What is Memory of the World?
In 1992 Serbian nationalist attacks on Bosnian cultural institutions effectively destroyed nearly the entire written record of Bosnia's history. In the same year, in response to that event, the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme was launched with the broad goal of safeguarding the documentary heritage of humanity.
UNESCO Pacific Memory of the World Programme
Memory of the World operates at international, regional and national levels. Pacific countries are in a sub-region of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific organisation. Find out more about Memory of the World, its registers and programmes by clicking on the menu options at the top of this page.
News
20 October 2007: Registrations open for Communities and memories: the Third International Conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World Conference (Australia, Canberra, 19-22 February 2008).