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UNESCO Aruba preparing for Aruba to host the regional

conference of MOWLAC

ORANJESTAD – Minister of merce and destruction
Culture, Xiomara Maduro, cause the disappearance
recently held a meeting of historical documents
with Mrs. Marushka Tromp from humanity’s collective
and Mr. Peter Scholing from memory. For the region
the National Committee of of Latin America and the
UNESCO in Aruba, in order Caribbean, this program is
to receive more informa- guided by a committee un-
tion regarding the ongoing der the name of MOWLAC.
preparations for Aruba to
host the regional confer- In Aruba, work is also being
ence of MOWLAC, in No- carried out at the National
vember 2022. Library of Aruba as well as
the Nationa Archive Aruba,
Since 1992, UNESCO pro- in order to preserve the
motes and coordinates the collective memory of our
program Memory of the country. We can be proud
World (MOW), which pre- of the digitalized collec-
serves and provides access tion of the National Library
to documents and digital of Aruba, which recently, Aruba. This is important National Committee of http://mowlac.org/en/
heritage with great rele- thanks to the valuable work done to preserve our Aruba for all the work be- about-mowlac/ .
vance for every person in contributionof the Nation- country’s history, which ing done in order that Aru-
the world. The goal of the al Archive Aruba and the also brought positive atten- ba can be a worthy host for The digital collection of the
program is to avoid that, Department of Legislation, tion for our country in the the MOWLAC conference Colonial History of Aruba
among others, war, social now also counts with digi- MOWLAC program. next November. More in- can be accessed through
instability, lack of resourc- talized information regard- formation regarding MOW- https://archive.org/details/
es, sabotage, illegal com- ing the Colonial History of Minister Maduro thanks the LAC can be accessed via BNA-DIG-PB-1816-1851.q

Plenipotentiary minister present at conmemoration at Nationaal

Indië-monument 1945-1962

DEN HAAG – Alternate
Plenipotentiary Minister of
Aruba in the Netherlands,
mr. Ady Thijsen, by invita-
tion of Stichting Indië Mon-
ument, was present at the
national commemoration
at Roermond, the Nether-
lands.

During the ceremony at the
Nationaal Indië-monument
1945-1962 all military per-
sonnel who lost their lives
between 1945 and 1962 in
Nederlands Indië, currently

Indonesia, are remem- dignitaries.
bered. This is a day where
all military personnel who Premier Rutte gave a
lost their lives during peace speech a laid a wreath in
missions of the United Na- the name of the Council of
tions are remembered. Ministers at the monument.

The national commemora- Afterwards, various military
tion was attended by the and civic representatives
prime minister of the Neth- laid wreaths on the monu-
erlands, Mark Rutte; vice- ment. This was followed by
president of Tweede Kamer a parade by the guests,
(Dutch Congress), Martin military and civil authorities,
Bosma; presidente of Eerste and visitors. q
Kamer (Dutch Senate), Jan
Anthonie Bruin; King’s Com- Images are courtesy of
missioner for Limburg, Emile Arubahuis.
Roemer, as well as other