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Resolutions of the Delegates' Meeting
of the International Council on Archives (ICA)
Cape Town, 24 October 2003
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FRENCH | SPANISH
The national archivists and presidents of national professional associations, members of the International Council on Archives (ICA), meeting in Cape Town on the occasion of the XXXVIIth International Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA),
General Resolutions
1.3 Deeply concerned by the fires and looting which occurred in archives and other cultural institutions, and by the removal of government records, in Iraq in 2003, endorse the resolution adopted by IFLA on 9 September 2003 , and recommend that:
- governments which have not already done so should ratify the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict adopted at The Hague in 1954 and the Second Protocol of 1999,
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the Coalition forces in Iraq should facilitate the protection of archives in Iraq, permit an assessment of damage to archives and the establishment of an action plan for their recovery, and ensure that the necessary funds are available to reconstruct, equip and reconstitute the Iraqi national archives system, in close cooperation with Iraqi professionals,
- all countries should take immediate steps to monitor the trade in antiquities, including documents, and to support efforts towards the reconstruction of the Iraqi information infrastructure and the preservation of the valuable documentary heritage which survives,
- ICA national members should create a National Committee of the Blue Shield to protect cultural property in event of natural or man-made disasters in their respective countries,
- the relevant organisations of the United Nations should include the protection of records from destruction and displacement in the mandate of United Nations peacekeeping missions.
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