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Panama Chair Commission of the UNESCO General Conference

/ Cultural Heritage / By: Yohanna Rodriguez

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The 224th Executive Board of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) confirmed Ambassador Elia Guerra Jury, Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Panama to the UNESCO as Chair of the Cultural Commission of the forty-second General Conference, to be held in Paris, France in November 2023.

Ambassador Guerra will chair the work of the Commission on Culture that will meet for three weeks and will involve representatives of the 198 Member States.

That was the first time that Panama had been Chair of this Commission representing all countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and that they would discuss issues related to illicit traffic in cultural property, intangible and underwater heritage and support for the World Heritage Centre.