Paris-Sana
Ambassador Lamia Shakour, the permanent representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) confirmed that the countries hostile to Syria, through their blatant interference in their internal affairs, their occupation of parts of their lands and their support for terrorism in them, are targeting what they aim to obliterate the national identity of Syrians on their land and their inherited creative abilities generation after generation. Generation and dispersion of the intangible cultural heritage in Syria.
In a speech during the work of the eighth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the (UNESCO) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003 held in Paris, Shakour indicated that the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the American administration and the European Union countries on Syria are directly reflected in the fields of work of the organization and The existing cooperation within the framework of the Convention for the Preservation of Heritage, as it had disastrous effects on the living Syrian cultural heritage.
Shakour explained that Syria welcomes the reform efforts of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, specifically those related to the methodological inference to demonstrate the links between the intangible cultural heritage and the sustainable development goals, with an emphasis on the awareness-raising approach of the richness and value of these links.
She praised the Global Program for Capacity Building for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which took its foundations in the education sectors, calling for encouraging the continuation of the Convention Secretariat's work within its framework, with the aim of improving the process of listing on the lists of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Shakour also noted the rapid and effective response of the Convention Secretariat to support national efforts in Syria to address the repercussions of the spread of the Coronavirus, noting the Syrian government's support for the efforts of the countries of the world to confront this epidemic and its catastrophic consequences.
She pointed out that the cooperation between UNESCO and the Secretariat of the Agreement with the Syrian Ministry of Culture and local community organizations resulted in a quantum leap and tremendous steps to increase awareness of individuals and communities of the importance and pivotal importance of preserving and preserving living heritage, as well as establishing local, national and international partnerships in this regard.