President Muhammadu Buhari has called on world leaders and stakeholders in the culture and tourism sector to rise against cultural genocide.
The President made the call on Friday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the on-going International Conference for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Areas.
The conference is organised by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) with the support of French and UAE Governments.
The conference is to address the rising aggressions targeting humanity, cultural treasures and create an International Fund with 100 million Dollar seed fund to address the challenge.
The President, represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said “it has become a pattern that major victims of armed conflict are no longer just the human being and property but also cultural heritages like artefacts’’.
He said the world is coming to the realisation that genocide could be in any form, including deliberate annihilation of cultural symbols that binds people together and symbolises their existence.
“What we are witnessing all over the world today is cultural genocide.
“Cultural genocide can actually be more devastating than ethnic genocide in the sense that there are heritages that bind humanity and become force for unity.
“If you remove or destroy them, you are destroying humanity because it is not just about the people, but also about the minds and the Arts.
“It is no longer true that in times of war, safeguarding natural heritage is a luxury, it is now a necessity,’’ he said.
The President said that, like Syria, Afghanistan, Mali and others, Nigeria had its fair share of destruction of its cultural heritage sites during armed conflict.
“We have armed conflict in the Niger Delta and terrorism in the Northeast that have destroyed our heritage sites.
“One of our UNESCO declared world heritage sites has been affected in Adamawa state by Boko Haram insurgency, who went there and looted artefacts that dated back to several centuries.
“In Damaturu, Yobe, we have evidence of a vault that date back to 8000 years that was also affected.”
He said the activities of vandals destroying pipelines in the Niger Delta have also resulted in the flow of crude destroying the habitat and affecting the ecological and cultural sites in the area.
The President underscored the need for deliberate efforts at early preparation to preserve cultural heritage even in times of peace.

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Rocketmaster:
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on world leaders and stakeholders in the culture and tourism sector to rise against cultural genocide.
The President made the call on Friday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the on-going International Conference for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Areas.
The conference is organised by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) with the support of French and UAE Governments.
The conference is to address the rising aggressions targeting humanity, cultural treasures and create an International Fund with 100 million Dollar seed fund to address the challenge.
The President, represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said “it has become a pattern that major victims of armed conflict are no longer just the human being and property but also cultural heritages like artefacts’’.
He said the world is coming to the realisation that genocide could be in any form, including deliberate annihilation of cultural symbols that binds people together and symbolises their existence.
“What we are witnessing all over the world today is cultural genocide.
“Cultural genocide can actually be more devastating than ethnic genocide in the sense that there are heritages that bind humanity and become force for unity.
“If you remove or destroy them, you are destroying humanity because it is not just about the people, but also about the minds and the Arts.
“It is no longer true that in times of war, safeguarding natural heritage is a luxury, it is now a necessity,’’ he said.
The President said that, like Syria, Afghanistan, Mali and others, Nigeria had its fair share of destruction of its cultural heritage sites during armed conflict.
“We have armed conflict in the Niger Delta and terrorism in the Northeast that have destroyed our heritage sites.
“One of our UNESCO declared world heritage sites has been affected in Adamawa state by Boko Haram insurgency, who went there and looted artefacts that dated back to several centuries.
“In Damaturu, Yobe, we have evidence of a vault that date back to 8000 years that was also affected.”
He said the activities of vandals destroying pipelines in the Niger Delta have also resulted in the flow of crude destroying the habitat and affecting the ecological and cultural sites in the area.
The President underscored the need for deliberate efforts at early preparation to preserve cultural heritage even in times of peace.

http://www.gistusmore.com/showthread.php?tid=8

What is he doing about the mental genocide going on in his country?

you leave the stick for ur eye go commot the one for another person eye