Titre de conférence
ICOMOS 13th General Assembly: Strategies for the World’s Cultural Heritage - Preservation in a Globalised World - Principles, Practices, Perspectives
Résumé en anglais
The magic date 2000 which not only closes the old and opens the new centuries but also the millennia, places requires us - as conservators - to consider the position we have reached in ourdiscipline, and with what baggage of mistakes and what assets of experience we enter the twenty-first century. This question must be - and is - asked above all by ICOMOS. This is witnessed by increasing discussion in recent years both at a regional and international level on the theoretical basis of conservation. Our first General Assembly this century should become a forum for the summarising of the changes which have taken place in conservation doctrine. Let the thoughts presented below serve as a step in this direction