BUENOS AIRES NOMINATED AS WORLD BOOK CAPITAL 2011
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.06.2009 15:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Selection Committee of the World Book Capital
2011, made up of the representatives of the International Publishers
Association (IPA), the International Booksellers Federation
(IBF), the International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions (IFLA) and UNESCO, met on 12 June 2009 and nominated
the city of Buenos Aires as World Book Capital 2011 on the account
of the consolidated strategy underpinning the program, as well as
of the quality and variety of its candidature file. World Book
Capital is a title bestowed by UNESCO to a city in recognition
of the quality of its programs to promote books and reading and
the dedication of all players in the book industry. The title
was bestowed to Madrid (2001), Alexandria (2002), New Delhi
(2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005), Turin (2006), Bogota
(2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009) and Ljubljana (2010).
The designation runs from April 23 (UNESCO’s World Book and
Copyright Day) of one year until April 22 of the following year.