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Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific

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The first inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register were made in 1997.[1] By creating a compendium of the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings,[2] the program aims to promote the exchange of information among experts and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.[3] As of 2023, 494 pieces of documentary heritage had been inscribed in the register.[4] Of these, 116 are from the Asia and the Pacific region.[5]

The Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) is a regional committee of UNESCO's global programme, maintaining a separate register.[6][7] There are also national registers, including for Australia and New Zealand.

Items listed below are part of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register. National and regional registers are listed separately.

List by country/territory

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  • Australia's The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is the first full-length narrative feature film produced anywhere in the world.[8]
    Australia's The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is the first full-length narrative feature film produced anywhere in the world.[8]
  • Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contains photographs of over 5,000 prisoners, as well as "confessions", many extracted under torture, and other biographical records.[9]
    Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contains photographs of over 5,000 prisoners, as well as "confessions", many extracted under torture, and other biographical records.[9]
  • The Baysunghur Shahnameh Iran is a manuscript of the "Book of Kings", one of the classics of the Persian-speaking world, on a par with the Iliad and The Aeniad of the Greco-Roman cultural communities.[10]
    The Baysunghur Shahnameh Iran is a manuscript of the "Book of Kings", one of the classics of the Persian-speaking world, on a par with the Iliad and The Aeniad of the Greco-Roman cultural communities.[10]
  • The Korean version of the Buddhist scriptures, Tripitaka Koreana, is one of the most important and is the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world.[11]
    The Korean version of the Buddhist scriptures, Tripitaka Koreana, is one of the most important and is the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world.[11]
  • The Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman manuscript, held by the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, is the earliest existent written version of the Koran.[12]
    The Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman manuscript, held by the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, is the earliest existent written version of the Koran.[12]
Documentary heritage[A] Country/Territory Custodian(s), Location(s) Year
inscribed 		Reference
The Endeavour Journal of James Cook  Australia National Library of Australia, Canberra

35°17′48″S 149°07′47″E / 35.296633°S 149.129815°E / -35.296633; 149.129815 (National Library of Australia)

2001 [13]
The Mabo Case Manuscripts  Australia National Library of Australia, Canberra

35°17′48″S 149°07′47″E / 35.296633°S 149.129815°E / -35.296633; 149.129815 (National Library of Australia)

2001 [14]
The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)  Australia National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra

35°17′00″S 149°07′17″E / 35.283213°S 149.121350°E / -35.283213; 149.121350 (National Film and Sound Archive)

2007 [8]
The Convict Records of Australia  Australia 2007 [15]
Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892  Australia State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

27°28′16″S 153°01′05″E / 27.471136°S 153.018135°E / -27.471136; 153.018135 (State Library of Queensland)

2009 [16][17][18]
Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour  Australia State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

33°51′58″S 151°12′48″E / 33.866163°S 151.213272°E / -33.866163; 151.213272 (State Library of New South Wales, Sydney)

2021 [19]
7 March Speech of Bangabandhu  Bangladesh Liberation War Museum, Dhaka

23°46′33″N 90°22′03″E / 23.7757275°N 90.3675297°E / 23.7757275; 90.3675297 (Liberation War Museum, Dhaka)

2017 [20][21]
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives  Cambodia Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh

11°32′58″N 104°54′55″E / 11.5494006°N 104.9153715°E / 11.5494006; 104.9153715 (Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh)

2009 [9]
Traditional Music Sound Archives  China Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing

39°57′02″N 116°26′51″E / 39.950573°N 116.447466°E / 39.950573; 116.447466 (Music Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Arts)

1997 [22]
Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat – 'Infiltration of Western Culture in China'  China Palace Museum, Beijing

39°54′59″N 116°23′50″E / 39.916261°N 116.397116°E / 39.916261; 116.397116 (Palace Museum, Beijing)

1999 [23]
Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts  China Lijiang Prefecture Dongba Research Institute, Dayan

26°52′53″N 100°12′35″E / 26.881450°N 100.209704°E / 26.881450; 100.209704 (Lijiang Prefecture Dongba Research Institute, Dayan)

2003 [24]
Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination  China State Archives, Beijing

39°54′54″N 116°23′35″E / 39.914878°N 116.392925°E / 39.914878; 116.392925 (The First Historical Archives)

2005 [25]
Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Archives  China 2007 [26]
Ben Cao Gang Mu: Compendium of Materia Medica  China Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

39°54′39″N 116°25′03″E / 39.910808°N 116.417448°E / 39.910808; 116.417448 (Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences)

2011 [27]
Huang Di Nei Jing: Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic  China National Library of China

39°56′35″N 116°19′23″E / 39.943016°N 116.323087°E / 39.943016; 116.323087 (National Library of China)

2011 [28]
Official Records of Tibet from the Yuan Dynasty China, 1304–1367  China Tibet Autonomous Region Archives, Lhasa

29°39′23″N 91°04′57″E / 29.656268°N 91.0824097°E / 29.656268; 91.0824097 (Tibet Autonomous Region Archives)

2013 [29]
Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese  China 2013 [30]
Documents of Nanjing Massacre  China 2015 [31][7]
The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times  China Suzhou Industrial and Commercial Archives Administration

31°19′35″N 120°37′35″E / 31.326280°N 120.626409°E / 31.326280; 120.626409 (Suzhou Industrial and Commercial Archives Administration)

2017 [32]
Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions  China 2017 [33]
Official Records of Macao During the Qing Dynasty (1693–1886)  China,
 Portugal 		Torre do Tombo National Archive, Alvalade, Lisbon

38°45′17″N 9°09′23″W / 38.754660°N 9.156511°W / 38.754660; -9.156511 (Torre do Tombo National Archive)

2017 [34]
Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980)  China Association of Piety and Longevity Kong Tac Lam, Macau

22°11′30″N 113°32′10″E / 22.191753°N 113.536012°E / 22.191753; 113.536012 (Association of Piety and Longevity Kong Tac Lam)

2023 [35]
The four treatises of Tibetan Medicine  China Mentseekhang, Traditional Tibetan Hospital (Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute), Lhasa

29°39′48″N 91°07′27″E / 29.663227°N 91.124187°E / 29.663227; 91.124187 (Traditional Tibetan Hospital)

2023 [36]
Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers  Fiji,
 Guyana,
 Suriname,
 Trinidad and Tobago 		2011 [37]
The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection  India Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai

12°51′48″N 80°13′47″E / 12.863331°N 80.2295941°E / 12.863331; 80.2295941 (Institute of Asian Studies, Tamil Nadu)

1997 [38]
Archives of the Dutch East India Company  India,
 Indonesia,
 Netherlands,
 South Africa,
 Sri Lanka 		2003 [39]
Shaiva Manuscript in Pondicherry  India French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry

11°56′13″N 79°50′08″E / 11.936934°N 79.835651°E / 11.936934; 79.835651 (French Institute of Pondicherry)

2005 [40]
Rigveda  India Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

18°31′09″N 73°49′48″E / 18.519103°N 73.829942°E / 18.519103; 73.829942 (Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute)

2007 [41]
Tarikh-e-Khandan-e-Timuriyah  India Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna 25°37′18″N 85°08′08″E / 25.621542°N 85.135677°E / 25.621542; 85.135677 (Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna) 2011 [42]
Laghukālachakratantrarājatīka Vimalaprabhā  India The Asiatic Society, Kolkata

22°33′19″N 88°21′02″E / 22.555149°N 88.350532°E / 22.555149; 88.350532 (Asiatic Society, Kolkata)

2011 [43]
Shāntinātha Charitra  India Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad

23°01′59″N 72°32′59″E / 23.033096°N 72.549811°E / 23.033096; 72.549811 (Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum)

2013 [44]
Gilgit Manuscript  India National Archives of India, New Delhi

28°36′56″N 77°13′02″E / 28.615543°N 77.217240°E / 28.615543; 77.217240 (National Archives of India, New Delhi)

2017 [45]
Maitreyayvarakarana  India Maitreyayvarakarana Asiatic Society, Kolkata

22°33′19″N 88°21′02″E / 22.555149°N 88.350532°E / 22.555149; 88.350532 (Maitreyayvarakarana Asiatic Society, Kolkata)

2017 [46]
La Galigo  Indonesia,
 Netherlands 		2011 [47]
Nagarakretagama: Description of the Country (1365 AD)  Indonesia National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta

6°10′53″S 106°49′37″E / 6.181298°S 106.826908°E / -6.181298; 106.826908 (National Library of Indonesia)

2013 [48]
Babad Diponegoro  Indonesia,
 Netherlands 		2013 [49]
Asian-African Conference Archives  Indonesia National Archives of Indonesia, South Jakarta

6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E / 6.278638°S 106.818939°E / -6.278638; 106.818939 (National Archives of Indonesia)

2015 [50]
Borobudur Conservation Archives  Indonesia National Archives of Indonesia

6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E / 6.278638°S 106.818939°E / -6.278638; 106.818939 (National Archives of Indonesia)

2017 [51]
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives  Indonesia,
 Sri Lanka 		2017 [52]
Panji Tales Manuscripts  Indonesia,
 Cambodia,
 Netherlands,
 Malaysia,
 United Kingdom 		2017 [53]
"Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor's Book of the Kings)  Iran Golestan Palace, Tehran

35°40′47″N 51°25′14″E / 35.679750°N 51.420517°E / 35.679750; 51.420517 (Golestan Palace)

2007 [10]
The Deed For Endowment: Rab’ I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript  Iran Tabriz Central Library, Tabriz

38°03′51″N 46°15′23″E / 38.064110°N 46.256279°E / 38.064110; 46.256279 (Tabriz Central Library)

2007 [54]
Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era  Iran Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashhad

36°17′22″N 59°36′58″E / 36.289501°N 59.616135°E / 36.289501; 59.616135 (Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashad)

2009 [55]
Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim: The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology  Iran Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran

35°48′30″N 51°27′31″E / 35.808438°N 51.458630°E / 35.808438; 51.458630 (Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran)

2011 [56]
Collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj  Iran 2011 [57]
A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779–1926 Gregorian Calendar)  Iran Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

35°48′30″N 51°27′31″E / 35.808438°N 51.458630°E / 35.808438; 51.458630 (Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

2013 [58]
Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī  Iran Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque, Tehran

35°41′22″N 51°26′00″E / 35.689360°N 51.433397°E / 35.689360; 51.433397 (Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque)

2013 [59]
Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik: The Book of Itineraries and Kingdoms  Germany,
 Iran 		2015 [60]
Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi: Kulliyat of Saadi  Iran The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran

35°45′07″N 51°26′03″E / 35.751903°N 51.4342645°E / 35.751903; 51.4342645 (The National Library and Archives of Iran)

2015 [61]
Jāme’ al-Tavarikh: Compendium of Chronicles  Iran Golestan Palace, Tehran

50°56′43″N 10°42′20″E / 50.945358°N 10.705445°E / 50.945358; 10.705445 (Golestan Palace, Tehran)

2017 [62]
Sakubei Yamamoto Collection  Japan 2011 [63]
Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain  Japan,
 Spain 		Sendai City Museum, Sendai

38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256009°N 140.856636°E / 38.256009; 140.856636 (Sendai City Museum)

2013 [64]
Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga  Japan Yōmei Bunko, Kyoto

35°01′55″N 135°42′36″E / 35.031838°N 135.710117°E / 35.031838; 135.710117 (Yōmei Bunko, Kyoto)

2013 [65]
Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes  Japan Kyoto Prefectural Library, Kyoto

35°00′47″N 135°46′56″E / 35.012969°N 135.782093°E / 35.012969; 135.782093 (Kyoto Prefectural Library)

2015 [66]
Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945–1956)  Japan Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum, Kyoto

35°30′34″N 135°23′48″E / 35.509538°N 135.396710°E / 35.509538; 135.396710 (Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum)

2015 [67]
Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke  Japan Takasaki, Gunma

36°19′19″N 139°00′12″E / 36.322080°N 139.003400°E / 36.322080; 139.003400 (Takasaki)

2017 [68]
Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi  Kazakhstan National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty

43°14′29″N 76°56′35″E / 43.241432°N 76.943141°E / 43.241432; 76.943141 (National Library of Kazakhstan, Almaty)

2003 [69]
Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk"  Kazakhstan State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty

43°14′34″N 76°56′44″E / 43.242712°N 76.945582°E / 43.242712; 76.945582 (State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty)

2005 [70]
Aral Sea Archival Fonds  Kazakhstan State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty

43°14′34″N 76°56′44″E / 43.242712°N 76.945582°E / 43.242712; 76.945582 (State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty)

2011 [71]
Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882–1943)  Malaysia National Archives of Malaysia, Alor Setar

6°09′48″N 100°22′12″E / 6.163409°N 100.370127°E / 6.163409; 100.370127 (National Archives of Malaysia)

2001 [72]
Hikayat Hang Tuah: The story of Hang Tuah  Malaysia National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

3°10′14″N 101°42′41″E / 3.170693°N 101.711362°E / 3.170693; 101.711362 (National Library of Malaysia)

2001 [73]
Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals)  Malaysia Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur

3°08′03″N 101°42′13″E / 3.134248°N 101.703558°E / 3.134248; 101.703558 (Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur)

2001 [74]
Batu Bersurat, Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu)  Malaysia Terengganu State Museum, Kuala Terengganu

5°19′07″N 103°06′08″E / 5.318578°N 103.102112°E / 5.318578; 103.102112 (Terengganu State Museum)

2009 [75]
Lu."Altan Tobchi" : Golden History written in 1651  Mongolia National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

47°54′53″N 106°54′59″E / 47.914814°N 106.916250°E / 47.914814; 106.916250 (National Library of Mongolia)

2011 [76]
Mongolian Tanjur & Stone Stele Monument for Mongolian Tanjur  Mongolia National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

47°54′53″N 106°54′59″E / 47.914814°N 106.916250°E / 47.914814; 106.916250 (National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar)

2011, updated 2017 [77][78]
Kanjur written with 9 precious stones  Mongolia National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

47°54′53″N 106°54′59″E / 47.914814°N 106.916250°E / 47.914814; 106.916250 (National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar)

2013 [79]
Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines  Myanmar Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

22°00′17″N 96°06′47″E / 22.004738°N 96.112954°E / 22.004738; 96.112954 (Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay)

2013 [80]
Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription  Myanmar Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw

19°47′20″N 96°08′29″E / 19.788761°N 96.141265°E / 19.788761; 96.141265 (Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw)

2015 [81]
The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain  Myanmar,
 Germany,
 United Kingdom 		2015 [82]
King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription  Myanmar Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan

21°11′43″N 94°53′38″E / 21.195319°N 94.893868°E / 21.195319; 94.893868 (Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan)

2017 [83]
Nishvāsattatvasamhitā Manuscript    Nepal National Archives of Nepal, Kathmandu

27°41′43″N 85°19′17″E / 27.695387°N 85.321523°E / 27.695387; 85.321523 (National Archive of Nepal)

2013 [84]
Sushrutasamhitā (Sahottārtantra) Manuscript    Nepal Kaiser Library, Kathmandu

27°42′50″N 85°18′55″E / 27.713998°N 85.315269°E / 27.713998; 85.315269 (Kaiser Library, Kathmandu)

2013 [85]
Treaty of Waitangi  New Zealand National Archives, Wellington

41°16′37″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277057°S 174.7801366°E / -41.277057; 174.7801366 (National Archives, Wellington)

1997 [86]
1893 Women's Suffrage Petition  New Zealand National Archives, Wellington

41°16′37″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277057°S 174.7801366°E / -41.277057; 174.7801366 (National Archives, Wellington)

1997 [87]
Sir Edmund Hillary Archive  New Zealand Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2013 [88]
Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial arts  North Korea Grand People's Study House, Pyongyang; Various locations in South Korea

39°01′13″N 125°44′58″E / 39.020196°N 125.749334°E / 39.020196; 125.749334 (Grand People's Study House)

2017 [89]
Jinnah Papers (Quaid-i-Azam)  Pakistan National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad

33°44′24″N 73°05′41″E / 33.739981°N 73.094761°E / 33.739981; 73.094761 (National Archives, Islamabad)

1999 [90]
Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan)  Philippines National Museum, Manila

14°35′13″N 120°58′52″E / 14.586940°N 120.981240°E / 14.586940; 120.981240 (National Museum of the Philippines)

1999 [91]
Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution  Philippines 2003 [92]
José Maceda Collection  Philippines U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City

14°39′26″N 121°03′56″E / 14.657119°N 121.065581°E / 14.657119; 121.065581 (University of the Philippines, Center for Ethnomusicology)

2007 [93]
Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon  Philippines U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City

14°39′26″N 121°03′56″E / 14.657119°N 121.065581°E / 14.657119; 121.065581 (University of the Philippines, Center for Ethnomusicology)

2011 [94]
Hunminjeongum Manuscript: Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People  South Korea Gansong Art Museum, Seoul

37°35′37″N 126°59′49″E / 37.593612°N 126.996883°E / 37.593612; 126.996883 (National Library of Korea)

1997 [95]
The Annals of the Choson Dynasty  South Korea 1997 [96]
Seungjeongwon ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat  South Korea Kyujanggak Library and Seoul National University, Seoul

37°34′44″N 126°59′22″E / 37.578998°N 126.989511°E / 37.578998; 126.989511 (Kyujanggak Library and Seoul National University)

2001 [97]
Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol. II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings"  South Korea National Library of France, Paris

48°50′01″N 2°22′33″E / 48.833576°N 2.375789°E / 48.833576; 2.375789 (National Library of France)

2001 [98]
Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures  South Korea Haeinsa Monastery, Gyeongsangnam-do

35°48′04″N 128°05′53″E / 35.801207°N 128.098137°E / 35.801207; 128.098137 (Haeinsa Monastery, Gyeongsangnam-do)

2007 [99]
Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty  South Korea Seoul National University, Seoul

37°27′33″N 126°57′07″E / 37.459273°N 126.952075°E / 37.459273; 126.952075 (Seoul National University)

2007 [100]
Dongui Bogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine  South Korea National Library of Korea, Seoul

37°29′52″N 127°00′13″E / 37.497763°N 127.003675°E / 37.497763; 127.003675 (National Library of Korea)

2009 [101]
Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea  South Korea 2011 [102]
Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections  South Korea Seoul National University, Seoul

37°27′33″N 126°57′07″E / 37.459273°N 126.952075°E / 37.459273; 126.952075 (Seoul National University)

2011 [103]
Nanjung ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin  South Korea Hyeonchungsa Shrine, Asan

36°48′23″N 127°01′55″E / 36.806508°N 127.031968°E / 36.806508; 127.031968 (Hyeonchungsa Shrine, Asan)

2013 [104]
Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement)  South Korea 2013 [105]
Confucian Printing Woodblocks  South Korea The Advanced Center for Korean Studies, Andong

36°42′08″N 128°48′39″E / 36.702255°N 128.810703°E / 36.702255; 128.810703 (The Advanced Center for Korean Studies, Andong)

2015 [106]
The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families"  South Korea 2015 [107]
Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty  South Korea National Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul

37°34′36″N 126°58′30″E / 37.576576°N 126.975098°E / 37.576576; 126.975098 (National Palace Museum of Korea)

2017 [108]
Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement  South Korea National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park

35°52′10″N 128°36′22″E / 35.869422°N 128.606033°E / 35.869422; 128.606033 (National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park)

2017 [109]
Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century  South Korea,
 Japan 		2017 [110]
Mahavamsa (6th century BCE to 1815 CE)  Sri Lanka Palm Leaf Manuscripts Collection, University of Peradeniya

7°15′15″N 80°35′48″E / 7.25417°N 80.59667°E / 7.25417; 80.59667 (University of Peradeniya)

2023 [111]
The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni's Kulliyat and Hafez Sherozi's Gazalliyt (14th century)  Tajikistan Institute of the Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe

38°34′15″N 68°47′31″E / 38.570959°N 68.791934°E / 38.570959; 68.791934 (Institute of the Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe)

2003 [112]
The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription  Thailand Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok

13°45′30″N 100°29′30″E / 13.758195°N 100.491799°E / 13.758195; 100.491799 (Bangkok National Museum)

2003 [113]
Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910)  Thailand National Library of Thailand, Bangkok; National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok

13°46′20″N 100°30′18″E / 13.772305°N 100.505114°E / 13.772305; 100.505114 (National Library of Thailand)

2009 [114]
Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho  Thailand Wat Pho, Bangkok

13°44′48″N 100°29′36″E / 13.746538°N 100.493298°E / 13.746538; 100.493298 (Wat Pho, Bangkok)

2011 [115]
"The Minute Books of the Council of the Siam Society", 100 years of recording international cooperation in research and the dissemination of knowledge in the arts and sciences  Thailand National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok

13°46′23″N 100°30′16″E / 13.773143°N 100.504566°E / 13.773143; 100.504566 (National Archives of Thailand)

2013 [116]
The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection  Thailand National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok

13°46′23″N 100°30′16″E / 13.773143°N 100.504566°E / 13.773143; 100.504566 (National Archives of Thailand)

2017 [117]
On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points (Max Stahl collection of audiovisual documents)  East Timor Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance

8°33′20″S 125°34′39″E / 8.555558°S 125.577499°E / -8.555558; 125.577499 (Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance)

2013 [118]
Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman  Uzbekistan The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

41°19′32″N 69°14′29″E / 41.325571°N 69.241367°E / 41.325571; 69.241367 (The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent)

1997 [12]
The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies  Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent

41°18′24″N 69°17′12″E / 41.306589°N 69.286559°E / 41.306589; 69.286559 (Academy of Sciences, Tashkent)

1997 [119]
Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans  Uzbekistan Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

41°17′15″N 69°13′44″E / 41.287496°N 69.228878°E / 41.287496; 69.228878 (Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan)

2017 [120]
Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903–27) collection MS 90–98  Vanuatu,
 United Kingdom 		Royal Anthropological Institute, London

51°31′26″N 0°08′24″W / 51.523794°N 0.140062°W / 51.523794; -0.140062 (Royal Anthropological Institute, London)

2013 [121]
Woodblocks of the Nguyễn Dynasty  Vietnam State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam, Hanoi

21°01′57″N 105°48′33″E / 21.032576°N 105.809181°E / 21.032576; 105.809181 (State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam)

2009 [122]
Stone stele records of imperial examinations of the Lê and Mạc dynasties  Vietnam Temple of Literature

21°01′46″N 105°50′10″E / 21.029363°N 105.836164°E / 21.029363; 105.836164 (Temple of Literature, Hanoi)

2010 [123]
Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945)  Vietnam National Archives Centre No.1, Hanoi

21°01′01″N 105°47′53″E / 21.016896°N 105.798097°E / 21.016896; 105.798097 (National Archives Centre No.1, Hanoi)

2017 [124]

See also

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Notes

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^ Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

References

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  30. ^ "Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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  32. ^ "The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  33. ^ "Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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  35. ^ "Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  36. ^ "The four treatises of Tibetan Medicine". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  37. ^ "Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  38. ^ "The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  39. ^ "Archives of the Dutch East India Company". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  40. ^ "Saiva Manuscript in Pondicherry". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  41. ^ "Rigveda". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  42. ^ "Tarikh-E-Khandan-E-Timuriyah". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  43. ^ "laghukālacakratantrarājatikā (Vimalaprabhā)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  44. ^ "Shāntinātha Charitra". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  45. ^ "Gilgit Manuscript". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  46. ^ "Maitreyayvarakarana". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  47. ^ "La Galigo". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  48. ^ "Nāgarakrĕtāgama or Description of the Country (1365 AD)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  49. ^ "Babad Diponegoro or Autobiographical Chronicle of Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855). A Javanese nobleman, Indonesian national hero and pan-Islamist". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  50. ^ "Asian-African Conference Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  51. ^ "Borobudur Conservation Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  52. ^ "The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  53. ^ "Panji Tales Manuscripts". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  54. ^ "The Deed For Endowment: Rab' I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript". unesco.org. UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  55. ^ "Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  56. ^ "Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  57. ^ "Collection of Nezami's Panj Ganj". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  58. ^ "A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779–1926 Gregorian Calendar)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  59. ^ "Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  60. ^ "Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  61. ^ "Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  62. ^ "Jāme' al-Tavarikh". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  63. ^ "Sakubei Yamamoto Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  64. ^ "Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  65. ^ "Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  66. ^ "Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  67. ^ "Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945–1956)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  68. ^ "Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke". en.unesco.org. UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  69. ^ "Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  70. ^ "Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk"". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  71. ^ "Aral Sea Archival Fonds". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  72. ^ "Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882–1943)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  73. ^ "Hikayat Hang Tuah". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  74. ^ "Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  75. ^ "Batu Bersurat, Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  76. ^ "Lu."Altan Tobchi" : Golden History written in 1651". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  77. ^ "Stone Stele Monument for Mongolian Tanjur". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  78. ^ "Mongolian Tanjur". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  79. ^ "Kanjur written with 9 precious stones". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  80. ^ "Maha Lawkamarazein or Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  81. ^ "Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  82. ^ "The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  83. ^ "King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  84. ^ "Niśvāsattatvasaṃhitā manuscript". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  85. ^ "Susrutamhita (Sahottartantra) manuscript". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  86. ^ "The Treaty of Waitangi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  87. ^ "The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  88. ^ "Sir Edmund Hillary Archive". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  89. ^ "Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji (Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial arts)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  90. ^ "Jinnah Papers (Quaid-i-Azam)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  91. ^ "Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  92. ^ "Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  93. ^ "José Maceda Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  94. ^ "Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  95. ^ "The Hunmin Chongum Manuscript". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  96. ^ "The Annals of the Choson Dynasty". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  97. ^ "Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  98. ^ "Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol.II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings"". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  99. ^ "Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  100. ^ "Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  101. ^ "Donguibogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  102. ^ "Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  103. ^ "Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  104. ^ "Nanjung ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  105. ^ "Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  106. ^ "Confucian Printing Woodblocks". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  107. ^ "The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families"". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  108. ^ "Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  109. ^ "Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  110. ^ "Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  111. ^ "Mahavamsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka (covering the period 6th century BCE to 1815 CE)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  112. ^ "The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni's Kulliyat and Hafez Sherozi's Gazalliyt (XIV century)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  113. ^ "The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  114. ^ "Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  115. ^ "Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  116. ^ "The Minute Books of the Council of the Siam Society", 100 years of recording international cooperation in research and the dissemination of knowledge in the arts and sciences". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  117. ^ "The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  118. ^ "On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  119. ^ "The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  120. ^ "Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  121. ^ "Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903–27) collection MS 90–98". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  122. ^ "Woodblocks of Nguyen Dynasty". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  123. ^ "Stone Stele Records of Royal Examinations of the Le and Mac Dynasties (1442-1779)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  124. ^ "Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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