[CPProt.net] UNESCO TO HELP RESTORE CHECHEN MUSEUMS

[MSN and CPProt list (Ton Cremers)]

UNESCO TO HELP RESTORE CHECHEN MUSEUMS 


GROZNY, March 12 (RIA Novosti) - UNESCO will help restore the museums and
build an academic township for students in Chechnya, executive secretary of
the Russian Foreign Ministry's commission for UNESCO affairs Grigory
Ordzhonikidze said at the meeting with Chechen President Alu Alkhanov on
Saturday. 

"UNESCO decided to ask museums of the world to allocate their one-day
earnings to assist the restoration of museums of the Chechen Republic," Mr.
Ordzhonikidze said. These are only the first steps towards the restoration
of Chechen cultural resources. 

"Six experts have arrived in Chechnya to determine its most urgent cultural
needs," he reported. According to him, the first UNESCO office in Russia
will be opened in Chechnya.