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February 27th, 2015 
David Schulberg
According to Press TV, UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova stated on Thursday “This attack is far more than a cultural tragedy – this is also a security issue as it fuels sectarianism, violent extremism and conflict in Iraq. This stands in direct violation to the most recent United Nations Security Council Resolution 2199 that condemns the destruction of cultural heritage and adopts legally-binding measures to counter illicit trafficking of antiquities and cultural objects from Iraq and Syria.”
She added “This is why I have immediately seized the president of the Security Council to ask him to convene an emergency meeting of the Security Council on the protection of Iraq’s cultural heritage as an integral element for the country’s security.”
Bokova said “The systematic destruction of iconic components of Iraq’s rich and diverse heritage that we have been witnessing over the past months is intolerable and it must stop immediately.”
Earlier on Thursday, ISIL posted a video online showing the terrorist members of the group destroying ancient artifacts at a museum in Mosul, located some 400 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Source Article from http://english.irib.ir/news/world/west-asia/item/205414-unesco-demands-emergency-security-council-session-over-iraq-artifacts
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