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Article: Cambodia and United States have entered into Memorandum Of Understanding designed to preserve Cambodian archeological materials by restricting their importation into U.S.
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- International Law Update
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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In December 1999, the U.S. had imposed emergency import restrictions on Cambodian stone sculpture and architectural elements unless accompanied by an export permit from the Kingdom of Cambodia. On September 19, 2003, in the Cambodian Capital of Phnom Penh, the U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia and the Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) limiting the importation of Khmer archeological material into the United States.
The MOU incorporates the 1999 emergency constraints and extends them to metal and ceramic material. [Editors' Note: The term "Khmer" is often used interchangeably with "Cambodian," and refers to the ...