RI to host UNESCO meeting on intangible cultural heritage

Antara News, Fri, May 20 2011

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will host the 6th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage this year, an official said.

"Indonesia is ready to host the session and will meet all requirements set by UNESCO," Secretary General of the Culture and Tourism Ministry Wardiyatmo said here on Thursday.

The annual session was a strategic international activity in the cultural field because it was organized by the UN, he said.

"For the first time ever, we will host the meeting in 2011. This is a rare opportunity. We can have such an opportunity again in the future after waiting for decades," he said.

Indonesia was appointed to host the meeting at the 5th session of UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Nairobi, Kenya, in November last year, he said.

On April 16-22, Oda Lehmann and David Martel Pintado of the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris paid an advance visit in Jakarta and Bali to discuss technical preparations with the event`s organizing committee, he said.

The meeting would take place at the Bali International Convention Center, The Westin Resort, Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 22-29 and be attended by more than 500 delegates, he said.

Editor: B Kunto Wibisono