Blue Shield International
The Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross, its name derives from the blue shield symbol designed by Jan Zachwatowicz, used to signify cultural sites protected by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict.
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- enRoyal blue and white shield in a mid-blue circle
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- enLogo of the Blue Shield
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- enThe Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross, its name derives from the blue shield symbol designed by Jan Zachwatowicz, used to signify cultural sites protected by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict.
- Depiction
- Fields
- Cultural property
- Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
- Formation
- enThe Blue Shield was formed in 2016 from the amalgamation of ICBS and ANCBS . They adopted this logo in 2018.
- Has abstract
- enThe Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross, its name derives from the blue shield symbol designed by Jan Zachwatowicz, used to signify cultural sites protected by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict. The Blue Shield's mission statement is in their statutes. It is a network of committees of dedicated individuals across the world that is “committed to the protection of the world's cultural property, and is concerned with the protection of cultural and natural heritage, tangible and intangible, in the event of armed conflict, natural- or human-made disaster.” Blue Shield is a close partner organization with the UN, United Nations peacekeeping and UNESCO and in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- Headquarters
- enRegistered in the Netherlands, but the paid staff are located in Newcastle University, England
- Homepage
- theblueshield.org/
- Is primary topic of
- Blue Shield International
- Label
- enBlue Shield International
- LeaderFunction
- Blue Shield International PersonFunction 1
- Blue Shield International PersonFunction 2
- LeaderName
- Karl von Habsburg
- Peter G. Stone
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- enFounding President
- enPresident
- Link from a Wikipage to an external page
- theblueshield.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/2006_Hague_Accord.pdf
- www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/fourtier-approach-to-the-protection-of-cultural-property-in-the-event-of-armed-conflict/E581C8E31F924C87E866AFDD27F7BC3B
- www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/emmacunliffe.html
- www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/armed-conflict-and-heritage/
- www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/armed-conflict-and-heritage/convention-and-protocols/
- theblueshield.org/
- theblueshield.org/about-us/around-the-globe/
- theblueshield.org/about-us/history/association-of-national-committees-of-the-blue-shield-ancbs/
- theblueshield.org/about-us/history/international-committee-of-the-blue-shield-icbs/
- theblueshield.org/bsi-welcomes-michael-delacruz/
- theblueshield.org/download/blue-shield-articles/
- www.act.nato.int/images/stories/media/doclibrary/legal_gazette_38.pdf
- www.openpublications.org/single-post/2018/07/09/The-Protection-of-Cultural-Property-in-the-Event-of-Armed-Conflict-Unnecessary-Distraction-or-Mission-Relevant-Priority
- Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
- 2020 Beirut explosion
- Art theft and looting during World War II
- Category:1996 establishments in the Netherlands
- Category:Cultural organisations based in the Netherlands
- Category:International cultural organizations
- Category:Organizations established in 1996
- Cultural heritage
- Cultural heritage management
- Cultural property
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- File:The Blue Shield, photographed in Austria.jpg
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- Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
- Intangible cultural heritage
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Council of Museums
- International Council on Archives
- International Council on Monuments and Sites
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
- International humanitarian law
- International organization
- Irina Bokova
- Jan Zachwatowicz
- Julien Anfruns
- Karl von Habsburg
- Law of Armed Conflict
- Material culture
- Peter G. Stone
- Red Cross
- Second World War
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
- UN
- UNESCO
- UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
- United Nations
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations peacekeeping
- World Heritage Site
- Name
- enThe Blue Shield
- Name
- enThe Blue Shield
- RegionServed
- enWorldwide
- SameAs
- 4nVH8
- Blue Shield International
- Comité international du Bouclier bleu
- Escut Blau Internacional
- Mavi Kalkan
- Mavi qalxan
- Modrý štít
- Q592938
- The Blue Shield
- Син щит Интернешънъл
- ლურჯი ფარის საერთაშორისო კომიტეტი
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- Category:1996 establishments in the Netherlands
- Category:Cultural organisations based in the Netherlands
- Category:International cultural organizations
- Category:Organizations established in 1996
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- enNon-governmental organization
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- Blue Shield International?oldid=1086746357&ns=0
- Website
- https://theblueshield.org/
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- 6096543
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- 1086746357
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