Memory of the World Register – International Organizations

The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were made in 1997.[1] By creating a compendium of the world's documentary heritage—manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings[2] – the program aims to tap on its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.[3] As of 2018, 432[4] documentary heritages have been included in the Register, among them recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics, aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts, collective lifetime works of renowned giants of literature, science and music, copies of landmark motion pictures and short films, and accounts documenting changes in the world's political, economic and social stage. Of these, seven properties were nominated by international organizations.

List by international organization

Documentary heritage[a] International organization Custodian(s), Location(s) Year
inscribed 		Reference
Humanity's First Recordings of its Own Voice: The Phonautograms of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (c.1853-1860) Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
  • Académie des sciences—Institut de France

48°51′26″N 2°20′13″E / 48.857272°N 2.337012°E / 48.857272; 2.337012 (Académie des sciences—Institut de France)

  • Institut national de la propriété industrielle

48°54′17″N 2°15′44″E / 48.904602°N 2.262130°E / 48.904602; 2.262130 (Institut national de la propriété industrielle)

  • Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France

48°51′22″N 2°20′01″E / 48.8560493°N 2.3335438°E / 48.8560493; 2.3335438 (Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France)

  • Société d’encouragement pour l’industrie nationale

48°51′16″N 2°19′52″E / 48.854493°N 2.3310693°E / 48.854493; 2.3310693 (Société d’encouragement pour l’industrie nationale)

2015 [5]
Archives of the International Prisoners of War Agency, 1914-1923 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva

46°13′38″N 6°08′13″E / 46.227260°N 6.136899°E / 46.227260; 6.136899 (International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum)

2007 [6]
Archives of the International Tracing Service International Tracing Service (ITS) Archives of the International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen

51°22′41″N 9°01′09″E / 51.378065°N 9.019047°E / 51.378065; 9.019047 (Archives of the International Tracing Service)

2013 [7]
Archives of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation, 1925-1946 UNESCO Archive UNESCO Archive, Paris

48°50′59″N 2°18′23″E / 48.849710°N 2.306258°E / 48.849710; 2.306258 (UNESCO Archive, Paris)

2017 [8]
League of Nations archives 1919-1946 United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva

46°13′36″N 6°08′25″E / 46.226632°N 6.140324°E / 46.226632; 6.140324 (United Nations Office at Geneva)

2009 [9]
UNRWA Photo and Film Archives of Palestinian Refugees United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Public Information Office, Jerusalem

31°47′49″N 35°13′33″E / 31.797009°N 35.225794°E / 31.797009; 35.225794 (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Public Information Office)

2009 [10]
Records of the Smallpox Eradication Programme of the World Health Organization World Health Organization (WHO) Records and Archives Unit, WHO Headquarters, Geneva

46°13′58″N 6°08′04″E / 46.232688°N 6.134405°E / 46.232688; 6.134405 (Records and Archives Unit, WHO Headquarters)

2017 [11]

Notes

  1. ^ Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

References

  1. ^ "Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  2. ^ "UNESCO MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME: The Asia-Pacific Strategy". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 1999-04-17. Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2004-10-21.
  3. ^ "Twenty-three new inscriptions on Memory of the World Register of Documentary Collections". UNESCO Press. 2003-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  4. ^ "UNESCO Memory of the World statistics as of December 2018" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Humanity's First Recordings of its Own Voice: The Phonautograms of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (c.1853-1860) | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  6. ^ "Archives of the International Prisoners of War Agency, 1914-1923 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  7. ^ "Archives of the International Tracing Service | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  8. ^ "Archives of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation, 1925-1946 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  9. ^ "League of Nations Archives 1919-1946 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  10. ^ "UNRWA Photo and Film Archives of Palestinian Refugees | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  11. ^ "Records of the Smallpox Eradication Programme of the World Health Organization | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

External links

  • UNESCO Memory of the World Programme official website
  • Memory of the World Register – International Organizations