Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific

{{short description|UNESCO initiative to preserve documentary items}}

The first inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register were made in 1997.{{cite web |date=1997 |title=Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000109753 |accessdate=2025-02-18 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme}} By creating a compendium of the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings,{{cite web| title=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: The Asia-Pacific Strategy|url= http://www.geocities.com/seapavaa/whatsnew/memory.htm | date=1999-04-17 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2004-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228192535/http://www.geocities.com/seapavaa/whatsnew/memory.htm|archive-date=2005-02-28}} the program aims to promote the exchange of information among experts and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.{{Cite book |last=Banda |first=Fackson |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/towards-sustainable-preservation-and-accessibility-documentary-heritage |title=Towards Sustainable Preservation and Accessibility of Documentary Heritage |publisher=UNESCO |year=2021 |isbn=978-92-3-100496-4 |editor-last=Banda |editor-first=Fackson |pages=11 |chapter=Sustainable development and documentary heritage: towards a conceptual framework}} As of 2023, 494 pieces of documentary heritage had been inscribed in the register.{{cite web| title=64 new inscriptions on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Registers |date=24 May 2023 |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/64-new-inscriptions-unescos-memory-world-register |publisher=UNESCO Press |accessdate=2024-12-18}} Of these, 116 are from the Asia and the Pacific region.{{cite web |title=Memory of the World International Register |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/memory-world |access-date=2025-04-09 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme}}

The Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) is a regional committee of UNESCO's global programme, maintaining a separate register.{{cite web | title=Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific | website=Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific | url=http://www.mowcapunesco.org/ | access-date=14 November 2020}}[https://www.academia.edu/32367448/Yamamoto_Document_Registry_2017 Mayumi Yamamoto, "Heritage and Diplomacy: A Cultural Approach to UNESCO's Document Registry Program in East Asia"], Annual Journal of Cultural Anthropology, vol. 11 (2016) There are also national registers, including for Australia and New Zealand.

Items listed below are part of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register. National and regional registers are listed separately.

List by country/territory

Story-of-the-kelly-gang-capture2-1906.jpg|Australia's The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is the first full-length narrative feature film produced anywhere in the world.

Tuolsleng2c.jpg|Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contains photographs of over 5,000 prisoners, as well as "confessions", many extracted under torture, and other biographical records.

File:Rustam and Isfandiyar testing each other’s grip. Golestan Palace Library, ms. 716.jpg|The Baysunghur Shahnameh Iran is a manuscript of the "Book of Kings", one of the classics of the Persian-speaking world, on a par with the Iliad and The Aeniad of the Greco-Roman cultural communities.

Korea-Haeinsa-Tripitaka Koreana-01.jpg|The Korean version of the Buddhist scriptures, Tripitaka Koreana, is one of the most important and is the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world.{{cite web | title = Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks | publisher = World Heritage Center | url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/737|access-date=2009-09-07}}

Uthman Koran Taschkent a.jpg|The Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman manuscript, held by the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, is the earliest existent written version of the Koran.

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! Documentary heritage{{ref|1|[A]}}

!Country/Territory

!Custodian(s), Location(s)

! Year
inscribed

! Reference

The Endeavour Journal of James Cook

|{{flag|Australia}}

|National Library of Australia, Canberra

{{coord

35.296633| 149.129815|format=dms|name=National Library of Australia}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"| {{cite web| title=The Endeavour Journal of James Cook |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/endeavour-journal-james-cook |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-01-17}}

The Mabo Case Manuscripts

|{{flag|Australia}}

|National Library of Australia, Canberra

{{coord

35.296633| 149.129815|format=dms|name=National Library of Australia}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"| {{cite web| title= The Mabo Case Manuscripts |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/mabo-case-manuscripts |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-01-17}}

The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)

|{{flag|Australia}}

|National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra

{{coord

35.283213| 149.121350|format=dms|name=National Film and Sound Archive}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"| {{cite web| title= The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/story-kelly-gang-1906 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-01-17}}

The Convict Records of Australia

|{{flag|Australia}}

State Records Authority of New South Wales {{coord

33.772862| 150.742160|format=dms|name=State Records Authority of New South Wales}}

Archives Office of Tasmania {{coord

42.881844| 147.325044|format=dms|name=Archives Office of Tasmania}}

State Records Office of Western Australia: Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre {{coord

31.949259| 115.860191|format=dms|name=State Records Office of Western Australia: Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"| {{cite web| title= The Convict Records of Australia |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/convict-records-australia |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-01-17}}

Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892

|{{flag|Australia}}

|State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

{{coord

27.471136| 153.018135|format=dms|name=State Library of Queensland}}

| align="center" | 2009

| align="center" | {{Cite web|title=Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892 {{!}} Australian Memory of the World|url=https://www.amw.org.au/register/listings/manifesto-queensland-labour-party-1892|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.amw.org.au}}{{Cite web|date=2017-09-08|title=125th anniversary of the Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party {{!}} State Library Of Queensland|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/125th-anniversary-manifesto-queensland-labour-party|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.slq.qld.gov.au|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/manifesto-queensland-labour-party-people-queensland-dated-9-september-1892|title=Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party to the people of Queensland (dated 9 September 1892)|website=unesco.org|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour

|{{flag|Australia}}

|State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

{{coord

33.866163| 151.213272|format=dms|name=State Library of New South Wales, Sydney}}

| align="center"| 2021

| align="center"|{{cite web| title=Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/giant-glass-plate-negatives-sydney-harbour |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

7 March Speech of Bangabandhu

|{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|Liberation War Museum, Dhaka

{{coord|23.7757275|90.3675297|format=dms|name=Liberation War Museum, Dhaka}}

| align="center"|2017

| align="center"|{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/unesco-recognises-bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-7th-march-speech-memory-of-the-world-1484356|title=Unesco recognises Bangabandhu's 7th March speech|date=31 October 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/historic-7th-march-speech-bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman |title=International Advisory Committee recommends 78 new nominations on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives

|{{flag|Cambodia}}

|Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh

{{coord|11.5494006|104.9153715|format=dms|name=Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh}}

|align="center"| 2009

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/tuol-sleng-genocide-museum-archives |title=Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Traditional Music Sound Archives

|{{flag|China}}

|Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing

{{coord|39.950573| 116.447466|format=dms|name=Music Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Arts}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/traditional-music-sound-archives |title=Traditional Music Sound Archives|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat – 'Infiltration of Western Culture in China'

|{{flag|China}}

|Palace Museum, Beijing

{{coord|39.916261| 116.397116|format=dms|name=Palace Museum, Beijing}}

|align="center"| 1999

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/records-qings-grand-secretariat-infiltration-western-culture-china|title=Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat – 'Infiltration of Western Culture in China'|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts

|{{flag|China}}

|Lijiang Prefecture Dongba Research Institute, Dayan

{{coord|26.881450| 100.209704|format=dms|name=Lijiang Prefecture Dongba Research Institute, Dayan}}

|align="center"| 2003

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/ancient-naxi-dongba-literature-manuscripts |title=Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination

|{{flag|China}}

|State Archives, Beijing

{{coord|39.914878| 116.392925|format=dms|name=The First Historical Archives}}

|align="center"| 2005

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/golden-lists-qing-dynasty-imperial-examination |title=Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Archives

|{{flag|China}}

The First Historical Archives {{coord|39.914878| 116.392925|format=dms|name=The First Historical Archives}}
National Library of China {{coord|39.943016| 116.323087|format=dms|name=National Library of China}}
Palace Museum, Beijing {{coord|39.916261| 116.397116|format=dms|name=Palace Museum, Beijing}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/qing-dynasty-yangshi-lei-archives |title=Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Archives |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Ben Cao Gang Mu: Compendium of Materia Medica

|{{flag|China}}

|Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

{{coord|39.910808| 116.417448|format=dms|name=Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web| title= Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica) |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/ben-cao-gang-mu-bencaogangmu-compendium-materia-medica |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Huang Di Nei Jing: Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic

|{{flag|China}}

|National Library of China

{{coord|39.943016| 116.323087|format=dms|name=National Library of China}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web| title=Huang Di Nei Jing 《黄帝内经》 (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/huang-di-nei-jing-huangdineijing-yellow-emperors-inner-canon |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Official Records of Tibet from the Yuan Dynasty China, 1304–1367

|{{flag|China}}

|Tibet Autonomous Region Archives, Lhasa

{{coord|29.656268| 91.0824097|format=dms|name=Tibet Autonomous Region Archives}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web| title=Official Records of Tibet from the Yuan Dynasty China, 1304–1367 |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/official-records-tibet-yuan-dynasty-china-1304-1367 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese

|{{flag|China}}

Guangdong Provincial Archives {{coord|23.129666| 113.271797|format=dms|name=Guangdong Provincial Archives}}
Chaoshan Research Institute for History and Culture {{coord|23.373298| 116.713240|format=dms|name=Chaoshan Research Institute for History and Culture}}
Shantou Municipal Archives {{coord|23.368334| 116.710955|format=dms|name=Shantou Municipal Archives}}
Jiangmen Wuyi Overseas Chinese Museum {{coord|22.613291| 113.084509|format=dms|name=Jiangmen Wuyi Overseas Chinese Museum}}
Meizhou City Qiaopi Archives {{coord|24.310126| 116.116659|format=dms|name=Meizhou City Qiaopi Archives}}
Kaiping Cultural Heritage Bureau {{coord|22.376367| 112.698511|format=dms|name=Kaiping Cultural Heritage Bureau}}
Fujian Province Archives {{coord|26.044769| 119.203995|format=dms|name=Fujian Province Archives}}
Quanzhou City Archives {{coord|24.907562| 118.586831|format=dms|name=Quanzhou City Archives}}
Jinjiang City Archives {{coord|24.783770| 118.551020|format=dms|name=Jinjiang City Archives}}
Jinjiang Municipal Museum {{coord|24.795137| 118.562476|format=dms|name=Jinjiang Municipal Museum}}
Quanzhou Museum of Overseas Chinese History {{coord|24.912132| 118.606545|format=dms|name=Quanzhou Museum of Overseas Chinese History}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/qiaopi-and-yinxin-correspondence-and-remittance-documents-overseas-chinese |title=Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Documents of Nanjing Massacre

|{{flag|China}}

Central Archives of China {{coord|40.042732| 116.165371|format=dms|name=Central Archives of China}}
The Second Historical Archives of China {{coord|32.040665| 118.814042|format=dms|name=The Second Historical Archives of China }}
Liaoning Provincial Archives {{coord|41.781494| 123.405006|format=dms|name=Liaoning Provincial Archives}}
Jilin Provincial Archives {{coord|43.889982| 125.325797|format=dms|name=Jilin Provincial Archives}}
Shanghai Municipal Archives {{coord|31.204879| 121.398591|format=dms|name=Shanghai Municipal Archives}}
Nanjing City Archives {{coord|32.058256| 118.796558|format=dms|name=Nanjing City Archives}}
The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders {{coord|32.035703| 118.742556|format=dms|name=The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/documents-nanjing-massacre|title=Documents of Nanjing Massacre |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times

|{{flag|China}}

|Suzhou Industrial and Commercial Archives Administration

{{coord|31.326280| 120.626409|format=dms|name=Suzhou Industrial and Commercial Archives Administration}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-suzhou-silk-modern-and-contemporary-times|title=The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions

|{{flag|China}}

Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences {{coord|39.922623| 116.410448|format=dms|name=Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences}}
Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences {{coord|39.922443| 116.410084|format=dms|name=Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences}}
National Library of China {{coord|39.943016| 116.323087|format=dms|name=National Library of China}}
Palace Museum, Beijing {{coord|39.916261| 116.397116|format=dms|name=Palace Museum, Beijing}}
Peking University Library {{coord|39.991829| 116.309770|format=dms|name=Peking University Library}}
Tsinghua University Library {{coord|40.004884| 116.324684|format=dms|name=Tsinghua University Library}}
Shanghai Museum {{coord|31.228287| 121.475530|format=dms|name=Shanghai Museum}}
Nanjing Museum {{coord|32.041742| 118.825683|format=dms|name=Nanjing Museum}}
Shandong Provincial Museum {{coord|36.658531| 117.095899|format=dms|name=Shandong Provincial Museum}}
Lvshun Museum {{coord|38.808160| 121.233847|format=dms|name=Lvshun Museum}}
Tianjin Museum {{coord|39.085523| 117.208901|format=dms|name=Tianjin Museum}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/chinese-oracle-bone-inscriptions |title=Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Official Records of Macao During the Qing Dynasty (1693–1886)

|{{flag|China}},
{{flag|Portugal}}

|Torre do Tombo National Archive, Alvalade, Lisbon

{{coord|38.754660| -9.156511|format=dms|name=Torre do Tombo National Archive}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/official-records-macao-during-qing-dynasty-1693-1886 |title=Official Records of Macao During the Qing Dynasty (1693–1886)|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980)

|{{flag|China}}

|Association of Piety and Longevity Kong Tac Lam, Macau

{{coord|22.191753|113.536012|format=dms|name=Association of Piety and Longevity Kong Tac Lam}}

|align="center"| 2023

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-and-manuscripts-macau-kong-tac-lam-temple-1645-1980|title=Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980)|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

The four treatises of Tibetan Medicine

|{{flag|China}}

|Mentseekhang, Traditional Tibetan Hospital (Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute), Lhasa

{{coord|29.663227|91.124187|format=dms|name=Traditional Tibetan Hospital}}

|align="center"| 2023

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/four-treatises-tibetan-medicine|title=The four treatises of Tibetan Medicine|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers

|{{flag|Fiji}},
{{flag|Guyana}},
{{flag|Suriname}},
{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

National Archives of Fiji {{coord

18.142906| 178.424031|format=dms|name=The National Archives of Fiji}}

National Archives of Guyana {{coord|6.802743| -58.140546|format=dms|name=The National Archives of Guyana}}

National Archives of Suriname {{coord|5.810875| -55.211598|format=dms|name=The National Archives of Suriname}}

National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago {{coord|10.660171| -61.512783|format=dms|name=The National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/records-indian-indentured-labourers-0 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-01-17}}

The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection

|{{flag|India}}

|Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai

{{coord|12.863331|80.2295941|format=dms|name=Institute of Asian Studies, Tamil Nadu}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/ias-tamil-medical-manuscript-collection |title=The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Archives of the Dutch East India Company

|{{flag|India}},
{{flag|Indonesia}},
{{flag|Netherlands}},
{{flag|South Africa}},
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

Cape Town Archives Repository (Office of the National Archives of South Africa) {{coord

33.931495| 18.423812|format=dms|name=Cape Town Archives Repository}}

Madras Record Office (Tamil Nadu Archives) {{coord|13.076368| 80.260424|format=dms|name=Tamil Nadu Archives}}

Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka {{coord|6.906759| 79.864734|format=dms|name=Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka}}

National Archives of Indonesia (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia) {{coord

6.278623| 106.818899|format=dms|name=Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia}}

Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands) {{coord|52.081037| 4.3262802|format=dms|name=Nationaal Archief}}

|align="center"| 2003

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=Archives of the Dutch East India Company |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-dutch-east-india-company |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-01-17 }}

Shaiva Manuscript in Pondicherry

|{{flag|India}}

|French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry

{{coord|11.936934| 79.835651|format=dms|name=French Institute of Pondicherry}}

|align="center"| 2005

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/saiva-manuscript-pondicherry |title=Saiva Manuscript in Pondicherry|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Rigveda

|{{flag|India}}

|Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

{{coord|18.519103| 73.829942|format=dms|name=Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/rigveda |title=Rigveda |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Tarikh-e-Khandan-e-Timuriyah

|{{flag|India}}

|Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna {{coord|25.621542| 85.135677|format=dms|name=Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/tarikh-e-khandan-e-timuriyah |title=Tarikh-E-Khandan-E-Timuriyah|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Laghukālachakratantrarājatīka Vimalaprabhā

|{{flag|India}}

|The Asiatic Society, Kolkata

{{coord|22.555149| 88.350532|format=dms|name=Asiatic Society, Kolkata}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=laghukālacakratantrarājatikā (Vimalaprabhā) |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/laghukalacakratantrarajatika-vimalaprabha |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-04 }}

Shāntinātha Charitra

|{{flag|India}}

|Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad

{{coord|23.033096| 72.549811|format=dms|name=Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/shantinatha-charitra |title=Shāntinātha Charitra|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Gilgit Manuscript

|{{flag|India}}

|National Archives of India, New Delhi

{{coord|28.615543| 77.217240|format=dms|name=National Archives of India, New Delhi}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=Gilgit Manuscript |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/gilgit-manuscript |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-04}}

Maitreyayvarakarana

|{{flag|India}}

|Maitreyayvarakarana Asiatic Society, Kolkata

{{coord|22.555149| 88.350532|format=dms|name=Maitreyayvarakarana Asiatic Society, Kolkata}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=Maitreyayvarakarana |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/maitreyayvarakarana |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

La Galigo

|{{flag|Indonesia}},
{{flag|Netherlands}}

Fort Rotterdam, Makassar {{coord

5.133867| 119.405291 |format=dms|name=Fort Rotterdam, Makassar}}

Leiden University Library, Leiden {{coord|52.157302| 4.481429|format=dms|name=Leiden University Library}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/la-galigo |title=La Galigo|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Nagarakretagama: Description of the Country (1365 AD)

|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta

{{coord

6.181298| 106.826908|format=dms|name=National Library of Indonesia}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/nagarakretagama-or-description-country-1365-ad |title=Nāgarakrĕtāgama or Description of the Country (1365 AD) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Babad Diponegoro

|{{flag|Indonesia}},
{{flag|Netherlands}}

National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta {{coord

6.181298| 106.826908|format=dms|name=National Library of Indonesia}}

Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies {{coord|52.158590| 4.482510|format=dms|name=Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/babad-diponegoro-or-autobiographical-chronicle-prince-diponegoro-1785-1855-javanese-nobleman |title=Babad Diponegoro or Autobiographical Chronicle of Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855). A Javanese nobleman, Indonesian national hero and pan-Islamist |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Asian-African Conference Archives

|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|National Archives of Indonesia, South Jakarta

{{coord

6.278638| 106.818939 |format=dms|name=National Archives of Indonesia}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web| title=Asian-African Conference Archives |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/asian-african-conference-archives |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-04}}

Borobudur Conservation Archives

|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|National Archives of Indonesia

{{coord

6.278638| 106.818939 |format=dms|name=National Archives of Indonesia}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/borobudur-conservation-archives |title=Borobudur Conservation Archives|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives

|{{flag|Indonesia}},
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

National Archives of Indonesia {{coord

6.278638| 106.818939 |format=dms|name=National Archives of Indonesia}}

Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka {{coord|6.906742| 79.864784|format=dms|name=Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/indian-ocean-tsunami-archives |title=The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Panji Tales Manuscripts

|{{flag|Indonesia}},
{{flag|Cambodia}},
{{flag|Netherlands}},
{{flag|Malaysia}},
{{flag|United Kingdom}}

Leiden University Library, Leiden {{coord|52.157302| 4.481429|format=dms|name=Leiden University Library, Leiden}}
National Library of Indonesia {{coord

6.181298| 106.826908|format=dms|name=National Library of Indonesia}}

National Library of Malaysia {{coord|3.170693| 101.711362|format=dms|name=National Library of Malaysia}}

National Library of Cambodia {{coord|11.576504| 104.919578|format=dms|name=National Library of Cambodia }}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/panji-tales-manuscripts |title=Panji Tales Manuscripts|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

"Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor's Book of the Kings)

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Golestan Palace, Tehran

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/bayasanghori-shahnameh-prince-bayasanghors-book-kings |title="Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor's Book of the Kings)|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

The Deed For Endowment: Rab’ I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Tabriz Central Library, Tabriz

{{coord|38.064110| 46.256279|format=dms|name=Tabriz Central Library}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/deed-endowment-rab-i-rashidi-rab-i-rashidi-endowment-13th-century-manuscript|title=The Deed For Endowment: Rab' I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript|website=unesco.org|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-01-06}}

Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashhad

{{coord|36.289501| 59.616135|format=dms|name=Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashad}}

|align="center"| 2009

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/administrative-documents-astan-e-quds-razavi-safavid-era|title=Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim: The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran

{{coord|35.808438| 51.458630|format=dms|name=Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/al-tafhim-li-awail-sanaat-al-tanjim |title=Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj

|{{flag|Iran}}

Sepahsalar Library (Shahid Mottahri) {{coord|35.6893678|51.431208|format=dms|name=Sepahsalar Library (Shahid Mottahri)}}
Malek National Library and Museum {{coord|35.687040| 51.416318|format=dms|name=Malek National Library and Museum}}
Golestan Palace, Tehran {{coord|35.679750| 51.420517|format=dms|name=Golestan Palace, Tehran}}
National Museum of Iran {{coord|35.687098| 51.414643|format=dms|name=National Museum of Iran}}
Central Library and document centre of the University of Tehran {{coord|35.703269| 51.395321|format=dms|name=Central Library and document centre of the University of Tehran}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/collection-nezamis-panj-ganj |title=Collection of Nezami's Panj Ganj|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779–1926 Gregorian Calendar)

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

{{coord|35.808438| 51.458630|format=dms|name=Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/collection-selected-maps-iran-qajar-era-1193-1344-lunar-calendar/1779-1926-gregorian-calendar|title=A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779–1926 Gregorian Calendar)|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque, Tehran

{{coord|35.689360| 51.433397|format=dms|name=Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/dhakhira-yi-kharazmshahi |title=Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik: The Book of Itineraries and Kingdoms

|{{flag|Germany}},
{{flag|Iran}}

The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran {{coord|35.751903| 51.4342645|format=dms|name=The National Library and Archives of Iran}}
The Gotha Research Library, Erfurt {{coord|50.945358| 10.705445|format=dms|name=The National Library and Archives of Iran}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/al-masaalik-wa-al-mamaalik |title=Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi: Kulliyat of Saadi

|{{flag|Iran}}

|The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran

{{coord|35.751903| 51.4342645|format=dms|name=The National Library and Archives of Iran}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/kulliyyat-i-sadi |title=Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Jāme’ al-Tavarikh: Compendium of Chronicles

|{{flag|Iran}}

|Golestan Palace, Tehran

{{coord|50.945358| 10.705445|format=dms|name=Golestan Palace, Tehran}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/jame-al-tavarikh |title=Jāme' al-Tavarikh |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-04}}

Sakubei Yamamoto Collection

|{{flag|Japan}}

Tagawa City Coal Mining Historical Museum {{coord|33.640761| 130.813753|format=dms|name=Tagawa City Coal Mining Historical Museum}}
Fukuoka Prefectural University Library {{coord|33.650349| 130.813806|format=dms|name=Fukuoka Prefectural University Library}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/sakubei-yamamoto-collection |title=Sakubei Yamamoto Collection |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain

|{{flag|Japan}},
{{flag|Spain}}

|Sendai City Museum, Sendai

{{coord|38.256009| 140.856636|format=dms|name=Sendai City Museum}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/materials-related-keicho-era-mission-europe-japan-and-spain |title=Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga

|{{flag|Japan}}

|Yōmei Bunko, Kyoto

{{coord|35.031838| 135.710117|format=dms|name=Yōmei Bunko, Kyoto}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/midokanpakuki-original-handwritten-diary-fujiwara-no-michinaga |title=Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-05}}

Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes

|{{flag|Japan}}

|Kyoto Prefectural Library, Kyoto

{{coord|35.012969| 135.782093|format=dms|name=Kyoto Prefectural Library}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-toji-temple-contained-one-hundred-boxes |title=Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945–1956)

|{{flag|Japan}}

|Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum, Kyoto

{{coord|35.509538| 135.396710|format=dms|name=Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/return-maizuru-port-documents-related-internment-and-repatriation-experiences-japanese-1945-1956|title=Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945–1956) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke

|{{flag|Japan}}

|Takasaki, Gunma

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/three-cherished-stelae-ancient-kozuke |title=Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke|website=en.unesco.org|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty

{{coord|43.241432| 76.943141|format=dms|name=National Library of Kazakhstan, Almaty}}

|align="center"| 2003

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/collection-manuscripts-khoja-ahmed-yasawi |title=Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk"

|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty

{{coord|43.242712| 76.945582|format=dms|name=State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty}}

|align="center"| 2005

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/audiovisual-documents-international-antinuclear-movement-nevada-semipalatinsk |title=Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk" |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Aral Sea Archival Fonds

|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty

{{coord|43.242712| 76.945582|format=dms|name=State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/aral-sea-archival-fonds |title=Aral Sea Archival Fonds|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882–1943)

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|National Archives of Malaysia, Alor Setar

{{coord|6.163409| 100.370127|format=dms|name=National Archives of Malaysia}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/correspondence-late-sultan-kedah-1882-1943 |title=Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882–1943) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Hikayat Hang Tuah: The story of Hang Tuah

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

{{coord|3.170693| 101.711362|format=dms|name=National Library of Malaysia}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/hikayat-hang-tuah |title=Hikayat Hang Tuah |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals)

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur

{{coord|3.134248| 101.703558|format=dms|name=Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/sejarah-melayu-malay-annals|title=Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Batu Bersurat, Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu)

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|Terengganu State Museum, Kuala Terengganu

{{coord|5.318578| 103.102112|format=dms|name=Terengganu State Museum}}

|align="center"| 2009

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/batu-bersurat-terengganu-inscribed-stone-terengganu |title=Batu Bersurat, Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Lu."Altan Tobchi" : Golden History written in 1651

|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

{{coord|47.914814| 106.916250|format=dms|name=National Library of Mongolia}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/lualtan-tobchi-golden-history-written-1651 |title=Lu."Altan Tobchi" : Golden History written in 1651 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Mongolian Tanjur & Stone Stele Monument for Mongolian Tanjur

|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

{{coord|47.914814| 106.916250|format=dms|name=National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar}}

|align="center"| 2011, updated 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/stone-stele-monument-mongolian-tanjur |title=Stone Stele Monument for Mongolian Tanjur|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/mongolian-tanjur |title=Mongolian Tanjur|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Kanjur written with 9 precious stones

|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

{{coord|47.914814| 106.916250|format=dms|name=National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/kanjur-written-9-precious-stones |title=Kanjur written with 9 precious stones|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines

|{{flag|Myanmar}}

|Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

{{coord|22.004738| 96.112954|format=dms|name=Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/maha-lawkamarazein-or-kuthodaw-inscription-shrines |title=Maha Lawkamarazein or Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription

|{{flag|Myanmar}}

|Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw

{{coord|19.788761|96.141265|format=dms|name=Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/myazedi-quadrilingual-stone-inscription |title=Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain

|{{flag|Myanmar}},
{{flag|Germany}},
{{flag|United Kingdom}}

Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw {{coord|19.788761|96.141265|format=dms|name=Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw}}
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library – State Library of Lower Saxony {{coord|52.365295| 9.730835|format=dms|name=Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library – State Library of Lower Saxony}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/golden-letter-burmese-king-alaungphaya-king-george-ii-great-britain |title=The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription

|{{flag|Myanmar}}

|Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan

{{coord|21.195319| 94.893868|format=dms|name=Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/king-bayinnaung-bell-inscription |title=King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2019-05-08}}

Nishvāsattatvasamhitā Manuscript

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|National Archives of Nepal, Kathmandu

{{coord|27.695387| 85.321523|format=dms|name=National Archive of Nepal}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/nisvasattatvasamhita-manuscript |title=Niśvāsattatvasaṃhitā manuscript |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Sushrutasamhitā (Sahottārtantra) Manuscript

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|Kaiser Library, Kathmandu

{{coord|27.713998| 85.315269|format=dms|name=Kaiser Library, Kathmandu}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/susrutamhita-sahottartantra-manuscript |title=Susrutamhita (Sahottartantra) manuscript |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Treaty of Waitangi

|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|National Archives, Wellington

{{coord

41.277057| 174.7801366|format=dms|name=National Archives, Wellington}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/treaty-waitangi |title=The Treaty of Waitangi |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

1893 Women's Suffrage Petition

|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|National Archives, Wellington

{{coord

41.277057| 174.7801366|format=dms|name=National Archives, Wellington}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"| {{cite web| title=The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/1893-womens-suffrage-petition |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-05}}

Sir Edmund Hillary Archive

|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

{{coord

36.860387| 174.777826|format=dms|name=Auckland War Memorial Museum}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/sir-edmund-hillary-archive |title=Sir Edmund Hillary Archive |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial arts

|{{flag|North Korea}}

|Grand People's Study House, Pyongyang; Various locations in South Korea

{{coord|39.020196| 125.749334|format=dms|name=Grand People's Study House}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/mu-ye-do-bo-tong-ji-comprehensive-illustrated-manual-martial-arts |title=Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji (Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial arts) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Jinnah Papers (Quaid-i-Azam)

|{{flag|Pakistan}}

|National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad

{{coord|33.739981| 73.094761|format=dms|name=National Archives, Islamabad}}

|align="center"| 1999

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/jinnah-papers-quaid-i-azam |title=Jinnah Papers (Quaid-i-Azam) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan)

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|National Museum, Manila

{{coord|14.586940| 120.981240|format=dms|name=National Museum of the Philippines}}

|align="center"| 1999

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/philippine-paleographs-hanunoo-buid-tagbanua-and-palawan |title=Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution

|{{flag|Philippines}}

Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City {{coord|14.700378| 121.071785|format=dms|name=Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City}}
Rajah Broadcasting Network, Makati {{coord|14.552678| 121.013647|format=dms|name=Rajah Broadcasting Network, Makati}}
Personal Archives of Mr. Orly Punzalan, Dasmariñas {{coord|14.283373| 120.961358|format=dms|name=Personal Archives of Mr. Orly Punzalan, Dasmariñas Village}}

|align="center"| 2003

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/radio-broadcast-philippine-people-power-revolution |title=Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

José Maceda Collection

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City

{{coord|14.657119| 121.065581|format=dms|name=University of the Philippines, Center for Ethnomusicology}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/jose-maceda-collection|title=José Maceda Collection |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City

{{coord|14.657119| 121.065581|format=dms|name=University of the Philippines, Center for Ethnomusicology}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/presidential-papers-manuel-l-quezon |title=Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Hunminjeongum Manuscript: Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|Gansong Art Museum, Seoul

{{coord|37.593612| 126.996883|format=dms|name=National Library of Korea}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/hunminjeongum-manuscript |title=The Hunmin Chongum Manuscript |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

The Annals of the Choson Dynasty

|{{flag|South Korea}}

Chongjoksan Sagobon, Odaesan Sagobon and Sanyoppon {{coord|37.460253| 126.953587|format=dms|name=Chongjoksan Sagobon, Odaesan Sagobon and Sanyoppon}}
T'aebaeksan Sagobon {{coord|35.178275| 129.084001|format=dms|name=T'aebaeksan Sagobon}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/annals-choson-dynasty |title=The Annals of the Choson Dynasty |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Seungjeongwon ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|Kyujanggak Library and Seoul National University, Seoul

{{coord|37.578998| 126.989511|format=dms|name=Kyujanggak Library and Seoul National University}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/seungjeongwon-ilgi-diaries-royal-secretariat |title=Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol. II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings"

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|National Library of France, Paris

{{coord|48.833576| 2.375789|format=dms|name=National Library of France}}

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/baegun-hwasang-chorok-buljo-jikji-simche-yojeol-volii-second-volume-anthology-great-buddhist-priests |title=Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol.II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings" |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|Haeinsa Monastery, Gyeongsangnam-do

{{coord|35.801207| 128.098137|format=dms|name=Haeinsa Monastery, Gyeongsangnam-do}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/printing-woodblocks-tripitaka-koreana-and-miscellaneous-buddhist-scriptures |title=Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|Seoul National University, Seoul

{{coord|37.459273| 126.952075|format=dms|name=Seoul National University}}

|align="center"| 2007

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/uigwe-royal-protocols-joseon-dynasty |title=Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Dongui Bogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|National Library of Korea, Seoul

{{coord|37.497763| 127.003675|format=dms|name=National Library of Korea}}

|align="center"| 2009

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/donguibogam-principles-and-practice-eastern-medicine |title=Donguibogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea

|{{flag|South Korea}}

Gwangju City Hall {{coord|35.160072| 126.851467|format=dms|name=Gwangju City Hall}}
May 18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju {{coord|35.149523| 126.916777|format=dms|name=May 18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju}}
Chonnam National University, Gwangju {{coord|35.176963| 126.905873|format=dms|name=Chonnam National University, Gwangju}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/human-rights-documentary-heritage-1980-archives-may-18th-democratic-uprising-against-military-regime |title=Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|Seoul National University, Seoul

{{coord|37.459273| 126.952075|format=dms|name=Seoul National University}}

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/ilseongnok-records-daily-reflections|title=Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Nanjung ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|Hyeonchungsa Shrine, Asan

{{coord|36.806508| 127.031968|format=dms|name=Hyeonchungsa Shrine, Asan}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/nanjung-ilgi-war-diary-admiral-yi-sun-sin |title=Nanjung ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement)

|{{flag|South Korea}}

National Archives, Seoul {{coord|36.360827| 127.385452|format=dms|name=National Archives, Seoul}}
Korea Saemaul Undong Center {{coord|37.502635| 127.067141|format=dms|name=Korea Saemaul Undong Center}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web| title=Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement) |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-saemaul-undong-new-community-movement |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Confucian Printing Woodblocks

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|The Advanced Center for Korean Studies, Andong

{{coord|36.702255| 128.810703|format=dms|name=The Advanced Center for Korean Studies, Andong}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/confucian-printing-woodblocks |title=Confucian Printing Woodblocks |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families"

|{{flag|South Korea}}

KBS, Seoul {{coord|37.525958|126.915973|format=dms|name=Korean Broadcasting System}}
National Archives of Korea {{coord|36.360831|127.385418|format=dms|name=National Archives of Korea}}
Gallup Korea {{coord|37.574003|126.967257|format=dms|name=Gallup Korea}}

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families" |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-kbs-special-live-broadcast-finding-dispersed-families |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|National Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul

{{coord|37.576576|126.975098|format=dms|name=National Palace Museum of Korea}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web| title= Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/royal-seal-and-investiture-book-collection-joseon-dynasty |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park

{{coord|35.869422|128.606033|format=dms|name=National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-national-debt-redemption-movement |title=Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century

|{{flag|South Korea}},
{{flag|Japan}}

Seoul National University Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies {{coord|37.462090| 126.950237|format=dms|name=Seoul National University Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies}}
National Library of Korea {{coord|37.497763| 127.003675|format=dms|name=National Library of Korea}}
National Institute of Korean History {{coord|37.424203| 126.979690|format=dms|name=National Institute of Korean History}}
Korea University Library {{coord|37.584651| 127.026487|format=dms|name=Korea University Library}}
Chungnam Institute of History and Culture {{coord|36.489140| 127.146737|format=dms|name=Chungnam Institute of History and Culture}}
National Museum of Korea {{coord|37.523847| 126.980404|format=dms|name=National Museum of Korea}}
Busan Museum {{coord|35.129724| 129.094084|format=dms|name=Busan Museum}}
National Palace Museum of Korea {{coord|37.576576| 126.975098|format=dms|name=National Palace Museum of Korea}}
Korea National Maritime Museum {{coord|35.078493| 129.080272|format=dms|name=Korea National Maritime Museum}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/documents-joseon-tongsinsa/chosen-tsushinshi-history-peace-building-and-cultural-exchanges-between |title=Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Mahavamsa (6th century BCE to 1815 CE)

|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|Palm Leaf Manuscripts Collection, University of Peradeniya

{{Coord|7|15|15|N|80|35|48|E|format=dms|name=University of Peradeniya}}

|align="center"| 2023

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/mahavamsa-great-chronicle-sri-lanka-covering-period-6th-century-bce-1815-ce |title=Mahavamsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka (covering the period 6th century BCE to 1815 CE) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni's Kulliyat and Hafez Sherozi's Gazalliyt (14th century)

|{{flag|Tajikistan}}

|Institute of the Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe

{{coord|38.570959| 68.791934|format=dms|name=Institute of the Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe}}

|align="center"| 2003

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/manuscript-ubayd-zakonis-kulliyat-and-hafez-sherozis-gazalliyt-xiv-century |title=The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni's Kulliyat and Hafez Sherozi's Gazalliyt (XIV century) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok

{{coord|13.758195| 100.491799|format=dms|name=Bangkok National Museum}}

|align="center"| 2003

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/king-ram-khamhaeng-inscription|title=The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910)

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|National Library of Thailand, Bangkok; National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok

{{coord|13.772305| 100.505114|format=dms|name=National Library of Thailand}}

|align="center"| 2009

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archival-documents-king-chulalongkorns-transformation-siam-1868-1910 |title=Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|Wat Pho, Bangkok

|align="center"| 2011

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/epigraphic-archives-wat-pho |title=Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

"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

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok

{{coord|13.773143| 100.504566|format=dms|name=National Archives of Thailand}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=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 |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/minute-books-council-siam-society-100-years-recording-international-cooperation-research-and |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-05}}

The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok

{{coord|13.773143| 100.504566|format=dms|name=National Archives of Thailand}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection

|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/royal-photographic-glass-plate-negatives-and-original-prints-collection |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-05}}

On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points (Max Stahl collection of audiovisual documents)

|{{flag|East Timor}}

|Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance

{{coord

8.555558| 125.577499|format=dms|name=Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/birth-nation-turning-points |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-05}}

Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman

|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

|The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

{{coord|41.325571| 69.241367|format=dms|name=The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/holy-koran-mushaf-othman |title=Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies

|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

|Academy of Sciences, Tashkent

{{coord|41.306589| 69.286559|format=dms|name=Academy of Sciences, Tashkent}}

|align="center"| 1997

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/collection-al-biruni-institute-oriental-studies |title=The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans

|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

|Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

{{coord|41.287496| 69.228878|format=dms|name=Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/archives-chancellery-khiva-khans |title=Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903–27) collection MS 90–98

|{{flag|Vanuatu}},
{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Royal Anthropological Institute, London

{{coord|51.523794

0.140062|format=dms|name=Royal Anthropological Institute, London}}

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"| {{cite web|title=Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903–27) collection MS 90–98 |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/arthur-bernard-deacon-1903-27-collection-ms-90-98 |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme |access-date=2025-03-05}}

Woodblocks of the Nguyễn Dynasty

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam, Hanoi

{{coord|21.032576| 105.809181|format=dms|name=State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam}}

|align="center"| 2009

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/woodblocks-nguyen-dynasty |title=Woodblocks of Nguyen Dynasty|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Stone stele records of imperial examinations of the Lê and Mạc dynasties

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|Temple of Literature

{{coord|21.029363| 105.836164|format=dms|name=Temple of Literature, Hanoi}}

|align="center"| 2010

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/stone-stele-records-royal-examinations-le-and-mac-dynasties-1442-1779 |title=Stone Stele Records of Royal Examinations of the Le and Mac Dynasties (1442-1779) |publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945)

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|National Archives Centre No.1, Hanoi

{{coord|21.016896| 105.798097|format=dms|name=National Archives Centre No.1, Hanoi}}

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/imperial-archives-nguyen-dynasty-1802-1945 |title=Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945)|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2025-03-05}}

Notes

{{note|1}} Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

References

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{{official|https://www.amw.org.au/|Australian Memory of the World}}
{{official|https://unescomow.nz/|New Zealand Memory of the World}}
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