>From: Diana Wall <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: (no subject)
>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 06:47:46 -0500
>
>Subject: Afghanistan
> >
> >
> > Subject: Afghanistan
> > Author: Thomas Behrens
> > Date: 3/7/01 3:27 PM
>
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> > UNESCO International Petition to Safeguard Afghanistan
> > Cultural Heritage
> >
> > We, the undersigned, plead for an immediate end to the
> > Taliban edict to demolish Afghanistan's cultural heritage.
> > We further urge the Taliban spiritual leader Mullah
> > Mohammed Omar to enter into dialogue with the international
> > community -including the Arab and Islamic governments that
> > overwhelmingly have condemned these actions - in order to
> > explore proposals to safeguard this irreplaceable cultural
> > heritage from further, senseless destruction.
> >
> > The edict of the 26th of February 2001 to destroy pre-
> > Islamic and Buddhist objects-including the world's largest
> > standing Buddha statues at Bamiyan-runs counter to all the
> > basic principles of respect, tolerance and the wisdom upon
> > which Islam is based, and is a breach of the Taliban pledge
> > made in 1999. We plead with Taliban authorities to stop
> > this irreversible assault on two millennia of Afghanistan's
> > artistic and cultural achievements, treasured not only as
> > the spiritual birthright of Buddhists everywhere but also
> > as a universal cultural heritage for people of all faiths
> > and nationalities.
> >
> >
> > 1. Gustavo F Araoz, US/ICOMOS, Washington, DC, USA
> > 2. Thomas M Behrens, HABS/HAER - National Park Service, Washington,
>DC,
> > USA
> > 3. Tim Davis, HABS/HAER - National Park Service, Washington, DC USA
> > 4. Bill Stott, Professor, University of Texas at Austin
> > 5. Beverly Spicer, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
> > 6. Jeff Ragsdale, Austin, Texas
> > 7. Holger Schramm, Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii
> > 8. Darcy Jones, Vajrapani Institute/U.Hawaii, Boulder Creek, ca
> > 9. Christopher Kolb, San Francisco, CA
> > 10.Karsang Lama,Dharmapala Centre,Durbar Marg,Kathmandu,Nepal.
> > 11.John O'Hern, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
> > 12.Michael Pollard, UniServity Gallery, london UK.
> > 13.Charlotte Cambridge, Zoology Student London UK.
> > 14.Rupert Williamson, Researcher, London UK
> > 15.St. John Costelloe, Law Student, Cambridge, UK.
> > 16. Sofia Amor, European Parliament, Brussels, B
> > 17. Charlotte Wilhelmsson, Stockholm Regional Office, Brussels, B
> > 18. Linda Berg, Göteborg University, Göteborg, S
> > 19. Ralph Kass, Chambre des députés, Luxembourg, L
> > 20.Anouk Wies, NYC, USA
> > 21.Noriko Takahashi, The City University of New York, NY
> > 22.Diana Wall, The City University of New York, NY
> > 23.Chris Rohe, Univ. of Louisville
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