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On 14 January 2013, Ms.
Tarja Virtanen, the
Representative of UNESCO in Tehran, called
on the ECO Secretary General Dr. Shamil
Aleskerov, at the ECO Secretariat. The ECO
Deputy Secretary General Hayri Maraslioglu,
was also present at the meeting.
The UNESCO Representative briefed the
Secretary General on the several programs of
UNESCO to enhance cultural, educational
and tourism activities under her office. She
highlighted the extent of
possible cooperation
request of the ECO Cultural Institute to gain
an observer status in the UNESCO's activities
and requested the UNESCO Representative to
assist in pursuing the matter.
The Secretary General emphasized that
ECO, being a regional organization, can contribute
and promote the global activities of
UNESCO if ECO could be engaged in the
UNESCO regional programs/projects.
In order to enhance the coordination
between the two organizations, the Secretary
General proposed the exchange of focal
points of the two organizations. The Secretary
ECO /UNESCO
Enhance Scope of
Cooperation
between the ECO and the
UNESCO in the relevant
fields. The Secretary General, apart from the
activities of ECO Cultural Institute, informed
of the two newly established ECO institutions
i.e. ECO Science Foundation in Islamabad
and ECO Educational Institute in Ankara as
specialized arms for promotion of scientific
education and training in the ECO Member
States.
The Secretary General informed the
UNESCO Representative regarding the earlier
General also stressed the possibility to boost
the cooperation in the field of tourism and
offered full support of ECO in achieving the
objectives of the UNESCO in the field.
The UNESCO Representative agreed with
the view of the Secretary General that granting
an observer status to the ECO Secretariat in
the UNESCO activities/meetings would be
advisable. The both sides agreed to consider
renewal of existing MoU between the two
organizations to enhance the scope of cooperation
in the relevant fields.
Detection of Crime
need for sharing of experiences among the law enforcement
agencies of the Member States.
Thereafter, special lectures/presentations were delivered
by the heads of different laboratories working under the
auspices of the Identification Center of the Iranian Police.
The participants were briefed on a number of subjects
such as crime scene investigation, clarification on real and
unreal finger prints, DNA extraction of bone and tooth
and creating criminal genetic data base.
The participants visited the Criminal Biology Laboratory,
Criminal Chemistry Laboratory, Criminal Physics
Laboratory and Finger Prints Laboratory in Tehran where
they were briefed about the procedure of detection of
evidence from the crime scene by using the latest equipments
available in these labs.
The participants highly appreciated the ECO-DOCCU
and the Police of the Islamic Republic of Iran for their
efforts to bring the experts in Tehran.
They also requested for the continuation of such courses
in future. Towards the end of the meeting, Brigadier
General Dr. Assar, Dean of the International Police
University of Iran, together with Hossein Pourkarami,
Officer in Charge of the ECO-Drug Organized Crime
Coordination Unit, awarded certificates to the participants.
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