CIS leaders, including Moldovan President Voronin, signed a declaration on humanitarian cooperation at a CIS informal summit held in Moscow on 8 May. The declaration pledged cooperation "in the humanitarian sphere, including issues of culture, national traditions, languages, science, education, archives, tourism, and youth movements."
The declaration also committed member states to discussions about the possible creation of an international humanitarian foundation modeled on UNESCO to work in the region and to "encourage the holding of forums of the creative intelligentsias of commonwealth member states."
The declaration also committed member states to discussions about the possible creation of an international humanitarian foundation modeled on UNESCO to work in the region and to "encourage the holding of forums of the creative intelligentsias of commonwealth member states."