Pax Cultura

Pax Cultura

, and is symbolized by a maroon on white emblem consisting of three solid circles in a surrounding circle.

According to the Roerich Museum, "The Banner of Peace symbol has ancient origins. Perhaps its earliest known example appears on Stone Age amulets: three dots, without the enclosing circle. Roerich came across numerous later examples in various parts of the world, and knew that it represented a deep and sophisticated understanding of the triune nature of existence. But for the purposes of the Banner and the Pact, Roerich described the circle as representing the totality of culture, with the three dots being Art, Science, and Religion, three of the most embracing of human cultural activities. He also described the circle as representing the eternity of time, encompassing the past, present, and future. The sacred origins of the symbol, as an illustration of the trinities fundamental to all religions, remain central to the meaning of the Pact and the Banner today." [http://www.roerich.org/nr.html?mid=pact]

On April 15 1935 an international treaty known as the Roerich Pact was signed by the United States and 20 Latin American nations, agreeing that "historic monuments, museums, scientific, artistic, educational and cultural institutions" should be protected both in times of peace and war, and identified by their flying a distinctive flag, the Banner of Peace, bearing the Pax Cultura emblem. The Soviet Union signed the treaty in 1959. The scheme was to be a cultural analog to the Red Cross for medical neutrality. The Roerich Pact sign was superseded by the distinctive marking of cultural property as defined by the Hague Convention of 1954. However, the emblem of the Roerich Pact is still a valid protective sign in the relations between states which are bound by the Washington Treaty of 1935 but not by the convention of 1954. As of 2007, this applies to Chile and the United States.

ee also

*Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
*Protective sign

External links

* [http://www.roerich-museum.ru/eng International Centre of the Roerichs]
* [http://www.roerich.org Nicholas Roerich Museum] .
* [http://www.roerich.org/nr.html?mid=pact Pact and Banner Of Peace Through Culture] on the Website of the Nicholas Roerich Museum.

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