[gothic-l] Kulturkatastrof

[Ingemar Nordgren]

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The following petition is being circulated by UNESCO's
Bureau of Public Information. For background information,
see http://www.unesco.org/opi2/afghan-crisis/


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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also forward the updated list of signatures back to the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization at e-mail: "unesco.press at unesco.org".

                 1) W. Bruce Stewart
                 2) Ruth E. MacKinnon Stewart
                 3) Kathryn J. Stewart
                 4) Myriam Arcangeli
                 5) geoff carver
                 6)Ingemar Nordgren

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