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216^th session of the UNESCO Executive Board examined the proposals by Member States for the celebration of anniversaries in 2024-2025 with which UNESCO could be associated. The UNESCO Secretariat received 55 proposals, submitted by 39 Member States. The Intersectoral Selection Committee for Anniversaries examined all the proposals submitted. It selected 46 proposals which were deemed to comply with the programme's established criteria. The list of anniversaries is subject for approval by the 42^nd session of the UNESCO General Conference (7-22 November 2023). Among selected proposals following anniversaries were submitted by the IICAS’s Member States:

·       900^th anniversary of the birth of Ajami Nakhchivani, architect (1125 – late twelfth century) (Azerbaijan, with the support of Türkiye and Turkmenistan);

·       1800^th anniversary of the birth of Liu Hui, mathematician (China with the support of Azerbaijan and Republic of Korea);

·       1000^th anniversary of the birth of Amir ʿOnṣor-al-Maʿāli Kaykāvus (Kaykāʾus) b. Eskandar b. Qābus b. Vošmgir, author (Islamic Republic of Iran with the support of Armenia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan);

·       100^th anniversary of the active life of Parvin E’tesami, poet (1907-1941) (Islamic Republic of Iran with the support of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan);

·       100^th anniversary of the birth of Nurgisa Tlendiev, composer and conductor (1925-1998) (Kazakhstan with the support of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan);

·       100^th anniversary of the birth of Berdibek Sokpakbaev, children’s writer, poet and screenwriter (1924-1991) (Kazakhstan with the support of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan);

·       950^th anniversary of the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk (Compendium of the Turkic dialects), written by the lexicographer and philologist Mahmud al-Kashgari (1074) (joint proposal by Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with the support of Hungary, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar and Tajikistan);

·       550^th anniversary of the death of Ali Qushji, scientist (1403-1474) (joint proposal by Türkiye and Uzbekistan, with the support of Azerbaijan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland);

·       100^th anniversary of the birth of Fuat Sezgin, historian and academician (1924-2018) (joint proposal by Türkiye and Germany, with the support of Malaysia, Qatar and Serbia);

·       300^th anniversary of the birth of Magtymguly Fragi, poet (1724-1782) (Turkmenistan with the support of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Ukraine and Uzbekistan);

·       200^th anniversary of the birth of Azhiniyaz Kosybay Uly, poet (1824-1878) (Uzbekistan with the support of Kazakhstan and Türkiye).

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