Azerbaijan and UNESCO signed an agreement on financial assistance to help cultural sector of Haiti to recover in the wake of the devastating earthquake as part of the 36th session of the General Conference of the organization on 27 October.
Under the Agreement on the initiative of the First Lady of Azerbaijan, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva, Azerbaijan will assign $50,000 to restore cultural facilities in historical part of Jacmel city of Haiti.
The project is to start on December current year and last six months.
The agreement was signed by UNESCO Assistant Director General for Strategic Planning Hans d'Orville and Azerbaijan`s permanent representative to UNESCO Eleonora Huseynova.
The signing ceremony was attended by culture minister of Haiti, Azerbaijani MP B. Aliyev, secretary general of the national commission for UNESCO of Azerbaijan G. Afandiyeva, representatives from UNESCO sections and the permanent representations of Haiti and Azerbaijan and mass media.

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