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PRESS RELEASE
1 December 2004

Conference on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the European Cultural
Convention to be held in Vrotslav (Poland) on December 9-11

On December 1st, the bureau of the ministerial envoys of the Council of
Europe nominated the Permanent Representative of Armenia, Ambassador
Christian Ter-Stepanyan, for presidency of the group of rapporteurs of the
Committee of Ministers of the CE on education, culture, sport, youth and
ecology issues. He will present the Committee of Ministers at the
Conference on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of European Cultural
Convention, to be held in Vrotslav, Poland, December 9-11.

Ministers of Culture and Education of the European Cultural Convention
member-states will participate at the Vrotslav conference as well as
representatives from a number of international organizations.

Mr. Sergo Eritsyan, Minister of Education will head the Armenian delegation
at the conference.

A “Vrotslav Declaration” will be approved at the Conference. It will outline
the plan for further cultural cooperation within Europe, as well as for
within the frame of the CE.