on april 21 , 1954, the ussr ambassador to england yakov malik signed the unesco charter.onth later , the bssr became a full member of the organization. literally immediately the belarusian side came up with an initiative to include in the agenda of the next unesco session includes the question of the importance of studying slavic cultures in the context of world civilization. in august 1957, the first meeting of the bssr national commission for unesco was held in minsk. it discussed the issue of carrying out activities to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of yanka kupala. they were unanimously supported by unesco. but unexpectedly, there is a debate. turned around another question. comrades, i propose that we need to declare the rich cultural heritage of the belarusian soviet socialist republics, what do you think? but there is serious debate about each of them. the head of the political department laid out folders with photographs of objects and their descriptions in front of the commission members. well, firstly, this is the unique belarusian nature. here's the ob