Official Presentations, Reports and Speeches:

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Presentations of the official delegation of France at the Washington Conference, 1998

Delegation
France sent an official delegation to theWashington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets held 30 November-3 December 1998 in Washington D.C.
The list of delegation members is available online at  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heacappen.pdf, p. 49.

Delegation Statements

• Ambassador Louis Amigues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (head of the delegation).
  'Concluding Statement'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac2.pdf, p. 17.
• Ambassador Louis Amigues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  'Intervention during the Plenary Session: Overview of Nazi-Confiscated Art Issues' http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac3.pdf, p. 119.
• Ambassador Louis Amigues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  'Presenter Statement'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac4.pdf, p. 127.
• Professor Adolphe Steg, Deputy Chairman of the Mattéoli Commission
  'Press Conference by the Mattéoli Mission: Opening Statement on Art Works' http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac3.pdf, p. 121.
• Françoise Cachin, Museums of France,
  'Issues of Unclear Provenance and Principles to Address Nazi-Confiscated Art' http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac4.pdf, p. 121.

Washington Principles
All forty-four countries present at the Washington Conference endorsed the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art.

Source
Proceedings of the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, November 30-December 3 1998, Washington: Government Printing Office 1999.

Also available online at
<http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac.html>, accessed 25 January 2010.

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