UNESCO Culture Newsletter / Lettre d'information sur la culture / Boletín informativo (2010-9)

CULTURE July 2011 N° 91 Newsletter

CULTURE                                 Newsletter July 2011 N° 91 Newsletter Français     English In Focus 35th Session of the World Heritage Committee As a result of the World Heritage Committee annual meeting (19 - 29 June 2011), twenty-five new cultural, natural and mixed sites have been added to the List, which now numbers 936 properties : 183 natural sites, 725 cultural and 28 mixed.   The 25 new inscribed properties The World Heritage List     Symbolic globe of E. Reitzel © UNESCO 17th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee "Return and Restitution" The Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation have examined the agreement reached between Turkey and Germany concerning the Bogazkoy Sphinx, the activities of specialised police services and illicit trafficking in South-East Europe.   17th Session of the Committee: 30 June-1 July 2011 at UNESCO Headquarters The case of the Bogazkoy Sphinx “Fighting illicit traffic of cultural property in South-East Europe" (film, 15’)     Bogazkoy Sphinx © bpk /Vorderasiatisches Museum, SMB/Olaf M.Teßmer EVENTS From 01-07-2011 to 09-07-2011 (Trieste, Italy) Maremetraggio International Short Film and Debut Feature Film Festival From 02-07-2011 to 03-07-2011 (Magelang, Indonesia) Promotion of Cultural Heritage Education among Young People From 11-07-2011 to 12-07-2011 (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - France) Expert Meeting for the Revision of the Haitian Law on the Protection of Built Heritage From 12-07-2011 to 13-07-2011 (Lumbini, France) Second International Scientific Steering Committee (ISSC) meeting From 24-07-2011 to 15-08-2011 (Accra/ Cap Coast- Ghana) Celebrating the International Year for People of African Descent – Trinidad & Tobago and Ghana From 28-07-2011 to 30-07-2011 (Lalitpur, Nepal) A symposium on Nepal and the silk roads Just Published Hoi An World Heritage Site, VIET NAM - Heritage Homeowner’s preservation manual (pdf) World Heritage in Africa Region (pdf) Cultural Aspects in Christian and Islamic Religions (pdf) Safeguarding project of Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna village (pdf)        More information Contact

 

CULTURE Newsletter May 2011 N° 89 Newsletter

CULTURE                                 Newsletter May 2011 N° 89 Newsletter Français English In Focus UNESCO Celebrates Cultural Diversity The International Festival for Cultural Diversity highlights the multifaceted and irreplaceable diversity that unites all peoples of the world. Created in 2008 to celebrate World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21 May), this year’s festival will take place at UNESCO and around the world from 16-21 May.   Programme of the International Festival for Cultural Diversity UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity United Nations Resolution on Culture and Development     Logo of the Festival © Unesco     EVENTS From 14-05-2011 to 15-05-2011 (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - France) UNESCO opens for the "European Night of Museums" 2011 " From 16-05-2011 to 28-05-2011 (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - France) Exhibition " Documenting Living Heritage: 12 photographers in Kenya " From 17-05-2011 to 19-05-2011 (Nauru - Nauru) National Workshop on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Nauru From 19-05-2011 to 22-05-2011 (Minsk - Belarus) Regional Consultative Expert Meeting and Capacity-Building Training on “Strengthening National Capacities for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage” From 21-05-2011 to 21-05-2011 (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - France) World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – 21 May From 24-05-2011 to 24-05-2011 (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - France) Melina Mercouri International Prize From 25-05-2011 to 27-05-2011 (Suva - Fiji) Pacific Regional Cultural Statistics Training Workshop From 25-05-2011 to 25-05-2011 (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - France) Meeting of the Cambodian and Thai authorities to explore ways of safeguarding the Preah Vihear Temple Just Published Emergency Safeguarding of the World Heritage Site of Byblos Women’s Knowledge: Traditional Medicine and Nature International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, 2010: Highlights Tutorial on the Rules concerning activities directed at Underwater Cultural Heritage

 

UNESCO Culture Newsletter / Lettre d'information sur la culture / Boletín informativo (2010-9)

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Lucha contra el tráfico ilícito y restitución de bienes culturales, la UNESCO en un tema central de su mandato

En momentos en que la cuestión de la restitución de los bienes culturales se debate en la escena internacional y en los medios de comunicación, la UNESCO continúa difundiendo un mensaje fuerte para fomentar la cooperación internacional entre Estados y con los representantes del mercado del arte. La Organización recuerda así su compromiso en pro del respeto del patrimonio cultural, en particular cuando posee un carácter religioso o está vinculado con vestigios humanos. La 16ª reunión del Comité Intergubernamental para la Promoción del Retorno de Bienes Culturales hacia sus Países de Origen o su Restitución en Caso de Apropiación Ilícita se inscribe en este marco. 

• La Convención de la UNESCO de 1970: Celebración del 40° aniversario
• El Convenio de UNIDROIT de 1995: Madurez y operatividad
• El Comité intergubernamental: 16ª reunión del 21 al 23 de septiembre de 2010
• Los talleres de capacitación: Regional and local initiatives throughout the world
• La Base de datos UNESCO sobre las legislaciones nacionales del patrimonio cultural:  2.300 textos legislativos de 180 países

  Para leer:

• Witnesses to History: una obra de referencia sobre el retorno y la restitución de los bienes culturales (disponible en inglés)
• Museum International n° 241-242: Return of Cultural Objects: The Athens Conference (disponible en ingles y francés)
• Actas de la reunión de expertos y de la reunión extraordinaria en conmemoración del 30° aniversario del Comité Intergubernamental para la Promoción del Retorno de Bienes Culturales hacia sus Países de Origen o su Restitución en Caso de Apropiación Ilícita (disponible en inglés), Seúl, República de Corea, noviembre de 2008.
• Commentario sobre la Convención UNESCO de 1970, P.J. O’Keefe (disponible en inglés)
• Commentaire sobre la Convención UNIDROIT de 1995, L.V. Prott (disponible en inglés y francés)
• Manual de la UNESCO: Medidas jurídicas y prácticas contra el tráfico ilícito de bienes culturales (disponible en 6 idiomas)