Written by: Ben Helphand, Inthefray.com Columnist

Musie Guimet
rmn.engine.reef.com/rcs/RMN/publisher/GUIMET/English_/index.js
Paris
Museum focused on the study of Asian civilizations (English version of Web site)

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
www.unesco.org

"Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage"
www.unesco.org/whc/world_he.htm
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | 1972

World Heritage List
www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Artwork
rmn.engine.ref.com/rcs/publisher/GUIMET/english_/f_col/Afghanistan/accueil
Musie Guimet | Paris
Notes on the museum's Afghanistan and Pakistan collections

Map
www.unhcr.ch/fdrs/gr98/maps/afg.htm
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Afghanistan map noting location of Bamiyan

UNESCO press releases
www.unesco.org/opi/eng/unescopress/2001/afghanistan.shtml
U.N. organization's statements on the "Afghanistan cultural heritage crisis"