According to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Properties in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Protocols, armies must refrain from using or damaging cultural heritage properties in times of war.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

This is why Unesco alerts states of their responsibility to protect culture properties in the event of conflict and to prohibit and prevent the illicit trafficking of cultural goods.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The number of properties affected on this occasion was significantly fewer than the previous flooding event in 2007, after which the council implemented a flooding risk reduction scheme in the area.

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That in turn enabled them to learn more about the properties of the matter in the quasar as it moves ever closer towards the event horizon of the black hole.

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Mali is to finalize its accession to the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict to enable it to submit requests for the granting of enhanced protection to cultural properties that are of the greatest importance to humanity.

UNESCO: EDUCATION