(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Seizing stolen cultural artefacts from Iraq and Syria, preventing their sale on the international markets and restituting them to their countries of origin were all topics on the agenda of a two-day meeting organized by INTERPOL in collaboration with UNESCO and held at the UNESCO office in Beirut on December 14 and 15, with the support of the Norwegian Embassy. The aim of the conference was to assess the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2199/2015 for the protection of cultural heritage in the Middle East, one year after its...
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