International Register

 

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Successful nominations from Asia Pacific to the International UNESCO MOW Programme are listed in the International MOW Register.

 

International MOW Register

Documentary heritage in Asia/Pacific region listed on the International Register includes:

Australia

• The Endeavor Journal of James Cook (2001)
• The Mabo Case Manuscripts (2001)
• The Convict Records of Australia (2007)
• The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906 (2007)
• Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party to the people of Queensland (dated 9 September 1892) (2009)
• Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour (2017)

Cambodia

• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives (2009)
• Panji Tales Manuscripts) (2017) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)

China

• Traditional Music Sound Archives (1997)
• Records of the Qing’s Grand Secretariat: ‘Infiltration of Western Culture in China’ (1999)
• Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts (2003)
• Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination (2005)
• Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Archives (2007)
• Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Material Medica) (2011)
• Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon) (2011)
• Qiaopi and Yinxin: Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese (2013)
• Official Records of Tibet from the Yuan dynasty 1304-1367 (2013)
• Documents of Nanjing Massacre (2015)
• The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times (2017)
• Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions (2017)
• Official Records of Macao During the Qing Dynasty (1693-1886) (2017)

Fiji

• Records of the Indian Indentured Laborers (2011)

India

• The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection (1997)
• Archives of the Dutch East India Company (2003) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• Saiva Manuscript in Pondicherry (2005)
• Rigveda (2007)
• laghukālacakratantrarājatikā (Vimalaprabhā) (2011)
• Tarikh-E-Khandan-E-Timuriyah (2011)
• Shāntinātha Charitra (2013)
• Gilgit Manuscript (2017)
• Maitreyayvarakarana (2017)

Indonesia

• Archives of the Dutch East India Company (2003) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• La Galigo (2011) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• Nāgarakrĕtāgama or Description of the Country (1365 AD) (2013)
• Babad Diponegoro or Autobiographical Chronicle of Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855). A Javanese nobleman, Indonesian national hero and pan-Islamist (2013) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• Asian-African Conference Archives (2015)
• Borobudur Conservation Archives (2017)
• The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives (2017)(Joint Nomination by two or more countries)

Islamic Republic of Iran

• The Deed For Endowment: Rab’ I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript (2007)
• “Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh” (Prince Bayasanghor’s Book of the Kings) (2007)
• Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era (2009)
• Al-Tafhim li Awa’il Sana’at al-Tanjim (2011)
• Collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj (2011)
• A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779-1926 Gregorian Calendar) (2013)
• Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī (2013)
• Kulliyyāt-i Sa’di (2015)
• Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik (2015) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• Jāme’ al-Tavarikh (2017)

Japan

• Sakubei Yamamoto Collection (2011)
• Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain (2013)
• Midokanpakuki: The original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga (2013)
• Return to Maizuru Port – Documents related to the internment and repatriation experiences of Japanese (1945-1956) (2015)
• Archives of Tōji Temple Contained in One-hundred Boxes (2015)
• Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century (2017) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke (2017)

Kazakhstan

• Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (2003)
• Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement “Nevada-Semipalatinsk” (2005)
• Aral Sea Archival Fronds (2011)

Republic of Korea

• The Hunmin Chongum manuscript (1997)
• The Annals of the Choson Dynasty (1997)
• Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat (2001)
• Buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol. II), the second volume of “Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings” (2001)
• Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures (2007)
• Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty (2007)
• Donguibogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine (2009)
• Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea (2011)
• Ilseongnok Records of Daily Reflections (2011)
• Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement) (2013)
• Nanjung llgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2013)
• Confucian Printing Woodblocks (2015)
• The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast “Finding Dispersed Families” (2015)
• Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement (2017)
• Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century (2017) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)

Malaysia

• Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882-1943) (2001)
• Hikayat Hang Tuah (2001)
• Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals) (2001)
• Batu Bersurat Terengganu ( Inscribed Stone of Terengganu) (2009)
• Panji Tales Manuscripts) (2017) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)

Mongolia

• Lu :Altan Tobchi”: Golden History written in 1651 (2011)
• Mongolian Tanjur (2011)
• Kanjur written with 9 precious stones (2013)

Myanmar

• Maha Lawkamarazein or Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines (2013)
• Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription (2015)
• The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain (2015) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription (2017)

Nepal

• Niśvāsattatvasaṃhitā manuscript (2013)
• Susrutamhita (Sahottartantra) manuscript (2013)

New Zealand

• The Treaty of Waitangi (1997)
• The 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition (1997)
• Sir Edmund Hillary Archive(2015)

Pakistan

• Jinnah Papers (1999)

Philippines

• Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala’wan) (1999)
• Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution (2003)
• José Maceda Collection (2007)
• Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon (2011)

Sri Lanka

• Archives of the Dutch East India Company (2003) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)
• The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives (2017) (Joint Nomination by two or more countries)

Tajikistan

• The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni’s “Kulliyat” and Hafez Sherozi’s “Gazalliyt” (XIV century) (2003)

Thailand

• The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription (2003)
• Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn’s Transformation of Siam (1868-1910) (2009)
• Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho (2011)
• The Minute Books of the Council of the Siam Society: 100 years of Recording International Cooperation in Research and the Dissemination of Knowledge in the Arts and Sciences (2013)
• The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection (2017)

Timor-Leste

• On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points (2013)

Uzbekistan

• Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman (1997)
• The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies (1997)
• Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans (2017)

Vanuatu

• Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903-27) collection MS 90-98 (2013)

Vietnam

• Woodblocks of Nguyen Dynasty (2009)
• Stone Stele Records of Royal Examinations of the Le and Mac Dynasties (1442-1779) (2011)
• Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945)(2017)