Dear members of ICOM-L,

We have the pleasure to inform you that ICOM has secured funds from the US
Department of State (Bureau of  Educational and Cultural Affairs) to draft
an emergnecy Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at Risk.

Based on ICOM's Red List series, this Red List will present the most
representative categories of cultural property from Iraq. The objective is
to provide an overview of the different types of objects that could have
been looted or stolen in Iraq. The list will be a tool for customs
officials, police officers, art dealers, and collectors to help them to
recognize objects that could originate from Iraq and, will alert and raise
awareness of professionals and the general public on the illicit traffic of
Iraqi cultural property.

The emergency Red List will be drafted by a small group of specialists of
Iraq cultural heritage from all over the world. The meeting will be held in
Lyons on Wednesday 7 May and will take place at the Interpol headquarters in
the framework of the " Incident Response Team "  conference that Interpol
will organize on 5 and 6 May 2003.

We hope to have this Red List ready as soon as possible and available on the
ICOM web site in English, French and Arabic.

We will keep you informed about the advancement of this project.

Sincerely,

Valérie Jullien
Communications Officer
ICOM Secretariat



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