International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures

International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures

The International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures is a campaign group, which joins together various organizations around the world whose primary aim is to bring about the reunification of all the surviving Parthenon Sculptures to Athens, Greece.The Association was founded in November 2005 at a meeting in Athens of twelve national reunification organisations organised by the Greek government [ [http://www.elginism.com/20051124/382/ Meeting in Athens of committees for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures] ] [ [http://www.elginism.com/20051126/383/ An international reunification committee] ] [ [http://www.elginism.com/20051127/283/ New initiatives in support of the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles] ] .

The founder & current chair of the campaign is David Hill, who is also involved with some of member organizations. At the time of the launch, a declaration was released [ [http://www.parthenoninternational.org/declaration Declaration on the Parthenon Sculptures] ] which encapsulated the common goals of all the members.

The original twelve members of the Association were:
* Australians for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures (Australia)
* Belgium Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles (Belgium)
* Cyprus Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles (Cyprus)
* German Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles (Germany)
* British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (Great Britain)
* Italian Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles (Italy)
* International Organizing Committee - New Zealand - for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles (New Zealand)
* Russia Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles (Russia)
* Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, Serbia (Serbia)
* Spain Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles (Spain)
* Swedish Parthenon Committee (Sweden)
* The American Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, Inc (USA)

Various other organisations joined later bringing the total number of members to fourteen:
* Brazilian Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures (Brazil)
* Canadian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles (Canada)

The International Association of the Parthenon Sculptures is governed by a charter & only acts based on the unanimous agreement of its members. Each member organisation nominates a delegate from their members to represent them on the committee.

References

External links

* [http://www.parthenoninternational.org/ Official Web Site]


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