STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLUE SHIELD ON THREATENED CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
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The International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS) deplores the unacceptable loss of human lives, the considerable suffering, the rapid displacement of entire communities, and the destruction that are currently taking place in areas administered by Israel, the Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. It is also extremely concerned by the threat that the present conflict could escalate still further.
ICBS, founded in 1996 ‘to work to protect the world’s cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters’, now calls on all parties to be respectful of the cultural property in the region. In making this statement, ICBS takes no position on any other issue relating to conflicts in the region.
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