Egypt becomes member of UNICCO’s Committee
Egypt won a membership in the bureau of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguard of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for 2012-2016, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Amr Roushdi said.
In statements, the spokesman said that Egypt, Tunisia and Qatar vie for two seats of the Arab group. Egypt cropped 100 out of 118 votes in Friday's elections. It was followed by Tunisia and Qatar, 74 and 52 votes for each respectively, he added
On Friday 8/6/2012, the Intergovernmental Committee held its fourth extraordinary session in Paris to elect a new member of its Bureau.
The Bureau of the Committee is responsible, among others, to decide on the use of certain resources of the Fund for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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