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Geneva Foundation Organizes to Combat Vile Iconoclasm Boom

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The obliteration by sledgehammers and dynamite of Timbuktu, Palmyra, and other historic sites by terrorists has prompted the Aga Khan, the President of France, and other Middle Eastern and Western leaders to take action:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/ico...gions-declares-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi/

one of the two main objectives...a network of safe havens for the safeguarding of cultural property endangered by armed conflicts or terrorism
The other main objective was the establishment of an international fund...[to] finance preventive and emergency operations...as well as contribute to the restoration of damaged cultural property
The money will be vested in a foundation to be based in Geneva
 
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