Vienna – “The cultural heritage is the identity of a nation, the shared memory and a powerful tool to spread tolerance and understanding between different peoples. That’s why the terrorists identified works of art as targets to destroy and steal. And that’s why Italy is providing the international community all its experience in the field of fighting against this form of barbarism. In fact, in the last year we have made available, in cooperation with UNESCO, a task force, called Unite4Heritage, to intervene in the protection of cultural heritage in crisis areas, and we also our representation at OECD decided to establish and finance specifical training courses for officials of the Mediterranean countries “. This was stated by the Undersecretary for Cultural Heritage and tourism, Antimo Cesaro, who spoke this morning at the OECD Summit being held in Vienna with representatives of African and Middle Eastern countries bordering the Mediterranean. (9colonne)
