Zambia has been re-elected to two organs of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), after going through unopposed at the on-going 42nd session of the General Conference in Paris, France.
The Country will serve as a Committee Member to the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation (ICPRCP) and the International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB) for the mandate 2023 to 2027.
10 other Member States have been elected to serve on the Committee on ICPRCP and 18 on the programme on MAB bringing the total number of Committee Members to 22 and 34 respectively. Committee Members who were elected during the 41st General Conference are still serving their terms in office.
The ICPRCP Committee pursues the appropriate means of facilitating bilateral negotiations for the restitution or return of cultural property to the countries of origin while the programme on MAB is aimed at establishing a scientific basis for enhancing the relationship between people and their environments thereby promoting innovative approaches to economic development that are socially and culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable.
The candidacies of Zambia were announced after the Nominations Committee approved the compositions of the bodies.
And Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Zambia, Mr Chrissy Hilweele says the re-election reinforces the commitment to uphold the UNESCO conventions in line with the committee’s mandate.
This is contained in a statement made available to the media by first Secretary at the Zambian embassy in Paris Naomi Mweemba
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