Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia was elected as a member of the UNESCOExecutive Board for 2017-2021 during the 39th UNESCO General Conference inParis on November 8.
Indonesia received 160 votes, the third highest in the Asia-Pacific Group inthe election, the Foreign Ministry said.
Along with Indonesia, Japan, India, the Philippines, China and Bangladesh arealso elected to represent the Asia-Pacific Group as members of the UNESCOExecutive Board, with Japan securing 166 votes and India, 162 votes.
Indonesian Ambassador to UNESCO HotmangaradjaPandjaitan said as a member of the UNESCO Executive Board for 2017-2021,Indonesia can strategically contribute to the UNESCO’s standard-settingprocess.
The membership in the UNESCO Executive Board is a strategic platform forIndonesia’s aspiration to voice its agenda considering its wide-ranginginterests in UNESCO’s scope of work, in particular related to education andculture.
Members of the UNESCO Executive Board have the unique opportunity to contributeto the organisation’s decision-making process. Indonesia’s success has benefited from its achievementsand diplomacy throughout its membership in UNESCO and thanks to the fullsupport of the government of Indonesia, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said.
To date, Indonesia has donated notable Works of Art to UNESCO and has been anactive member of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) for 2015-2019 with themandate of preserving the world’s heritage.
Indonesia has received UNESCO’s acknowledgement as a major contributor to thepromotion and preservation of world’s heritage in the country like Wayang, Keris,Batik, Angklung, Noken, Borobudur and Prambanan Temple as world’s heritages.Furthermore, the Saman and Bali Dance are also recognised as intangible world’sheritage.
The Executive Board is elected by the GeneralConference and is one of the three constitutional organs of UNESCO. It consists of 58 member states with a four-year termof office. Each state member appoints one representative and may also appointalternates.-VNA
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