Art Theft Archive Newsletter

Both the US legislation to implement the 1970 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property and a civil case in New York, in which the German Democratic Republic is suing the New York collector Edward Eliçofon for possession of two stolen Dürer portraits, illustrate the inequities of laws in different countries controlling cultural heritage and the need for an international standard by which claims can be fairly handled

IFAR to increase circulation and coverage of newsletter, to be retitled Stolen Art Alert.