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ARMENIA'S YEREVAN IS 2012 WORLD BOOK CAPITAL
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July 7 2010
India
/WAM) Unesco has chosen Armenia's capital Yerevan as the World Book
Capital for 2012 as part of the organisation's efforts to promote
books and the reading habit.
Yerevan, Armenia's largest city, was chosen for the quality and
variety of programmes it put on offer.
'I congratulate the city of Yerevan, which has presented a particularly
interesting programme with many different themes, including freedom
of expression, as well as several activities for children, who will
be the readers and authors of tomorrow,' Unesco Director General
Irina Bokova said.
The city chosen as the world book capital holds the distinction for
one year, beginning on the 'World Book and Copyright Day', observed
on April 23.
Yerevan is the 12th city to be designated after Madrid (2001),
Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005),
Turin (2006), Bogota (2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009), Ljubljana
(2010) and Buenos Aires (2011).
From: A. Papazian
Sify
July 7 2010
India
/WAM) Unesco has chosen Armenia's capital Yerevan as the World Book
Capital for 2012 as part of the organisation's efforts to promote
books and the reading habit.
Yerevan, Armenia's largest city, was chosen for the quality and
variety of programmes it put on offer.
'I congratulate the city of Yerevan, which has presented a particularly
interesting programme with many different themes, including freedom
of expression, as well as several activities for children, who will
be the readers and authors of tomorrow,' Unesco Director General
Irina Bokova said.
The city chosen as the world book capital holds the distinction for
one year, beginning on the 'World Book and Copyright Day', observed
on April 23.
Yerevan is the 12th city to be designated after Madrid (2001),
Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005),
Turin (2006), Bogota (2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009), Ljubljana
(2010) and Buenos Aires (2011).
From: A. Papazian