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We must strengthen efforts to safeguard cultural property in conflict areas, UNODC Chief informs Security Council

VIENNA/NEW YORK, 30 November 2017 (UN Information Service) — Countries must be helped to detect stolen cultural property as part of the work to dismantle criminal networks, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, informed the UN Security Council today. “We must take the opportunity to further strengthen …