The UNESCO office in Russia will close in September 2015, it has fulfilled its objectives, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.
" Moscow Bureau (UNESCO) has served its purpose, " said Lukashevich said at a press conference in the capital of Russia, his words leads RIA " Novosti "." by mutual consensus, the Bureau will cease its operations in the Russian capital in September next year, " he explained. Remember, on Wednesday, Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov said that no political reasons for closing the UNESCO office in the capital, and the relationship with this organization is developing successfully. However, he noted that the agreement on the closure of the representation was achieved in 2012." he had his own goals, it was called the cluster Bureau and its activities were extended to the countries of the CIS, but then the situation changed, and Ukraine, and Georgia came out of this office. Thus, the scope of its activities has been limited, does not cover all of the CIS countries ", - said Gatilov. According to the policy in the Russian Federation was established Commission for UNESCO, where there are committees in key areas of the organization's activities and offices which are open in several regions of the country. The Commission may on its own and successfully perform the functions of UNESCO. The collapse of the representative office in the Russian Federation is consistent with the plan of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to direct the activities of the organization on the least developed countries and countries in transition, where there is no national commissions for UNESCO. November 18, Russia's permanent representative to UNESCO Eleonora Mitrofanova announced the closure of the office in the Russian Federation. By her expression, the conclusion about the closure of representation was due to the fact that the organization is in a difficult financial situation.


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