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==Memory of the World International Register==

The Memory of the World International Register is a list of the world's documentary heritage with outstanding global significance – such as [[manuscript]]s, [[oral tradition]]s, audio-visual materials, and library and archive holdings.<ref name="strategy" /> It catalogues documentary heritage that has been recommended by the International Advisory Committee, and endorsed by the [[Director-General of UNESCO]], according tousing the selection criteria regarding "world significance and outstanding universal value."<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 December 2023 |title=Memory of the World: Documentary heritage treasures of Africa |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/memory-world |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250217100352/https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/memory-world |archive-date=2025-02-17 |access-date=2025-06-17 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |language=en}}</ref> WithAs thewell inscriptionas onraising the International Register, the Memoryawareness of thethis World Programme aims to highlightheritage, the documentary heritage’s exceptional value. Itregister aims to encouragepromote memoryits institutionspreservation, to raise awareness about their documentary heritagedigitization, and to improve conservation of the documentary heritagedissemination by calling upon the programprogramme'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 information about the items inscribed on the register.<ref name="2003_memory" />

The first inscriptions on the International Register were made in 1997.<ref name="2003_memory" /><ref name="1997_report">{{cite web |date=October 1997 |title=Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme, Tashkent, 29 September-1st October 1997: final report |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000109753 |access-date=2025-06-17 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme}}</ref> The various properties in the register include recordings of [[folk music]]; [[ancient language]]s 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.