Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Serbia to UNESCO actively participated in the 211th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO, which was held in a virtual format from 7th until 21st April 2021. In addition to the participation of ambassador Tamara Rastovac Siamashvili in the meetings of the Bureau of the Executive Board, as chair of the Committee on Non-Governmental Partners, as well as in the plenary debate, the Permanent Delegation spoke on a number of other items on the agenda, such as global and regional coordination and support regarding SDG 4 dedicated to education, the Global Priority Africa, strategic transformation of UNESCO and the Small Island Developing States Action Plan. We also spoke about the UNESCO Strategy on Technological Innovation in Education for the period 2021-2025 and the Draft Medium-Term Strategy and Programme and Budget of UNESCO.
At this session, among other things, the recommendation of the Executive Board for the General Conference of UNESCO on declaring the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Serbian painter and activist Nadežda Petrović as the anniversary with which UNESCO will be associated in the period 2022/2023 was adopted.

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić met today with the Regional Director of the World Health Organisation for Europe Hans Kluge, to discuss cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as cooperation in improving health care in our country and other joint activities.

President Vučić thanked Dr Kluge for his personal engagement and support during the current pandemic, especially for technical assistance and expertise. On this occasion, he informed the WHO official about the results of immunisation in Serbia and plans on how to provide the vaccine to all citizens who want to get it.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic talked today with World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge about the epidemiological situation and the course of immunisation of citizens in Serbia.

Brnabic expressed gratitude for the cooperation in the fight against the pandemic, technical assistance and expertise, emphasising that the support of this organisation is very important for our country.

She informed the WHO Regional Director for Europe about the course of immunisation of citizens in Serbia, expressing her belief that, thanks to the large number of vaccinated people, we will be able to create collective immunity and return to normal life.

Kluge assessed the immunisation process in Serbia as impressive, and added that Serbia has made a good decision to offer citizens all available vaccines used in the fight against coronavirus.