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Family of Man — UNESCO Memory of the World Nomination Form (English)

Government of Luxembourg / CNA UNESCO Memory of the World Programme 2002 Tier 1 Unverified Accessed 2026-04-30 View source ↗

Citation

Government of Luxembourg / Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA). Family of Man [UNESCO Memory of the World Nomination Form, English version]. Submitted 2002. UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. URL: https://media.unesco.org/sites/default/files/webform/mow001/family_of_man_nomination_form.pdf

Tier justification

Tier 1: primary archival document — the formal nomination submission to the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme by the Government of Luxembourg, which constitutes the primary stated justification for the 2003 inscription. The submitting state, submission year (2002), and inscription year (2003) are confirmed from the UNESCO register page (freshly fetched 2026-04-30; src-unesco-mow-2003).

Relevance

The English-language nomination form is the primary documentary source for the formal argument that Luxembourg presented to the UNESCO International Advisory Committee (IAC) in 2002. It would contain: (a) the formal description of the collection (potentially with figure counts different from or consistent with the inscribed “503 photographs, 273 photographers, 68 countries”); (b) the justification for “world significance and outstanding universal value”; (c) the conservation and access arrangements in place at CNA Clervaux; (d) endorsements or supporting letters from institutional partners; and (e) the formal statement of the nomination by the Luxembourg government.

This document is the strongest available primary source for the inscription’s rationale and should be consulted for any future expansion of research/unesco.md §3 (The 2003 inscription) and §4 (Justification: what the register says).

Key excerpts / pages

  • Access status (2026-04-30): URL confirmed from the UNESCO register page (https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/family-man, freshly fetched 2026-04-30). WebFetch to media.unesco.org domain was denied by the tool permission system in this session. Content NOT read.
  • No text from the nomination form has been confirmed in this session. No quotations are recorded.
  • The nomination form URL (https://media.unesco.org/sites/default/files/webform/mow001/family_of_man_nomination_form.pdf) is a direct PDF download link from the UNESCO register page. The tool’s allowlist does not include media.unesco.org, so access was denied.

Notes

  • verified: false: URL confirmed from the register page; PDF content not read (tool permission denied for media.unesco.org domain). Mark verified: true only after a session that successfully reads the PDF.
  • This entry is a pointer record. Its purpose is to record the URL, the access barrier encountered, and the fact that this primary document exists and is linked from the register page.
  • The French-language parallel nomination form is at https://media.unesco.org/sites/default/files/webform/mow001/family_of_man_fr.pdf (see src-unesco-mow-nomination-fr-2002).
  • A future pass should add the media.unesco.org domain to the WebFetch allowlist (or use pdftotext after a curl download) and read both nomination forms in full.
  • Cross-reference to src-unesco-mow-2003: the register entry that links to this form.
  • Cross-reference to src-unesco-mow-nomination-fr-2002: the French parallel.
  • Cross-reference to research/unesco.md §9 (Known gaps): this document is listed there as the top-priority future fetch.
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