Culture and tourism minister Pavlos Yeroulanos attended on Monday Unesco's 36th General Conference which is taking place in Paris from October 25 to November 10.
At the conference, in which delegations from 190 countries participate, the vote will be held next week (November 7-9) for the members of the Committee of the Global Cultural Heritage, for which Greece has submitted candidacy. Greece has been a member of the Committee twice in the past, over the periods of 1985-1991 and 1997-2003.
Yeroulanos met on the sidelines of the conference with Unesco's general director Irina Bokova, with whom he discussed proposals and ways that will further strengthen the protection of global cultural heritage and will contribute to its promotion in the framework of modern-day needs, possibilities and opportunities.
