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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of UNESCO’s 1970 Convention: the contribution of PROCULTHER to the Conference on Cultural Heritage and Multilateralism

November 23, 2020Simone SbarsiNews

From 16 to 18 November Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised, in partnership with UNESCO, the European Union and the Council of Europe, the Conference “Cultural Heritage and Multilateralism: Regional and International Strategies for the Protection of Cultural Heritage”. In the spirit of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the

France’s Contribution to the Protection and Recovery of the Beirut Cultural Heritage

October 26, 2020Simone SbarsiNews

France, among the funders of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Zones (ALIPH), has allocated a first amount of 5 million dollars for financing emergency measures to stabilize, protect, or rehabilitate Beirut’s cultural heritage. For the implementation of this first envelope, ALIPH will carefully apply the principles of urgency, efficiency and

Protecting Beirut’s Cultural Heritage: Mobilisation of the PROCULTHER Partners

October 26, 2020Simone SbarsiNews, Special Dossiers

Following the explosions around 6 p.m. on 4 August 2020 in the port of Beirut area, the Lebanese government declared a state of emergency. The main explosion, detected as a 3.3 magnitude seismic event by the United States Geological Survey, was caused by 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate confiscated in 2014 by the Lebanese government