UNESCO commissions Iran to organize manuscripts in Central and Southeast Asia

TEHRAN,March 13(MNA) -- The UNESCO has recently commissioned Iran to organize manuscripts in countries located in Central and Southeast Asia, the director of the Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) said on Sunday. The INLA is striving to convince the relevant Iranian officials to give the task to the library, Es’haq Salahi told . “In two years, we will complete a 40-volume bibliography, which contains all manuscripts kept in Iranian libraries and centers of learning,” he added. “After the completion of the bibliography, we will begin our task in Central Asia and Southeast Asia, and will help the countries in those regions preserve and restore the cultural heritage of the regions,” he stated. No record of the assignment was found on the UNESCO website.