Subjects:
Historic sites and cities | Historic places
Cultural Heritage Under Attack
Language: English
The deliberate destruction of heritage is a war crime, it has become a tactic of war to tear societies over the long term, in a strategy of cultural cleansing. This is why defending cultural heritage is more than a cultural issue, it is a security imperative, inseparable from that of defending human lives
- UNESCO Director-General to the Security Council, 24 March 2017
Playlist contents:
- Speech by UNESCO DG,
- Archaeological Site of Nimrud (before destruction)
- Archaeological Site of Hetra (before destruction)
- Cultural Heritage in Iraq
- Stop Cultural Cleansing
- #Unite4Heritage
Place/region:
Nimrud,
Hatra,
Iraq,
Syria,
Southwest Asia
Type: Speech
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Speaker: Irina Bokova
Publisher: UNESCO TV; UNESCO Culture Sector
Published in:
Rights: CC-BY-SA
Type: Speech
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Speaker: Irina Bokova
Publisher: UNESCO TV; UNESCO Culture Sector
Published in:
Rights: CC-BY-SA
