The Assembly welcomes the completion of the new state-of-the-art Akropolis Museum in Athens.
It can now certainly no longer be argued that the “Elgin Marbles”, which were removed from the Parthenon under the Ottoman occupation of Greece, should stay in London because they cannot be properly protected for posterity in Athens.
If the need to preserve archeological treasures from destruction was ever an acceptable reason to take them away from the place where they were found, this reason does certainly not apply any more to the “Elgin Marbles”.
The Assembly therefore appeals to the British authorities to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece without further delay.