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New Delhi June 20
Thirty manuscripts of the ancient Hindu text Rig Veda dating from 1800 to 1500 BC are among 38 new items that have been added to the United Nations heritage list to help preserve them for posterity.
The list includes the world's first feature-length film, the family archives of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel and the proceedings of the trials of South African anti-apartheid figures such as Nelson Mandela.
UNESCO Director-General Koochiro Matsuura announced the additions on Tuesday, saying he had approved the latest inscriptions, which were recommended by the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme during a meeting last week in Pretoria, South Africa.
The programme, launched in 1992 to preserve and promote documentary heritage of global significance, much of which is endangered, helps networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for preservation of and access to documentary material. Matsuura also announced that the UNESCO/Jikji Prize, an award of $30,000, has been given to Austria's Phonogrammarchiv, in recognition of its contribution to the advancement of audio and video preservation.
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