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Presentation given by Håkon Roland, Chair of the Norwegian National Committee of the Blue Shield 20 August 2021 © Blue Shield International, Blue Shield Norway
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Presentation given by Samuel Franco, President of the Guatemalan National Committee of the Blue Shield 20 August 2021 © Blue Shield International, Blue Shield Guatemala
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Presentation given by Zoë Reid, President of the Irish National Committee of the Blue Shield 22 July 2021 © Blue Shield International, Blue Shield Ireland
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Presentation given by Fionnuala Rogers, President of the United Kingdom National Committee of the Blue Shield 22 July 2021 © Blue Shield International, Blue Shield UK
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Presentation given by Susann Harder, President of the Deutschland (German) National Committee of the Blue Shield 18 June 2021 © Blue Shield International, Blue Shield Germany
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Presentation given by Andrea Kiesamp, Vice-President of the Netherlands National Committee of the Blue Shield 20 May 2021 © Blue Shield International, Blue Shield Netherlands
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This year the Blue Shield is 25! We’re inviting you to join us in raising awareness of the importance of blue shields by nominating your favourite blue shield! The blue shield is the symbol placed on cultural property “of great importance” (under article 1 of the 1954 Hague Convention) to show that it should be [...]
Read MoreBlue Shield for Casa Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
To celebrate International Museum Month 2021, a virtual ceremony took place on the 5th May to award a blue shield emblem to the Casa Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, which was declared a national historical monument in 1957. This is the first blue shield placed in the city of [...]
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The blue shield is an emblem and an association. The emblem is a protective emblem specified in the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, to be used to indicate protected cultural property, and personnel engaged in the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. Emblem of [...]
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