"The Roerich Pact. History and Modernity"

We are pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony of the Exhibition "The Roerich Pact. History and Modernity" dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Roerich Pact and the 70 anniversary of the United Nations Organization that will take place at the Vienna International Centre: (Rotunda, Wagramer Str. 5, 1400 Wien).

Roerich Pact – an international treaty "On the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments" – was signed on April 15 in Washington, at the White House. It served as the basis for the creation of a modern system of international humanitarian law and paved the way for landmark international legal instruments devoted to the protection of cultural property, both in peacetime and during war – including the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols (1954 and 1999). The UNESCO World Heritage Convention, adopted in 1972, builds on the spirit of the Pact. The treaty is called Roerich Pact after its initiator and inspirer Nicholas Roerich – the great Russian artist, scientist, writer, traveler, thinker and public figure.
 

Yours Sincerely,
Leylya M. Strobl
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President of the Austrian Roerich Society - National Committee of the Roerich Pact
Board member of the Austrian National Committee of the Blue Shield
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