"The adoption of this resolution in itself signals and guides the countries to help so that the antiquities from all over the world will return to their homes," Voulgarakis said in a speech at the UN on December 4th, welcoming the General Assembly's move. "The illegal trade of antiquities is in the same category as the illegal trade of weapons, narcotics and people.
“Samo usvajanje te rezolucije predstavlja signal za zemlje da pomognu da se antikviteti iz celog sveta vrate svojim zemljama porekla,” rekao je 4. decembra Vulgarakis u govoru u UN u kome je pozdravio odluku Generalne skupštine. “Ilegalna trgovina antikvitetima spada u istu kategoriju kao i ilegalna trgovina oružjem, narkoticima i ljudima.