1. Training Panamanian Customs to Prevent Cultural Property Smuggling

   Trafficking stolen, looted, or forged art, antiquities, and other cultural objects benefits criminal organizations and terrorist groups, erodes the legal art market, and harms our relationships with foreign partners and allies.

2. Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting January 25-27, 2022

   to review the proposed extensions of the cultural property agreements with the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, the Government of the Republic of Guatemala, and the Government of the Republic of Mali.

3. U.S. and Greece Work Together to Protect Cultural Heritage

   September 22, 2021. Athens, Greece: The United States and Greece signed a bilateral cultural property agreement extending existing import restrictions for Greek cultural property and expanding the terms of the agreement to include additional categories of ecclesiastical ethnological material.

4. United States and Cambodia Celebrate Cultural Property Agreement and New Preservation Project

   U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia William A. Heidt and Cambodia’s Minister of Culture, Her Excellency Phoeung Sackona, signed a joint statement recognizing the recent extension of the cultural property agreement between the United States and Cambodia during a ceremony on November 6, 2018 at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

5. Jeremy Sabloff

   Jeremy Sabloff was appointed by President Barack Obama in September 2016 to chair the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

6. Rosemary Joyce

   Rosemary Joyce was reappointed by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

7. Nancy Wilkie

   Nancy Wilkie was reappointed by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

8. Karol Wight

   Karol Wight was appointed by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

9. James W. Willis

   James W. Willis was reappointed by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

10. Dorit D. Straus

    Dorit Straus was appointed by President Barack Obama in December 2016 to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

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