27 March. The Board of Architects of Guatemala awarded the Order of Roberto Aycinena Echeverría to José María Magaña, former Architectural Conservation Course participant in 1976 and ICCROM Council Member 1988-1990.

Staff departure

23 March. On 22 March, a reception was held to say farewell to two members of the ICCROM staff: Kazuhiko Nishi and Cécile Lacroix.

8 March. ICCROM is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Fellow, Dr Robert Waller, on a six-month ICCROM Fellowship.

2 March. Huge savings on selected ICCROM titles are now available from our online bookstore. Follow the link below to the special offers page. The price of all books in the sale has been reduced by at least 50%.

1 March. Mounir Bouchenaki, who was elected as Director-General of ICCROM at the XXIVth General Assembly in November 2005, has now taken up his post with the organization.