The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has re -published the goal of the International Day to Combat Change Cultural Property, which coincides annually on November 14 of each year, by reminding the world that theft, looting and illegal trafficking in cultural property occurs in all countries, and its people rob their culture, identity and history . Hence, we have to join hands and combat this crime.
UNESCO said on its official website that the illegal trafficking of cultural property occurs for many reasons, including ignorance and poor morals, which is one of its radical causes. Cultural property is transmitted illegally stores, either through illegal markets around the world or through legitimate markets such as auctions, including online.
People, governments, the artistic business market and institutions can play their role to address this practice through awareness of awareness, ensure that they are surrounded by all the necessary information and to show the ethics of the profession when buying and selling artistic and cultural pieces, as well as enacting and enforcing laws, and defending cultural heritage and cultural property.
UNESCO adopted the International Day to Combat illegal Trafficking in Cultural Properties for the first time during its fortieth session in 2019, and the aim of this step was to draw attention to this crime and ways to combat it, as well as highlighting the importance of international cooperation in this regard, and taking pre -emptive measures through An agreement on means used to prohibit and prevent the import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property in illegal ways (1970).
This agreement, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of its approval in 2020, provides an international framework for preventing the stealing and looting of cultural property and the restoration of what was stolen from it, in parallel with the progress made in combating illegal trafficking..
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