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TitelSafe havens : art theft from fragile states  
AuteurJ. van Beurden
Jaar2008
TijdschriftThe Broker
Serienummer6
Pagina's7-8 + 26
ISSN1874-2033
OrganisatieThe Broker
OnderwerpCulture, Society and Religion
Trefwoordencultural heritage, religion, illegality, trade, arts, international cooperation
LandenAfghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia
SamenvattingWhat can be done if the government of a fragile state or a rebel movement neglects or threatens to destroy a country’s cultural heritage? While ‘temporary’ safe havens are now accepted as a solution to the problem, many museums are refusing to return stolen pieces of art. Examples are Cambodia in the 1970s, Ethiopia in the 1980s, and more recently in Bangladesh, where mostly Islamic traders are stripping Hindu temples and Buddhist shrines, which to them are worthless. In the late 1990s, UNESCO agreed that the Afghanistan Museum in Exile, in Bubendorf, Switzerland, could act as a safe haven for Afghan cultural objects. It imposed six conditions, the most important being that the museums should return everything to Afghanistan, at a time and to an institution of UNESCO’s choosing. That time came in October 2006, when the museum closed its doors and started to prepare for the return of all objects to the Kabul Museum.  
TaalEngels
CategorieGeneral
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