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UNESCO - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agenc UNESCO has 195 Member States and eight Associate Members.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter. I

t is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. Most of the field offices are "cluster" offices covering three or more countries; there are also national and regional offices. UNESCO pursue its objectives through five major programs: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information. Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes; international science programmes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects; the promotion of cultural diversity; translations of world literature; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage and to preserve human rights, and attempts to bridge the worldwide digital divide. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group. UNESCO’s aim is "to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information". Other priorities of the Organization include attaining quality education for all and lifelong learning, addressing emerging social and ethical challenges, fostering cultural diversity, a culture of peace and building inclusive knowledge societies through information and communication. The broad goals and concrete objectives of the international community—as set out in the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—underpin all UNESCO’s strategies and activities.

UNESCO welcomes restoration of sacred gate of Sidi Yahia in Timbuktu

29/09/2016

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1557

UNESCO welcomes restoration of sacred gate of Sidi Yahia in Timbuktu The sacred gate of the mosque of Sidi Yahia in Timbuktu, which bears testimony to cultural traditions dating back to the 15th century CE, was officially reinstalled on 19 September in a ceremony organized by the ...

09/04/2013

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/digital_heritage_2013_call_for_participation/

Digital Heritage 2013: Call for participation | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Covering heritage in all forms, from the built (UNESCO’s World Heritage), to cultural traditions and folklife (UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage), museums and objects, and documentary heritage (UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme), the Congress is set to be the largest gathering of its kind.

Italy Grants US$ 1.2 Million for the Expansion of Educational Radio and TV (ERTV) Production and Bro

04/04/2013

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/kabul/about-this-office/single-view/news/italy_grants_us_12_million_for_the_expansion_of_educational_radio_and_tv_ertv_production_and_broadcast_capacities_for_distance_education_in_afghanistan/

Italy Grants US$ 1.2 Million for the Expansion of Educational Radio and TV (ERTV) Production and Bro Following the agreement signed between H.E. Luciano Pezzotti, Ambassador of Italy to Afghanistan, Ms. Yukiko Matsuyoshi, UNESCO Chief of Education and H.E. Mohammad Farooq Wardak, Minister of Education on 19 March 2013 in Kabul, the new project will focus on expanding country wide coverage and capac...

Culture | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

01/04/2013

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Culture | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Concert at the UN: “Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipation” Marcus Miller plays new opus "Gorée" in Commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25 March).

31/03/2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OGAJTTJESks

International Jazz Day - "On Broadway" Launch of International Jazz Day: UNESCO Paris, 27 April 2012

31/03/2013

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31/03/2013

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/international-jazz-day-2013/

International Jazz Day 2013 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Jazz Day, April 30, has its second annual celebrations in 2013 with concerts in Istanbul and Paris. Co-organized by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock. The Day seeks to encourage communities around the world to celebrate the music of jazz...

31/03/2013

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_phosagro_and_the_international_union_of_pure_and_applied_chemistry_iupac_unite_to_promote_green_chemistry/

UNESCO, Phosagro and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), unite to promote Established initially for five years, the project will provide grants worth a total of $1.4m to to young scientists from developing countries who are working on the application of advanced chemistry technologies for issues like environmental protection, human health, food supplies and the use of nat...