Southeast Asian Heritage
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To the Governments of Thailand and Singapore
It has come to my attention that your government has not signed the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
The cultural heritage of your ASEAN neighbours is steadily being erased as illegally excavated materials are smuggled into Thailand and Singapore.
Singapore has for centuries been a hub of international trade and it is this trade that has made the city great. Now one of the premier cities of Asia, Singapore remains a hub of the trade in antiquities. The same may be said for Bangkok where antiquities from all over the region are sold and shipped abroad.
It is suspected that most artefacts illegally excavated by looters in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia are transited through Singapore and Bangkok.
I support the Non-governmental organization HeritageWatchs effort to request that the governments of Singapore and Thailand adopt stricter laws and limit the sale of antiquities with a foreign provenance.
Please sign the 1970 UNESCO Convention in order to preserve the great heritage of Asia.
It has come to my attention that your government has not signed the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
The cultural heritage of your ASEAN neighbours is steadily being erased as illegally excavated materials are smuggled into Thailand and Singapore.
Singapore has for centuries been a hub of international trade and it is this trade that has made the city great. Now one of the premier cities of Asia, Singapore remains a hub of the trade in antiquities. The same may be said for Bangkok where antiquities from all over the region are sold and shipped abroad.
It is suspected that most artefacts illegally excavated by looters in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia are transited through Singapore and Bangkok.
I support the Non-governmental organization HeritageWatchs effort to request that the governments of Singapore and Thailand adopt stricter laws and limit the sale of antiquities with a foreign provenance.
Please sign the 1970 UNESCO Convention in order to preserve the great heritage of Asia.
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