UNESCO has issued a recent call to help stop the trade of cultural property that has been stolen or illegally exported from Sudan during conflict. “Since the beginning of the crisis in April 2023, reinforcement of measures to protect Sudan’s cultural heritage has become crucial, notably in the framework of the UNESCO 1970 Convention against illicit trafficking of cultural property and other relevant international instruments. UNESCO, together with its partners UNIDROIT, UNODC, INTERPOL, WCO and CINOA, calls upon the public and professionals involved in the trade of cultural property to refrain from acquiring or taking part in the import, export or transfer of ownership of cultural property when they have reasonable cause to believe that the objects have been stolen, illegally alienated, clandestinely excavated or illegally exported from Sudan.”
See the full article on UNESCO’s website.
Image of a Nubian pyramid at Khartoum, by COSV, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license).
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