I Latin American and Caribbean Regional Committee Meeting

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I Latin American and Caribbean Regional
Committee Meeting

• Committee Members
• Venue
• 1st Session
• 2nd Session
• Agenda
• Memory of the World Pilot projectsin the LAC
  Region
• Memory of the World website

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I Latin American and Caribbean Regional Committee
Meeting

• The First Latin America and Caribbean Regional
  Committee Meeting of the UNESCO Memory of the
  World Programme will be held in Pachuca, Mexico,
  on 15 and 16 June.
• The meeting will provide the opportunity to
  discuss the current situation of Latin American
  and Caribbean documentary heritage and propose
  projects for its safeguarding, preservation and
  access.

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Committee Members

• The Meeting will bring together specialists in
  preservation and access who were chosen from
  among a list of candidates submitted by Member
  Countries. They are
• John Aarons. Director, National Library, Jamaica
• María Eugenia Barrientos Harbin. Curator,
  National Archives, Chile
• Lourdes Blanco. Adviser, Conservaplan Programme,
  Venezuela
• Rosa María Fernández Esquivel de Zamora.
  Coordinator, National Library, Mexico
• Lygia María Guimaraes. Curator, National
  Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage,
  Brazil
• Luis Guillermo Núñez Soto. Restoration and
  Conservation Professor, San Marcos University,
  Peru
• María Elena Porras Paredes. Director, Historical
  Archives, Foreign Ministry, Ecuador
• Margaret Rouse-Jones. Director, Library Systems,
  University of West Indies, Trinidad Tobago
• Margarita Vannini. General Director, History
  Institute, Nicaragua

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VENUE

• The Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo
  (UAEH) will host the meeting

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1st Session Agenda

• The I Session, on June 15, will be held at the
  Centre for Research and Development of Social
  Sciences (CEDICSO XXI), UAEH

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2nd SessionAgenda

• The II Session, on June 16, will be held at the
  International Liaison and Educational Development
  Centre, UAEH

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Agenda

• 1st Session
• 2nd Session

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Memory of the World Pilot projectsin the LAC
Region

• Photographic collections
• in Latin America and the Caribbean

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MEMORY OF THE WORLD WEB SITE

• http//www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm