Morse Code Telegraphy an "Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)"
This is an initiative by the German
"Interessengruppe Kulturerbe Morsetelegrafie, IKM " &
"Arbeitsgruppe Welt Kulturerbe Morsetelegrafie, AWKM"
towards UNESCO to recognize Morse Code as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Until 2010 the following
states are both elected members of the relevant UNESCO ICH committee
and International Amateur Radio Union IARU:
IARU
Region | Elected members of UNESCO ICH committee |
| 1 |
Belarus (Central African Republic ?) Croatia Cyprus Estonia Gabon
Hungary Italy Jordan Kenya Mali Turkey Niger Zimbabwe |
| 2 | Cuba Mexico Peru Paraguay Venezuela |
| 3 | India Republic of Korea United Arab Emirates Viet Nam Oman Yemen |
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As of September 2009 the following "States Parties" have signed the Convention
and are members of IARU:
IARU
Region | States signed UNESCO ICH convention |
| 1 | Albania Algeria Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria
Burkina Faso Côte de Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Egypt Estonia Ethiopia
France Gabon Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Jordan Kenya
Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Mali Mauritius Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro
Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Norway Oman Portugal Qatar Romania Senegal Slovakia Slovenia
Spain Switzerland Syria Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Zambia Zimbabwe |
| 2 | Argentina Barbados (Belize) Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica
Dominican Republic Ecuador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay
Peru Uruguay Venezuela |
| 3 | Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Papua New Guinea
Republic of Korea Vietnam
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List of countries to print --> UNESCO -IARU members (pdf, 98 kB)
The working languages of UNESCO are: arabic, chinese, english, french, russian, spain
Links to (english):
Unesco intangible cultural heritage ICH
ITU, International Telecommunication Union
International Amateur Radio Union IARU
