ANNEX IX
AGENDA, TIMETABLE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL MODALITIES OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE CULTURAL HERITAGE
I. Agenda
1. Formal opening of the Symposium. Address by a representative of the host country. 2. Introductory statements by representatives of the participating States; contribution by
UNESCO.
3. Discussion of common features of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the participating States, with due attention to the originality and diversity of their respective cultures; consideration of:
(a) scope and measures necessary for increasing awareness and expanding mutual
knowledge of this heritage;
(b) scope for improving, inter alia through co-operation and joint efforts, the protection and preservation of this heritage, including historical, cultural and religious monuments and objects.
In dealing with these items, the participants in the Symposium will review the implementation of the relevant CSCE provisions, thus facilitating the identification of the scope for further action in these fields.
4. Closing statements and summing up of the results of the Symposium.
5. Formal closure of the Symposium.
II. Timetable and Other Organizational Modalities
1.
The Symposium will open on Tuesday, 28 May 1991, at 10.30 a.m., in Cracow. It will close on Friday, 7 June 1991.
2. All Plenary meetings will be open.
3. Under the guidance of the Plenary, Study Group A, devoted to questions related to increasing the awareness of the cultural heritage, will deal with Agenda item 3(a) and Study Group B, devoted to the discussion of the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage, will deal with Agenda item 3(b).
Under Agenda item 3(a), Study Group A will discuss in particular
sources and manifestations of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the participating States, including its contemporary aspects, and access to them; -interrelationship between regional and other features of the cultural heritage; -role of the sciences and humanities;
Under Agenda item 3(b), Study Group B will discuss in particular
---implementation of co-operation programmes;
-preservation of the cultural heritage, including socio-economic aspects, and its
interrelationship with the protection of the environment;
use of modern technical methods and means in the preservation of the cultural heritage and in the dissemination of knowledge about it.
Both Study Group A and Study Group B will further deal with:
-scope for expanding contacts, communications and exchanges of information between institutions, experts and other interested persons in the field of culture; -scope for creation, dissemination and co-operation.
4. The first one-and-a-half days of the Symposium will be devoted to Plenary meetings on Agenda items 1, 2 and 3. Introductory statements, as a rule, should not exceed 20 minutes per delegation and will be held in the following order:
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