Roung Khla will soon be listed as a World Heritage site as well.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Ông-thu N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thousands of photos and documents from the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture > center, also known as Toul Sleng, have been submitted for recognition on the > Unesco international register, the UN cultural body said in a press release > received Thursday. > > The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum archives in the capital were registered by > Unesco's Memory of the World grouping for Asia and the Pacific region in > February and are now being submitted for listing on the Unesco international > register, the body said. > > The detailed S-21 archives document the fate of the more than 15,000 > prisoners held in the Khmer Rouge's deadly 1975-1979 Democratic Kampuchea > regime, during which up to 2 million Cambodians perished. > > Only 14 survivors were originally identified, but researchers last week > revealed newly available documents showing 177 prisoners were released prior > to 1978. > > Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians died as victims of the killing fields > from torture, disease, starvation, overwork and executions across the > country, but S-21 remains unique for its harrowing and painstaking > documentation of Khmer Rouge atrocities. > > S-21 documents include 4,186 confessions, 6,226 prisoner biographies, 6,147 > photos, demolished buildings, research activities, mass graves and remains > of victims. > > "All documents and items that are providing an essential part of the > evidence advanced during the pre-trials and trials of the senior leaders of > the Democratic Kampuchea for serious crimes under national and international > law," Unesco said in the release. > > The Memory of the World programme guarantees regional recognition and > promotes preservation, digitalization, and public access to member sites and > documents, according to Unesco. > > > > > > -- MR, Khlean + Khlao + Khlach = Khmer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
