Tuesday, March 10, 2015
The motion, primarily sponsored by Andrew George and signed by 9 more MPs "regrets the UK Government's apparent decision to reject the offer from UNESCO to mediate with the Greek government; and calls on the Government to reverse this decision and to demonstrate that Britain is prepared to express its standing in the world by engaging in a gracious act to reunite these British-held Parthenon marbles with those now displayed in the purpose-built Acropolis Museum in the shadow of the monument to which they belong, the Parthenon in Athens."
It is noted that last October, the World Heritage Organization UNESCO invited the British government to enter into mediation with Greece over the issue of the Parthenon sculptures. The British side was accorded six months to deliberate and answer.
