The Black Sea Economic Co-operation (BSEC) member-states reiterated their will to unite the efforts regarding culture diversity in a plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of BSEC in Baku on 23 November 2006, Trend reports.
Olga Seliverstova, Russia, delivered a report of the BSEC Committee for Culture, Education and Social Affairs Globalization process and potential threats for the cultural diversity.
The participants in the plenary session held discussions on the topic Ways to increase efficiency of BSEC's activities.
The Baku session brings together parliamentary delegations from BSEC member countries, Secretary General of the BSEC Permanent International Secretariat and other BSEC organizations such as the International Center for Black Sea Researches and Network of the Black Sea Universities. The observers and guests will be the representatives of the National Assembly and Senate of France, Knesset of Israel, European Commission, European Parliament, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Belarusian National Assembly, CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Parliamentary Assembly of Bulgaria and Russia, Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Eurasian Economic Committee and Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference member-countries.
Established in 1993, the Assembly brings together representatives of the parliaments from 12 BSEC member countries Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldavia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.