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[[File:UNESCO-MOW-text.svg|thumb|120px|right|Former logo of the Memory of the World Programme]]
[[UNESCO]]'s '''Memory of the World''' ('''MoW''') '''Programme''' is an international initiative to safeguard the [[documentary heritage]] of humanity against [[collective amnesia]], neglect, decay over time and climatic conditions, as well as deliberate destruction.<ref name=strategy>{{cite web|title=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: The Asia-Pacific Strategy |url=https://en.unesco.org/programme/mow|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2017-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228192535/http://www.geocities.com/seapavaa/whatsnew/memory.htm |archive-date=2005-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It calls for the [[historic preservation|preservation]] of valuable [[archival holdings]], library collections, and private individual compendia all over the world for posterity, the reconstitution of dispersed or displaced documentary heritage, and increased accessibility to, and dissemination of, these items.<ref name=strategy /><ref name=official>{{cite web| title=Official website |url=https://
Following the establishment of the international register, UNESCO and the Memory of the World Programme have encouraged the creation of national and regional organizations as well as national and regional registers which focus on documentary heritage of great regional or national importance, but not necessarily of global importance.
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