[3] On the occasion of the 2010 World Expo (Expo 2010) in Shanghai, China, ICOM held its 22nd General Conference between 7 and 12 November,[4] during which Julien Anfruns welcomed, among others, former French president Jacques Chirac, as well as former Mali president Alpha Oumar Konaré.

[5] In September 2013, as a member of the French Council of State he was both specialized in tax and economics laws in the ninth chamber and advising the government on defense and civil service as rapporteur for bills and decrees.

He has also previously occupied several diplomatic posts including at the United Nations in New York, as well as in Finland and Estonia.

He is also actively involved as a member of several think tank groups, including the Global Agenda Council on the Role of the Arts in Society[7] for the World Economic Forum (Davos).

Following the Second World War, UNESCO adopted the Hague Convention (1954), creating rules to protect cultural goods during armed conflicts.