2005/AD.08 18 November 2005(Original: French)

ICOM ADVISORY COMMITTEE 67th session

6 –8 June 2003Paris (France)

DRAFT MINUTES

CONTENTS

Address by the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee p.03

Address by the ICOM President p.03

Address by UNESCO Representative p.03

Adoption of the draft agenda p.05

Adoption of the previous Minutes p.05

Special Session p.05

Examination of the documents p.06- Examination of the Executive Council Minutes p.06- Report by the Treasurer p.06- Report by the Secretary General p.07

ICOM Strategic Plan for 2005-2007 p.07

Report by the Chairperson of the Ethics Committee p.08

Report by the Working Group on the Revision of the Statutes p.08

Report by the Task Force on International Committees p.08

Report by the Pilot Nomination Committee p.09

Emergency Situations p.09

General Conferences p.09

Separate meetings of the National and International Committees p.10

Regional Organisations p.11

Miscellaneous p.13

Dates and places of the next Advisory Committee meeting p.13

Annexes p.14-22

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The following appendices include the full text of the Report presented during the Advisory Committee meeting: Appendix 1: Report by the Ethics CommitteeAppendix 2: Revised version of the Recommendations of the Nomination CommitteeAppendix 3: List of participants

0. Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee

Günther Dembski welcomed the members of the Advisory Committee, the representatives of the UNESCO Permanent Delegations, Mr Gadi Mgomezulu, Director of the Cultural Heritage Division, and Virgil Nitulescu, Deputy Chairperson of the Advisory Committee. He warmly welcomed the new National Committee of the Moldavian Republic and the re-organised Committee of Indonesia. Finally, the Chairperson welcomed the new International Committee on Collections and Activities of City Museums (CAMOC), as well as all new members elected since the ICOM General Conference held in 2004.

One minute of silence was observed in memory of ICOM members who had passed away since October 2004. A special tribute was paid by Timothy Mason, President of the Association of Commonwealth Museums (CAM), to Emmanuel Arinze (Nigeria), President of AFRICOM and CAM, as well as by Angelica Ruge to Jane Rosen Glaser, an honorary member of ICTOP.

- Mr Emmanuel Arinze, President of the International Council of African Museums (AFRICOM) and the Association of Commonwealth Museums (CAM);

- Mr David Devenish, the first museum professional, Curator of the Museum of Barbados and the Museum of Gibraltar;

- Mrs Jane Glaser, Honorary Member of ICTOP;- Mrs Elahe Jalalia, Secretary of ICOM Iran;- Dr Jan Jelinek, Honorary Member and Former President of ICOM;- Mrs Samia El Mallah, Director of External Relations, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt;- Mrs Caroline Villiers, Vice-President of ICOM-Conservation (ICOM-CC);- Mrs Jenny Schneider, President of ICOM Costume and Member of the ICOM Foundation

Bureau.

1. Address by the ICOM President

Alissandra Cummins thanked members of the Advisory Committee and all ICOM members for her election. She paid a tribute to the work carried out by Jacques Perot, ICOM President from 1998 to 2004, and by the members of the Executive Council up to 2004. She expressed the hope that she would be able to handle her functions with the newly elected Executive Council. In the name of Advisory Committee members, she thanked ICOM 2004 for the magnificent conference organised in 2004. She announced that the Executive Council intended to work in compliance with the Strategic Plan adopted by the General Assembly in October 2004. An abbreviated version of the Plan will be submitted to the Advisory Committee for approval during the discussions.

Alissandra Cummins referred to the tsunami tragedy that occurred in December 2004 in Asia. She noted that ICOM reacted immediately by creating an Internet site to help museums in the event of a disaster (Disaster Relief for Museums Web Site). In addition, a Disaster Relief Task Force was set up to be responsible for determining the tools that need to be developed to assist museums during and after a disaster. Almost simultaneously, a Disaster Relief for Museums Fund was created, to which the ICOM President encouraged members to contribute.

The Executive Council also considered the progress made by the «.museum » project, and defined new strategies.

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Alissandra Cummins informed members of the impending creation of a new Standing Committee on International Committees. The members of the Advisory Committee will be informed about the tasks and composition of this Committee in the very near future.

The President welcomed the publication of two books: - « Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook “- « Patrimoine culturel: prévention et gestion des catastrophes » (Cultural Heritage:

Prevention and Management of Disasters). This work, published within the framework of the Museum Emergency Programme (MEP), contains the presentations made by professionals who took part in the International Symposium organised by ICOM in Hyderabad (India) from 23 to 27 November 2003.

The President thanked the Secretariat for its dynamic efforts and active participation in the life of the Organisation.

ICOM will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2006. Alissandra Cummins pointed out that this would be a major challenge for members of the Advisory Committee, who should display initiative and convey the organisation's vitality.

Günther Dembski thanked Alissandra Cummins and assured her of the Advisory Committee's support. He also congratulated her on her commitment to ICOM during all these years.

2. Address by the UNESCO Representative

Mr Gadi Mgomezulu, Director of the Cultural Heritage Division, expressed the regrets of Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director General, and of Mr. Mounir Bouchenaki, Assistant Director-General for Culture, who were unable to attend the meeting.

He said he attached great importance to the current co-operation between UNESCO and all non-governmental cultural organisations, including ICOM, ICOMOS, IFLA and ICA, as well as ICCROM, the intergovernmental organisation specialised in conservation.

He welcomed the strong co-operation that had been maintained over the years to promote and implement the various UNESCO Conventions. The successes had been unequal. They were unequivocal in certain cases, such as the 1970 Convention on the return or restitution of cultural property, but were less successful in others, for example, the 2001 Convention on the protection of underwater cultural heritage. A strategy designed to improve the situation further should therefore be drawn up. It would probably be necessary to increase co-operative efforts. With this in mind, Mr Mgomezulu informed members of the creation of a new unit within the Cultural Heritage Division with special responsibility for developing museums and protecting cultural movables.

In 2004, UNESCO’s Division of Culture launched a new programme for the preservation of endangered cultural movables and the development of museums, initiatives inaugurated in 2004-2005 with the return of the United States to UNESCO. Although UNESCO has been participating for years in museum-related projects and has published the review MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL since 1948, this is an important programme because it will lead to the creation of a specific unit within the Cultural Heritage Division, thus continuing and strengthening UNESCO's activities in the area of museums. This new unit's objective, in the words of the Director General, Koïchiro Matsuura, is to strengthen UNESCO's capacity to help member States preserve endangered cultural movables and develop museums, particularly for the benefit of the least developed, low-income and transition countries. It is a well known fact that the majority of these countries have rich collections of old objects and ethnographic documents but lack adequate resources or infrastructures for safeguarding and promoting their unique heritage. This is one reason, among others, why the Cultural Sector, UNESCO’s field units, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and others will collaborate in this important undertaking.

At present, the programme is structured around 11 pilot projects for the preservation of endangered collections and 10 partnership initiatives between museums are in the process of

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being launched. In principle, these programmes will become the driving force behind the new unit of the Cultural Heritage Division. Its objectives will be to:

- strengthen strategic partnerships for recording, documenting and preserving cultural property;

- improve exhibition, interpretation and educational activities;- transfer knowledge and skills through partnerships between museums and the formation a

network of professionals;- strengthen co-operation with international organisations such as ICOM and ICCROM, and

with regional organisations such as the Programme for Museum Development in Africa (PMDA) and the School of African Heritage, as well as museums and universities worldwide.

In conclusion, Mr Mgomezulu appealed for more dynamic co-operation with ICOM, via the new Unit for the Development of Museums and Protection of Cultural Movables. It is up to us to seek and explore new possibilities for museums and museum professionals all over the world to contribute towards understanding and peace in the world.

Günther Dembski thanked Mr. Mgomezulu for his remarks, and welcomed the creation of this new unit, with which ICOM intended to co-operate very closely.

3. Adoption of the Agenda

York Langenstein, Chairperson of the German National Committee, requested the addition of the following points for discussion by the Advisory Committee. As these proposals fall within the competence of the Executive Council, they would be submitted to it:

- acceptance of new institutional members;- acceptance of students / young volunteers;- amendment to the Code of Ethics;- harmonisation of the dates of the International Museum Day and the Spring of Museums.

The Chairperson of the German Committee was thanked for his suggestions.

The Advisory Committee added the following points to the Agenda: - presentation of the session held on 7 June 2005 concerning the use of the local language for the Web site and the domain name of Committees (Cary Karp); - presentation of the new ICOM Web site (following the report by John Zvereff);- report by the Disaster Relief for Museums Task Force (following the report on emergency situations).

4. Adoption of the previous Minutes 2004/AD.10rev1: 65th session, 1st October 2004, Seoul (Korea)

The minutes were adopted by the Advisory Committee without any modifications or comments.

2004/AD.11: 66th session, 8 October 2004, Seoul (Korea)The minutes were adopted by the Advisory Committee without any modifications or comments.

5. Presentation of the draft Convention on the protection of the diversity of cultural content and artistic expressions [Katarina Stenou, UNESCO]

Katarina Stenou, Director of UNESCO’s Division of Cultural Policies and Inter-cultural Dialogue, presented the preliminary draft of the Convention on the protection of cultural content and artistic expressions.

Advisory Committee members, who were particularly satisfied with this interesting presentation, asked a number of questions, one of them concerning UNESCO's position in the protection of cultural heritage, particularly in developing countries. Katarina Stenou highlighted the role ICOM had to play in this Convention, particularly its dissemination and application.

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Günther Dembski thanked Katarina Stenou. The ICOM President joined him in expressing her appreciation and requested a greater involvement on the part of ICOM in this draft Convention.

A special session devoted to the Convention was held on Tuesday, 7 June 2005, chaired by Alissandra Cummins, ICOM President, and co-ordinated by Amareswar Galla, ICOM Vice-President, with Steven Engelsman (Netherlands) and Corazon Avina (Philippines) as the main speakers.

6. EXAMINATION OF THE ICOM DOCUMENTS

6.1. Executive Council Minutes

The members of the Advisory Committee took note, without comments, of the Minutes of the 105 th

and 106th session of the Executive Board held, respectively, in Seoul in October 2004 and in Paris in December 2004.

6.2. Report and adoption of the financial documents

Nancy Hushion, ICOM Treasurer, submitted for approval by the Advisory Committee members: the balance sheet and income statement for the year 2004, as well as the revised budget for the year 2005. The Treasurer thanked John Zvereff, Sylvie Délice and the Executive Board members for their collaboration.

a) 2004 balance sheet and incomes & expenditures statement

The balance sheet for 2004 shows assets amounting to € 2,033,125 and an income statement with a deficit of - 110,139 (an excess in running costs of € 66,587, and a negative financial result of 175,726 due to the exchange rate loss) that will be offset by ICOM’s reserves. Nancy Hushion reminded members that the exchange rate was previously set every three years by the General Assembly. The Advisory Committee members requested a few explanations about the reserves. The 2004 balance sheet and income statement were adopted by the Advisory Committee.

b) 2005 Budget

The 2005 budget was presented, accompanied by a comparison with the 2004 budget. The 2005 budget was adopted by the Advisory Committee.

The Treasurer reported that the ICOM Financial Committee, chaired by Robert Spickler (Canada), intended to reflect on how the management of ICOM’s finances could be further improved. The PowerPoint presentation as a whole was all the more appreciated in that it offered a clear view of the financial situation. In response to questions raised about the relationship between the budget and the ICOM strategic plan, Nancy Hushion said this would appear in the draft budget for 2006. The Treasurer also informed members that in June 2006, the draft budgets for 2006 and 2007 will be submitted to them for approval, and that the Advisory Committee will approve the budgets for the following year at its meeting in June.

Günther Dembski thanked Nancy Hushion as well as the persons who contributed to preparing the financial documents.

7. Presentation of the candidates to host ICOM 2010

A complete revised document (2010/CG.10) was sent on 31 March 2005 via ADCOM-L. The deadline of 15 May 2005 was postponed to 31 May 2005, as approved by the ICOM President and at the request of two candidate countries. The two countries presented their applications in their

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own language, but with simultaneous translation into French and English, each accompanied by a video presentation.

7.1. Russia's candidacy Mr Vitaly Remizov, Chairperson of the National Committee, presented Russia's candidacy. The Conference would be held in Moscow from 16 to 21 May 2010 on the following theme: "Museums and the approach to forming democratic values in the contemporary world community". The Chairperson designated the possible speakers and presented the city of Moscow as well as the museums that might be visited by the participants. He described the infrastructures and the visits that could be organised before and after the Conference. However, he pointed out that this was only a draft programme, to be finalised if need be. He informed members that the government and the municipal authorities have been mobilised to ensure that the Conference would be a success, if Russia were to be selected.

7.2. China's candidacy Mr Zhang Wenbin, Chairperson of the National Committee, presented China's candidacy. The Conference would be held in Beijing from 15 to 20 October 2010. Two themes were proposed: "Museum and Harmony" and "Constant Development and the Future of Museums". He presented his country and briefly described the history of the creation of museums in China. He assured members of the Chinese government's commitment and promised a wide-ranging publicity campaign to mobilise professionals and the public.

***A third candidacy, received from Italy, just before the start of the Advisory Committee session, was not considered because it was incomplete. Mr Daniel Jalla, Chairperson of the Italian National Committee, explained that his Committee had been reorganised, and this had compromised the presentation of the Italian candidacy to a certain extent.

Advisory Committee members were informed that the two candidacies will be submitted to the Executive Council. Between June 2005 and June 2006, Executive Council members will undertake a mission to the two countries to obtain additional information.

The Executive Council will then submit a comparative table to the Advisory Committee, which will make its decision by voting at its meeting to be held in June 2006. Approval of the final choice will be submitted for ratification by the General Assembly, during the ICOM 2007 General Conference in Vienna (Austria).

8. Report by the Secretary General [John Zvereff]

John Zvereff, the new Secretary General, made a PowerPoint presentation of the activities carried on by the ICOM Secretariat since March 2005. He also presented some statistics on changes in membership since 2001. He said that a full report was included in the Advisory Committee's working documents [2005/SEC.02] and that it could also consulted on the ICOM Web site [http://icoMrmuseum/act_rep2005.html].

Carla Bonomi presented the future ICOM Web site, which should be operational by the end of July 2005. After indicating that the present Web site will include a link with the future one, she invited members to put forward their suggestions.

Members approved the activity report and applauded the presentation of the new ICOM Web site.

9. ICOM's strategic plan for 2005-2007 [Alissandra Cummins and John Zvereff]

Alissandra Cummins, ICOM President, presented and commented on the revised version of the strategic plan for 2005-2007. After reminding members of the work accomplished by the Programme Activities Committee during the ICOM General Conference in Seoul in 2004, she

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thanked Yani Herreman, the Chairperson of that Committee. John Zvereff commented on the process that resulted in the present document. Members approved the revised version of the strategic plan for 2005-2007 but asked that the comments made during the separate meetings of the National and International Committees be taken into account.

10. Report by the Chairperson of the Ethics Committee [Bernice Murphy]

Bernice Murphy, Chairperson of the Ethics Committee, introduced the Committee, which was set up in December 2004, and paid homage to the work done by Geoffrey Lewis, Chairperson until that time.The Committee will now adopt a new approach to look for and promote studies of useful cases, as well as to demonstrate their effectiveness in solving the principal ethical problems. She indicated that the Committee's mandate would be revised to enable it to play a more proactive role in the future. She stressed the need for members to translate into their own language the revised version of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums, as adopted in Seoul in 2004. Furthermore, she recommended that the publication of the Code of Ethics should always appear with one of the base languages (English or French). To this end, the Committee was prepared to issue directives and to give advice to National Committees requiring it. The Chairs of the National Committees of Mexico and Israel expressed a desire to have the Code translated into their own language, and announced that that they had come up with funds for publication.

The Advisory Committee members took due note of the presentation.

11. Presentation of the revised draft of the ICOM Statutes [Gary Edson]

The ICOM Statutes were revised in Barcelona in 2001, and the plan was to proceed with a complete revision so as to separate them from the Rules and Regulations governing the operation of ICOM’s organs.The first Working Group, chaired by Ben Koevoets (Netherlands), worked on this new version from March 2003 to April 2004.The newly elected Executive Council asked Gary Edson, Martin Schaerer and Teresa Scheiner to complete the revision of the ICOM Statutes. A document on policies and operating procedures was presented to members of the Advisory Committee. The Working Group will consult French legal experts to ensure that the Statutes comply with French law, to which ICOM is subject. The objective is to obtain the approval of the Advisory Committee in June 2006 so that the revised text can be presented and adopted in 2007, on the occasion of the ICOM General Conference. A number of questions were asked about the status of consultants. In particular, Amareswar Galla raised the issue of consultants recruited in connection with an emergency situation and who receive payment. This matter could be submitted to the Ethics Committee.

Members of the Advisory Committee took note of the work carried out by the Working Group and encouraged it to continue its efforts.

12. Report by the Working Group on International Committees and Affiliated Regional Organisations

Martin Schaerer, Chairperson of the Working Group until December 2004, presented a report on the reform process and the new Standing Committee on International Committees and Affiliated International Organisations. He informed members that the reason for the slow progress was due to the fact that it was a very complex issue. It was decided to set up a Standing Committee on International Committees to provide them with assistance.

13. Report by the Pilot Committee on Nominations

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Knut Wik, Chairperson of this Committee, reminded members that the Advisory Committee had agreed in Seoul (October 2004) to extend the pilot phase of the Nomination Committee up to 2007, so as to be able to consider and evaluate the election process. Knut Wik supplied members with a schedule and revised recommendations, and both were accepted.

A member of the Advisory Committee asked for a clear procedure for appointing honorary members.

14. Emergency Situations

John Zvereff presented a report on emergency situations, offering an overview of ICOM’s initiatives in this area (Museum Emergency Programme, International Committee for the Blue Shield and the Disaster Relief for Museums) and explaining the differences between them. Pavel Jirásek (Czech Republic) presented a specific report on the DRFM (Disaster Relief for Museum), set up by the Executive Council following the tsunami in December 2004. He explained that this was a group of specialists entrusted with the task of assisting the Executive Council in finding a response to an emergency situation. A Web site has been created thanks to the Secretariat's diligence, and a fund set up to cope with emergencies not only in Asia but all over the world. The purpose of this fund was to provide countries in difficulty with immediate aid for museums having to face such a situation. The Group will request the Executive Council for a clearer definition of its policy in connection with cultural heritage in the event of a disaster. Pavel Jirásek indicated that the Group's action would not concentrate on prevention alone. It was also planned to create sub-groups to train teams in management or mobilisation of resources. In the immediate future, wide-ranging discussions will be held with institutions in charge of emergency programmes for museums, as well as with international organisations and experts. In addition, the Group would like to create an "emergency kit" and brochures.

Katerina Tlachová (Czech Republic) informed members about the initiative taken by the Czech National Committee to respond to the needs of the region devastated by the tsunami. She reported that the Committee, which met in January 2005, planned to take concrete action and not simply collect and send funds to the devastated region. It had therefore published and sold a postcard for the benefit of an underwater archaeological unit in Sri Lanka.

15. General Conferences

This discussion was chaired by Virgil Nitulescu, Vice-Chairperson of the ICOM Advisory Committee.

- Report on the questionnaire concerning the ICOM General Conference held in Seoul in 2004 [John Zvereff]

John Zvereff presented the findings of the questionnaire, indicating that it was distributed in Seoul, and published on the ICOM Web site, and that reminders were sent via the ICOM-L forum. The Secretary General encouraged the 2007 Organising Committee to take the replies to this questionnaire into consideration so as to further improve the services of ICOM 2007.

Members expressed their disappointment at the low response rate. A number of suggestions were put forward with a view to improving the dissemination of the questionnaire in the future.

The results of the questionnaire will be published on the ICOM Web site.

- Final report by the ICOM 2004 Organising Committee

The report was presented by Mr Chong-pil Choe, Chairperson of ICOM Korea, assisted by Jongsok Kim.

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He indicated, inter alia, that 2,200 people attended the Conference, in addition to some 700 local participants. Mr Chong-pil Choe described the broad outlines of the Conference. He submitted to the Advisory Committee a draft for publication of an international review on intangible heritage, a direct outcome of the Conference. He requested the collaboration of ICOM on this project. The draft will also be submitted for consideration by the Executive Council.

The members of the Advisory Committee congratulated the ICOM 2004 Seoul Organising Committee for its efficiency.

- Report on the preparations for ICOM 2007

Armine Wedhorn gave a progress report on the preparations for the next Conference. She provided a list of contact persons involved in the preparation of the meetings of International Committees. She also gave various details concerning the conference, such as the proposed programme, receptions and events planned in honour of the participants, the selected theme (« Museums as Foundations of Understanding »), parallel sessions and the budget. She added that all this information would be completed and published on the ICOM 2007 Web site by mid-June 2005.

Members insisted that obtaining visas should not be an obstacle for attending the General Conference. Armine Wedhorn announced that a meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all Austrian ambassadors will be taking place in 2006. The ICOM 2007 General Conference is among the items on the agenda. Armine Wedhorn added that for the time being, ICOM 2007 does not yet have the budget needed for travel grants..

The Advisory Committee members took due note of Armine Wedhorn's report.

16. Reports of the Separate Meetings

16.1. National Committees and Regional Organisations

Chairperson: Dominique Ferriot (France)Rapporteur: Leïla Sebai (Tunisia)

Ethics Committee: Eva Lauritzen (Norway)Committee on Finance and Resources: Albert Scheffers (Netherlands)Legal Affairs Committee: and Virgil Nitulescu (Romania)International Committees: Pascal Makambila (Congo)

These names will be forwarded to the Executive Council, which will make the decisions concerning final appointments.

2006 International Museum Day: "Museums and Youth Visitor"Members of National Committees requested a theme that would be applicable to all museums and have a more flexible schedule. In particular, members suggested that ICOM should take the initiative of sending a letter to the representatives of the various governments, urging them to promote the activities undertaken within the framework of this international day.

- Strategic plan for 2005-2007

Spanish-speaking members expressed their appreciation of the use of Spanish in the meeting (simultaneous translation and documents) but wanted reassurances that Spanish was indeed ICOM's third language and that all information is published in the three languages. They also unanimously asked for the problem of accessibility of the Documentation Centre's resources to be considered as a priority, in terms of physical access, the actual documentation and placing it on line. Similarly, they were of the view that the database of members was an indispensable tool that should be of benefit to everybody. Members suggested that the Special Session for 2006 could be

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devoted to the theme of movable heritage. Members of the National Committees suggested sending a letter to the respective governments of members of the Advisory Committee, calling on them to support the requests for financial aid they had submitted for taking part in ICOM's activities and working sessions.

Cary Karp's presentation concerning the use of the local language for the Web site and the domain name of the Committees was greatly appreciated.

16.2. International Committees and International Affiliated Organisations

Chairperson: Daniel Winfree Papuga (ICME)Rapporteur: Goranka Horjan (ICR)

Ethics Committee: Regine Schulz (CIPEG)Committee on Finances and Resources: Bernard Blache (CIMUSET)Legal Affairs Committee: Nicole Gesché (CECA)

and Jean-Yves Marin (ICMAH President until 2004)

It was not possible to inform Nicole Gesché and Jean-Yves Marin of their nomination. International Committees: Timothy Mason (INTERCOM)

These names will be forwarded to the Executive Council, which will make the final decision on appointments.

A number of questions were raised about the status of International Committees and the role played by the new Standing Committee on International Committees and International Affiliated Organisations.

International Museum Day 2006: Museums and Cultural Diversity

- Strategic plan for 2005-2007 for International Committees

Some members suggested developing their strategic plan within International Committees so as to implement the activities planned in ICOM strategic plan for 2005-2007. Another suggestion was to create a new digital platform enabling the Secretariat to administer the database of ICOM members, install a content management system to diversify utilisation (for instance, the database on publications, list of experts, etc.) and, finally, to host the Web site of International Committees.

Members emphasised the fact that the strategic plan must recognise the role played by the specialised International Committees in increasing the awareness of governments on museum-related questions. Another point that was stressed was that « marketing » should be considered as a key element to enhance ICOM's public visibility. Members suggested using the 60 th anniversary as an occasion to promote the Organisation.

***Following these presentations, Pascal Makambila (Congo) wished to officially support the recommendation made to ICOM executives to help representatives of developing countries to take part in meetings, especially those of the Advisory Committee and Executive Council. The ICOM President took note of this recommendation and gave her assurances that the Council would make every possible effort to promote such participation. In addition, Alissandra Cummins noted the suggestions concerning the Documentation Centre and the need to create a platform to optimise its documentary resources. Certain members suggest using ICOM’s reserves for this purpose.

17. ICOM's Regional Organisations

The reports were presented by Mr Hans-Martin Hinz (ICOM-Europe), Mrs In-Kyung Chang (ICOM-ASPAC) and Mrs Chédlia Annabi (ICOM-Arab). Members made mention of the dynamism characterising the activities of Regional Organisation.

17.1. ICOM/Europe

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Mr Hans-Martin Hinz (Germany), President of ICOM Europe, indicated that his mandate would end in the next few days. He added that the complete report by ICOM-Europe would be published on the Organisation's site [http://www.icom-europe.org/].Mr Günther Dembski thanked Mr Hinz for his report and for the work done throughout his term.

17.2. ICOM-ASPAC

Mrs In-Kyung Chang (Korea) informed members that she was elected in October 2004, at the General Conference held in Seoul (Korea). She listed the countries that formed the ASPAC office and thanked Amareswar Galla, who served as President of that organisation until 2004, for the work he carried out during his term. The Organisation, which was very active thanks to its former President, intended to meet in Iran in 2006. In addition, it is implementing a partnership project with an Australian university, covering several projects. The President concluded her presentation by inviting the Organisation to approach professionals in the Asia-Pacific region who would be willing to offer their skills.

17.3. ICOM-Arab

Chedia Annabi, Secretary General, described the history and activities of the Organisation, set up in 1995 on the occasion of the 17 th ICOM General Conference held in Stavanger, Norway. She listed the active members of ICOM-Arab: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Mauritania, Sultanate of Oman, Qatar and Tunisia. She stated that the following countries currently had a National Committee: Iraq, Koweit and Sudan. She reminded members that the objectives of the Organisation were to create a network of professionals, reflect on the concerns of these professionals and find adequate solutions, and also to forge links with other organisations.

The Secretary General informed members that priority had been given to the following projects identified by ICOM-Arab:

- standardisation of museum inventories- preventive preservation measures- creation of a web site for ICOM-Arab- publication of “One Hundred Missing Objects”

A partnership and co-operation agreement between ICOM-Arab and ALECSO had been signed and the Organisation had also developed fruitful collaboration with ICOM-Europe, leading to the organisation of a workshop on the theme “Children and Heritage” in Aswan (Egypt) from 10 to 14 February 2005. Another workshop will be held in Berlin in 2006. Chedia Annabi expressed the hope that this first initiative will be an incentive for other organisations to develop similar projects to achieve a better understanding of cultural diversity and its differences as a source of wealth and tolerance.

The Chairperson of the Advisory Committee thanked Chedia Annabi for her report. He also expressed appreciation of her devotion and all the activities undertaken by ICOM-Arab.

Several questions were raised about the management of ICOM-LAC and the dearth of information sent to members since the General Conference in Seoul in October 2004.

Pascal Makambila (Congo) pointed out that the Central African Organisation (ICOMAC) and the West African Association (CIAO) were no longer active. The ICOM President took note of these problems.

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18. Themes for the International Museum Day for 2006 and 2007

2006: Museums and Youth 2007: The Museum as a Foundation of Understanding (theme of the 2007 General Conference)

18. Miscellaneous- Amareswar Galla, ICOM Vice-President, urged members to attend the International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. One theme will be devoted to sustainable development of heritage, cultural diversity, cultural tourism and the economy of culture. The conference will be held from 9 to 12 January 2006 in Vietnam. The 60 th

anniversary of ICOM will be celebrated during this Conference.

- A project for an International Committee for Children was presented by Mr. Isaak Azmy (Egypt).

- Chedlia Annabi, AFRICOM Vice-President, encouraged the members to join the International Council of African Museums.

20. 68th session of the Advisory Committee: 29 to 31 May 2006, Paris (France)

Alissandra Cummins, ICOM President, encouraged members to celebrate ICOM's 60th anniversary.

****Some members were invited, on Monday, 6th June 2005, to tour the Africa Remix exhibition presented at the National Museum of Modern Art, at the Georges Pompidou National Centre of Art and Culture. Jacques Perot, ICOM President until 2004, was among the invited guests. Günther Dembski, Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, welcomed the members. Alissandra Cummins, ICOM President, paid a tribute to Jacques Perot.Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, Assistant Curator of the Museum of Modern Art and a member of the ICOM France Bureau, welcomed members of the Advisory Committee, while the Exhibition Commissioner, Catherine Grenier, made a brief presentation of the Africa Remix exhibition.

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Annex 1

ICOM ETHICS COMMITTEE

Report to ICOM Advisory Committee, 67th Session (Wed. 8 June 2005, UNESCO House, 7 Place de Fontenoy, Paris)

Bernice Murphy, as new Chair of the Ethics Committee, replacing Geoffrey Lewis (who stepped down at the General Assembly in Seoul, Oct. 2004), reported to the Advisory Committee on the day-long Ethics Committee meeting held in Paris, Friday 3 June 2005.

A copy of the Chair’s detailed Report to the Executive Council (during discussions, 5 and 8 June) – on renewal of the Ethics Committee, review of its Mandate, processes of appointment of new members, and new tasks for the committee’s attention – is available to the Advisory Committee as an attachment to the Minutes of the Executive Council (107th Session, June 2005).

Revised ICOM Code of Ethics (2004 version)Advisory Committee colleagues were reminded that the revised (2004) version of the ICOM Code of Ethics is available for downloading on the ICOM Website in ICOM’s three official languages (English, French, and Spanish). The English version is the ‘reference-language version’ for the ICOM Code. (It was noted that the French version had been closely moderated to harmonise with the English version, through active attention to the French translation by Francophone members of the Committee who had participated directly in the revision process.)

Translation issuesNational Committees should pay careful attention to two issues in preparing translations: (1) consultation with other National Committees belonging to common ‘language communities’ (as, for instance, ICOM-Portugal was engaged in consultation with ICOM-Brazil, and now colleagues also in Angola and Mozambique, in producing and posting a translation in Portuguese on its Website); (2) National Committees should note the need to work from – and cite afterwards in any publication – the reference-language version used in developing any new translation of the ICOM Code. Careful attention to a particular reference-language, and its associated professional contexts and terminology, was preferable to a hybrid concoction from several languages that might not be quite faithful to any one official-language version of the Code. Meanwhile National Committees that still have in use an older version (or translation) of the ICOM Code of Professional Ethics (earlier published in a combined booklet with the ICOM Statutes) should be assured that such versions remain consistent in underlying principles with later versions or improvements gained in the revised and reformatted (2004) ICOM Code.

Historical review of museum ethics and ICOMIn reporting to the Advisory Committee on this occasion, Bernice Murphy provided a short historical reflection on ICOM’s concern with ethical standards for the museum profession from 1970 to 2005 – on the evolution of the present Ethics Committee and recent work on revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics – as a way of framing the next phase of the Committee’s work.

It was reported that ICOM has had an evolving focus on professional ethics in its organisational life for 35 years. Such a concern can be traced from ICOM’s first formal document on the subject, The Ethics of Acquisition, published in 1970. This was produced in parallel to UNESCO’s move in the same year to secure an international Convention for the protection of nations’ cultural property against the illegal export and import that consituted illicit trafficking (known simply as the 1970 UNESCO Convention).

A sub-committee on ethics was established by ICOM’s Executive Council in 1984 (chaired by Patrick Boylan) – in the period of Geoffrey Lewis’s presidency of ICOM. The main work of this sub-committee had been a review of various codes of ethics in existence at a national level, with a view to consolidating the fundamental principles underlying these codes, to raise them into a base-standard international document to be promulgated by ICOM. Such comparative work internationally established the groundwork for drafting of the ICOM Code of Professional Ethics, formally adopted by the General Assembly in Buenos Aires in 1986.

The present Ethics Committee, as ICOM’s longest-serving standing committee, was first established in 1990 under the chairmanship of former ICOM President Hubert Landais. The Ethics Committee has therefore had a continuous existence for 15 years. Geoffrey Lewis took over the Chair in 1996, and under his guidance prolonged and detailed work on the revision, updating, and finally comprehensive reformatting of the ICOM Code of Ethics was accomplished.

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In addition to detailed technical work on the Code, the Ethics Committee responded in other aspects of its working meetings to an increasingly broad series of issues raised for its attention: sometimes as direct requests from the Executive Council; at other times from the Advisory Committee; and – on exceptional occasions – from ICOM members or even bodies outside ICOM. Such a widening of sources of queries reflected more diverse topics gaining the Committee’s attention; this was also part of a general expansion in the professional activities of museums themselves, their great increase in numbers, and the more complex challenges that museum professionals have faced in a rapidly changing world since the early 1970s.

Bernice Murphy concluded her short historical review by reporting to the Advisory Committee that her new colleagues on the Ethics Committee wished to develop some historical notation of the Committee’s past work (and changing emphases within ICOM itself as it has developed more active partnerships and links with other bodies in the cultural sector internationally). The Committee will also seek to interconnect some case-study resources on ethical issues and their varying resolution internationally. (Following ICOM’s commitment to fostering cultural diversity, for example, there is particular interest in promoting understanding of culturally diverse solutions to ethical issues within frameworks of consistent underlying principles.)

The Ethics Committee will also pay attention to parallel work by ICOM’s Legal Affairs and Properties Committee, chaired by Patrick Boylan – especially noting that issues affecting museums and museum professionals today often have complex legal aspects to evaluate in parallel to ethical considerations. This situation places ever greater demands on museum professionals’ attention to being adequately informed as well as exercising sound professional judgment on ethical matters.

Finally, the Ethics Committee particularly wished to record the profound appreciation of its members (and of ICOM) for the work of Geoffrey Lewis, who had chaired the Committee and provided committed leadership of its important work during the years 1996 to 2004.

Bernice MurphyChair, Ethics Committee

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Annex 2

Nomination Committee

Revised version of the Recommendations adopted by the AC in Seoul 2004 (5 June 2005)

Recommendation 1: A permanent Nomination and Elections Committee should be established and elected by the Advisory Committee in 2007. The name of the committee should be The Nominations and Elections Committee.

Recommendation 2: If a standing Nominations and Elections Committee is approved, membership should not exceed more than seven (7) members:

1 Election Officer1 representative from the Secretariat2 representatives from the International Committees and Affiliated Organisations.2 representatives from the National Committees and Regional Organisations.1 Chair of the committee elected by the Advisory Committee

Recommendation 3: The committee members are not eligible to be candidates for the Executive Council. Committee members who wish to be considered as candidates of the Executive Council, will withdraw from the committee before the nominations are opened.

Recommendation 4: The committee shall formulate a clear, brief description of the mandate and procedures of the nomination and election processes.

Recommendation 5: The candidates for the Executive Council should be given the opportunity to present themselves in appropriate manner in all stages of the nominations and elections. Information about each candidate, including and indication of their experience and contribution to ICOM, should be provided to better inform the membership.

Recommendation 6: Propose revision of the statutes relating to nominations and election of the Executive Council, to clarify the role of the Committee in the nomination and election process.

Recommendation 7: Should a member of the Advisory Committee be eventually elected as an officer or ordinary member of the Executive Council, he or she must relinquish this position of the Advisory Committee.

Recommendation number one and seven should require change in the statutes.

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Annex 367e SESSION DU COMITÉ CONSULTATIF

67th SESSION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEEParis (France)

6-8 juin / June 2005

LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS / LIST OF PARTICIPANTSPrésident / Chairperson : Günther Dembski Autriche/Austria

Vice-Président / Vice-Chair : Virgil Stefan Nitulescu Roumanie/Romania

Présidente de l'ICOM / President of ICOM : Alissandra Cummins Barbade/Barbados

COMITÉS NATIONAUX / NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Algérie/Algeria Sid Ahmed Baghli repr. Aïcha Amamra

Allemagne/Germany York Langenstein

Andorre/Andorra Rocio Blanco repr. Marta Planas de la Maza

Argentine/Argentina Amelia B. Arnelli de Rodriguez

Autriche/Austria Armine Wehdorn repr. Carl Aigner

Azerbaidjan/Azerbaijan Roya Taghiyeva

Bangladesh Mahmudul Haque repr. Jahangir Hussain

Barbade/Barbados Peggy L. McGeary

Belarus Aliaksandr Kolbasko

Bulgarie/Bulgaria Simeon Nedkov repr. Alexander Vulchev

Canada François Tremblay

Chine/China Zhang Wenbin

Corée, Rép. de/Korea, Rep. of Chongpil Choe

Croatie/Croatia Damodar Frlan

Danemark/Denmark Merete Ipsen

Egypte/Egypt Nadja Samir Tomoum repr. Zahi Hawass

Espagne/Spain Leticia Azcue Brea

Estonie/Estonia Urmas Dresen

Etats-Unis d’Amérique/United States of America Nina Archabal

Finlande/Finland Ebba Brännback

France Dominique Ferriot

Grèce/Greece Teti Hadjinicolaou

Hongrie/Hungary Miklós Cseri

Iran Mir Ahmad Mohit Tabatabaie repr. Seyyed

Mohammad Beheshti

Irlande/Ireland Aidan Walsh

Islande/Iceland Pétrún Pétursdóttir repr. Lilja Arnadottír

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Israel Itzhak Brenner

Italie/Italy Daniele Lupo Jallà

Japon/Japan Koichi Igarashi repr. Masamine Sasaki

Lettonie/Latvia Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece

Madagascar Bako Rasoarifetra repr. Beby Victoire

Ramanivosoa

Malte/Malta Theresa Vella

Mexique/Mexico Silvia Singer

Moldavie/Moldova Nicolae Raileanui

Monaco Claude Pallanca

Oman Yassin Bin Abdel Rida Bin Ali repr. Mohammed

Said Al-Wahaibi

Nigeria Nath Mayo Adediran

Norvège/Norway Eva Mæhre Lauritzen

Pays-Bas/The Netherlands Albert A.J. Scheffers

Philippines Corázon S. Alvina

Pologne/Poland Dorota Folga-Januszewska

Portugal Joao Castel-Branco Perreira

République tchèque/Czech Republic Katerina Tlachová

Roumanie/Romania Virgil Stefan Nitulescu

Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom Jack Lohman

Russie/Russia Vitaly Remizov

Slovaquie/Slovakia Alexandra Homolová

Slovénie/Slovenia Nina Zdravic Polic

Suède/Sweden Hans Manneby

Suisse/Switzerland Marie-Claude Morand

Tunisie/Tunisia Leila Sebai repr. Slim Khosrof

Yougoslavie, Rép. féd. de (Serbie & Montenegro)

Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of (Serbia & Montenegro)

Mila Popovic-Zivancevic

COMITÉS INTERNATIONAUX / INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES

AVICOM / Audiovisuel/Audiovisual Marie-Françoise Delval

CAMOC / Collections et activités des musées de

ville/Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities

Galina Vedernikova

CECA / Éducation/Education Colette Dufresne-Tassé

CIDOC / Documentation Christia-Emil Ore

CIMCIM / Instruments de musique/Musical Instruments Gabriele Rossi Rognoni repr.

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Kenneth J. Moore

CIMUSET / Sciences & Techniques/Science & Technology Bernard Blache

CIPEG / Égyptologie/Egyptology Regine Schultz

COSTUME Joanna Marschner

ICAMT / Architecture Diana Pardue

ICDAD / Échanges d'expositions/Exhibition Exchange Widar Halén

ICEE / Échanges d'expositions/Exhibition Exchange François Tremblay

ICFA / Beaux-Arts/Fine Arts Stephen Lloyd

ICLM / Musées littéraires/Literary Museums Jordan Lothar repr. Erling Dahl, Jr.

ICMAH / Archéologie/Archaeology Marie-Paule Jungblut

ICME / Éthnographie/Ethnography/ICME Daniel Winfree Papuga

ICMS / Sécurité/Security Pavel Jírasek

ICOFOM / Muséologie/Museology Simeon Nedkov repr. Hildegard

Vieregg

ICOMAM / Musées d’armes et d’histoire militaire/Museums of

Arms and Military Museums

Guy Murray Wilson

ICOMON / Musées bancaires et monétaires/Money & Banking

Museums

Hortensia van Roten

ICR / Musées régionaux/Regional Museums Goranka Horjan

ICTOP / Formation/Training Angelika Ruge

INTERCOM / Gestion/Management David Fleming

MPR / Relations publiques/Public Relations Paal Mork

NATHIST / Sciences naturelles/Natural History Gerhard Winter

UMAC / Musées et collections universitaires/University

Museums and Collections

Cornelia Weber

ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES AFFILIÉESINTERNATIONAL AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS

AFRICOM / Conseil international des musées africains /

International Council of African Museums

Chedlia Annabi

AIMA / Association internationale des musées d’agriculture /

International Association of Agricultural Museums

Jan Kisgeci

CAM / Association des musées du Commonwealth/Commonwealth

Association of Museums

Timothy Mason repr. Martin

Segger

IACM / Association internationale des musées des douanes /

International Association of Custom Museums

Michèle Périssère repr. Paddy

Ryan

IAMH / Association internationale des musées d’Histoire /

International Association of Museums of History

Marie –Paule Jungblut

IATM / Association internationale des musées de transports / Ben Koevoets repr. Birgitte

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International Association of Museums of Transport Wistoft

ICAM / Confédération internationale des musées d’architecture /

International Confederation of Agricultural Museums

Diana Pardue repr. Michael

Snodin

ORGANISATIONS RÉGIONALES / REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

ASPAC In-Kyung Chang

ICOM-EUROPE Hans-Martin Hinz

ICOM-ARABE Chedlia Annabi

OBSERVATEURS / OBSERVERS

Artur Alexiou États-Unis/United States

Maria-Elena Alivizatou Grèce/Greece

Joanna Aksamit Pologne/Poland – CIPEG

Nina ArchabalIsaak Azmy Egypte/Egypt

Isaak Azmy Egypte/Egypt

Alessandro Califano Italie/Italy – ICOFOM

Wang Dan Chine/China

Tatiana Gorbacheva Russie/Russia – CAMOC

Rosmarie Beier-de Haan Allemagne/Germany – ICMAH

Jari Harju Finlande/Finland

Nancy Hushion CanadaTrésorière de l’ICOM/Treasurer of ICOM

Ian Jones Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom – CAMOC

Cary Karp Suède/Sweden/MUSEDOMA

Sergei Khudyakov Russie/Russia

Jongsok Kim Corée, Rép. de/Korea, Rep. ofMembre du Conseil exécutifMember of the Executive Council

Hadwig Kraeutler Autriche/Austria

Ana Labrador Philippines - ICTOP

Erik Gray Ledbetter États-Unis d’Amérique/United States of America

Alain Massé Canada - AVICOM

Andrei Magheru Roumanie/Romania

Jean-Yves Marin France - ICMAH

Ralf Ceplak Mencin Slovénie/Slovenia

Denis Molchanov Russie/Russia

Bernice Murphy Australie/AustraliaComité pour la déontologie/Ethics Committee

Daryl McIntyre Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom – CAMOC

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Papa Toumané Ndiaye Maroc/Morocco – ISESCO

Elisabet Olofsson Suède/SwedenMembre du Conseil exécutifMember of the Executive Council

Grigory Ordzhonikidze Russie/Russia

Maria Camilla de Palma Italie/Italy – ICME

Katja Roßocha Allemagne/Germany

Martin R. Schaerer Suisse/SwitzerlandMembre du Conseil exécutifMember of the Executive Council

Liudmila Shvetsova Russie/Russia – CAMOC

Irina Smagina Russie/Russia – CAMOC

Lina G. Tahan Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom – ICOFOM

Vasily Tserete Russie/Russia

Patrice Verrier France – CIMCIM

Johanna Westphal Allemagne/Germany

Barbara Woroncow Royaume-Uni/United Kingdom

Li Xiangyi Chine/ChinaMembre du Conseil exécutifMember of the Executive Council

SECRÉTARIAT DE L’ICOM / ICOM SECRETARIAT

Julien AdnetStagiaire, Activités de programmes/Intern, Programme Activities

Margarida AscensoEmployée de bureau/Clerk

Carla BonomiWebmestre/Webmaster

Isabelle BriansoChargée de mission intérimaire, Activités de programmes/Interim Assistant, Programme Activities

Victoria CarboneService des membres/Membership Service

Tito ChanSecrétaire du Service des membres/Membership Service Secretary

Sylvie DeliceComptable/Accountant

Lysa HochrothRédactrice trilignue/Trilingual Editor

Thomas JandiaSecrétaire/Secretary

Elisabeth Jani

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Documentaliste/Documentalist

Jennifer ThévenotResponsable des activités de programme/Programme Activities Officer

Joëlle ThibetResponsable administrative/Administrative Officer

Eloisa ZellResponsable du Service des membres/Membership Service Officer

John S. ZvereffSecrétaire général/Secretary General

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