Consider the following statements regarding Creative Cities Network:1. It was created by UNESCO to promote cooperation among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.2. Srinagar is the first Indian city that has been added to this network.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

UNESCO Network of Creative Cities (UCCN)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently designated Srinagar as a Creative City of Craft and Folk Arts as part of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).
With this, the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir has entered the club of 295 creative cities network across the world. After Mumbai (City of Film), Chennai (City of Music), Hyderabad(City of Gastronomy), Varanasi(City of Music), and Jaipur (City of Crafts and Folk Arts), Srinagar is the sixth Indian city to achieve this distinction.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.
The cities designated as creative cities work together towards a common objective of “placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level”.
UNESCO designates the creative cities in seven fields — Craft, Folk Art, Media Arts, Film Design, Gastronomy, Literature, and Music.

Source: Forum IAS