Titanic wreckage to become Unesco heritage
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, its wreckage will become underwater cultural heritage protected by the Unesco, under a convention ratified by 41 states, the organisation said.
"On April 14, 1912 Titanic hit an iceberg in North Atlantic and sank. This year will mark 100 years since the tragedy, meaning that the hull will from now on be protected by the 2011 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage," said a communique from the Unesco headquarters in Paris.
The convention can only be applied to objects that sank more than 100 years ago.
The Titanic, the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner of its time, sank in international waters and no state has exceptional jurisdiction over the wreckage. From now on, states parties to the convention are entitled to prevent destruction, looting, sales and unsanctioned distribution of objects found at the shipwreck site.
They are also entitled to take all measures they consider necessary to protect the sunken ship or ensure that the remains of the victims are treated with dignity.
States parties can also seize objects they consider illegally lifted from the bottom and close their ports for ships which do not comply with the convention's provisions during research works.
The Titanic, with 2,200 people on board, departed from the British port of Southampton April 10, 1912, for its first and last voyage from Europe to the US.
On April 14, it struck an iceberg in the Atlantic and sank in the early hours of April 15. At least 1,496 people were killed in the world's greatest maritime tragedy, and only 306 bodies were recovered. Only 706 people were rescued.
--IANS/RIA Novosti
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