Bangladesh: Bangladesh elected to UNESCO committee

DHAKA, 08 July 2022, (TON): Bangladesh has been elected to the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Committee on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage for 2022-2026.

Bangladesh was elected to the Intergovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage for four years during its ninth general meeting held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on July 6.

A press release from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs said “apart from Bangladesh, other countries selected from the Asia-Pacific region were India, Vietnam, and Malaysia.”

Bangladesh ambassador to France and permanent representative to UNESCO, Khandaker M Talha, cultural affairs secretary Md Abul Mansur, and joint secretary Md Fahimul Islam, also participated in the general meeting of UNESCO’s ICH affairs on July 5-7, 2022.

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