Bilateral Agreements on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural Properties

Country: Date of Signing: Signed by: Place:

Kosovo  12/14/11 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Atifete Jahjaga Washington
Italy  12/18/08 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Italy’s Cultural Affairs Minister Sandro Bondi with Under Secretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta and Secretary General Mauro Masi witnessing. Rome
Montenegro 10/16/08 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Montenegro’s Culture Minister, Branislav Micunovic, with U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman and Montenegrin Ambassador Miodrag Vlahovic witnessing. Washington
Georgia 7/28/08 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Ambassador Vasil Sikharulidze with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte witnessing. Washington
Croatia Croatia 2/9/05 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Croatia’s Culture Minister, Bozo Biskupic with Croatia parliament member Mario Zubovic, Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Neven Jurica, U.S. Commission member Gary J. Lavine, U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Affairs Edward O’Donnell, President Bush’s liaison to the Jewish community Noam Neusner, and National Security Council European and Eurasian Affairs Director Bertram Braun witnessing. Washington
Serbia
9/24/04 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic with Commission Members Chaskel Besser and Lee Seeman, and Serbia Ambassadors Ivan Vujacic and Nebojsa Kaluderovic witnessing New York
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Albania  7/12/04 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Foreign Minister Kastriot Islami with National Security Council Senior Director Daniel Fried and Ambassador Fatos Tarifa witnessing Washington
Armenia 5/25/04 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Ambassador Arman Kirakossian with Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman witnessing Washington
Poland 5/11/04 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski with Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage witnessing Washington
Hungary  4/15/04 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Culture Minister Istvan Hiller Budapest
Austria  4/13/04 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Deputy Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Hans Winkler with Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chancellor Ambassador Hans Peter Manz witnessing Vienna
Germany  5/19/03 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger Washington
Czech Republic 3/3/03 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Vosalik Exchange of letters
Estonia  1/16/03 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Culture Minister Margus Allikmaa Tallinn
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Macedonia  12/10/02 Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva with Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Ambassador Nikola Dimitrov witnessing Washington
Bulgaria  12/5/02 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Ambassador Elena Poptodorova Washington
Lithuania  10/15/02 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Culture Minister Roma Dovydeniene Vilnius
Latvia  10/7/02 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Culture Minister Karina Petersone Riga
Bosnia & Herzegovina 7/2/02 Commission Chairman Warren L. Miller and Foreign Minister Affairs Zlatko Lagumdzija Sarajevo
Moldova  6/20/01 Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Foreign Minister Nicolae Cernomaz Washington
SlovakiaSlovak Republic 3/9/01 Commission Chairman Michael Lewan and Culture Minister Milan Knazko Washington
Slovenia Slovenia 5/8/96 Vice President Albert Gore and Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek Washington
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Ukraine Ukraine 5/4/94 Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Foreign Affairs Minister Anatoli Zlenko with Presidents William J. Clinton and Leonid Kravchuk witnessing Washington
Romania Romania 7/8/92 Commission Chairman Arthur Schneier and Foreign Affairs Minister Adrian Nastase Bucharest
Czech and Slovak Republic 3/17/92 Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and Ambassador Rita Klimova with Commission Chairman Arthur Schneier witnessing Washington

 

 








NOTE: In addition to the agreements listed above, the Commission negotiated Declarations of Cooperation and a Memorandum of Understanding with representatives of several governments. These documents expressed an intent to try to conclude the type of bilateral agreements listed above.

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