Address by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of The Hague Convention; UNESCO House, 14 May 1984
Speech briefly tracing the events leading to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, approved on 14 May 1954 by the Intergovernmental Conference convened by UNESCO at The Hague, which provides the first integrated series of measures for the safeguarding of the world cultural heritage, serving as a basis for the many campaigns organized by UNESCO to save monuments all over the world, followed in particular by the 1972 Convention for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage
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| Format: | programme and meeting document biblioteca |
| Language: | eng ara rus |
| Subjects: | International instruments, Cultural property preservation, Preservation of monuments, International cooperation, Cultural heritage, Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, |
| Online Access: | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000059553 |
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| Summary: | Speech briefly tracing the events leading to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, approved on 14 May 1954 by the Intergovernmental Conference convened by UNESCO at The Hague, which provides the first integrated series of measures for the safeguarding of the world cultural heritage, serving as a basis for the many campaigns organized by UNESCO to save monuments all over the world, followed in particular by the 1972 Convention for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage |
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