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Statement
issued by the Asia Pacific Group of countries represented at UNESCO
Appeal
by the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Property
APPEL
DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE
COMMUNIQUE
DU PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAIS
Communiqué
du Groupe Arabe auprès l'UNESCO
APPEAL
BY ICOMOS AND ICOM
ICOMOS (International Council on
Monuments and Sites) and ICOM (International Council of Museums) learned
with great shock of the new decree issued by the Taliban leadership of
Mullah Mohammad Omar ordering the systematic destruction of all statues in
the country. This decision breaks the commitment made by the Taliban
leadership in 1999 to protect all cultural heritage in Afghanistan and in
particular the giant Buddha figures at Bamiyan. More
En Français
STATEMENT
FROM THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AFGHANISTAN'S CULTURAL HERITAGE
PRESS RELEASE, 27 February 2001 -
"Mullah Omar's latest instruction to destroy pre-Islamic statues in
Afghanistan is unacceptable and must be reversed immediately", said
the Chairman of the Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural
Heritage (SPACH). More
APPEL
DE PATRIMOINE SANS FRONTIERES
La protestation face à l'annonce, suivie désormais du passage à
l'acte, de la destruction du patrimoine non musulman d'Afghanistan, sur
ordre des Talibans, ne peut être laissée entre les mains de la seule
diplomatie, serait-elle conduite par l'Unesco, organisme lui-même ligoté
par les lois internationales dont il est issu. More
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