International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures
The International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures is a campaign group, which joins together various organizations around the world whose primary aim is to bring about the reunification of all the surviving Parthenon Sculptures to Athens, Greece.
The Association was founded in November 2005 at a meeting in Athens of twelve national reunification organisations and facilitated by the Greek government.
The current chair of the campaign, Dr. Kris Tytgat who is also chair of the . At the founding meeting a declaration was released[1] which encapsulated the common goals of all the members.
The original twelve members of the Association were:
- (Australia)
- (Belgium)
- (Cyprus)
- (Germany)
- British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (Great Britain)
- (Italy)
- (New Zealand)
- (Russia)
- (Serbia)
- (Spain)
- (Sweden)
- (United States)
Other organisations joined later, bringing the total number of members to twenty one:
- (Austria)
- (Brazil)
- (Canada)
- (Finland)
- Marbles Reunited (Great Britain)
- (Switzerland)
- (Australia)
The International Association of the Parthenon Sculptures is governed by a charter and only acts based on the unanimous agreement of its members. Each member organisation appoints a delegate from among their members to represent them on the committee.
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