USCBS Statement on the Earthquake in Morocco and Flooding in Libya
This past week has been an immensely difficult one for much of North Africa. On Friday, September 8th, the strongest earthquake of the past century struck [...]
Blue Shield International’s Report Documents Putin’s Potential Violations of Cultural Property Law
On September 13, 2023, The Art Newspaper reported that a new briefing prepared by Blue Shield International for the European Union Advisory Mission asserts that President Vladimir Putin [...]
USCBS Welcomes New Executive Director
The U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield is pleased to welcome a new Executive Director to our team! Dr. Rachel Dewan joins us from southeast Alaska [...]
Sudan’s Cultural Heritage at Risk in Civil War
"I came here as soon as I could,” archaeologist Mahmoud Suleiman says. “I couldn’t just go and leave our heritage without protection.” A terrible civil war [...]
USCBS Statement on the Wildfires in Maui
The U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield (USCBS) is deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss of life and irreparable destruction on the island of [...]
Historic Ukrainian Cathedral Damaged by Russian Fire
In Kherson, a Ukrainian city which was liberated from Russian occupation last November, the historic 18th-century St. Catherine's Cathedral has been damaged by Russian shelling. On [...]
Richard Barancik, Last of the Monuments Men, Dies at 98
On July 14, 2023, Richard Barancik, the last surviving member of the Monuments Men and Women, died at the age of 98. In 1945, Mr. Barancik, [...]
USCBS Statement on the Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria
The US Committee of the Blue Shield (USBCS) expresses its profound sorrow at the great loss of life, now numbering more than 50,000 victims, due to the [...]
Protecting Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage
Roughly one year from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces that they will invest $7 [...]
