UNESCO to help Iraq recover stolen antiquities

(6 Mar 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad - 6 March 2023 1. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay exiting car, shaking hands with Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Al Badrani 2. Various of Azoulay with Al Badrani walking toward 19th century al-Qushla clock tower and square 3. Various of Azoulay with Al Badrani seated in square 4. Azoulay and Al Badrani walking, al-Qushla clock tower in background 5. Various of Azoulay and Al Badrani walking along al-Mutanabbi Street, famed for its book stores 6. Azoulay at lectern for briefing 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General: “There is a long history of cooperation between UNESCO and Iraq. But we all know what Iraq has been through over the last decades, and we also know what the civilizations of this world owe to Iraq. So at UNESCO, we believed it was our duty to be along (meaning alongside/with) the Iraqi people, along the Iraqi authorities, to sup