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2    For instance, the Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land (also known as the "Hague Convention of 1907"), the UNESCO Convention and Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (the "Hague Convention and Protocol of 1954"), the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970), the Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Good-neighborliness, Partnership and Cooperation (1990), and the Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cultural Cooperation (1992). In the case of the UNESCO conventions, the Russian Federation continues the participation of the U.S.S.R. See E. Simpson (ed.), The Spoils of War--World War II and Its Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance, and Recovery of Cultural Property (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997), Appendices 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15. See also the Interfax News Agency release (supra n. 1).
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