International Council on Monuments and Sites

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (short ICOMOS , German International Council for heritage conservation ) is an international non-governmental organization for historic preservation, based in Paris .

organization

ICOMOS was founded in Warsaw in 1965 following the signing of the Venice Charter in 1964, the international charter on the conservation and restoration of cultural monuments and complexes .

ICOMOS members are national committees and associations for the preservation of monuments, of which there is one in most of the states that are members of UNESCO :

• in Germany it is a registered association , the German National Committee of ICOMOS (International Council for Cultural Monuments and Areas Worthy of Protection) based in Munich ;
• in Switzerland there is the national group ICOMOS Suisse , which as ICOMOS Suisse is an association under Swiss civil law ;
• in Austria there is an Austrian National Committee.

National committees exist - in different legal forms, depending on the national circumstances - in more than 100 countries. ICOMOS International is financed by contributions from the national committees.

ICOMOS International advises UNESCO on issues relating to the preservation of monuments, in particular the world cultural heritage . For the assessment of natural heritage sites which is International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) responsible. Before the appointment of new sites, it submits an expert opinion on the application for entry in the World Heritage list , makes recommendations for decisions to the World Heritage Committee and checks the state of preservation of already registered World Heritage sites.

ICOMOS is a founding member of the culture protection organization Blue Shield International . In this context, the national and international protection of cultural assets, such as monuments during wars, armed conflicts or disasters, is to be ensured, often together with UNESCO.

Within the framework of ICOMOS, 28 international scientific committees work, which deal with questions of the preservation and restoration of cultural monuments, for example cultural monuments of the 20th century, cultural monuments in the polar regions or intangible cultural heritage.

Since 1982, ICOMOS organized in cooperation with the UNESCO annually on April 18 the International Monuments Day .

ICOMOS General Assemblies, Presidents and General Secretaries

No.	year	General Assembly		Term of office	president		Secretary General
1.	1965	Krakow	Poland	1965-1969	Piero Gazzola	Italy	Raymond Lemaire	Belgium
2.	1969	Oxford	United Kingdom	1969-1972	Piero Gazzola	Italy	Raymond Lemaire	Belgium
3.	1972	Budapest	Hungary	1972-1975	Piero Gazzola	Italy	Raymond Lemaire	Belgium
4th	1975	Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Germany	1975-1988	Raymond Lemaire	Belgium	Ernest Allen Connaly	United States
5.	1978	Moscow	Soviet Union	1978-1981	Raymond Lemaire	Belgium	Ernest Allen Connaly	United States
6th	1981	Rome	Italy	1981-1984	Michel Parent	France	Abdelaziz Daoulatli	Tunisia
7th	1984	Rostock	GDR	1984-1987	Michel Parent	France	Abdelaziz Daoulatli	Tunisia
8th.	1987	Washington, DC	United States	1987-1990	Roberto di Stefano	Italy	Helmut Stelzer	GDR
9.	1990	Lausanne	Switzerland	1990-1993	Roland Silva	Sri Lanka	Herb Stovel	Canada
10.	1993	Colombo	Sri Lanka	1993-1996	Roland Silva	Sri Lanka	Jean-Louis Luxen	Belgium
11.	1996	Sofia	Bulgaria	1996-1999	Roland Silva	Sri Lanka	Jean-Louis Luxen	Belgium
12.	1999	Mexico city	Mexico	1999-2002	Michael Petzet	Germany	Jean-Louis Luxen	Belgium
13.	2002	Madrid	Spain	2002-2005	Michael Petzet	Germany	Dinu Bumbaru	Canada
14th	2003	Victoria Falls	Zimbabwe	Extraordinary meeting
15th	2005	Xi'an	China	2005-2008	Michael Petzet	Germany	Dinu Bumbaru	Canada
16.	2008	Quebec	Canada	2008-2011	Gustavo Araoz	United States	Bénédicte Selfslagh	Belgium
17th	2011	Paris	France	2011-2014	Gustavo Araoz	United States	Kirsti Kovanen	Finland
18th	2014	Florence	Italy	2014-2017	Gustavo Araoz	United States	Kirsti Kovanen	Finland
19th	2017	Delhi	India	2017-2020	Toshiyuki Kono	Japan	Peter Phillips	Australia

Surname

Due to the similarity of the names, the name "ICOMOS International" is also used in Germany for the International Council on Monuments and Sites - in contrast to the German National Committee of ICOMOS, which is called "ICOMOS Germany".

literature

• Ernst-Rainer Hönes : 50 years of the International Council for Monument Preservation (ICOMOS) . In: Bayerische Verwaltungsblätter (BayVBl.) 147th year 2016, pp. 689–700.

Web links

• ICOMOS International
• ICOMOS Germany
• ICOMOS Austria
• ICOMOS Switzerland

Individual evidence

1. ^ ICOMOS International: Articles of Association. ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ icomos.de: Statute of the German National Committee of ICOMOS. ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ ICOMOS Switzerland: Organization. ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ ICOMOS Switzerland: Statutes. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Austrian National Committee: Homepage ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ icomos.de: Worldwide list of national committees. ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ List of International Scientific Committees - International Council on Monuments and Sites. Retrieved October 2, 2018 . 
8. ^ Committee on Twentieth Century.
9. ^ ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee. - The International Polar Heritage Committee (IPHC) is an international scientific committee within the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). This site is provided by the International Polar Heritage Committee as a resource of information on matters related to the human heritage of Arctic and Antarctic. Retrieved October 2, 2018 . 
10. ^ International Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage, ICICH. Retrieved October 2, 2018 . 
11. ↑ International Monuments Day at dertagdes.de, accessed on April 11, 2017.
12. ^ ICOMOS: Past Presidents. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
13. ↑ ICOMOS: List of General Assemblies. Retrieved December 12, 2015.