Schlagwort: Unesco

Protection of heritage has become a humanitarian imperative and a security issue

UNESCO’s Director-General: “The protection of heritage has become a humanitarian imperative and a security issue”

We are delighted to inform you that the full press release prepared by Europa Nostra was posted this morning on the UNESCO website.

Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Irina Bokova, Sada Mire, and Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović. Photo: Europa Nostra
Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Irina Bokova, Sada Mire, and Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović. Photo: Europa Nostra

PRESS RELEASE

“The destruction of heritage is inseparable from the persecution of people. This is why we consider the protection of cultural heritage today as far more than a cultural issue. This has become a humanitarian imperative, and a security issue,” stated UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova yesterday in The Hague during the Europe Lecture 2016, organised by the European Lecture Weiterlesen