| [2004]
- Author(s):
- Publisher: UNESCO. International standards section
- Pages: --
- Keywords: cultural heritage, emergency relief, armed conflicts, cultural property protection, international instruments
The aim of this information kit includes encouraging ratification of relevant conventions and raising public awareness of the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict.
| [2003]
- Author(s):
- Publisher: UNESCO
- Pages: --
- Keywords: documentary sources, document preservation
In 1992 UNESCO launched the 'Memory of the World' programme to protect and promote the world's documentary heritage through preservation and access. An overview is given of the programme's activities including the Memory of the World Register, and the programme's pilot and ongoing projects.
| [2003]
- Author(s):
- Publisher: SAMP
- Pages: --
- Keywords: museums, international co-operation, development assistance, bilateral aid
Museums that cooperate with SIDA are centres for historical research, cultural preservation and places for people to get together. Sida's objectives are to promote the scope for sustainable conservation and use of the cultural heritage, and give all citizens a sense of sharing in museum activities.
| 2011
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Netherlands national commission for UNESCO
- Pages: --
- Keywords: culture, development, education, mass media, afghanistan
A quick-scan of challenges experienced and ‘good practices’ implemented by Dutch NGOs and governmental institutions operating in conflict and post-conflict zones of Afghanistan in the UNESCO sectors of culture, education and media.
| 2011
- Author(s):
- Publisher: United nations (UN)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: culture, development, unesco
The report outlines the work undertaken by 18 UN entities, demonstrating the contributions of culture to development and thereby the value and desirability of convening a UN conference on culture and development, assessing the aim, level, format, timing and the budgetary implications.