Sent 72 countries and four international organizations, they cover topics such as a scientific revolution, the contribution of women history and a large turning point in multilaterania like Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Heritage at risk
The register consists of documentaries including books, manuscripts, maps, photos and sound or videos, which testify to the common heritage of humanity.
These cases are often extremely fragile and risk of deterioration or disaster exposure.
The collections are added by the Decision of the UNESCO Executive Board, after the evaluation of the nominations by the Independent International Advisory Board.
Map of human creation
Guilherme Canela, director of UNESCO division for digital inclusion and policies and digital transformations, underlined the importance of the registry in an interview with UN news.
“If you want to understand the chemical composition of our planet, you advise about the periodic tables of the elements,” he said.
“If you want to have a diverse map of what human beings have created in equally diverse fields of literature, history and international relations, science, music, religions, philosophy, language, china and many others, then turn into UNESCO memory.”
Ithāf Al-Mahbṻb documents Arabic world contribution to astronomy, planetary movement, celestial bodies and astrological analysis during the first millennium of our age.
Variety of contributions
Among newly discovered collections, 14 relate to scientific documentary heritage, such as Itḥāf Al-Mahbūb, Sent by Egypt.
The manuscript documents Arabic world contributions to astronomy, planetary movement, celestial bodies and astrological analysis during the first millennium of the modern era.
The Darwin Archive sent the UK, while Germany provided a literary property of philosophers, poets and composers Friedrich Nietzsche as well as radiographs Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen – the first recorded X-ray photos.
Documents relating to the memory of slavery are also included, such as the slave list conducted by Portugal in Portugal in its foreign territory of Angola, Cabo Verdea and Mozambique between 1856. and 1875. Years.
79 Books on slave registration provide detailed records of enslaved Africans and liberated persons, placing the foundation for the abolition of slavery in 1869. years.
UNESCO noted that the archive concerning the prominent women is still missing from the register. In this regard, Indonesia and the Netherlands sent letters Raden Ajeng picture, a pioneer for girls.
Several collections are documented by key moments in international cooperation, including Geneva Conventions and their Protocols – International Agreements aimed at restricting war brutality.
The Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe UN General Assembly in December 1948 was declared, and the Windhoek Declaration from Namibia – Global Reference for Freedom of the Press -.
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2025-04-17 12:00:00
