UNESCO convenes Experts Meeting on Museums and Collections
Rio de Janeiro © Luis Alberto/ UNESCO
The Director-General of UNESCO, in consultation with the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the Brazilian Institute of Museums (IBRAM), is convening an international experts meeting on the protection and promotion of museums and collections, which will be held from 11 to 13 July 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The aim of the meeting is to conduct an assessment of the range of possible modalities for the protection and promotion of museums and collections in times of war and in times of peace on the basis of the 1954 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The assessment report will then be submitted to the Executive Board of UNESCO for examination at its 190th session in October 2012.
“This meeting will provide a unique global platform for knowledge sharing, reflection and debate on the protection and promotion of museums and collections worldwide,” said Christian Manhart, Chief of the UNESCO Museums Section. Approximately 50 experts from museums, museum associations, universities and non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations around the world will participate in this experts meeting.
Working Documents:
Provisional Agenda: EN | FR | PT | ES
Final Conclusions: EN | FR | PT | ES
Information Documents:
Records of the 36th General Conference - Resolutions EN (p.57) | FR (p.64)
UNESCO Concept Paper : EN | FR
IBRAM Concept Paper: EN | FR | PT | ES
Definitions of Select Concepts: EN | FR | PT | ES
PPP by E. Planche: EN
Talking Points by C. Manhart: EN
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