Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Tuesday
Birth anniversaries of Komitas and Hovhannes Tumanyan included in
UNESCO calendar
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. The 39th sitting of the UNESCO
General Conference, which is proceeding in Paris in the headquarters
of the organization, adopted a decision to include the 150th
anniversaries of Komitas and Hovhannes Tumanyan in the 2018-2019
UNESCO calendar of renowned people and important events, the foreign
ministry told ARMENPRESS.
UNESCO approved the bids of Armenia, which was presented with support
from France and Germany.
Since 1998, 23 anniversaries submitted from Armenia have been included
in the UNESCO list.