The United States is one of over 115 states party to the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property ("the Convention") (PDF). The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act ("the Act") (PDF) empowers the Department of State to consider requests from governments party to the Convention to impose import restrictions on archaeological or ethnological material.
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January 8, 2013
Take this opportunity to provide information to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee as it considers a proposed extension of the Cambodian MOU
January 7, 2013
Notice of a Proposal to Extend the MOU between the U.S. and Cambodia
January 7, 2013
Notice of a Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, with open and closed sessions, on February 27 & 28, and March 1, 2013
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Bilateral Agreements
Learn more about the agreements countries have signed with the U.S. to protect cultural artifacts.