A/RES/58/17 order to continue to address the issue of return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin and to provide appropriate support accordingly; 3. Welcomes the adoption of the Declaration concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on 17 October 2003; Reaffirms the importance of the principles and provisions of the 4. Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,1 and invites Member States that have not already done so to become parties to the Convention and to promote its implementation; Also reaffirms the importance of the Second Protocol to the Convention, 5. adopted at The Hague on 26 March 1999, and invites all States Parties to the Convention to consider becoming parties to the Second Protocol; Welcomes the most recent efforts made by the United Nations 6. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the protection of the cultural heritage of countries in conflict, including the safe return to those countries of cultural property and other items of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific and religious importance that have been illegally removed, and calls upon the international community to contribute to these efforts; Invites Member States to consider adopting and implementing the 7. Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property;2 8. Urges Member States to introduce effective national and international measures to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in cultural property, including special training for police, customs and border services; Reaffirms the importance of the provisions of the Convention on Stolen 9. or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law,4 and invites Member States that have not already done so to consider becoming parties to it; 10. Invites Member States, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to continue to draw up systematic inventories of their cultural property, as well as to work towards the creation of a database of the cultural legislation of Member States, in particular in an electronic form; 11. Reaffirms the efforts of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote the use of identification systems, in particular the application of the Object-ID standard, and to encourage the linking of identification systems and existing databases, including the one developed by the International Criminal Police Organization-Interpol, to allow for the electronic transmission of information in order to reduce illicit trafficking in cultural property, and encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to make further efforts in this regard in cooperation with Member States, where appropriate; 12. Recognizes the public awareness and increased mobilization and action in favour of heritage values that was achieved in 2002, the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, and calls upon the international community and the United Nations to continue to cooperate with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the basis of that work; 3