>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 > > -Please sign and also forward this e-mail to friends, > family, news groups, mailing lists etc. > DO NOT SIGN TWICE. DO NOT LET IT DEAD END. IF YOU ARE UNABLE > OR UNWILLING TO SIGN I, EITHER FORWARD IT TO OTHERS OR RETURN TO > [log in to unmask] > -To avoid adding ">>>" onto the chain, please preferably > > cut & paste the entire petition and list of names into a > > new message prior to re-sending. > > -THE 100th, 200th, 300th NAME/PERSON to sign is requested to > > also forward the updated list of signatures back to the > > United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural > > Organization at e-mail: "[log in to unmask]" > > > > 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 > > 24. > > 25. > > 26. > > 27. > > 28. > > 29. > > 30. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com