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==Overview==
The Memory of the World International Register is a compendium of documents, manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library, and archival holdings of universal value.<ref name=strategy /> Inscription on the register aims to improve conservation of the documentary heritage by calling upon the program's networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of the material.<ref name=2003_memory /> The program also uses technology to provide wider accessibility and diffusion of the items inscribed on the register.<ref name=2003_memory />
Any organization or individual can nominate a documentary item for inscription on the register via UNESCO Member States through their National Commission for UNESCO or, in the absence of a National Commission, the relevant government body in charge of relations with UNESCO, involving, if one exists, the relevant national MoW committee. Two proposals per UNESCO Member State are considered in each nomination cycle, joint nomination proposals from two or more UNESCO Member States are unlimited. During its meetings, the International Advisory Council (IAC) examines the full documentation of the item's description, origin, world significance, and contemporary state of conservation. The IAC recommends to the [[UNESCO#Executive Board|Executive Board of UNESCO]] the items proposed for inscription.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=UNESCO |title=General Guidelines of the Memory of the World (MoW) Programme |access-date=3 March 2025 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000378405}}</ref>
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