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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) 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. It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions.

World Heritage Site

place of significance listed by UNESCO

sustainable development

mode of human development that meets current demands without compromising the needs of future generations

World Book Day and Copyright Day

annual event to promote reading, publishing, and copyright

International Literacy Day

a celebration declared by UNESCO to highlight the importance of literacy

World Press Freedom Day

World Poetry Day

day when the poets are recognized

World Teachers' Day

Memory of the World

documentary heritage of worldwide importance, initiative launched by UNESCO

International Council of Museums

organization of museums and museum professionals

World Digital Library

international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress

World Radio Day

cultural diversity

quality of diverse or different cultures

International Day For Monuments and Sites

Überlingen mid-air collision

2002 aviation accident in Germany

International Standard Classification of Education

education levels and school types according to UNESCO

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

international observance

Creative Cities Network

Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

International Centre for Theoretical Physics

international research institute for physical and mathematical sciences

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

institute for water education in The Netherlands

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

teaching institute of the United Nations

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

public figure that advocates for UNESCO

Arab Capital of Culture

Arab League effort to promote and celebrate Arab culture

World Heritage Centre

building complex at number 7, Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France; seat of the UNESCO headquarters

World Conference against Racism

International events sponsored by UNESCO

archaeological site on Gran Canaria in Spain

International Federation for Information Processing

global organization for researchers and professionals working in computing

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Free Software Directory

catalog of free software, project of the Free Software Foundation

City of Literature

recognition conferred by UNESCO

recognition conferred by UNESCO

Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

declaration adopted by UNESCO in 2001

Walls of the Sun and the Moon

Pair of ceramic murals designed by Joan Miró

The Gedeo Cultural Landscape

World Heritage Site in Ethiopia

International Bureau of Education

organization created in Geneva in 1925

Montevideo Resolution

UNESCO resolution promoting Esperanto

UNESCO nomenclature

Classification system

The Race Question

UNESCO statement about issues of race

International Music Council

UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music

International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation

body of the League of Nations

Designation of a city awarded by UNESCO upon application, for its commitment to music

World Conference against Racism 2001

United Nations conference

member state of UNESCO

All member states of UNESCO

list of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Azerbaijan

Wikimedia list article

Universal Forum of Cultures

international cultural event

World Federation of Engineering Organizations

engineering organization

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

International Day of Light

annual celebration on 16 May

UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

UNESCO Collection of Representative Works

UNESCO translation project that was active for about 57 years, from 1948 to about 2005

Wikipedia for World Heritage

efforts to get Wikipedia listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans

offers a publicly available bathymetric chart of the world's oceans

MacBride report

Many Voice One World of NWICO

Cuenca Alta del Río Manzanares

Biosphere reserve in Spain | designated in 1992

The International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm) was founded in 1971 by UNESCO. Its goal is "to support and co-ordinate international co-operation in the field of terminology." Infoterm members are national, international and regional institutions, organizations, networks and specialized public, semi-public or other non-profit institutions engaged in devising and standardizing terminology. Members are drawn from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Occupied Palestine Resolution

United Nations resolution adopted in 2016

UNESCO program to advance research, training and programme development in higher education by building university networks and encouraging inter-university cooperation through transfer of knowledge across borders

Tentative World Heritage Site

Wikimedia list article