“More than a cultural tragedy, it is a security issue”

On 2 April 2015, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova gave a lecture at Sciences Po, entitled “The Protection of Cultural Heritage in Iraq and Syria: a Peace and Security Issue.” Dean Ghassan Salamé of the Paris School of International Affairs of Sciences Po (PSIA) chaired the discussion. Watch the interview of Irina Bokova by Yasmina Benbrahim, a PSIA student.

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Read the report of the conference on the UNESCO website.