Meetings and Conferences

CULTURE

Meetings and Conferences

I - Meetings

Meetings of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention

Eighth meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 23 Nov 2009
Seventh meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 20 Dec 2007
Sixth meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 26 Oct 2005

Fifth meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 05 Nov 2001
Fourth Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 18 Nov 1999
Previous meetings of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention

Meetings of the Parties to the Second Protocol

Third Meeting of the Parties to the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 23-24 Nov 2009
Second Meeting of the Parties to the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 20 Dec 2007
First Meeting of the Parties to the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 26 Oct 2005

Meetings of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Fifth meeting of the Committee, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 22-24 November 2010
Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 2 September 2009
Fourth meeting of the Committee, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 27 - 29 May 2009
Third meeting of the Committee, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 4 - 6 June 2008
Second meeting of the Committee, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 17-19 Dec 2007
First meeting of the Committee, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 26 Oct 2006 and 11 June 2007

Composition of Institutional Bodies

II - Conferences

Diplomatic Conference on the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 15 Mar - 26 Mar 1999
Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 21 Apr - 14 May 1954

For more information: Protection of cultural heritage in the event of armed conflict

Events

Fifth Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

For the first time, the Committee will consider requests for the granting of enhanced protection, a fundamentally new system of protection based on the following three conditions that are set forth in Article 10 of the Second Protocol:

It is cultural heritage of the greatest importance of humanity;
It is protected by adequate domestic legal and administrative measures ensuring the highest level of protection; and
It is not used for military purposes or to shield military sites, and a declaration is issued to this end.

If granted enhanced protection, the property will be registered on the List for Cultural Property under Enhanced Protection.

The Secretariat received requests for enhanced protection for 12 cultural properties, 8 of which are also inscribed on the World Heritage List. All of these requests are detailed in a document prepared by the Secretariat, as indicated below. These requests were considered by two informal meetings of the Bureau of the Committee, which proposed a decision on each request to be considered by the Committee at its fifth meeting.

The main purpose of this meeting will be for the Committee to consider the following issues and relevant documents:

Report of the Bureau to the Committee: EN │FR│ES│RU│AR

Consideration of national reports on the implementation of the Second Protocol:
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Report on the implementation of the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Second Protocol:
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Consideration of requests for enhanced protection: EN│FR

Consideration of possible synergies between the Second Protocol and other UNESCO instruments and programmes: EN │FR │ES │AR

Consideration of a proposal concerning a database: EN │FR │ES │AR

For further information:

Provisional Agenda: EN │FR │ES │AR │RU

Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee

The main purpose of this meeting was to finalize and ensure the coherence of the Draft Guidelines for the Implementation of the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention.

For more information: Final Report EN | FR | ES | RU