Requirements for National Committees of the Blue Shield The following requirements to be met by national initiatives that wish to seek recognition as national Blue Shield committees.

1. Initiatives for establishing a national committee of the Blue Shield should fully recognise the ICBS Charter as adopted by ICBS in Strasbourg, 14 April 2000:
   
   
   • In order to protect endangered cultural heritage, the International Committee of the Blue Shield has been created in 1996 by the four non-governmental organisations, which represent professionals active in the fields of archives, libraries, monuments and sites, and museums.
     
     
   • In the framework of the Hague Convention (1954) for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, ICA (International Council on Archives), ICOM (International Council of Museums), ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), and IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) have taken up the emblem of the Convention as symbol of the International Committee of the Blue Shield.
     
     
   • The four organisations have decided to work together to prepare for, and respond to, emergency situations in case of armed conflict or natural disaster that could affect cultural heritage.
     They respect the following principles:
     • joint actions
     • independence
     • neutrality
     • professionalism
     • respect of cultural identity
     • work on a not-for-profit basis.
       
       
2. Initiatives for establishing a national committee of the Blue Shield should have the support of the national representatives of all four non-governmental organisations listed above, which together form the ICBS. In case of doubt, the bureaux of the four non-governmental organisations will decide on the respective representational claims.
   
   
3. An appropriate representative of initiatives to establish a national committee of the Blue Shield should inform the ICBS of the membership, contact addresses, meeting schedules and agendas and relevant national events of the proposed national committee.
   
   
4. An appropriate person or organisation on behalf of initiatives to establish a national committee of the Blue Shield may request the ICBS to grant official recognition. The ICBS has the sole right to decide whether to accord such recognition.

Approved by the International Committee of the Blue Shield at its meeting in Paris, 8th June 2001.

List of existing Official ICBS National Committees:

• AUSTRALIA:
  Contact: Tony Caravella
  State Records Office of Western Australia
  Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 6000
  Tel. +61 8 9427 3370 Fax +61 8 9427 3368
  E-mail: tcaravella@sro.wa.gov.au

• BELGIUM: The Belgium Blue Shield
  Contact: Mrs. Christiane Logie
  Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique Boulevard de l'Empereur 4 1000 BRUXELLES Belgique
  Tel/Fax: +(32)(2) 5195440
  E-mail: christiane.logie@kbr.be
  
  
• BENIN:
  Contact: M. Théodore Aglassa
  Coordinator National Blue Shield Committee - Benin 03 BP - 1076 Jericho Cotonou
  Tel + 229 062990 Fax + 229 323746
  E-mail: toscafbenin@yahoo.fr
  
  
• CHILE
  Ximena Cruzat Amunátegui, Directora
  Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
  Alameda 651, Santiago, Chile
  Tel +562 3605239 Fax +562 6380461
  E-mail: ximena.cruzat@bndechile.cl
  
  
• CZECH REPUBLIC:
  Contact: Dr Jana Souchova
  Director Naprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, Betlemske nam. 1 110 01 Praha 1
  Tel +420 2 2222 1406
  E-mail: dir.npm@aconet.cz
  
  
• FRANCE:
  Contact: Mr Daniel Lefevre
  President CFBB
  E-mail : LEFEVRE-ARCHITECTES@wanadoo.fr
  http://www.bouclier-bleu.fr
  
  
• ITALY: Scudo Blu Italiano
  Contact : Daniele Lupo Jallà
  Dirigente Divisione Servizi Culturali - Settore Musei, Città di Torino, via San Francesco da Paola, 3 10123 Torino
  Tel +39 011 443 4470/71 Fax + 39 011 443 4494
  E-mail: daniele.jalla@comune.torino.it E-mail: mc_scudoblu@hotmail.com
  
  
  
• MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF:
  Contact: Prof. Dr Krste Bogoeski
  Faculté de Sciences naturelles, Université St. Cyril et Methodius, "Gazi Baba" bb P.O. Box 162, 91000 Skopje
  Tel +389 91 117 055 Fax +389 91 228 142
  E-mail: krste@iunona.pmf.ukim.edu.mk
  http://www.blueshield.org.mk/index.htm
  
  
• MADAGASCAR:
  Contact: Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa
  Directeur Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, 17, rue Docteur Villette Isoraka - B.P. 564, Antananarivo 101
  Tel +261 20 2225493 Fax: +261 20 2225493
  E-mail: jar@simicro.mg
  
  
• NETHERLANDS: The Netherlands Blue Shield
  Contact: Chair: Drs Marie-Christine van der Sman
  Senior Advisor
  Virtuoos (organisation advisors and interim managers)
  Zuiderpark 12, 9724 AG Groningen
  Tel +31 50 3117226 Fax: +31 50  3117470
  E-mail: blueshieldnederland@kb.nl
  http://www.blueshield.nl
  
  
• NORWAY: Norwegian National Committee of the Blue Shield
  Contact: Leif Pareli
  Norsk Folkemuseum, Museumsveien 10, 0287 Oslo, Norway
  Tel. +(47)22123700
  E-mail: blueshield@icom-norway.org
  http://www.icom-norway.org/blueshield.html
  
  
• POLAND:
  Contact: Mr Dariusz Drewniacki
  Ministry of Culture, Bureau of Defence Matters, 00-071 Warszawa, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17 Poland
  Tel +48 22 4210259 Tel./Fax: +48 22 8281696
  E-mail: ddrewniacki@mk.gov.pl
  
  
• UNITED KINGDOM and IRELAND: United Kingdom and Ireland Blue Shield Organisation (UKIRB)
  Contact: David Leitch
  Head of Central management, The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
  Tel +44 208 876 3444
  E-mail: david.leitch@nationalarchives.gov.uk
  http://www.bl.uk/blueshield/
  Contact: Sue Cole
  E-mail: sue.cole@english-heritage.org.uk
  
  ICBS National Committees under construction
  
  
  
• AUSTRIA:
  Contact : Dr Günther Dembski, President ICOM Austria
  E-mail: guenther.dembski@khm.at
  Direktor, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Burgring 5, 1010 Wien
  Tel +43 (0)1 52524 380 Fax +43 1 525 24 353
  E-mail: guenther.dembski@khm.at
  
  
• AZERBAIJAN:
  Contact: Mrs Roya Taghiyeva, president ICOM Azerbaijan
  Director, State Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet and Applied Art, 123-a Neftchiler Avenue, Baku 370 005
  Tel +994 12 93 0501 Fax +994 12 93 0501
  E-mail: azcarpetmuseum@azeurotel.com E-mail: tagiyeva_r@rambler.ru
  
  
• BOLIVIA:
  Contact : Marcela Inch
  Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia
  La Paz
  E-mail: marcelainch@yahoo.com
  
  
• BRAZIL:
  Contact: Rizio Bruno Sant'Ana
  Biblioteca Mario de Andrade, Sao Paulo
  E-mail: riziobruno@uol.com.br
  
  
• CANADA:
  Contact: Lyn Guerin,
  Canadian Museums Association, Association des Musées Canadiens, 400-280 Metcalfe, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1R7
  Policy Advisor
  Tel +1 613 567 0099 ext/post 227
  E-mail: LGuerin@museums.ca and lguerin@museums.ca
  
  
• COLOMBIA:
  Contact: Adelaida Espinoza, ICOM Colombia
  Director Museo de Museos Colsubsidio, Calle 26 n° 25-50, Bogota D.C.
  Tel +57 1 343 2686 Tel +57 1 343 2669 Fax +57 1 343 2785
  E-mail: adelespm@colsubsidio.org.co E-mail: icomcolombia@yahoo.com
  
  
• INDIA:
  Contact: S.Majumdar,
  Director Central Secretariat Library New Dehli (India)
  Fax: +91 11 233 84846
  E-mail: suprabhat_majumdar@yahoo.com
  
  
• KOREA (South):
  Contact: Youngsook Lee
  E-mail: ysooklee@mail.nl.go.kr
  
  
• HUNGARY:
  Contact: Dr Erzsébet Kóczián-Szentpéteri, ICOM Member
  Head, Public Collections Division, Nemzeti Kulturális Orökség Minisztériuma (Ministry of Cultural Heritage) Wesselényi u. 20-22 1077 Budapest
  Tel +36 1 484 7100 Fax +36 1 484 7126
  E-mail: erzsebet.koczianszentpeteri@nkom.gov.hu
  
  
• MEXICO:
  Contact: Mrs Yani Herreman
  Avenida Contreras, 475 Col. San Jerónimo Lidice 10200 México DF
  Tel +52 55 55951899
  E-mail: kanori@data.net.mx
  
  
• NAMIBIA:
  Contact : Mr Werner Hillebrecht
  National Archives of Namibia
  Contact: Mr Andreas Vogt
  P.O. Box 24241 Windhoek Namibia
  Tel/Fax : +264 61 22 44 35
  E-mail: ifoxta@iway.na
  
  
• PERU:
  Contact: Irma Lopez de Castilla,
  Biblioteca nacional del Peru
  E-mail: csbe@binape.gob.pe
  Contact: Dr Amalia Castelli González
  Cultural Director Asociación Cultural Peruano Británica, Rodolfo Rutte 770, Magdalena Nueva, Lima 17
  Tel +51 1 61 7155 /+51 1 460 2770 (committee office) Fax +51 1 460 2770
  E-mail: acastel@pucp.edu.pe
  
  
• PORTUGAL:
  Isabel Raposo
  Instituto Português de conservação e restauro
  Rua das Janelas Verdes 37, 1249-018 Lisboa
  Tel + 351 213 934 200
  isabelrm@ipcr.pt
  
  
• SLOVENIA:
  Contact for libraries: Vilenka Jakac-Bizjak
  E-mail: Vilenka.Jakac-Bizjak@nuk.uni-lj.si
  Contact for Archives: Dr Peter Pavel Klasinc
  E-mail: peter.p.klasinc@pamb.pokarh-mb.si
  
  
• SPAIN:
  Contact for Libraries: Teresa Malo de Molina and Martin-Montalvo
  National Library of Spain
  Technical Director
  E-mail: directora.tecnica@bne.es
  
  
• SWEDEN:
  Contact: Madeleine Sjöstedt
  Secretary General, Kulturarv utan Gränser / Cultural Heritage without Borders
  Tel +46 (0)8 32 20 72 Fax +46 (0)8 34 74 74
  
  
• SWITZERLAND:
  Contact: Lorenzo Denti
  E-mail: archidoc@bluewin.ch
  
  
• UNITED STATES:
  Corine Wegener
  Assistant Curator, Architecture, Design, Decorative Arts, Craft, and Sculpture
  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN  55404
  Tel +1 612 870-3293 Fax +1 612 870-3004
  Email: cwegener@artsmia.org
  
  
• VENEZUELA:
  Contact: María Ismenia Toledo, President of ICOM Venezuela
  Apartado Correos 17.376 Parque Central, Zona Postal 1015-A Caracas
  Tel +58 212 483 6178/7653
  Mailing address: Director of Heritage Information System Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural Apartado Postal 18.195 El Silencio, Caracas 1010
  Tel +58 212 484 1272 / +58 212 483 7653 Fax +58 212 484 1272/ +58 212 483 7653
  E-mail: mtoledo@reacciun.ve