THE 21St and 22Nd JUNE 1965
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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONUMENTS AND SITES REPORT ON THE CONSTITUTIVE ASSEMBLY HELD IN WARSAW THE 21st AND 22nd JUNE 1965 I CO MOS MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ICOMOS CONSTITUTIVE ASSEMBLY Summary 1. Report on the Constitutive Assembly 3 2. Rules of the ~onstitutive Assembly . 11 3. Statutes 11 4. Report on the first General Assembly 15 5. Rules of the General Assembly . 17 6. Rules of Procedure of the Executive Committee. 22 7. Rules of the Advisory Committee . 23 REPORT ON THE CONSTITUTIVE ASSEMBLY HELD IN WARSAW THE 2lst AND 22nd JUNE 1965 The Constitutive Assembly of the International Council Mr. Josef Dutkiewicz, Mr. Stanislaw Lorentz, Mr. Jerzy of Monuments and Sites met at Warsaw, as guests of Lomnicki, Mr. Alfred Majewski, Mr. Kazimierz Mali the Polish government, in the Rudniev Room of the nowski, Mr. Bohdan Marconi, Mr. Andrzej Micha Palace of Culture and Science. Mr. Lucjan Motyka, lowski, Mr. Kazimierz Michalowski, Mr. Adam Milo Minister of Culture and the Arts, and Mr. Zygmunt bedski, Mrs. Hanna Pienkowska, Mr. Mieszyslaw Przy Gartstecki, Vice-Minister of Culture and the Arts, were lecki, Mr. Mieczyslaw Ptasnik, Mr. Bohdan Rymaszew delegated by the government of the host country to ski, Mr. Jerzq Szablowski, Mr. Jan Zachwatowicz; represent it at the sittings. from Romania : Mrs. Gabriella Bordenache, Mr. Geor ges Curinski, Mr. Grigore Ionesco, Mr. Mihail Ionesco, In attendance were : Mr. Livin Stefanescu; from West Germany: Mr. Georg S. Graf Adelmann, from Sweden: Mr. Zygmunt Lakocinski, Mr. Carl F. Mrs. Hanna Adenauer, Mr. Werner Bornheim gen. Mannerstrale, Mrs. Dagmar Selling, Mr. Swen Soder Schilling, Mr. Otto Doppelfeld, Mr. Hans Feldtkeller, holm; Mr. Ewald Gunther, Mr. Ludwig H. Heidenreich, from Switzerland: Mr. Guido Borella, Mr. Fritz Lau Mrs. Margarete Kuhn, Mr. Hans S. Laessig, Mr. Rein ber, Mr. Ernest Martini, Mr. Andre Obrecht, Mr. Alfred hard Schindler, Mr. Wilhelm Schlombs, Mrs. Elfriede Schmid, Mr. Roger Vionnet, Mr. Richard A. Wagner; Schultze-Battmann, Mr. Hans Simon, Mr. Hans form Syria: Mr. Adnan Mufti; Thummler, Mr. Rudolf Wesenberg; from Czechoslovakia: Mr. Karol Chudomelka, Mr. Jan from Austria: Mr. Hans Foramitti, Mr. Walter Frodl, Hrasko, Mrs. Eleonora Hraskova, Mrs. Maria lzako Mr. Ulrich Ocherbauer, Mr. Norbert Wibiral; vicova, Mr. Vladimir Novotny, Mr. Frantisek Teper, from Belgium : Mrs. Elisabeth Dhanens, Mr. Raymond Mr. Vlastimil Vinter; Lemaire; from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Mrs. Na from Brazil: Mr. Vladimir Alves de Souza; talia Brytowa, Mr. Alexis Khaltourine, Mr. Vladimir from Bulgaria: Mr. Pero Berbenliev, Mr. Georges Ivanov, Mr. Ivan Makowiecki; Khrastanov, Mr. Lozynka Koinova, Mr. Alexandra from Yugoslavia: Mr. Alexander Deroko, Mrs. Najda Savov; Frelik-Ribic, Mr. Jusa Vavken, Mr. Ivan Zdravkovic, from Denmark: Mr. Harald Langberg; Mr. Miroslav Zupan; from Spain: Mr. Martin Almagro, Mr. Antoine Alomar, for Unesco: Mr. Hiroshi Daifuku; Mr. Juan Bassegoda, Mr. Andres Bruges, Mr. Camilo for the Rome Centre: Mr. Harold J. Plenderleith, Pallas, Mr. Eduardo Ripoll; Mr. Italo Angle; from the United States: Mr. Carl Feiss, Mr. Robert for lcom: Mr. Hughes de Varine-Bohan. Garvey, Mr. Richard Howland, Mr. Charles E. Peter The meeting was opened at 11 :30 a.m. by Professor son; De Angelis d'Ossat, Chairman of the Provisional Com from Finland : Mrs. Maija Kairamo; mittee that was elected at Venice the 31st May 1964. from France: Mr. Maurice Berry, Mr. Rene Leger, The Chairman welcomed the numerous delegations Mr. Pierre Puech; present and expressed his delight to see that so many from Great Britain: Mr. William Arthur Eden, the Earl countries were represented by their best specialists. He of Euston, Mrs. Judith D. Scott, Mr. Georges L. Taylor, saw this as a proof for the necessity of creating an Mr. Joseph Taylor; International Council of Monuments and Sites and the from Hungary: Mr. Deczo Dercsenyi, Mr. Paul Ha best omen for its future activities and influence. vassy, Mr. Nicolas Horler; from Israel: Mr. Johanan Mintzker; Mr. Lucjan Motyka took the floor to welcome the from Italy: Mr. Sandra Angelini, Mr. Carlo Ceschi, specialists in the name of the Polish government and Mr. Piero Gazzola. Mr. Guglielmo De Angelis d'Ossat, to express the hope that their work would be fruitful. Mr. Ricardo Pacini, Mr. Roberto Pane, Mr. Luciano The Chairman submitted the agenda of the Constitutive Pontuale, Mr. Pietro Romanelli, Mr. Piero Sanpaolesi, Assembly to the vote. It was as follows : Mrs. Mariam Sideri; 1. Opening by the Chairman of the Congress of Venice; from Luxembourg: Mrs. Madeleine Derneden; 2. Voting of the agenda (ICOMOS A.C.W.4.); from Mexico: Mr. Arturo R. Bernel, Mrs. Ruth R. di 3. Election of the Chairman of the Assemblies; Coronel, Mr. Carlos Flores Marini, Mr. Aseves Sal 4. Election of the Board of the Assemblies; vador; 5. Election of the members of the Committee for the from the Netherlands: Mr. Jan A. d'Ailly, Mr. Robert Control of Powers; Hatke, Mr. Corneille N. Janssen, Mr. Corneille A. van 6. Voting of the rules of the Constitutive Assembly Swigchem; (A.C.W.2.); from Poland: Mr. Piotr Bieganski, Mr. Olgierd Czerner, 7. The Secretary General's Report; 3 8. Reports on the statutes of ICOMOS (A.C.W.1.); Assembly, each National Committee represented had a 9. Discussion of the statutes; right to one vote. 10. Report of the Chairman of the Committee for the The rules of the Constitutive Assembly were adopted Control of Powers; unanimously. This vote determines the rules of the 11. Report on the rules of ICOMOS (A.C.W.6.); General Assembly, of the Executive Committee, of the 12. Voting of the statutes and rules; Advisory Committee, and of National and International 13. Closing address of the Constitutive Assembly. Committees, until a new order. This agenda was unanimously adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m. and resumed At the proposal of Mr. G. De Angelis d'Ossat, at 4:30 p.m. Mr. S. Lorentz, Director of the National Museum of Report of Mr. P. Gazzola, Secretary General of the Warsaw, was elected by acclamation Chairman of the Provisional Committee. Constitutive Assembly and of the first General Assem bly. Mrs. Ruth Rivera di Coronel (Mexico), Mr. Peter Mr. P. Gazzola, Secretary General, took the floor and son (U.S.A.), and Mr. Ivanov (U.S.S.R.) were elected gave an account of the activities of the Provisional Vice-Chairmen. Mr. P. Gazzola, the Secretary General Committee of ICOMOS which was set up at Venice the elected at Venice, undertook the secretarial work, while 31st May 1964. Mr. R. Lemaire (Belgium) was designated as Reporter The Secretary General expressed his delight to know for the rules of the Assembly and the statutes of the that awareness of the historic and aesthetic value of the Council. monument is, from now on, a reality. It follows that it The Board having been thus constituted, the Assembly is necessary to develope and render more efficacious on elected the members of the Committee for the Control the practical level the methodological criteria of restora of Powers. The Committee was constituted as follows : tion, while keeping in mind that problems of specialized Mr. Berry (France) Chairman, Mr. Schmid (Switzer competence in the modern world go beyond the field land) Reporter, Mr. Hotke (the Netherlands), Mr. Alves of scientific institutions and laboratories and reverberate de Souza (Brazil) and Mr. Novotny (Czechoslovakia) in social life and constitute the themes of cultural policy. members. If a critical position such as this is adopted in the face of everyday reality, we cannot fail to recognize, often Before continuing with the agenda, Chairman Lorentz with a feeling of alarm, that a dramatic conflict of recalled the memory of Mr. Paul Coremans, member of interest corresponds to this increase of sensibility, since the Belgian Committee and Director of the Royal Insti various requirements are involved in the integrity and tute of the Heritage of Belgium, who died the 1 lth June even the survival of monuments. 1965. The Assembly observed a minute of silence in Mr. Gazzola emphasized that much remained to be his memory. done in this matter; juridicial means and administrative Mr. J. Zachwatowicz brought greetings and best wishes structures better adapted to the circumstances must be from the International Union of Architects. The U.I.A. elaborated. It is also necessary to develope the aware attaches the greatest importance to the preservation of ness that respect for monuments is not an act of generic the heritage of monuments and hopes that close co-ope appreciation, a nostalgic and respectful deference for ration will be established between the two organizations the past, but an achievement of the modern world, for this purpose. historically determined, which goes beyond the indivi The draft rules for the Constitutive Assembly were duality of the monument and reverberates in town presented by Mr. R. Lemaire, Reporter. None of the planning and on the way of life of the collectivity. four articles raised discussion. Before proceeding to He retraced the main steps in international co-operation the vote, the Chairman asked Mr. Berry, Chairman of in the field of the protection of cultural goods, the idea the Committee for the Control of Powers, to present of which does not date only from the present day. the conclusions of its inquiry. Twenty-two countries out Leaving aside isolated but always bilateral cases which of the twenty-five represented had constituted National could constitute historical precedents in the past, one Committees and thus could cast a valid vote. These must look to the period between the two wars (1918- countries were the following : the Federal Republic of 1935) to see the really efficacious germs of this idea.