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United Kingdom Parliament - House of Commons
March 2000

Memorandum submitted by the Committee on the Parthenon

1. PREFACE

1. We are tremendously pleased that the matter of the Elgin Marbles is to be considered by the Parliament as the legally competent body to decide their fate. [...]

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1.7. The Committee on the Parthenon

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1.10. Membership of the Committee on the Parthenon is open to all interested persons in the United States and is not a Greek-American society. In addition to a general membership category, the Committee has Advisory Boards—one of which reflects the support of the Greek-American community in the United States for the cause of reunification of the Parthenon Marbles and for all aspects of scholarship on the Parthenon.

1.11. The Advisory Board of Hellenic American Organizations includes the leaders of the three prominent Hellenic-American societies, the American Hellenic Institute (AHI), the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), and the Hellenic American Women's Council (HAWC). The combined membership of those groups exceeds 20,000 persons. The Board of Authorities and Academics includes archaeologists, architects, artists, art historians, and authors. The Board of Eminent Persons was established by the former Archbishop Spyridon of North and South America to include public officials and public figures. We are in the process of reconstituting this group as well.

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