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From: Chiara Piccinini <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: Petizione UNESCO pro beni culturali afghani / Pétition UNESCO M.H.
Afghanistan
> >From: Serenella Castri
> >To: ***
>
> >Con preghiera di rinviare all'indirizzo
> >principale una volta raggiunti i 100 o 200 firmatari. / Avec prière >de
> >renvoyer à l'adresse principale une fois rejoint le nombre de 200
> > >signataires.
> >
>
> >PETIZIONE UNESCO
> >The following petition is being circulated by UNESCO's
> >Bureau of Public Information. For background information,
> >see http://www.unesco.org/opi2/afghan-crisis/
> >
> >
> >UNESCO International Petition to Safeguard Afghanistan
> >Cultural Heritage
> >
> >We, the undersigned, plead for an immediate end to the
> >Taliban edict to demolish Afghanistan\'s cultural heritage.
> >We further urge the Taliban spiritual leader Mullah
> >Mohammed Omar to enter into dialogue with the international
> >community -including the Arab and Islamic governments that
> >overwhelmingly have condemned these actions - in order to
> >explore proposals to safeguard this irreplaceable cultural
> >heritage from further, senseless destruction.
> >
> >The edict of the 26th of February 2001 to destroy pre-
> >Islamic and Buddhist objects-including the world\'s largest
> >standing Buddha statues at Bamiyan-runs counter to all the
> >basic principles of respect, tolerance and the wisdom upon
> >which Islam is based, and is a breach of the Taliban pledge
> >made in 1999. We plead with Taliban authorities to stop
> >this irreversible assault on two millennia of Afghanistan\'s
> >artistic and cultural achievements, treasured not only as
> >the spiritual birthright of Buddhists everywhere but also
> >as a universal cultural heritage for people of all faiths
> >and nationalities.
> >
> > -Please sign and also forward this e-mail to friends,
> >family, news groups, mailing lists etc.
> >-To avoid adding \">>>\" onto the chain, please preferably
> >cut & paste the entire petition and list of names into a
> >new message prior to re-sending.
> >-The 100th, 200th, 300th etc. name to sign is requested to
> >also forward the updated list of signatures back to the
> >United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
> >Organization at e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >1) dr. Marjeta Ciglenecki, Univerza Maribor, Pedagoska fakulteta,
> >Slovenia
> >
> >2) mag. Igor Weigl, Ptuj, Slovenia
> >
> >3) Giorgio di Strassoldo-Graffemberg, Strassoldo (Ud), Italy
> >
> >4) dr. Serenella Castri, Pavia di Udine (Udine), Italy
> >
> >5) Thomas Fink, Pavia di Udine, Italy
> >
> >6) Andrea Calì, Pavia di Udine, Udine, Italy
>
> >7) Chiara Piccinini, Firenze, Italy
>
>
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