Congratulations to Claus-Peter Echter (President of the ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Historic Cities, Towns and Villages- CIVVIH) on his election, on behalf of ICOMOS, as co-Chair of the UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign Partner Constituent Group - PCG 10. PROFESSIONALS

Culture x Climate 2020 is a virtual global forum for arts, culture and heritage-based climate action presented by the Climate Heritage Network. It runs from 12 October to 27 November, anchored by Climate Heritage Week 2020 (16-22 November).

Six extended papers have been published after full peer review in a special issue on “Authenticity and Reconstruction”, guest-edited by Cornelius Holtorf, in the International Journal of Cultural Property 27(2), 2020, 161-290. The papers are accessible in free open access at the links below:

Recognising the similarities of heritage conservation and management between the north and south polar regions, the ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee (IPHC) was created on the recommendation of the XII General Assembly of ICOMOS in Mexico in October 1999 and subsequently confirmed by the Executive Committee in Paris in March 2000. It was formally established on 1 November 2000 with the intention of bringing together heritage professionals working in one or both areas.

Update: Read the new report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Ms Karima Bennoune, on cultural rights and climate change, at this page and on the website of the mandate. The report makes reference to ICOMOS’s submission to the call for inputs for the report.

The Blue Shield has issued a statement on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh with regards to the cultural heritage.

ICOMOS, as one of the founding members and Blue Shield Board member, fully supports this statement.