Memory of the World Programme
Citation
Wikipedia contributors. “Memory of the World Programme.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Programme. Accessed 2026-04-30.
Tier justification
Tier 3 (pointer only): Wikipedia is allowed in this repository “only as a pointer to cited primary/secondary sources; the actual citation in our repo is to those primary/secondary sources, not to Wikipedia” (CREDIBILITY.md). This entry records factual data confirmed from the Wikipedia article for use in identifying primary sources for future fetches, not as a citeable authority in itself.
Relevance
The Wikipedia article on the Memory of the World Programme was freshly fetched 2026-04-30 and provided three factual data points of direct relevance to the Family of Man UNESCO inscription:
- First inscriptions date: “The first inscriptions on the International Register were made in 1997” — contextualizes the 2003 FoM inscription as part of the register’s third cycle.
- 2003 (sixth IAC meeting) data: “The sixth IAC meeting evaluated 41 nominations and resulted in 23 new inscriptions to the register” — the FoM inscription was one of 23 successful nominations out of 41 evaluated in the 2003 cycle.
- Current register size: “As of April 2025, 570 pieces of documentary heritage had been inscribed.”
These data points are NOT sourced to Wikipedia for citation purposes. They are recorded here as pointers: the primary source for IAC meeting records is the UNESCO institutional archive (UNESDOC), which was not fetched in this round.
Key excerpts / pages
All text below is verbatim from the Wikipedia article on the Memory of the World Programme (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Programme), freshly fetched 2026-04-30.
“The Memory of the World International Register was established in 1995 during the IAC’s second meeting”
“The first inscriptions on the International Register were made in 1997”
“The sixth IAC meeting evaluated 41 nominations and resulted in 23 new inscriptions to the register.”
“As of April 2025, 570 pieces of documentary heritage had been inscribed”
Notes
verified: true: all verbatim text above drawn from the Wikipedia article freshly fetched 2026-04-30. The data is presented as-found, not as a verified primary record.- Per CREDIBILITY.md: Wikipedia content is accepted here only as a pointer. The underlying primary sources (UNESCO IAC meeting records, UNESDOC) should be consulted to verify the “41 nominations / 23 inscriptions” claim and to confirm the city where the sixth IAC meeting was held.
- The Wikipedia article does not explicitly state that the sixth IAC meeting was in 2003; this is inferred from the FoM registration year (2003). This inference should be confirmed from a primary UNESCO record.
- Cross-reference to
src-unesco-mow-iac-programme-about: the UNESCO primary institutional page. - Cross-reference to
src-unesco-mow-2003: the FoM-specific register entry.