Mar 31, 2025 · Dementia is a term for several diseases that affect memory, thinking, and the ability to perform daily activities. The illness gets worse over time. It mainly affects older …

Jul 31, 2021 · People with dementia can become lost in familiar places, experience rapid mood swings, forget simple words, and have declining short-term memory—the most common early …

Nov 12, 2024 · In his remarks, he reflected UNESCO’s enthusiasm for the ethical use of AI: “By leveraging AI, we can bring forgotten or under-represented stories to light and ensure our …

In all of our societies, we undertake memorial activities to preserve the historical memory relating to traumatic events that have taken place: usually conflicts, genocide, famines, the plague, the …

Human Rights Council adopts resolution 43/29, which highlights the importance of preserving historic memory, without distortion, relating to gross human rights violations and abuses and to …

Memory, or memorialization, is a cultural activity occurring in the present that offers history another kind of source or document; one that provides insights into the past as it lives on today.

Mar 31, 2025 · Dementia is an umbrella term for several diseases affecting memory, other cognitive abilities and behaviour that interfere significantly with a person’s ability to maintain …

May 14, 2025 · Museums are not only stewards of memory—they are also powerful platforms for building resilience in the face of historical trauma, social challenges, and disinformation.

Feb 17, 2025 · Brain health is the state of brain functioning across cognitive, sensory, social-emotional, behavioural and motor domains, allowing a person to realize their full potential over …

Such experiences are best understood not only through the straightforward acquisition of facts but through a process of discovering where and why conscious understanding and memory fail.

Welcome to the UNESCO Archives database Access to Memory (AtoM). At present, the holdings of the UNESCO Archives are described on a general level, with more detailed information …

Oct 5, 2020 · The memorialization process is a vital tool for enabling societies to emerge from the cycle of hatred and conflict and begin taking definite steps towards building a culture of peace, …

Jun 6, 2025 · In an era where information is abundant, but access remains uneven, digital platforms offer unprecedented opportunities to preserve and democratize our collective memory.

The emotion felt around the world in reaction to the accidental fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris demonstrates that memory – whether tangible or not – is worth safeguarding.

May 14, 2019 · Dementia is an illness characterized by a deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, …

Apr 23, 2025 · Geneva (ICRC): Eighty years have passed since the end of the Holocaust—one of the darkest chapters in human history. We remember and honour the memory the six million …

Jan 1, 2019 · The WHO Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia provide evidence-based recommendations on lifestyle behaviours and interventions to delay or …

The Memory of the World (MoW) Programme was established by UNESCO in 1992 to safeguard the world’s documentary heritage, democratize access to it and raise awareness of its …

Nov 24, 2020 · Memory has a strong effect on personal identity and helps to construe and reaffirm collective identities. In war, fighters who are killed on the battlefield are often seen by society …

Apr 8, 2024 · Miklos, a Romani from Brazil, said memorialization is key to combat anti-gypsyism. "There have been several attempts to erase the memory of the Romani people throughout …