The United Kingdom has joined 128 other countries in becoming a party to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, often referred to as the 1954 Hague Convention. H.E. Matthew Lodge, Ambassador Permanent Delegate of the United Kingdom to UNESCO, delivered to Director-General Irina Bokova the instrument of ratification today, on the same day that he officially submitted his credentials as the new ambassador.
