International Committee of the Blue Shield statement on threatened cultural property in the Middle East conflict

The International Committee of the Blue Shield has released a statement on threatened cultural property in the Middle East conflict. The statement simply states the group’s concern about the conflict and the threat it poses to cultural property (artifacts, documents, art), and calls upon governments to ratify the The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its protocols. The United States has not signed.