site.btaBulgarian Culture Minister Marian Bachev Presents UNESCO’s Ernesto Ottone with July Issue of LIK Magazine

Bulgarian Culture Minister Marian Bachev held a bilateral protocol meeting with Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, at the organization’s headquarters in Paris, France, on Monday. The meeting took place on the eve of the official opening of the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

During the meeting, Bachev presented Ottone with the July issue of LIK magazine, themed Bulgaria in UNESCO. He also gifted him an artistic souvenir inspired by the Rogozen Treasure, a silver commemorative coin from the Bulgarian National Bank’s Monasteries of Bulgaria series (featuring the Rila Monastery), and the French-language book L’incroyable histoire des trésors de Bulgarie, published by SBB Media/IZIART Foundation and authored by Nadya Todorova, Stanka Zheleva, and Anelia Pashova. The book was selected as a gift because it tells the stories behind 20 of Bulgaria’s most significant treasures.

The 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, runs until July 16 at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris under the presidency of Bulgaria. As part of the session, Bulgaria will present elements of its cultural and natural heritage. Later Monday, the July issue of LIK magazine – dedicated to Bulgaria and UNESCO – will also be officially presented at UNESCO.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on November 16, 1945. Bulgaria became a member on May 17, 1956, the same year its National Commission for UNESCO was established. The Commission coordinates activities between Bulgarian institutions and UNESCO.

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is one of the two governing bodies responsible for implementing the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. It is composed of representatives from 21 countries elected from among the 196 States Parties to the Convention.