the united nations, human rights and the archival pursuit
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Sharing Truth- National Research Centre Forum"Documenting and Memorializing Human Rights Abuses in Africa"Tom Adami, Chief, Archives and Records Management; United Nations Mission in Sudan (Sudan)TRANSCRIPT
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THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UNITED NATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS
and the and the ARCHIVAL PURSUITARCHIVAL PURSUIT
Truth and Reconciliation CommissionVancouver, CANADA
March 2011
Tom A. ADAMIInformation Management Officer UNMIS
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Setting the scene….
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Human Rights! Archives! Who needs them?
July 1969 … Apollo 11 moon landing & Nigeria-Biafra war…
March 2011 … inequality and abuse of rights continues
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… through the eyes of children
Images drawn by children affected by conflict in Chad in 2009
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The long wait
Memories fade and things change but tomorrow is a different day.
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… but who will help the helpers?
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…….Rwanda, 1994.Rwanda, 1994
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Is there a best practice model for a TRC?
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Organisational impediments to KM systems
Staff turnover
Remote locations
Lag in infrastructure
Skill set of staff
Cost & investment
Centralised decision making processes of IT
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Memory and memorials
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Hope is what keeps it all in perspective and makes it worthwhile