Memory of the World Register - 2005
The Memory of the World Register lists documentary heritage which has been recommended by the International Advisory Committee, and endorsed by the Director-General of UNESCO, as corresponding to the selection criteria regarding world significance and outstanding universal value.
India - Saiva Manuscript in Pondicherry
Within a collection of 11000 manuscripts that concern mainly the religion and worship of the Hindu God Siva, is included the largest collection in the world of manuscripts of texts of the Śaiva Siddhānta. In the 10th century CE, this religious tradition, a major current of Hinduism, was spread right across the Indian subcontinent and beyond, as far as Cambodia in the East.
Sweden - Astrid Lindgren Archives
The Astrid Lindgren Archives document the work and influence of what is probably the world’s most renowned author of children’s books in the twentieth century. The archives were compiled by Astrid Lindgren herself and include nearly all of her original manuscripts (also a few early unpublished ones), short hand drafts, press clippings and an extensive collection of international correspondence.