Culture: Washington issues a law criminalizing trafficking in Iraqi antiquities

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Iraq wins again the membership of the Intergovernmental Council to promote the return of cultural property to its countries of origin

 

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Iraq once again gained the confidence of the international community in recognition of its leading position and civilized role.

A statement by the Ministry of Culture explained, "This came during the work of the UNESCO General Conference in its forty-first session held in Paris. After being re-elected, Iraq won the membership of the Intergovernmental Council to promote the return of cultural property to its country of origin, or its return in case of illegal appropriation (ICPRCP) for the period from (2021-2025)".

He added, "With this, Iraq will have eased the way to return cultural property, or return it as a result of looting or illegal trafficking, and it will be the first to conclude agreements with the countries concerned."

It is noteworthy that Iraq is participating in the UNESCO conference with a high-level delegation headed by the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Hassan Nazim, and the delegation included Dr. Laith Majid Hussein, head of the Antiquities and Heritage Authority, Falah Hassan Shaker, Director General of the Public Cultural Relations Department, Dr. Yassin Al-Ithawi, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Kazem. Al-Rikabi, Chargé d'Affairs at the UNESCO Representative Office.

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Iraq wins again the membership of the Intergovernmental Council

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{Politics: Al Furat News} On Thursday, Iraq won the membership of the Intergovernmental Council to promote the return of cultural property to its country of origin.

 

And the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, said in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, that “Iraq wins again the membership of the Intergovernmental Council to promote the return of cultural property to its country of origin or its return in the event of illegal appropriation (ICPRCP) for the period 2021-2025, In the elections held on the sidelines of the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference.

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Culture: Washington issues a law criminalizing trafficking in Iraqi antiquities

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2021-11-21 | 03:38

 

 

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The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Dr. Hassan Nazim, revealed that the United States of America has passed a law prohibiting and criminalizing trafficking in Iraqi antiquities, while the National Museum is preparing to display the 17,000 artifacts recovered from them.

Nazim said, in an interview with the official newspaper, "There were two largest antiquities recovery operations during the current year, as Iraq and for years have not recovered artifacts with this number," noting that "last July witnessed the recovery of 17,000 antiquities during Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi's visit to America with a government delegation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He added that "these pieces were most likely clay tablets written in cuneiform, which are unique," stressing that "these pieces were stripped and prepared during these days to be displayed on the occasion of the opening of the National Museum in front of citizens."

 

And he continued, "During his visit with a delegation to the United States of America last September, there was another recovery process represented by the famous (Gilgamesh Tablet) with (Sumerian ram), and they are two important pieces," stressing that "this recovery came as a result of a continuous effort by a team of The Ministry, the Antiquities and Heritage Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, as well as

 

On the support that Iraq obtained from the US Ministries of Justice and State in confronting smuggling and theft operations, and so on, by issuing a law that prohibits and criminalizes trafficking in Iraqi antiquities.