Memory of the World International Advisory Committee

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The Memory of the World International Advisory Committee is UNESCO’s expert body that evaluates, advises on, and recommends documentary heritage for inscription on the Memory of the World Register.

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Memory of the World Register Sub-Committee 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO advisory body
expert committee
appliesToJurisdiction worldwide
associatedWith Memory of the World International Register
UNESCO Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form
composition independent experts in documentary heritage
members appointed by the UNESCO Director-General
country France
goal encourage preservation of endangered documentary heritage
promote universal access to documentary heritage
raise awareness of the significance of documentary heritage
safeguard the world’s documentary heritage
hasMainTask advise UNESCO Director-General on Memory of the World matters
advise on documentary heritage preservation
contribute to policies on documentary heritage access
contribute to policies on documentary heritage digitization
contribute to policies on documentary heritage preservation
ensure the integrity of the Memory of the World Register
evaluate documentary heritage nominations
oversee the evaluation of Memory of the World nominations
promote awareness of documentary heritage
provide guidance on Memory of the World Programme implementation
recommend inscriptions on the Memory of the World International Register
support capacity-building for documentary heritage professionals
hasSubcommittee Memory of the World Marketing Sub-Committee
Memory of the World International Advisory Committee self-linksurface differs
surface form: Memory of the World Register Sub-Committee

Memory of the World Technical Sub-Committee
headquartersLocation Paris
inception 1993
isPartOf UNESCO culture programmes
surface form: UNESCO Culture Sector
language English
French
meetingFrequency biennial
operatesWithin UNESCO Memory of the World General Guidelines
parentOrganization UNESCO
partOf Memory of the World Programme
surface form: UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
reportsTo Director-General of UNESCO
surface form: UNESCO Director-General
scope archives
audio-visual documents
digital documentary heritage
documentary heritage
library collections
manuscripts
selectionCriteria risk of loss or deterioration of documentary heritage
uniqueness of documentary heritage
world significance of documentary heritage
website https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world

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Memory of the World International Register administeredBy Memory of the World International Advisory Committee
Memory of the World Regional Committees collaboratesWith Memory of the World International Advisory Committee
Memory of the World Programme hasPart Memory of the World International Advisory Committee
Memory of the World International Advisory Committee hasSubcommittee Memory of the World International Advisory Committee self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Memory of the World Register Sub-Committee
Memory of the World International Register monitoredBy Memory of the World International Advisory Committee