UNESCO

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (French: [L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)). It is an agency of the United Nations (UN).

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Org type	Agency
Head	Khaled El-Enany Director-General of UNESCO
Status	Active
Established	16 November 1945
Headquarters	Paris, France
Website	UNESCO.org

UNESCO says its purpose, as defined just after the end of World War II, is "to build the defenses of peace in the minds of men and women". It does this by helping nations work together, through education for all, science, and culture. This is supposed to help other nations follow the rule of law and human rights. It also helps promote some freedoms in the UN Charter.

UNESCO has 195 Member countries.

UNESCO tries to achieve what it wants to do through six programs: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information. Some projects sponsored by UNESCO are literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes. UNESCO also decides what will become World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is an important, special, interesting or beautiful place. If a place is a World Heritage Site, the place can not be destroyed, as it can give useful information for the future. The Uluru, for example, gives a lot of information on the culture of Aborigines. UNESCO is also a member of the United Nations Development Group. and works for Millennium Development Goals.

List of directors

Directors-General of UNESCO

Order	Image	Name	Country	Term
1st	60px	Julian Huxley	United Kingdom	1946–1948
2nd	60px	Jaime Torres Bodet	Mexico	1948–1952
–	60px	John Wilkinson Taylor	United States	acting 1952–1953
3rd	60px	Luther Evans	United States	1953–1958
4th	60px	Vittorino Veronese	Italy	1958–1961
5th	File:René Maheu (France), UNESCO Director General (1961-1974).JPG	René Maheu	France	acting 1961; 1961–1974
6th	60px	Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow	Senegal	1974–1987
7th		Federico Mayor Zaragoza	Spain	1987–1999
8th		Koïchiro Matsuura	Japan	1999–2009
9th		Irina Bokova	Bulgaria	2009–2017
10th	60px	Audrey Azoulay	France	2017– 2025
11th	60px	Khaled al-Anani	Egypt	2025–Incumbent

UNESCO Media

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  UNESCO offices in Brasília.

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  UNESCO Institute for Water Education in Delft

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       UNESCO member states      UNESCO member state dependent territory with separate NOC      UNESCO associates      UNESCO observers

Other websites

• Official site of UNESCO on which you can find extra information