Assistant Secretary of State for Academic and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield will journey to New York, New York on Monday, August 8, the place she is going to be part of the Honorable Keo Chhea, the Authorities of the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ambassador to the USA and representatives from the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York (USASD) and Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) for a repatriation ceremony of 30 items of cultural property, together with a tenth Century sculpture ‘Skanda on a Peacock,’ which has cultural and non secular significance to the folks of Cambodia. The Assistant Secretary’s go to will comply with Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s journey to Cambodia this week and underscores the USA’ dedication to preserving cultural heritage and property in Cambodia and world wide, in addition to the bilateral and people-to-people relationships between the USA and Cambodia.
Assistant Secretary Satterfield can even spotlight Cambodia’s regional management as a companion in cultural heritage safety via the U.S.-Cambodia cultural property settlement, the one such settlement between the USA and an ASEAN member. For greater than 20 years, the USA has labored to guard, protect, and honor Cambodia’s wealthy cultural heritage with Cambodian companions, American educational establishments, and nonprofit organizations.
Monday’s repatriation ceremony is a part of the USA’ whole-of-government strategy to defending and preserving world cultural heritage. By means of the U.S. Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee, 16 U.S. authorities companies, led by the Division of State and chaired by Assistant Secretary Satterfield, work collectively to disrupt looting and unlawful commerce of worldwide cultural property, whereas additionally selling the lawful change of cultural property for cultural, instructional, and scientific functions.
Monday’s ceremony is open to the media; contact eca-press@state.gov for extra particulars. Comply with alongside on Twitter at @ECA_AS and at U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York | Facebook.
