Mintimer Shaimiev takes part in plenary session of III All-Russian UNESCO Chair Congress

On December 15, the 3rd All-Russian UNESCO Chair Congress was held at the National Mineral Resources University in St. Petersburg.

Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, read out a welcome message from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed to participants of the congress.

UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova told about her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 4th St. Petersburg international cultural forum.

Rector of the Academy of management of the University of Management “TISBI”, head of UNESCO International, National coordinator of the project “UNESCO associated schools” in Russia Nella Prus shared experience of work of the National coordination center for cooperation of UNESCO chairs with UNESCO associated schools.

Board chairman of the movement, UNESCO goodwill ambassador, poet and philosopher Aleksandr Ochirov, UNESCO goodwill ambassador Zurab Tsereteli handed over the award of All-Russian Public Movement "For saving people" in the special nomination of UNESCO to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, First President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, responsible secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO Grigory Ordzhonikidze, and National coordinator of the project “UNESCO associated schools” in Russia Nella Prus.