International visitors: Samuel Sidibé (MLI) and Kateryna Chuyeva (UKR)

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International visitors: Samuel Sidibé (MLI) and Kateryna Chuyeva (UKR)

From 10 to 14 November, Samuel Sidibé from Mali and Kateryna Chuyeva from Ukraine are visiting the Netherlands.
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Both guests will deliver a key note at the symposium Heritage under Attack, organised by Blue Shield Netherlands and ICOMOS Nederland. The symposium will focus on the protection of cultural heritage during times of war or disasters. The occasion of the symposium is the 60th anniversary of UNESCO's 1954 The Hague Convention on the protection of cultural heritage in the event of an armed conflict.

Samuel Sidibé is Director at Musée National du Mali and Kateryna Chuyeva is Deputy Director General at The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts in Kiev. Chuyeva is also Secretary General of the recently established Blue Shield Ukraine.

Symposium Heritage under Attack