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Homemegan2023-03-01T21:24:46-05:00
Presentation and pledge at the Smithsonian
USCBS presentation at a 2015 Congressional event
USCBS is dedicated to the prevention of destruction and theft of cultural
property, as at this archaeological site in Iraq.
Presentation and pledge at the Smithsonian
USCBS presentation at a 2015 Congressional event




Preserving the past – protecting the future


U.S. COMMITTEE OF THE BLUE SHIELD


U.S. COMMITTEE OF THE BLUE SHIELD

USCBS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preventing the destruction,
damage and theft of cultural property during armed conflict and natural
disasters.

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HOW DOES USCBS HELP PREVENT CULTURAL PROPERTY DISASTERS?

Training

We coordinate with the U.S. military, U.S. government, and other cultural
property organizations to protect cultural property worldwide during armed
conflict.

Awareness

We strive to raise public awareness about the importance of cultural property as
the shared right of all humankind.

Emergencies

We advise and assist, worldwide, in the protection of cultural property damaged
or threatened by armed conflict or natural disasters and provide emergency
planning.


LATEST NEWS & ALERTS



 * September 16, 2024
   
   
   IMPLICATIONS OF DAMAGE TO SUDANESE CULTURAL PROPERTY
   
   Since the start of hostilities in Sudan in April 2023, reports of looting of
   the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum have circulated, but recent news
   suggests that the damage may have reached new levels. UNESCO has [...]
   
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 * August 7, 2024
   
   
   UKRAINE’S FIRST NATIONAL TEAM OF “CULTURAL FIRST AIDERS”
   
   Ukraine's first national team of "cultural first aiders" has been
   established. 23 heritage professionals from 11 oblasts recently completed
   ICCROM's First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
   (FAR) program and are now [...]
   
   Continue Reading
   


LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGHOUT HISTORY

As early as the 2nd century BC, we know that authors were criticizing the
wartime plundering of art. And, in more recent times, many laws and treaties
have been written to protect and preserve cultural property. For instance, the
Lieber Code of 1863, commissioned during the Civil War by President Abraham
Lincoln, was the first legislation to explicitly call for the protection of
cultural property during times of armed conflict. And, in 1954, The Hague
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Times of Armed Conflict
and its First Protocol were adopted after a meeting of representatives of the
United Nations, under the auspices of UNESCO.

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USCBS is dedicated to preventing the destruction, damage and theft of cultural
property during armed conflict and natural disasters.

U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield is a 501(c)(3) corporation.

USCBS is dedicated to preventing the destruction, damage and theft of cultural
property during armed conflict and natural disasters.

U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield is a 501(c)(3) corporation.




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