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1 day ago · Adopted by UNESCO’s 194 Member States in November 2023, it is a testament to UNESCO’s engagement in supporting everyone committed to improving education worldwide. The Recommendation – commonly referred to as the Recommendation on Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development – provides a vision of education for humanity and peace. It ...
Our Impact. Discover UNESCO's impact around the world and the organisation's endeavour to build durable peace. Follow the implemention of educational tools, the protection of cultural heritage, the achievement of sustainable development methods and many more !
4 days ago · The 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is fast approaching. Progress towards SDG 4 is severely off track and the global education crisis – of equity and quality – persists and deepens, hindering education’s transformative and catalytic potential to impact the achievement of the overall 2030 Agenda.
3 days ago · As many less-developed countries joined the UN beginning in the 1950s, UNESCO began to devote more resources to their problems, which included poverty, high rates of illiteracy, and underdevelopment. During the 1980s UNESCO was criticized by the United States and other countries for its alleged anti-Western approach to cultural issues and for the sustained expansion of its budget.
- The acronym UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It denotes the specialized agency of the United Nat...
- UNESCO was originally founded to focus on rebuilding schools, libraries, and museums that had been destroyed in Europe during World War II. Since t...
- UNESCO gets its funding from contributions by member states, voluntary contributions, fundraising, and other, smaller sources of funding. Funding s...
- In 1972 UNESCO sponsored an international agreement to establish a World Heritage List of cultural sites and natural areas that would enjoy governm...
- Since UNESCO’s inception, its definition of literacy has expanded from traditional reading and writing skills to also include concepts of digital l...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced / juːˈnɛskoʊ /) [ 1 ][ a ] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
This strengthening of freedom of information contributes to empowerment, transparency and accountability, governance and development. 29 Cities against Racism Six regional Coalitions of Cities against Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Intolerance mobilize close to 5,000 cities all over the world. This initiative helps municipalities to ...
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Telephone: (011 33 1) 44 43 25 71. Fax: (011 33 1) 44 43 25 79. Email: PESCOG@international.gc.ca. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to build peace through international cooperation in education, the sciences and culture. UNESCO's programs contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable ...
