ICOMOS 1965-2015 - 50 years of achievements
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Evolution of the ICOMOS Statutory Documents
| Annual General Assembly, Marrakesh, 2019 | |
| Resolution adopted to amend articles 3-4 and 66-5 of the Rules of Procedure | English / French |
| Updated Rules of Procedure after amendment | English / French |
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Extraordinary General Assembly |
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As foreshadowed at the Annual General Assembly 2015 in Fukuoka, the ICOMOS Board was intending to call an Extraordinary General Assembly in conjunction with the forthcoming Annual General Assembly taking place in Istanbul in October 2016, for the purpose of making some amendments to the ICOMOS Statutes. The formal notice of meeting was sent in June 2016. Following comments by ICOMOS Committees, the Board decided in August 2016 to postpone this Extraordinary General Assembly. It was held on 12 December 2017 on the occasion of the 19th General Assembly (New Delhi 2017). |
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| Amended ICOMOS Statutes adopted by the Extraordinary General Assembly | English / French |
| Revised ICOMOS Rules of Procedure adopted by the Extraordinary General Assembly | English / French |
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1st Consultation on amendments to the Statutes (April - May 2016) |
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Draft amendments and explanatory document |
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Proposed resolution to amend the Statutes |
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Comments received from ICOMOS Committees & individual members to the consultation conducted via ICOMOS E-news n° 123, 5 April 2016 |
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Legal Opinion confirming that the proposed amendment of Article 9c is in full conformity with French law (original French, English translation) |
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Annual General Assembly, Istanbul, October 2016 |
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The revised Statutes adopted in 2014 made the then current Rules of Procedure obsolete in many respects. Taking into account the resolution by the 2014 General Assembly, the Board sought to have an initial group of amended Rules of Procedure approved at the Annual General Assembly in Istanbul in October 2016, so that they could be in force for the next Triennial General Assembly in 2017. This first group includes the Rules of Procedure relating to General Assemblies, and those for bidding to host a General Assembly and for assessing the bids. |
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Proposed resolution to adopt initial group of Rules of Procedure |
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Decisions of the 18th General Assembly |
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Resolutions of the 18th General Assembly |
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Amended ICOMOS Statutes adopted by the 18th General Assembly |
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Revised ICOMOS Ethical Principles adopted by the 18th General Assembly |
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Documents submitted to the 18th General Assembly for adoption |
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Draft Resolutions as submitted to the 18th General Assembly |
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Compendium of draft resolutions submitted to the General Assembly |
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General Assembly Working Documents Vol. 2 |
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Additional draft resolutions for Agenda Item 6 |
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Joint proposal by the Merged Working Group and the Executive Committee for the amendment of the ICOMOS Statutes |
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Explanatory Report |
Report /Annex |
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Tracked changes in comparison with 3rd consultation |
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Proposal by the Merged Working Group for the review of the Ethical Commitment Statement |
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| Explanatory Report | English/French |
| Tracked changes in comparison with 2nd consultation | English/French |
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Calendar |
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9 July 2014 (= at least 4 months before the General Assembly) |
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8 September 2013 |
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8 October 2014 |
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End of October/beginning of November 2014 |
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8-9 November 2014 |
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11 November 2014 |
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12 November 2014 |
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| Ethical Principles | |
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2nd consultation on the Ethical Principles (8 September - 8 October 2014) |
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Report and proposals of the Working Group |
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Special edition of the e-News n° 101 of 8 September 2014 |
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Results of the 2nd consultation: compilation of contributions received |
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1st consultation on the revision of the Ethical Commitment Statement (September 2013 - 26 February 2014) |
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Report and proposals of the Working Group |
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special Edition of the e-News n° 98 of 6 February 2014 |
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Results of the 1st consultation: compilation of contributions received |
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Background document |
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Amendment of the Statutes |
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| 3rd consultation on the amendment of the Statutes (September 2013 - January 2014) |
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Report and proposals of the Working Group |
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Revised Statutes project, with comments and tracked changes as compared to the 2nd consultation |
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Growth of ICOMOS membership from 2001 to 2011 |
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Special e-News n°94 of 6 December 2013 |
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Results of the 3rd consultation |
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| 2nd consultation on the amendment of the Statutes (November 2012 - January 2013) |
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Report and proposals of the Working Group |
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Appendix to the report - comparison with current Statutes in tracked changes |
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Special e-News n° 83 of 14 November 2012 |
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Results of the 2nd consultation - contributions received by 1 February 2013 |
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Results of the 2nd consultation - additional contributions received by 19 March 2013 |
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Results of the 2nd consultation - last received documents |
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| Resolutions of the 17th General Assembly (Paris, 2011) | English / French |
| 1st consultation on the amendment of the Statutes (October 2010-January 2011) |
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| Report to the 17th General Assembly This report includes an introduction, proposals and the compilation of the contributions received. |
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| Background documents | |
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1901 Loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d’association, |
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1965 Initial Statutes |
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1978 Current Statutes |
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2004 Von Trützschler report on the amendment of the ICOMOS Statutes |
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Statutes and Rules of Procedure
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Statutes
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Rules of Procedure
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History
From the emergence of the concept of World Heritage to the creation of ICOMOS
Until the end of the 19th century, architectural heritage had been a matter of solely national concern, and most of the laws regarding the protection of historic buildings in Europe date back to that period. Countless associations existed in each country, but their scope never went beyond national borders. Cultural internationalism, as we know it today, was an outcome of the First World War, with the creation of the League of Nations, and most of all of the Second World War, with the creation of the United Nations and the establishment of UNESCO.
The Athens Conference (1931) on the restoration of historic buildings, organised by the International Museums Office, and the Athens Charter, drafted by Le Corbusier at the fourth Assembly of the International Congresses on Modern Architecture (1933) and published anonymously in Paris in 1941, both represent a major step in the evolution of ideas because they reflected a growing consciousness among specialists all over the world and introduced the concept of international heritage for the first time in history.
The Venice Charter was born from the need to create an association of conservation and restoration specialists, independent from the already existing association of museologists called ICOM.
In 1957 in Paris, the First Congress of Architects and Specialists of Historic Buildings recommended that the countries lacking a central organisation for the protection of historic buildings provide for the establishment of such an authority and, in the name of UNESCO, that all member states of UNESCO join the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) based in Rome.
The Second Congress of Architects and Specialists of Historic Buildings, in Venice in 1964, adopted 13 resolutions, the first one being the International Restoration Charter, better known as the Venice Charter, and the second one, put forward by UNESCO, provided for the creation of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
To learn more about the history of ICOMOS: Scientific Journal - 30 years of ICOMOSVisit also ICOMOS 50th anniversary webpage
Introducing ICOMOS
ICOMOS works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places. It is the only global non-government organisation of this kind, which is dedicated to promoting the application of theory, methodology, and scientific techniques to the conservation of the architectural and archaeological heritage.
ICOMOS is a network of experts that benefits from the interdisciplinary exchange of its members, among which are architects, historians, archaeologists, art historians, geographers, anthropologists, engineers and town planners.
The members of ICOMOS contribute to improving the preservation of heritage, the standards and the techniques for each type of cultural heritage property: buildings, historic cities, cultural landscapes and archaeological sites
ICOMOS facts and figures (December 2023):
11 379 members in 132 countries and territories
253 Institutional Members
113 National Committees
31 International Scientific Committees
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