Culture: $ 280 million for the "Daesh" gangs from the sale of Iraqi antiquities

10/22/2016
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The Ministry of Culture has revealed that the amount of Mahsalt by gangs (Daesh) from the sale of Iraqi antiquities stolen during the occupation of Nineveh province during the past two years, up to $ 280 million. He called on the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture for relics Qais Hussein Rashid, in his speech at a forum to protect the heritage of ancient civilizations, organized by the Imperial Museum in China, Iraq called for a revision of the UNESCO Convention of 1970 in line with the great challenge facing countries that suffer from the subject of unlawful excavations carried out by terrorist gangs and mafias trafficking in antiquities. Rashid said in his speech that Article 25 of the UNESCO Convention passed through the granting of this right of the General Conference of UNESCO, the revision of this agreement, and that "such a revision would not be binding only on those States which become a party to the revised Convention." Rashid said that the heritage of ancient civilizations are exposed in some regions of the world to the serious challenges and reached an unprecedented level, being faced with a new enemy to Aantmi the international system does not recognize borders, history and ethics, is global terrorism and its regulations. He disclosed that the terrorist organization Daesh acquired more than $ 280 million from the sale of Iraqi antiquities during the past two years, referring to Iraq's desire to rehabilitation, maintenance and restoration of monuments destroyed by Daesh it represents the identity of the Iraqi community symbols. He Rashid said the forum That's why we want today to reconsider some of the Charter of Bora Terms and Venice Charter which prohibits the custody of the reconstruction in historical sites and advises sufficient restoration of what exists only, which means the loss of those symbols on the pretext commitment charters maintenance. And Undersecretary for relics and urged all countries of the world, especially the European Union countries to adapt their national laws to the field of archeology to conform with the provisions of international conventions and instruments, in order to protect the ancient civilizations and archaeological treasures.

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