The president of the Balearic Government, Margalida Prohens, and the president of the Consell Insular de Menorca (CIM), Adolfo Vilafranca, met yesterday, 31st August, with the Spanish ambassador to UNESCO, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, to prepare for the Balearic delegation's participation in the World Heritage Committee to be held this September in Saudi Arabia.
Talayotic Menorca could receive official recognition from UNESCO as a World Heritage Site between 17 and 19 September. Prohens reiterated the Government's support for Menorca's candidacy.
Also taking part in the telematic meeting were the permanent delegate of the Spanish Embassy to UNESCO, Maria Palacio; the member of the Delegation and expert on the subject, Marta Senar; the Deputy Director for the Management and Coordination of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, María Agúndez; the coordinator of the Talayotic Menorca candidacy, Cipriano Marín; the first vice-president and conseller of Environment of the CIM, Simón Gornés; the conseller of Cultural Affairs of the CIM, Joan Pons Torres; and the director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency, Antoni Ferrer.
The Spanish ambassador to UNESCO has valued through his social networks "the good work and unity of everyone during this time. First of all, the Menorcans and the promoters of the candidacy. Also all the political parties, cultural organisations and the governments of Menorca, the Balearic Islands and Spain". Rodríguez Uribes also recalled that if the recognition of Talayotic Menorca becomes a reality, Spain will have 50 World Heritage Sites, the third country in the world behind Italy and China: "50 sites in little more than half a century, since the Convention in 1972”.