Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict

Recommendation 162 (1958)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

(a) Subject introduced on 15th September 1957 by the tabling of the Fourth Report of UNESCO to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Doc. 696.<br>(b) 30th April 1958, tabling of the Report of the Cultural Committee, Doc. 825.<br>(c) 3rd May 1958, debate in the Assembly (see 9th Sitting of the 10th Session). The Recommendation was adopted unanimously.

The Assembly,

Having regard to Recommendation 19 (1951) ;

Having regard to the terms of the European Cultural Convention ;

Having learnt with satisfaction from the Fourth Report of the Director-General of UNESCO (Doc. 696) that the Convention and Protocol on the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict came into force on 7th August 1956 ;

Noting that France is the only member country of the Council of Europe which has so far ratified the Convention and Protocol ;

Considering that a statutory meeting of the High Contracting Parties is to be held in the near future and that it is in the interest of the Member States of the Council of Europe that they should be represented at that meeting,

Recommends that the Committee of Ministers invite those Member States which are not yet parties to the Convention and to the Protocol to ratify these instruments or to accede thereto without delay.