Source 7 : MOWCAP SG's report to RSC on response to Japan's contestation

Subject: Update on the MOWCAP Register Assessments 2022

From: MOWCAP Secretary-General, August 8, 2022

To: MOWCAP RSC members

Attached: Response to points raised by Natcom Japan 18.08.2022 (1).pdf

Confidential Letter from Natcom Japan to MOWCAP SG 12 August 2012.pdf


Dear RSC colleagues,

I hope this email finds you well.

As you may be aware, as per the procedure outlined in the UNESCO Memory of the World Asia Pacific Regional Register Process, we invited comments from National MoW Committees/National Commissions/interested parties on the thirteen nominations which have been accepted for assessment as part of the 2022 regional register cycle. Following this process, we received the attached response from the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO (please keep this letter confidential). 

After consultation with Helen and Kwibae, I shared the attached reply with the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO. As you can see it offers some constructive options on how we can hopefully address some of the concerns raised in the spirit of cooperation, which is of course a key principle of how MOWCAP has always operated. 

I will keep you all updated on how things progress. 

Thank you for your support. 

All the best,

Secretary-General 

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Response from the MOWCAP Secretariat to the Natcom of Japan dated 18 August 2022 


Firstly, the Japanese team raising the contestation are advised to access the online and catalogue information which has been provided as part of the nomination to provide any specific grounds for contestation/objections (information on the access conditions of the nominated documentary heritage are given in Annex 1). For example, please see the online catalogue which contains data in English: https://naebang-gasa.ugyo.net/en/index.do

Secondly, the nominators have kindly agreed to facilitate a visit by the Japanese team to view the nominated documentary heritage. The contact person to arrange this visit is: 

Please kindly inform us if there are any issues accessing this material. Please kindly note that some material may not be accessible due to condition of the collection/other factors. 

Thirdly, please kindly share the results of this analysis/site visit by the 30 September 2022. At this stage, please provide any specific grounds for contestation or advise if the contestation has been withdrawn. 

Fourthly, the MOWCAP RSC assessment of this dossier will continue in parallel with this process.

(This is followed by two separate but same texts, only altering the title of nomination)  

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Source 5 : Email from KNMC to MOW Secretariat to respond Japan's contestation

From: MOW National Committee, Republic of Korea, August 12, 2022 To: MOW Secretariat Subject: Letter in response to the e-mail in August 2 Attached: 1 (105.2KB) Letter from the Chair of National Committee of MoW, ROK.pdf, 105.2KB Dear Sir/Madam, This is a reply to your email dated August 2, received with an attached letter from the Japanese Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, in which you advised us to initiate a bilateral dialogue with a view to resolving the issues at hand. Please allow us to send this reply to your office, not directly to the Japanese delegation to whom we hope the attached letter will be transmitted, for the following reasons. We find that the Japanese claim for maintaining the contestation is not sustainable, for it lacks ‘the reasons advanced’ for contesting on other grounds as stipulated in Paragraph 8.6.5.2.1. It is unimaginable that the General Guidelines allow a Member State to examine the documentary heritage nominated by another Member State without any identif...
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Source 13 : Message from MOWCAP acting SG to the nominator of #02

From : MOWCAP Acting Secretary-General, November 17, 2022  To: President of Korean Studies Institute Dear President of KSI, We wish to bring to your attention the following request from MOWCAP RSC regarding certain words in Naebang-gasa, No. 148 that may be considered to violate MOWCAP Register Process guidelines, Section K. FORMALITIES FOR SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS "11. Objectivity. Every nomination stands on its own merits. Nominations should be based on fact, and written in impartial and objective language. The use of grandiose or unprovable claims, or derogatory, propagandistic or polemical language, is counter-productive and makes assessment more difficult. Any nomination form that uses inappropriate language, denigrating or insulting individuals, groups or nations will be returned to the nominator/s by the MOWCAP Secretary-General on the advice of the RSC for amendment. Nominators should be careful to word their nominations in a neutral and objective manner." In order to ...
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Source 1 : Text of contestation to #119, Archives of the April 19 Revolution

 INTERNATIONAL MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER COMMENT OR CONTESTATION ON A CURRENT NOMINATION IDENTIFICATION OF THE NOMINATION  119: Archives of the April 19 Revolution NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE COMMENTATOR (PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER INDIVIDUAL, ORGANIZATION OR MEMBER STATE) ............, Counsellor, Delegation of Japan to UNESCO Email: .........@mofa.go.jp TICK WHETHER COMMENTS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND/OR CONTESTATION Comments: [   ] Additional information: [ ✓  ] Contestation: [✓] SUMMARY OF THE COMMENTS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND/OR CONTESTATION The Government of Japan requests the nominating state to share the content of the nominated documentary heritage and also requests the assessment process of this nomination to be suspended in the meantime. DETAIL OF THE COMMENTS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND/OR CONTESTATION REFERENCED TO THE CONTENT OR ADMISSIBILITY AND SELECTION CRITERIA The Government of Japan has keen interest in whether Japan is referred to ...
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