3 March

• Cultural Heritage Objects Database - Fighting the Illicit appropriation of Cultural Heritage
  The Workshop on "Cultural Heritage objects Database. Fighting the Illicit Appropriation of Cultural Heritage" to take place in Rome from 26 through 28 January 2010 is organized by UNESCO Venice Culture unit in cooperation with the Carabinieri for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage. The main focus of the workshop is to strengthen the procedures for documentation and inventory-making of cultural heritage; to identify and discuss related problems, needs and priorities as well as definition of possible and find out solutions to combat the illicit traffic of cultural property and to share experiences, knowledge and good practices in the field of "Cultural Heritage Database" and, more in general, in relation to the safeguarding of Cultural Heritage objects.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=40313&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• Haiti ratifies the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
  On 8 February 2010, Haiti deposited to the Director General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, its instrument of ratification of the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. UNESCO welcomes the support that Haiti now brings to the Organization’s efforts in the fight against the illicit traffic of cultural goods, just as the Haitian community mobilizes its efforts to recover from the catastrophe of last 12 January.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=40542&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html