AMIA Responds: International Council of the Blue Shield

On July 19th, the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) was invited to lend their support to a public statement being drafted by the International Council of the Blue Shield (ICBS) in relation to the current situation in the Middle East and the resulting destruction of Cultural Property.

Situations such as the war in the Middle East are politically charged so it is always a challenge to draft a neutral statement. However, not making a statement might also be argued as indifference to the plight. With this in mind, the AMIA Board voted in favor of supporting a public statement that considered cultural objects and materials on both sides of the conflict and as time was of the essence, the statement was published on July 20th.