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The devastating war in Yemen has been accompanied by the unscrupulous plunder and smuggling of the country's cultural heritage, with illicit trafficking in ancient Islamic and Jewish manuscripts on the rise.
Permanent delegate of Azerbaijan to UNESCO, Ambassador Elman Abdullayev has delivered a declaration on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the Sixth Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention. The declaration reads: “It is a great honor for the Republic of Azerbaijan, in its capacity
Following the historic re-opening of the National Museum of Somalia in 2020, UNESCO partnered with the Somali Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the International Council of Muse
Share On 26 and 27 April 2021, UNESCO, together with partners, is convening an African regional conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The two-day on-line event will focus on the tools and best practices to fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property and to support the return and restitution of cultural property, which particularly affect the Africa Region. Challenges concerning trafficking in cultural property are numerous, includi...
Share The illicit trafficking of cultural property is increasingly associated with money laundering, the financing of organized crime and terrorism, to the detriment of the cultural heritage of the victim communities and their development. Taking this into account and with the interest of addressing this problem from a regional perspective, the Educational and Cultural Coordination of the Central American Integration System (CECC/SICA) and the organization Crime Stoppers Caribbean, Bermuda and Latin America, have organized the online seminar “The Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property and...