Preservation of Cultural ArtefactsCategory: Education and Creativity | Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage
The World Assembly,
Appalled at the suppression of cultures through the destruction of their artefacts,
Believing that significant artefacts should be preserved for future generations as a means to understand where their culture and society originated from,
Wishing to protect culturally significant artefacts in member nations by the following regulations,
Hereby,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:a. "artefact" as any object or work of art which holds significant cultural and historical value, and is valuable for its unique artistic qualities or provides insight into a culture or past society,
2. Prohibits Member States from:
b. “restoration” as a process to attempt to return an artefact to its original form due to an alteration, or to make an artefact more resistant to future alterations;a. Allowing alterations to or damaging neglect of artefacts in their possession, without justifiable cause, such as restoration,
b. Allowing the erasure or intentional mislabeling of the artefact's culture of origin,
c. Relinquishing artefacts to unqualified or unwilling caretakers;
3. Encourages Member States to:a. Display artefacts to the public and educate them on the cultures behind them, ensuring compliance with clause 2 of this resolution while doing so,
b. Display artefacts from a diverse array of cultural origins where applicable,
c. Maintain the original form of artefacts when appropriat,
d. Handle artefacts with the utmost care,
e. Surrender the artefact to a qualified caretaker within that member nation if they are incapable of doing the above,
4. Clarifies that clauses 2 and 3 of this resolution do not apply:a. to artefacts with historically offensive significance, or
b. in emergency or disaster situations.