﻿{"id":734,"date":"2016-02-17T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delegazioneunesco.esteri.it\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2016\/02\/articolodailystar-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-17T13:59:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T12:59:22","slug":"articolodailystar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delegazioneunesco.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2016\/02\/articolodailystar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREIGN\u00a0PRESS REVIEW: articles of &#8220;Daily star&#8221;, &#8220;El Pais&#8221; and &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><DIV id=\"phNewsTxtTitolo\"><DIV id=\"phNewsTxtTitolo\"><EM>Article from\u00a0the &#8220;Daily Star&#8221;<\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV id=\"phNewsTxtTesto\" class=\"corpoPagina\"><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Italy creates World Heritage Police<\/STRONG><\/P><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P>Italy unveiled a 60-strong task force of art detectives and restorers Tuesday, ready to protect the world&#8217;s crisis-hit heritage sites for UNESCO in a cultural version of the U.N.&#8217;s famous Blue Helmets. The task force, dubbed &#8220;cultural peacekeepers,&#8221; will be dispatched when logistically possible &#8211; to assess the damage to globally prized monuments or works in the wake of conflicts, earthquakes, floods or other natural and man-made disasters. The main aim is to stop the looting and selling of heritage by militants to fund &#8220;terrorist activities,&#8221; UNESCO said. The task force will &#8220;assess risk and quantify damage done to cultural heritage sites, develop action plans and urgent measures [andj provide technical supervision and training for local national staff,&#8221; the Italian ministry said in a statement. It will also help transfer movable objects to safety &#8220;and strengthen the fight against looting and illegal traf- Force seeks to limit damage to cultural sites by Daesh and other groups ticking of cultural property,&#8221; the ministry said. Thirty police art detectives and 30 archaeologists, restorers and art historians &#8220;are already operational and ready to go where UNES(X) sends them,&#8221; said Culture Minister Dario Franceschini. Italy&#8217;s art police have an international reputation for tracking down and recovering stolen works. The hope, UNESCO director Iriaa Bokova said Tuesday, was that other countries would follow Rome&#8217;s example and join the heritage fight. The idea for an Italian, cultural version of the United Nations peacekeepers &#8211; known by their distinctive blue helmets &#8211; was voted in by the U.N. after the destruction of sites including those in Syria&#8217;s Palmyra by Dacsli (ISIS). Daesh seized control of Palmyra in May and has realized international tears by destroying some of the most pri\/.ed sites in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed ancient city. The militants have carried out a sustained campaign of destruction against heritage sites in areas under their control in Syria and Iraq, including the important Iraqi sites of Hatra, Nimrud and Khorsabad, the ancient Assyrian capital. Islamist militants are also accused of being behind attacks on 10 religious and historic monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Timbuktu in Mali.<BR><BR><BR><\/P><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV id=\"phNewsTxtTesto\" class=\"corpoPagina\"><br \/>\n<P><EM>Article of\u00a0Maria Salas Oraa from\u00a0&#8220;El Pais&#8221;<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Cascos azules al rescate de la cultura<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Cascos azules al rescate de la cultura Italia lanza con 60 polic\u00edas y expertos en arte el cuerpo de la Unesco que proteger\u00e1 el patrimonio MAR\u00cdA SALAS ORAA, Roma Una naci\u00f3n est\u00e1 viva cuando su cultura est\u00e1 viva. A partir de esa premisa, el Gobierno italiano present\u00f3 ayer los cascos azules de la cultura, una fuerza especial que nace de un acuerdo de la Unesco y se encargar\u00e1 de proteger el patrimonio art\u00edstico en situaciones de conflictos civiles. Formar\u00e1n el grupo 30 agentes expertos en patrimonio cultural de los Carabinieri, la polic\u00eda militarizada italiana, y otros tantos especialistas en arte, entre ellos historiadores, investigadores y restauradores. El objetivo de la conocida como Operaci\u00f3n Unite4Heritage (unidos por el patrimonio) es que estos cuscos azules se desplieguen sobre el terreno cuando lo solicite un Estado miembro de la ONU que sufra un conflicto que pueda afectar a su patrimonio hist\u00f3rico y cultural. La fuerza especial trabajar\u00e1 para proteger esas obras y restaurar las que hayan sido da\u00f1adas. Adem\u00e1s, contar\u00e1n con un centro de formaci\u00f3n en Turin, participar\u00e1n en la formaci\u00f3n de restauradores locales y tratar\u00e1n de impedir el tr\u00e1fico ilegal de piezas art\u00edsticas. La Unesco aprob\u00f3 el pasado 17 de octubre la puesta en marcha de la iniciativa, una propuesta italiana tras la destrucci\u00f3n de vestigios arqueol\u00f3gicos por el Estado Isl\u00e1mico (ISIS, en sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) en distintos lugares de en zonas en crisis Irak y Siria, incluyendo las ruinas de Palmira. Un total de 53 pa\u00edses aprobaron entonces la idea, que la 38a Conferencia General de la Unesco del mes siguiente respald\u00f3 por unanimidad. Cuatro ministros italianos \u2014los titulares de Cultura, Defensa, Educaci\u00f3n y Asuntos Exteriores\u2014 firmaron ayer en Roma el acuerdo correspondiente con la directora general de la Unesco, Irina Bokova. Las termas de Diocleciano, levantadas a comienzos del siglo IV, sirvieron de marco para el acto. &#8220;Italia es el primer pa\u00eds que pone a disposici\u00f3n internacional una fuerza especial dedicada al patrimonio&#8221;, recalc\u00f3 su ministro de Cultura, Dar\u00edo Franceschini, quien desea que otros muchos pa\u00edses sigan el camino iniciado. &#8220;Naciones Unidas debe afrontar el componente cultural de las misiones internacionales. El patrimonio es de todos y todos tenemos una responsabilidad&#8221;, a\u00f1adi\u00f3. La titular de Defensa, Roberta Pinotti, precis\u00f3 que estos cascos azules &#8220;no intervendr\u00e1n, por ejemplo, en Palmira, para proteger lo que destruye el Estado Isl\u00e1mico. Actuar\u00e1n a petici\u00f3n de la ONU en graves crisis civiles&#8221;. Lo har\u00e1n en casos de desastres naturales o de conflictividad social, pero no en zonas calientes de conflicto armado. &#8220;Cuando se ataca un templo religioso, una biblioteca o un \u00e1rea arqueol\u00f3gica, se quiere da\u00f1ar la cultura&#8221;, enfatiz\u00f3 el ministro de Exteriores, Paolo Gentiloni, quien incidi\u00f3 en que la destrucci\u00f3n de s\u00edmbolos culturales y religiosos busca reducir la diversidad y el pluralismo. Su colega de Educaci\u00f3n, Stefania Giannini, consider\u00f3 que la destrucci\u00f3n de un monumento es un crimen de guerra, pues busca atacar los valores de la civilizaci\u00f3n. &#8220;La protecci\u00f3n cultural es parte de nuestra respuesta a los terroristas&#8221;, sentenci\u00f3 Bokova, para quien este &#8220;nuevo comienzo&#8221; que lidera Italia env\u00eda &#8220;un mensaje muy fuerte sobre la importancia de trabajar juntos&#8221;. Adem\u00e1s de la prevenci\u00f3n de nuevas tragedias como la de Palmira, el proyecto busca poner fin a la financiaci\u00f3n que grupos yihadistas y otros terroristas obtienen gracias al tr\u00e1fico ilegal de bienes culturales. El Departamento de Estado de \u00c5\u00c5 UU cifr\u00f3 en septiembre pasado en unos 1W millones de d\u00f3lares (89,8 millones de euros) los ingresos anuales que solo el ISIS obtiene por este La directora de la Unesco, Irina Bokova, presenta el acuerdo en las termas de Diocle- CianO. \/ DOMENICO STINELLIS (AP) concepto. Cerca de 5.000 yacimientos arqueol\u00f3gicos se encuentran en las zonas dominadas por el Estado Isl\u00e1mico, seg\u00fan la misma fuente. &#8220;El patrimonio cultural no es solo belleza intr\u00ednseca. Es tambi\u00e9n diversidad, identidad. Por eso la destruyen los terroristas y <BR>extremistas&#8221;, concluy\u00f3 la directora general de la Unesco.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><BR><BR><EM>Article from &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Team created to protect warzone antiquities<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Team created to protect warzone antiquities Italy is to work with the UN&#8217;s cultural agency to protect ancient artefacts and archaeological sites in conflict areas from extremists. The Italian foreign minister. Paolo Gentiloni, and Unesco&#8217;s director general, Irina Bokova, signed an accord, above, m Rome yesterday creating an Italian taskforce and a centre in Turin to train heritage-protection experts. Officials say no country has been chosen yet for the first mission. Islamic State is believed to derive some of its funds from a flourishing black market in antiquities. As well as the financial benefits for extremists, plundering or destroying monuments and archaeological sites has a &#8220;more insidious motive&#8221; &#8211; and is an attack on cultural &#8220;diversity and pluralism&#8221;, Gentiloni said. AP -tit_org- Team created to protect warzone antiquities<BR><\/P><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article from\u00a0the &#8220;Daily Star&#8221; Italy creates World Heritage Police Italy unveiled a 60-strong task force of art detectives and restorers Tuesday, ready to protect the world&#8217;s crisis-hit heritage sites for UNESCO in a cultural version of the U.N.&#8217;s famous Blue Helmets. 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