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NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD                      21.

taken over
(ii) Of all steps taken to remove or limit risks
(iii) Of all steps taken to treat objects.

5.  Consult and collaborate with local authorities as far as possible, especially those concerned with the care of monuments, historic sites, etc.  But be sure that they are competent and trustworthy. [[footnote:]](2)

6.  Restitution of looted or confiscated property, or compensation for what has been damaged, are wholly distinct form safeguarding and conservation.  They involve complicated questions of identification of objects, the method and circumstances of seizure or destruction, and of valuation, which require determination by a judicial body, assisted by experts.  The business of those charged with safeguarding and conservation is to preserve the [[underline]]status quo[[/underline]] as far as possible, pending action by some such body.

B. [[underline]] Practical measures [[/underline]]
A fixed sequence of practical measures is neither possible nor desirable.  Differences in seriousness of risks, in the character of objects, and in the condition at any particular time and place, forbid such a thing.  Moreover, two or three measures may, and as a rule should, be taken simultaneously.  The following out-
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[[footnotes:]] (2) Official information on this point is likely to be available.