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<strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">OTTAWA, Ontario, November 26, 2015 </span></strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">— On November 17, the 38th
Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) formally adopted a new <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendation on the Protection and Promotion of Museums and Collections,
their Diversity and their Role in Society.</span></em><br>
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Drafted by the</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__museumsontario.us1.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D9a74d213d7e397025fc8b7b8e-26id-3D0330935cc7-26e-3D91c77db62b&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=03zdMllOhDfHjwMavAyJTQugGAL5w5UiiuAgJ7moR40&s=v5huBBWEWnQMc0O5GxFrpLH4QUhIn03Ty-xwOBtt7P8&e=" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">International
Council of Museums</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(ICOM) — an international partner organization
of the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) — in close collaboration with UNESCO and Member States, the new document updates UNESCO’s 1960 recommendation on the <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Most Effective Means of Rendering Museums Accessible
to Everyone.</span></em></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICOM’s Director General Anne-Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine presented the paper at UNESCO’s General Conference on November 13. In her speech before the assembly, she called
the new recommendations “essential to the development of museums and collections, to the recognition of museum professionals, to the respect for the social role museums play at the regional and community levels, and to the safeguarding of the integrity of
collections in all countries.”</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Stressing the importance of four “Primary Functions of Museums”— preservation, research, communication and education — the recommendations offer policies for protecting the
cultural importance and diversity of museums around the world.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UNESCO also encourages its Member States to consult good practices which inform museum standards, such as ICOM’s <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Code of
Ethics for Museums</span></em>.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__museumsontario.us1.list-2Dmanage2.com_track_click-3Fu-3D9a74d213d7e397025fc8b7b8e-26id-3Dcd1078b6c0-26e-3D91c77db62b&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=03zdMllOhDfHjwMavAyJTQugGAL5w5UiiuAgJ7moR40&s=238UL8tdZu8CqabJrHk-2IqlIMTEVC8NetSike3oVoc&e=" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">View
the recommendation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__unesdoc.unesco.org_images_0023_002338_233892e.pdf&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=03zdMllOhDfHjwMavAyJTQugGAL5w5UiiuAgJ7moR40&s=b_GYhXNmEq6ARBC0MB9NAGCIuSLti24nJHsunOf4Euo&e=">http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002338/233892e.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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