Subject: Afghanistan
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> 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.
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> 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
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