The Lithuanian representative chosen as member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body to the Unesco Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

Representative of Lithuania, Rector of Klaipėda University, Professor Vladas Žulkus was chosen as member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body to the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The decision was made during the meeting of States Parties to this Convention of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 1-3 December in Paris.

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body is established for the first time. Twelve members are elected to the Body. The Body will advise the States Parties on scientific and technical issues of the implementation of the Convention.

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage was adopted in 2001 and it came into force in January 2009. Lithuania ratified this Convention in 2006. The Convention has been ratified by 27 UNESCO members.

Prof. Dr. V.Žulkus is an archaeologist. He was the first in Lithuania to begin the underwater archaeological research and has greatly contributed to the ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage by Lithuania.