CULTURE
International Jury for Nizami Ganjavi International Award established
Ganja, August 20 (AZERTAC). The Board of Directors of Nizami Gancavi International Center has established International Award Jury for Nizami Gancavi International Award after the great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi.
The Nizami Ganjavi International Award will be presented every year by the jury, which includes Her Majesty Queen Noor (Honorary Co-Chair), Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, Vice President of the Institute d'Egypte (Egyptian Academy of Science), Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Ex- President of the Republic of Latvia), Walter Fust, UNESCO commissioner, Tarja Halonen (Ex-President of Finland), Giuli Alasania (Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia), and Melanne Verveer ( U.S. special envoy for Global Women's Issues).
The first meeting of the jury will be held in Baku with the support of the State Committee for Work with Diaspora.