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| US PRESERVATIONIST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ICOMOS |
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| Monday, 13 October 2008 | |
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October 4, 2008, Québec, Canada. Gustavo F. Araoz, AIA, was elected President of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) during the organization's 16th General Assembly and International scientific Colloquium, held in Quebec City, Canada, from September 29 to October 4, 2008. Mr. Araoz currently serves as Executive Director of the United States Committee for ICOMOS (US/ICOMOS), headquartered in Washington, DC. He is the seventh President of ICOMOS, and the first American ever elected to this office. ICOMOS was founded in 1965 to create an international network of professionals and supporters of heritage conservation and has grown to become the pre-eminent global historic preservation organization.
Mr. Araoz ran on a platform calling for broader and more activeparticipation by the 120 national ICOMOS committees globally, greater engagement of young professionals, and improved institutional effectiveness, efficiency and transparency. In sum, Mr. Araoz envisions an ICOMOS that is a universally accessible stage for the open exchange of ideas, a major source for the creation and spread of knowledge, a venue for cross-border cooperation, an alert steward of cultural heritage places everywhere, and, foremost, the undisputed world authority in heritage conservation. Born in Cuba, Mr. Araoz is a preservation architect by training. His career combines professional practice, academia, and institutional management. He has served as Executive Director of the United States Committee of ICOMOS since 1995. Since 2002, he has served as International Vice President of ICOMOS, spearheading organizational reforms and advocating greater engagement of ICOMOS members worldwide. He has taught at several universities in the US, including the University of Pennsylvania. He has been visiting professor at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, the Catholic University of Salta in Argentina, and at CICOP in Tenerife and Buenos Aires. Commenting on the election results, John Fowler, Chairman of the Board of US/ICOMOS, observed: "Mr. Araoz's election signals a great future for all ICOMOS. For the United States, this is an unprecedented opportunity to increase our participation in international cooperative efforts to preserve the world's cultural heritage. Mr. Araoz has worked diligently for ICOMOS in the past, and we are certain that from his new position he will bring exceptional skill and energy to promote heritage conservation as an important part of the global agenda." ******************* ICOMOS is an international, non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places and to the creation, dissemination and application of theory, methodology, and scientific techniques for heritage conservation. Headquartered in Paris, France, it is the only global non-government organization of this kind. Its 9,500 members spread throughout the entire world to form the only global inter-disciplinary and multi-cultural network of heritage experts and supporters, among which are architects, historians, archaeologists, construction materials conservators, art historians, lawyers, geographers, anthropologists, engineers, anthropologists and town planners. For more information on ICOMOS, go to www.international.icomos.org As the sole international body with global multidisciplinary and multi-cultural expertise, ICOMOS has been designated official adviser to UNESCO on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. For more information on the World Heritage program, go to www.unesco.org/culture US/ICOMOS is among the more than 120 National Committees of ICOMOS, and is one of the largest and most active in the organization. Its mission is to foster international preservation principles in the United States and to support the active engagement of American specialists in all international heritage forums. For more information on US/ICOMOS, go to www.icomos.org/usicomos ********************* For further information, contact US/ICOMOS, 202-842-1866. 401 F Street NW, Room 331, Washington, DC 20001-2728 |
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