International Online Discussion “Cultural and Spiritual Foundations of International Public Relations: Culture and Humanitarian Security” | November 13, 2020

Photo: Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly Andrey Belyaninov and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Alexandra Ochirova.

On November 13, the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly will hold an International online discussion “Cultural and Spiritual Foundations of International Public Relations: Culture and Humanitarian Security”.

This discussion was scheduled for St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum (SPbICF -2020), which has been postponed to 2021.

The purpose of the discussion is to draw attention to the issues of humanitarian security in international public relations and to new forms of cultural cooperation at the present stage.

Issues for discussion

• Culture and humanitarian security of mankind. Humanitarian problems of the modern world
• What can unite the world community today, in the face of constantly emerging global threats
• What is the role of culture in shaping a secure international agenda
• How the spiritual culture of society and the future of civilization are connected

Moderator of the panel discussion: Svetlana Smirnova, First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly.

Andrey Belyaninov, Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, and Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, will welcome the participants of the discussion.

Speakers:

• Alexandra Ochirova, poet, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly;
• Santana Arribas Andres, Head of the International University Centre for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Centre for Russian Language and Culture «Pushkin Institute» at the University of Cadiz (Spain);
• Irina Darneva, member of the Presidium of the World Forum of Spiritual Culture, Chairman of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Council for Spiritual Culture (Russia);
• Murad Huseynov, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan, Director of the International Mugham Centre (Azerbaijan);
• Olivier Lapidus, Fashion Designer, organizer of the online Design School (France);
• Ebrima Mbenga, musician, philanthropist, Director of the «African Hearts» Drum Show (Gambia);
• John Farndon, Chairman of the “Eurasian Creative Guild. London” (Great Britain);
• Rainer Vollkommer, Director of the Liechtenstein National Museum (Liechtenstein);
• Marina Kholodenova, President of the Association “Russian House in Verona” (Italy);
• Svetlana Sharenkova, member of the Presidium of the World Association of the Russian-language Press, Chairman of the Forum “Bulgaria-Russia”, Doctor of Political Science (Bulgaria);
• Andrey Yavny, writer, researcher, philosopher, Advisor to the Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly (Ukraine);
• Elmira Shcherbakova, President of the Foundation for social initiatives “Peace and Harmony”, Chairman of the Council for International Cultural Cooperation of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly (Russia).

Live broadcast of the International online discussion “Cultural and spiritual foundations of international public relations: culture and humanitarian security” starts at 12 a.m. (Moscow time) on the official Facebook account of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly.