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Joint action to raise awareness of importance of cultural heritage
Belgrade/New York,
28 September 2015
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic participated last night at a gathering dubbed "Protecting cultural heritage – an imperative for humanity, held in New York.
Author:
Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
He said that vandalism toward cultural monuments cannot be tolerated in any way, noting that there has been increasingly more present destruction of the heritage of other cultures.
The most valuable monuments from human history in the world today becoming the target of extremists, Dacic warned.
He pointed out that Serbia has faced acts of vandalism since 1999 in Kosovo as part of its territory which, according to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, is under UN administration.
In the area of Kosovo-Metohija 236 churches, monasteries and other buildings owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as cultural and historical monuments, have been the target of attacks, Dacic said, adding that of these 61 have the status of cultural monuments, and 18 are of exceptional importance for the state of Serbia.
He said that 174 religious sites and 33 cultural and historical monuments have been destroyed in Kosovo, and more than 10,000 icons, ecclesiastical art and liturgical objects stolen, and pointed out that particularly worrisome is that graffiti in praise of Islamic State and the future Caliphate have been sprayed on protected monuments of culture, precisely at a time when the international community is investing so much effort to counter this evil.
The most valuable monuments from human history in the world today becoming the target of extremists, Dacic warned.
He pointed out that Serbia has faced acts of vandalism since 1999 in Kosovo as part of its territory which, according to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, is under UN administration.
In the area of Kosovo-Metohija 236 churches, monasteries and other buildings owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as cultural and historical monuments, have been the target of attacks, Dacic said, adding that of these 61 have the status of cultural monuments, and 18 are of exceptional importance for the state of Serbia.
He said that 174 religious sites and 33 cultural and historical monuments have been destroyed in Kosovo, and more than 10,000 icons, ecclesiastical art and liturgical objects stolen, and pointed out that particularly worrisome is that graffiti in praise of Islamic State and the future Caliphate have been sprayed on protected monuments of culture, precisely at a time when the international community is investing so much effort to counter this evil.
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