Statement
“RASHID International urges the Republic of Iraq to accede to the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (‘1999 Second Protocol’) at the earliest possible opportunity.
We commend the Republic of Iraq for having ratified the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (‘1954 Hague Convention’) and its First Protocol on 21st December 1967 and express our hope that the Council of Representatives, the Council of Ministers and the President of the Republic will take steps towards Iraq becoming a State Party to the 1999 Second Protocol in order to underline its commitment to protecting cultural heritage at home and abroad.”