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Irina Bokova, Director General of the U.N.'s culture agency UNESCO, speaks during a press conference in Paris, France, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Bokova asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to be convened "on the protection of Iraq's cultural heritage as an integral element for the country's security" after extremists released a video thought to show men using sledgehammers to smash ancient Mesopotamian statues and other artifacts in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Irina Bokova, Director General of the U.N.'s culture agency UNESCO, speaks during a press conference in Paris, France, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Bokova asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to be convened "on the protection of Iraq's cultural heritage as an integral element for the country's security" after extremists released a video thought to show men using sledgehammers to smash ancient Mesopotamian statues and other artifacts in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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