7/31/2009

Unesco lists royal archives as Memory of the World Register



The Unesco has registered 35 new items on the Memory of the World Register, including the royal archives of Thailand.

Khunying Manmart Chavalit, president of the Memory of the World Register committee of Thailand said that the decision was made when the international committee met in Barbados from July 29 to 31.

She said the archives included documents on the abolition of slavery in Siam, former name of Thailand and domestic and international policies during King Rama V reign which had helped Thailand sail through the difficult period.

The 800,000-page original manuscript of the archives are now kept in the National Library of Thailand and the National Archieves of Thailand, Manmart said.

The archives are the second pieces of Thailand which were registered by Uneco following King Ramkamhaeng's stone inscriptions in 2003.

In 2004, in collaboration with Unesco, Thailand honoured King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth.

The Register features documentary heritage identified by UNESCO's International Advisory Committee and then endorsed by its Director-General for their world significance.

Apart from the royal archives, the diaries of Holocaust victim Anne Frank, the Magna Carta and the royal archives of Madagascar were also among 35 items of documentary heritage that are being added to a United Nations register designed to preserve them for future generations.

(www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/07/31/national/national_30108819.php)



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