- UNESCO’s programme Memory of the World aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide.
- Documentary heritage reflects the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures. It is the mirror of the world and its memory. But this memory is fragile. Every day, irreplaceable parts of this memory disappear for ever.
- UNESCO has launched the Memory of the World Programme to guard against collective amnesia calling upon the preservation of the valuable archive holdings and library collections all over the world ensuring their wide dissemination.
Programme Objectives; Registred heritage; news archives; Projects; Background; Secretariat; Newsletter;
Activities by region /country: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific (and also the Memory of the World Committee for Asia/Pacific MOWCAP), Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean;
Objectives: The vision of the Memory of the World Programme is that the world’s documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance. Continuer la lecture de « Memory of the World »