Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee Tashkent , 29 September - 1 October 1997

1. Welcome address by the Chairman of the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO

2. Opening of the session by the representative of the Director-General of UNESCO

3. Election of the Bureau of the Committee, composed of a Chairperson, three vice-presidents and a Rapporteur

4. Adoption of the rules of procedure

5. Progress report of the Programme and presentation of the Website

6. Reports of the Technology and Marketing Sub-Committees

7. "Memory of the World" Register

a) Review of the selection criteria
b) Assessment of the nomination proposals
c) Specifications for applying the criteria - Connection with national and regional registers, when they exist - How to ascertain the universal dimension of a documentary heritage?
d) Registration recommendations

8. Granting of the "Memory of the World" label

9. Setting-up of a "Memory of the World" network on the Internet

10. Funding of the Programme and raising of extrabudgetary resources

11. Ethical, legal and deontological aspects

12. Any other business

13. Adoption of the report

14. Closure of the meeting