Georgian president calls on UNESCO to establish Caucasian languages day, including Abkhaz
Salome Zurabishvili travelled to France to attend the Paris Peace Forum and the UNESCO's 75th anniversary. Photo: Shot from UNESCO video
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who recently attended an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of UNESCO, has called on the organisation to establish an international Day of Caucasian Languages, which also would include Abkhaz.
We should save these languages as well as ban the hate speech”, she addressed the international audience.
President Zurabishvili has addressed the international community in French:
In addressing @UNESCO, I am calling for the international community to raise awareness and establish the International Day of Caucasian Languages to remind the world that languages like #Abkhazian need protection to survive.#UNESCO75 pic.twitter.com/x6N2v1UVRy
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 12, 2021
In her address, Salome Zurabishvili spoke about the grave humanitarian situation in the two Russian-occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), which also affects the culture on the ground.
It is now forbidden to receive education in Georgian language as none of the schools teach in Georgian”, President Zurabishvili said, noting that the Abkhaz language is also facing threats there.
Salome Zurabishvili believes that UNESCO - as the United Nations specialised agency aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, sciences and culture – is capable to respond to the challenges that the modern world is facing today.
Thank you @EmmanuelMacron for a warm welcome tonight at the @Elysee and at the @ParisPeaceForum ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/B1zTr3IIDa
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 11, 2021
Earlier the Georgian President joined the world leaders at the Paris Peace Forum, where she met with French President Emmanuel Macron and United States Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as spoke about the new geopolitical realities and the EU-Georgia relations.
"Georgia's main victory is its unwavering European orientation."
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 12, 2021
My closing statement at the @ParisPeaceForum pic.twitter.com/DgbXYIhd0S
Hosting over 50 world leaders on November 11-13, the Paris Peace Forum focused on 'spurring a more solid and inclusive recovery by addressing the various gaps in global governance, offering initiatives to better tend to the global commons, and putting forward new principles of action for the post-Covid world'.