Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO Alexander Kuznetsov´s remarks at the plenary meeting of the 201st session of the UNESCO Executive Board, Paris, April 25, 2017
(World News Russia)

Mr Chairperson, colleagues, Today, as international terrorism threatens our common cultural heritage, youth radicalisation takes on threatening dimensions, and modern information technology is used to spread hatred and enmity, UNESCO`s mandate to `build peace in the minds of men and women` is more relevant than ever before. In its recently adopted historic Resolution 2347, the UN Security Council welcomed the central role of UNESCO in protecting cultural heritage from terrorists for a good reason. Clearly, the situation with the criminal destruction of the cultural heritage of...