On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001), UNESCO prepares in cooperation with the Catholic University of Leuven a regional meeting for Europe and a scientific colloquium on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels, from 13 to 15 December 2011.

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The story of this loss does serve to illustrate the need to protect underwater cultural heritage and to adopt appropriate scientific guidelines for its research and treatment, through the ratification and implementation of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage .

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Mr Daniel Rondeau, has submitted today the instruments of the ratification of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage to the UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova.

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