International Assistance

Haiti Library Relief

Assistance to Iraqi libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) has received a $20,000 grant from the Working Assets Grant making Fund of the Tides Foundation to provide children's books to public libraries in Iraq. The Near East and South Asia Subcommittee of the ALA Int ernational Relations Committee (IRC) will oversee the project, connecting with Iraqi librarians to select children's books in Arabic, Kurdish and other languages. Press Release
Meeting on Iraq Cultural Heritage, UNESCO
Paris, April 17, 2003

The founder members of the International Committee of the Blue Shield: the International Council on Archives (ICA); the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS); the International Council of Museums; and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), were all represented at the meeting of experts called by UNESCO on April 17, 2003 to discuss the damage to Iraqi cultural heritage caused by the war.

The official communication issued at the end of the meeting follows: