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Recommendation 2071 (2015)
Cultural heritage in crisis and post-crisis situations
1. The Parliamentary Assembly, referring
to its Resolution 2057
(2015) on cultural heritage in crisis and post-crisis
situations, stresses the importance of “common” cultural heritage
and its enshrined values as key factors in the process of sustainable
reconciliation and conflict resolution, which are fundamental to
the well-being of communities and the peaceful coexistence of people
with different cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
2. The Assembly considers that reconstruction of cultural heritage
that is carried out in the best interests of a society is a development
challenge and that guidelines for pre- and post-crisis measures
should be developed. These should take note of Sultan Barakat’s
“Seven Pillars for Post-War Reconstruction”: vision, participation,
security, reconciliation and justice, equity, reconstruction and
development, and capacity.
3. The Assembly therefore recommends that the Committee of Ministers
instruct the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape,
in co-operation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the European Union, the
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and other
relevant international and national aid agencies, to:
3.1. draft guidelines for the protection
and reconstruction of damaged or destroyed cultural heritage as
part of a broader strategy for preserving cultural identity and
diversity in crisis and post-crisis situations, to be used by national
and local authorities as well as international donor organisations;
3.2. provide support for member States to exchange good practices
based on the guidelines as well as on standards and principles of
the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage
for Society (CETS No. 199), and provide assistance to member States
in implementing these provisions.