Cairo (INA) – The seventeenth conference of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists concluded its work today, recommending the convening of an emergency Arab summit at the level of heads of government to discuss mechanisms for dealing with the catastrophic attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque that threaten its collapse and to consider the dangers resulting from intellectual extremism and its devastating impact on the future. Arab antiquities, especially in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia. In its closing statement, the conference stressed the need to document the attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the antiquities of Iraq and Syria with information, still and moving images, and expose their owners internationally, and involve the international organizations concerned with heritage UNESCO - Alexo - ISESCO in this, as well as local and international human rights organizations, in addition to the union's adoption of an initiative to document all Palestinian heritage Al-Qaim to protect it from destruction and extinction, to preserve the written Arab heritage, to conduct training courses for archaeologists at the new headquarters of the Union, and to sign a document with the Al-Aqsa Foundation to help protect Jerusalem in particular and the Palestinian heritage in general. The statement stressed the importance of activating all what was stated in the international agreements regarding confronting the urban sprawl that destroys antiquities, calling for the speedy registration and protection of archaeological sites in the countries of the Arab world, enhancing cooperation and exchange of knowledge and experiences between ministries and bodies concerned with heritage in the Arab world, and establishing an international information center in the Union building and providing it with the necessary information and plates and developing An annual week of Arab heritage celebrated in various countries of the country. ( I finish )
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