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Site Index

Cultural Heritage Center

  • What’s New: Scheduled CPAC meetings, recent Federal Register notices, and other related activities of the Center or the Bureau.

Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

  • Search AFCP Projects and Images
  • 2009 Awards Support Major Projects in Peru, Nepal, and Macedonia
  • 2009 Awards Support Projects at Eight World Heritage Sites
  • 2009 Awards Notice
  • 2008 Large Project Awards Notice*
  • 2006/2007 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report*
  • 2005/2006 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report *
  • 2004/2005 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report *
  • 2003/2004 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report *
  • 2002/2003 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report*
  • 2001 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report*

International Cultural Property Protection

  • Background on U.S. Implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention
  • Import Restrictions List & Chart
  • Cultural Property Advisory Committee: Description of committee composition and responsibilities, and list of current members.
  • About Foreign Requests for Assistance: how a request for assistance from another country is received and reviewed.
  • Heritage Protection Resources: Links to selected organizations involved in cultural heritage protection.
  • Image Database of Restricted Objects: Introduction to the organization and use of the database. Links to Image Database for each country.
  • Laws, Conventions & Agreements: Index of heritage-related laws and conventions

Recursos en Español: Index of pages and documents in Spanish.

Iraq Cultural Heritage Initiative

  • Iraq Cultural Heritage Project Fact Sheet*
  • Previous Efforts (2003-2008)*

Laws & Agreements

  • 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.*
  • 1972 Pre-Columbian Monumental and Architectural Sculpture and Murals Statute*
  • Abandoned Shipwreck Act*
  • Archaeological Resources Protection Act*
  • 1983 Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) (Public Law 97-446 or 19 U.S.C. 2601 ff)*
  • Executive Order 12555 (1986)*
  • National Stolen Property Act*
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act*
  • Treaty between U.S. and Mexico, 1970*
  • U.S. Senate Report 97-564*

Special Projects

Country-Specific pages

Bolivia

  • Bolivia Information
  • Bolivia Image Database
  • 1989 Emergency Restriction*
  • 2001 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 2001 Designated List*
  • 2006 Amended Agreement (Español)*

Cambodia

  • Cambodia Information
  • 1999 Emergency Action*
  • 2003 Bilateral Agreement*
  • 2003 Designated List*
  • 2008 Amended Extension and Designated List*

Canada

  • Canada Information
  • 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Français)*
  • 1997 Designated List*

China

  • China Information
  • 2009 Bilateral Agreement*
  • 2009 Designated List*

Colombia

  • Colombia Information
  • Colombia Image Database
  • 2006 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 2006 Designated List*

Cyprus

  • Cyprus Information
  • Cyprus Image Database
  • 1999 Emergency Restriction: Ethnology*
  • 2002 Agreement: Archaeology*
  • 2002 Designated List: Archaeology*
  • 2006 Amended Agreement*
  • 2006 Amended Designated List*
  • 2007 Extension of Amended Agreement*
  • 2007 Amended Designated List*

El Salvador

  • El Salvador Information
  • El Salvador Image Database
  • 1987 Emergency Action*
  • 1995 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 1995 Designated List*
  • 2000 Extension & Amendment (Español)*
  • 2005 Extension & Amendment (Español)*

Guatemala

  • Guatemala Information
  • Guatemala Image Database
  • 1991 Emergency Action*
  • 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 1997 Designated List*
  • 2002 Extension Notice*
  • 2007 Extension & Amendment (Español)*

Honduras

  • Honduras Information
  • Honduras Image Database
  • 2004 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 2004 Designated List*
  • 2009 Amended Article II (Español)*

Iraq

  • Iraq Cultural Heritage Initiative
  • Iraq Cultural Heritage Project Fact Sheet*
  • Iraq Information (on import restrictions)
  • 2008 Emergency Restriction and Designated List*
  • 2004 Emergency Protection Act*

Italy

  • Italy Information
  • Italy Image Database
  • 2001 Bilateral Agreement (Italiano)*
  • 2001 Designated List*
  • 2006 Extension & Amendment (Italiano)*
  • Long-Term Loan Guidelines (Italiano)*
  • Integrated Project (Italiano)*

Mali

  • Mali Information
  • Mali Image Database
  • 1993 Emergency Action*
  • 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Français)*
  • 1997 Designated List*
  • 2002 Extension of Agreement*
  • 2007 Amended Extension (Français)*
  • 2007 Amended Designated List*

Nicaragua

  • Nicaragua Information
  • Nicaragua Image Database
  • 1999 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 2000 Designated List*
  • 2005 Extension (Español)*

Peru

  • Peru Information (Español)
  • Peru Image Database (Español)
  • 1990 Emergency Restriction*
  • 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Español)*
  • 1997 Designated List*
  • 2002 Extension and Amendment (Español)*
  • 2007 Extension and Amendment (Español)*

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