahrain, the UAE, the Russian Federation, Ecuador, Venezuela and Portugal to UNESCO, the Minister of Education affirmed Syria's keenness to abide by the rules and conventions of international law and that Syria's participation in the conference activities is the exercise of the right of a founding member of the international organization.

For their part, the delegates appreciated Syria's position and commitment to participate in the conference, despite the French government's attempt to block entry attributes of the Syrian delegation contrary to the headquarters agreement signed.

The meeting was attended by Syria's Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ambassador Lamia Shakour, Assistant to the Minister of Education Dr. Farah Al-Mutlaq, Assistant to the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Riad Tayfour, Director General of Antiquities and Museums Dr. Mahmoud Hammoud, Advisor to the Minister of Education Tamam Hilal and Secretary of the National Committee of UNESCO Dr. Nidal Hassan.

At the fortieth session of the General Conference, Member States will have to adopt an international convention aimed at facilitating the recognition of higher education qualifications and the free movement of students and teachers.