The Basque Government and the Spanish Government will today sign an agreement for the participation of the Basque Country in Unesco and the World Tourism Organization
Flanders, which are stateless nations, like Quebec or Catalonia, will henceforth join UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Stock Photo: EFE
As part of the Basque Government's strategy for participation in international decision-making forums, it will take a new step through the signing of an agreement between UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization.
The first Vice-President and Adviser for Culture and Linguistic Policy, Ibone Bengoetxea, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Spanish Government, José Manuel Albares, will sign the agreement in Madrid today, after which the Basque Country will have a permanent place in the Unesco and the World Tourism Organization, bodies of the United Nations.
Thus, the Basque Country will henceforth become a member of UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), like Flanders, Quebec or Catalonia, nations without a state.
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