Official poster© UNESCO
By creating links between people from different eras and distinct backgrounds, books contribute to the consolidation of a world community. As vectors of free speech, they further the cause of human rights. Celebrated on 23 April, World Book and Copyright Day calls for strengthening the perennial inter-fertilization of ideas that books bring about in the interest of human dignity.
- 23 April, World Book and Copyright Day: Dissemination and Preservation of Knowledge
- The Founding Resolution: Official Text and Principles
- World Book Capital: Engaging in an intercultural flow of ideas
- Beirut, 2009 World Book Capital: An enduring “Printing Press in the Arab World “
- Preventing Piracy : Protecting author’s rights
- UNESCO Chairs in Intellectual Property Rights: Networking for knowledge transfer on copyrights
Source: UNESCO Bangkok
