The CIS countries have selected the base organization in the field of World Heritage conservation

On April 4, the meeting of the Council involving CIS Ministers of Foreign Affairs was held in Moscow, as a result of which an agreement has been reached that Likhachev Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage earns the status of the base organization for the member states of the CIS in the field of World Heritage conservation. Therefore, within the framework of the CIS, a uniform coordinating structure in the field of World Cultural and Natural Heritage conservation has been created.