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"Madam President, I would like to thank Silvia Costa and fellow members of the Committee on Culture and Education for raising this important issue. Just as the heinous and horrific crimes ISIS commits against ordinary civilians are not only a matter for Iraqis and Syrians but are a matter for humanity at large, so is the destruction of these ancient cultural sites a matter of common human heritage and identity.
The fertile crescent of Mesopotamia is one of the birthplaces of human civilisation, and the sharing of culture with others is a natural human mechanism for creating openness and understanding between diverse groups of people. It is that common humanity, that co-existence and understanding, which ISIS seeks to destroy. It is right that the international community moves to act against these crimes.
What happened in Syria and Iraq must also teach us a lesson on how we must use cultural heritage here in Europe, not as an exclusive and divisive tool, but as an educational instrument to deal with societal issues and contemporary challenges, to foster intercultural dialogue in order to bring people of Europe closer together."@en1
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