23/04/2013

Message of Irina Bokova, Director-General, for World Book and Copyright Day 2013:

UNESCO has celebrated World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April for 17 years now. UNESCO Member States around the world celebrate the power of books to bring us together and transmit the culture of peoples and their dreams of a better future.

Read the full message here.

Documentary heritage inscribed to the Memory of the World Register and related to book and copyright can be found at the UNESCO website.

An in-depth article on copyright with links to articles and resources can be found at the UNESCO Courier which joins the celebration of the World Book and Copyright Day.