International UNESCO Chair of the Academy of Management "TISBI" participates in the solemn action devoted to the 65th Anniversary of UNESCO

On December 14, 2010 the solemn action, devoted to the 65 Anniversary of UNESCO foundation, took place in the UNESCO headquarter in Paris.

Three former UNESCO Directors-General - Mr Amadou-Mahtar М'Bow, Mr Federico Mayor and Mr. Koichro Matsuura, goodwill ambassadors and UNESCO actors of the World, including A.A.Abramjan, V.N.Ignatenko, I.Aliev, S.Aznavur, M.Singh, and other famous public figures participated in the solemn action.

The International UNESCO Chair of the Academy of Management "TISBI" took part in the 65th Anniversary of UNESCO ceremony in the persons of its Chairholder, "TISBI" Rector Nella Pruss and Executive Director of the UNESCO Chair Liliya Miftakhutdinova as a part of the official delegation from the Russian Federation with Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, and Igor Makovetsky, President of the Russian National Committee for World Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

Eleonora V.Mitrofanova, President of the UNESCO Executive Board, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to UNESCO announced the message from President of the Russian Federation Dmitriy A. Medvedev, in which he noticed that "Our relations with UNESCO demonstrate clearly how much the organisation's goals and Russia's potential can complement each other for the good of intercultural dialogue and affirming common human values. This forms a vital humanitarian component in the world's efforts to eradicate the breeding grounds for extremism, terrorism and other negative effects of globalisation. ".

Mr Davidson Hepbern, President of the General Conference of UNESCO, and Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, greeted all participants and paid attention to the history of the foundation and development of the Organization and to questions of perfection of its activity, taking into account modern international challenges, improvement of interaction with member countries and their national commissions, and also further advancement of universal humanitarian character of this international organization.

The ceremony included various musical and art performances, represented many countries and regions all over the world. Russia was represented by the popular Russian singer and actress Alsu Abramova as a presenter of the UNESCO Anniversary ceremony.