The 5th
General Meeting of the Memory of the World
Regional Committee for Asia Pacific will be held
in Bangkok, Thailand, from 14 to 16 May 2012.
The meeting is being hosted by the Ministry of
Education of Thailand and the Thai National
Committee on Memory of the World Programme of
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Ministry of
Culture of Thailand and the Southeast Asian
Ministers of Education Organization Regional
Centre for Archaeolgy and Fine Arts.
This is the biennial
gathering of representatives of national Memory
of the World Committees in the Asia Pacific
region, and of UNESCO National Commissions from
countries, which still do not have national MOW
committees. We warmly invite
participation, please register by completing the
registration form at the following link -
Registration Form - and return it
to the Thai National MOW
Committee, by email at
spafa@seameo-spafa.org,
or by fax. at +662 280 4030.
The agenda will cover a
general review of the program across the region,
and a symposium on preservation issues specific
to the region. It will include the announcement
and presentation of the third group of
inscriptions on the Asia Pacific MOW Register.
Please click the following links for
General Meeting Agenda, the
Preservation Symposium Paper, and the
Dinner and Tours Programme.
