Regional Symposium: Protection of Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 22 – 24 May 2012 . – The purpose of the symposium is to establish a regional framework to guide national policies for heritage protection in times of crisis in relation to planning, infrastructure, law and public awareness. Relevant case studies are being presented on topics such as threats and damage caused through war, intolerance, civil unrest, theft and illicit traffic of cultural artefacts. The objective is to understand how their impact on heritage might be minimized. Dr. Talal Akasheh, WATCH Chairman of the BoT, and Dr. Claudio Cimino, WATCH Secretary General, were invited to deliver a speech titled: Dossiers to enlist urban world heritage cities at risk on the enhanced protection list under the Second Protocol of the 1954 Hague Convention. WAR FREE WORLD HERITAGE LISTED CITIES – a case study – More
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