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The '''Memory of the World Programme''' is a part of the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] ([[UNESCO]]).<ref name="background">[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/about-the-programme/  Programme background]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref> It is part of a strategy for preserving history.  The programme focuses on archives and libraries.<ref name="objectives">[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/about-the-programme/objectives/ Programme objectives]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>

The UNESCO programme began in 1992.<ref name="background"/>  It promote the importance of historical documents.<ref name="objectives"/>
== International Advisory Committee ==
The program is administered by a body known as the International Advisory Committee (IAC).  There are 14 members. Each is appointed by the UNESCO Director-General.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/about-the-programme/international-advisory-committee-iac/ International Advisory Committee (IAC)]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
== Memory of the World Register ==
Select additions to the World Register are chosen at biannual meetings of the IAC.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/register/ Memory of the World Register]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
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* [[Bayeux Tapestry]]
* [[Biblioteca Malatestiana]]
* [[Gero-Codex]]
* [[Jikji]]
* [[Magna Carta]]
* [[Matenadaran]]
* [[Shahnameh]]
* [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)]]
* [[Tabula Peutingeriana]]
* [[The Communist Manifesto]]
* [[The Diary of a Young Girl]]
* [[Treaty of Tordesillas]]
* [[Vienna Dioscurides]]
* [[Woodblocks of the Nguyễn Dynasty]]
== Jikji Prize ==
[[Image:SelectedTeachingsofBuddhistSagesandSonMasters1377.jpg|thumb|The ''Jikji'' is the earliest known book printed with [[Movable type|movable metal type]] in 1377.]]
The Jikji Prize was established with the South Korean government.  The $30,000 prize and all costs associated with the prize are funded by South Korea.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/unescojikji-prize/about-the-prize/#c219784 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize]</ref>
== Recipients ==
* 2005: [[National Library of the Czech Republic|Czech National Library]] ([[Prague]])<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/unescojikji-prize/previous-laureats/the-national-library-of-the-czech-republic/  2005 - The National Library of the Czech Republic]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
* 2007: [[Austrian Academy of Sciences|Austrian Academy of Sciences, Phonogrammarchiv]] ([[Vienna]])<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/unescojikji-prize/previous-laureats/phonogrammarchiv-austrian-academy-of-sciences/   2007 - Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
* 2009: [[National Archives of Malaysia]] ([[Kuala Lumpur]])<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/unescojikji-prize/previous-laureats/national-archives-of-malaysia/ 2009 - National Archives of Malaysia]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
* 2011: [[National Archives of Australia]], [[Canberra]].<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/unescojikji-prize/#c55687  2011 - National Archives of Australia]; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>

== Memory Of The World Programme Media ==
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File:Unesco Memory of the World Logo (English).png|Logo of the Memory of the World Programme

File:Declaration of Human Rights.jpg|The [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]] (1789) was used to disseminate to the political community the first [[Constitution of France|French Constitution]].
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== References ==
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== Other websites ==
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* [http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Memory of the World Programme official website]
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