{"id":8790,"date":"2015-04-07T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=8790"},"modified":"2015-04-07T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:02:54","slug":"unite4heritage-campaign-launched-by-unesco-director-general-in-baghdad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/04\/07\/unite4heritage-campaign-launched-by-unesco-director-general-in-baghdad\/","title":{"rendered":"#Unite4Heritage campaign launched by UNESCO Director-General in Baghdad"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>UNESCOPRESSE<br \/>\n28 March 2015 19:14<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 UNESCO Press Release No. 2015 &#8211;<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>23<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Baghdad\/Paris, 28 March \u2013 UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, launched <strong>#Unite4Heritage<\/strong> at Baghdad University \u2013 a social media campaign to counter the propaganda of cultural cleansing and the destruction of cultural heritage, to support \u00a0Iraqi\u00a0youth and to mobilise young people across the world for its protection. The launch took place in front of students, government ministers and university officials<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we send a clear message,\u201d said the Director-General. \u201cWe do not accept cultural cleansing and we will stand together to do everything we can to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>#Unite4Heritage<\/strong> was conceived in response to the destruction and pillage of cultural heritage in conflict zones, most recently in Iraq. It builds on an initiative started by Baghdad University students on 5 March to protest videos of destruction and looting at Mosul Museum, the historical city of Nimrud and the World Heritage site of Hatra.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign will use the power of social networks to create a global movement to protect and safeguard heritage under threat.<\/p>\n<p>In her address, Irina Bokova said: \u201cIn Iraq and across the region, violent extremists are orchestrating an appalling campaign of cultural cleansing. They are seeking to divide societies, to sow hatred, to impose narrow sectarian views through violence and oppression. They are propagating this campaign across the world, using all forms of media, especially social media, targeting especially young minds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must respond, by showing that exchange and dialogue between cultures is the driving force for all. We must respond by showing that diversity has always been and remains today a strength for all societies. We must respond by standing up against forces of fragmentation, by refusing to be divided into \u2018us\u2019 and \u2018them.\u2019 We must respond by claiming our cultural heritage as the commonwealth of all humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iraq&#8217;s Minister for Tourism and Antiquities, Adel Fahad Shershab, its Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Hussain al-Shahristani, University President Abdulhussein Abdulrasul and Dean of the College of Arts Flaifil A\u2019Ayed also made impassioned calls for action.<\/p>\n<p><em>#Unite4Heritage <\/em>invites people, especially young people from the Arab region, to send photos and write short stories about heritage sites that are important for them. They can also send \u201cselfies\u201d of themselves holding a sign with the campaign hashtag \u2013 to illustrate the concept of unity and the importance of cultural heritage to people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>During her visit to Baghdad, the Director-General met with the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider Al Abadi and the Speaker of the House of Representative, Salim al-Jabouri along with several other high level officials. Ms Bokova also announced the start of a project funded by the Japanese Government for the Safeguarding of Iraq\u2019s heritage, and focused on monitoring, communication, awareness-raising, and technical assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNESCOPRESSE 28 March 2015 19:14 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 UNESCO Press Release No. 2015 &#8211; 23&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>#Unite4Heritage campaign launched by UNESCO Director-General in Baghdad - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/04\/07\/unite4heritage-campaign-launched-by-unesco-director-general-in-baghdad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#Unite4Heritage campaign launched by UNESCO Director-General in Baghdad - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNESCOPRESSE 28 March 2015 19:14 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 UNESCO Press Release No. 2015 &#8211; 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