Memory of the World
First Summit Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Archives
The collection consists of 76 files of textual archives 242 photographs 1 audio archive and 15 films They document a purpose of exchanging ideas on international problems with a view to contributing more effectively to world peace security and peaceful cooperation among peoples freedom equality and social justice for the promotion of prosperity and narrowing the blocs antagonism The First Summit Meeting of NonAligned Movement NAM was held in Belgrade Yugoslavia initiated by Ghana India Indonesia United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia The meeting signified the active role of the Third World Countries to reduce the world tensions calling for the end of colonialism imperialism and racism as well as the promotion of peaceful coexistence and world peace During its 60 years of existence the Movement has gathered are 120 countries 17 observers 10 international organizations equal to 43 billion of people 57 of the world population and 5453 million km2 areas of the world
Algeria, Serbia, Egypt, India, Indonesia -
Memory of the World
Persian Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts
The collection comprises 71 rare illustrated and illuminated Persian manuscripts that highlight the development of royal ateliers from the 14th century to the 19th century The collection is unique as it illustrates the history of Persian Islamic Miniature Painting the development of Persian calligraphic script styles and the art of Single folios and Album compilation Muraqqa
Egypt -
Memory of the World
Memory of the Suez Canal
The memory of the Suez Canal which is recorded in documents rare books photographs paintingsetc is dispersed between different institutions in different countries such as Suez Canal Authority in Egypt Compagnie de Suez Bibliothèque Nationale and Archives Nationales in Paris Gathering this wealth together on an information system will save for humanity the memory of a hundred year of information about one of the most important waterways that connected East to West and affected the history of the globe especially the Middle East in the last two centuries
Egypt -