Promotion of 4·19 Revolution Records for UNESCO Memory of the World Registration
4·19 Revolution Records UNESCO Registration Application Commemoration Ceremony... Held on the 29th at the National 4.19 National Cemetery
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The inscription ceremony for the UNESCO World Documentary Heritage application was held on the 29th at the National April 19th Democratic Cemetery in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul.
The ceremony took place in conjunction with the submission of the application for the inscription of the April 19th Revolution records. It was organized by the April 19th Revolution UN UNESCO World Documentary Heritage Inscription and Commemoration Project Promotion Committee (Chairman Kim Young-jin, hereinafter referred to as the Committee). Committee members adopted a declaration and sang the April 19th song together.
The records subject to inscription include all materials documenting and produced related to the April 19th Revolution, from the resistance activities of students and citizens, fraudulent elections, victim compensation, to the expansion of democracy. These include documents, photos, videos, and audio records from ▲students and citizens ▲government agencies ▲the National Assembly and political parties ▲newspapers and museums ▲foreign sources, totaling 1,019 items. The final selection will be decided next year after review by the International Advisory Committee for the World Documentary Heritage.
Gangbuk-gu has held the April 19th Revolution National Cultural Festival annually since 2013. Since 2014, it has also pursued the globalization of the April 19th Revolution, which was the first successful revolution in a Third World country after World War II. Starting with cataloging records and literature research, it has conducted international academic conferences on the April 19th Revolution, distributed English academic materials to universities and libraries worldwide, and operated foreign student exploration programs.
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Park Kyum-soo, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, said, “We have held the National Cultural Festival and supported the inscription as a mission to reexamine the value of the April 19th Revolution and widely inform future generations,” adding, “We will spare no effort or support until the day it is finally inscribed as a UNESCO documentary heritage.”
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