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Declaration of Quebec IInd International Seminar Forum UNESCO -
University and Heritage, 5-10 October 1997, University of Laval,
Quebec, Canada.
Upon the strength of the support
expressed in Quebec, Canada, by its federal, provincial, municipal authorities as well as
its universities, and following the workshops discussions, the participating universities,
along with the national and international representatives of the cultural heritage, and
the members of ICOMOS, ICOM, IAU, IAOHE, WHTO, participating to the IInd Forum UNESCO -
University and Heritage Seminar, organized in Quebec, jointly by UNESCO and
Université Laval, decide unanimously to consolidate the Forum UNESCO international
network created in Valencia, in 1996. This network composed of universities with programs
related to the cultural heritage has for main objective to mobilize human and technical
resources on the national, regional and international levels in order to act in convergence
for the protection and enhancement of the cultural heritage and for the benefit of the
people.
The participants to the Seminar confirm
their determination to implement the international Forum UNESCO - University and
Heritage international network's leading principles by:
u an
ethical and benevolent engagement in favour
of the cultural heritage, on the national as
well as the international level;
uan efficiency and respect concerning the
historical,
scientific and technical criteria and demands linked to the cultural
heritage;
ua solidarity based on the sharing of
knowledge, expertise
and resources in a spirit of mutual understanding;
Consequently, the participants of the IInd
international Seminar of Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage:
u invite the universities interested by the heritage of
different countries to mobilize their competencies and to join Forum UNESCO -
University and Heritage at the next international Seminar to be held in Australia in
1998;
u ask the Rector of Université Laval to maintain the dynamics
created at the Quebec international Seminar and set up a UNESCO Chair on cultural heritage
in that university;
u encourage Forum UNESCO's
President, the Rector of
Universidad politécnica de Valencia, to reinforce actions of the
headquarters, located in
his university;
u
ask
UNESCO's Director-General to strengthen the
implementation, development, and co-ordination
of Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage
International network.
Adopted in Quebec on 9th October,
1997 in the presence of Ms Ndeye Fall
UNESCO Representative to Canada in Quebec
The Honourable Gilbert
Normand
Secretary of State
For Agriculture and Agri-Food Government
of Canada |
Mr. Sylvain Simard
Ministre des relations internationales Gouvernement du Québec |
Mr. François Tavenas
Rector of Université Laval |
Mr. Jean-Paul L'Allier
Mayor, Ville de Québec |
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