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UNAMI, UNESCO stand behind Iraqi academia in fight against heritage destruction
Baghdad, 15 March 2015 – “The United Nations family shares the great concern of Iraqi archaeologists and heritage experts for the country’s unique patrimony”, said Gyorgy Busztin, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (DSRSG), and Axel Plathe, Director of the UNESCO Office for Iraq, at a meeting today with Salah Flaifil A’Ayed, Dean of the Colleges of Art of the University of Bagdad and professors of its Faculty of Archaeology.
Endorsing the firm condemnation by the College of Arts of the criminal acts carried out by the terrorists destroying antiquities testifying to the Mesopotamian culture, Gyorgy Busztin and Axel Plathe agreed with Salah Flaifil A’Ayaed to support the campaign to protect Iraq’s heritage that was launched through an event at the University of Baghdad last week.
“The United Nations are fully mobilized and stand ready to assist the Iraqi authorities in any possible way,” said Georgy Buzstin…