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UNESCO is a specialized UN agency that promotes world peace through international cooperation in education, science, and culture. It has 193 member states and pursues its mission of advancing peace, sustainable development, and human rights through five program areas. UNESCO sponsors projects to improve literacy, education, science, press freedom, and cultural diversity.

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UNESCO is a specialized UN agency that promotes world peace through international cooperation in education, science, and culture. It has 193 member states and pursues its mission of advancing peace, sustainable development, and human rights through five program areas. UNESCO sponsors projects to improve literacy, education, science, press freedom, and cultural diversity.

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The 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) [1]


( French: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialised
agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through
international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture.[2][3] It has 193 member states and 11
associate members,[4] as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental, and private
sector.[5] Headquartered at the World Heritage Centre in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional
field offices[6] and 199 national commissions[7] that facilitate its global mandate.
UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee
on Intellectual Cooperation.[8] Its constitution establishes the agency's goals, governing structure, and
operating framework.[9] UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the Second World War,
is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and
dialogue among nations.[9] It pursues this objective through five major program
areas: education, natural sciences, social/human sciences, culture and communication/information.
UNESCO sponsors projects that improve literacy, provide technical training and education, advance
science, protect independent media and press freedom, preserve regional and cultural history, and
promote cultural diversity.
As a focal point for world culture and science, UNESCO's activities have broadened over the years;
it assists in the translation and dissemination of world literature, helps establish and secure World
Heritage Sites of cultural and natural importance, works to bridge the worldwide digital divide, and
creates inclusive knowledge societies through information and communication.[10] UNESCO has
launched several initiatives and global movements, such as Education For All, to further advance its
core objectives.
UNESCO is governed by the General Conference, composed of member states and associate
members, which meets biannually to set the agency's programmes and the budget. It also elects
members of the Executive Board, which manages UNESCO's work, and appoints every four years
Director-General, who serves as UNESCO's chief administrator. UNESCO is a member of
the United Nations Sustainable Development Group,[11] a coalition of UN agencies and organisations
aimed at fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals.

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