ABOUT MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME
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Memory of the World
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UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme is an international initiative launched in 1992 in order to guard against collective amnesia calling upon the preservation of the valuable archive holdings and library collections all over the world ensuring their wide dissemination.
The Memory of the World Register lists documentary heritage which has been identified by the International Advisory Committee in its meetings in Tashkent (September 1997), in Vienna (June 1999), in Cheongju City (June 2001), in Gdansk (August 2003) and in Lijiang (June 2005) and endorsed by the Director-General of UNESCO as corresponding to the selection criteria for world significance.
Since 2005 UNESCO also presents the Jikji prize to further promote the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme.
The list of documentary heritage consist of the following objects:
Uzbekistan
Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman (1997)
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies (1997)
Academy of Sciences, Tashkent
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