Armenia has been reelected as member of the UNESCO Committee on Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict for the period of 2017-2021.
Ten countries were competing for six vacant seats in the Committee. The six countries elected as a result of voting include Italy (48 votes), Armenia (44 votes), Cambodia (43 voters), Japan (42 votes), El Salvador (39 votes), Egypt (32 votes).
The statutory meetings for the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two 1954 and 1999 Protocols is taking place in Paris on November 27-30.
The Committee is composed of twelve States Parties to the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
The main tasks of the Committee focus primarily on monitoring the implementation of the Second Protocol and managing the system of enhanced protection.
