Unite4Heritage is a campaign launched on March 28, 2015 by UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, aiming to create a global movement "to protect and safeguard heritage in areas where it is threatened by extremists".[1] The campaign was triggered by the programmatic destruction of cultural heritage conducted in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) since 2014, in particular after the circulation of videos of looting at Mosul Museum, destruction in the city of Nimrud and the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hatra. Irina Bokova called the destructions in Mosul a violation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2199,[2] and the destruction of Nimrud a war crime.[3]

References

  1. ^ Centre, UNESCO. "#Unite4Heritage campaign launched by UNESCO Director-General in Baghdad". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Ancient artefacts destroyed in Iraq". News.com.au. 27 Feb 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Nimrud: Outcry as IS bulldozers attack ancient Iraq site". BBC News. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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