{"id":32671,"date":"2024-09-14T02:54:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T23:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=32671"},"modified":"2024-09-14T02:54:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T23:54:31","slug":"unesco-concerned-about-reports-of-looting-at-sudan-national-museum-and-archaeological-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/unesco-concerned-about-reports-of-looting-at-sudan-national-museum-and-archaeological-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Concerned About Reports of Looting at Sudan National Museum and Archaeological Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Sudan Events \u2013 Monitoring<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) expressed deep concern over reports of widespread looting at the Sudan National Museum and other archaeological sites in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement, UNESCO said it is \u201cdeeply concerned about recent reports indicating the potential looting and destruction of several museums and heritage institutions in Sudan, including the National Museum, by armed groups.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The organization called on the international community to make every effort to protect Sudan\u2019s heritage from destruction and illicit trafficking.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It urged parties to the conflict to comply with international humanitarian law by refraining from destroying or looting cultural property or using it for military purposes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement revealed that reports indicated significant theft of valuable collections documenting Sudan\u2019s distinguished history from the Khalifa Abdullah Al-Taaishi Museum in Omdurman and the Nyala Museum in South Darfur.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">UNESCO is thoroughly verifying these reports to determine the extent of the damage.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It also called on the public, art markets, and those trading in cultural property to refrain from acquiring cultural items from Sudan or participating in their import, export, or transfer of ownership.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">UNESCO expressed concern that any illegal sale or transfer of cultural property would result in the loss of part of Sudan&#8217;s identity and undermine its ability to recover.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events \u2013 Monitoring The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) expressed deep concern over reports of widespread looting at the Sudan National Museum and other archaeological sites in the country. In a statement, UNESCO said it is \u201cdeeply concerned about recent reports indicating the potential looting and destruction of several museums and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32673,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32671\/revisions\/32673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}