UNESCO

Also known as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

organizzazione per incoraggiare la collaborazione tra le nazioni nelle aree dell'istruzione, scienza, cultura e comunicazione

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UNESCO, officially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a specialized agency of the United Nations and an intergovernmental organization. It was established in 1945 and has its headquarters in Paris, France. The organization has 195 members and operates in locations including New York City, Doha, Kabul, and Delft. Its official languages are English, French, Spanish, and Russian.

The agency owns the World Heritage Centre and has partnerships with United Cities and Local Governments and the International Civil Aviation Organization. It holds official observer status in the World Intellectual Property Organization, Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, International Organization for Migration, and United Nations General Assembly. UNESCO has received Peabody Awards and is referenced by 23,289 other encyclopedia articles.

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Key facts

Organization.logo_size: 200px
Organization.image: Flag of UNESCO.svg
Organization.name: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Organization.caption: Flag of UNESCO
Organization.staff: 2,384
Organization.staff_year: 2024
Organization.type: United Nations specialized agency
Organization.abbreviation: UNESCO
Organization.leader_title: Director-General
Organization.leader_name: Khaled El-Enany
Organization.leader_title2: Deputy Director-General
Organization.leader_name2: Xing Qu
Organization.status: Active
Organization.logo: Logo UNESCO 2021.svg
Organization.headquarters: Paris, France
Organization.website: unesco.org
Organization.parent_organization: United Nations Economic and Social Council

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Research

5,447 papers

UNESCO Chair of Developmental Biology: how an initiative that fostered careers in Developmental Biology impacted Brazilian Science.ReviewThe International journal of developmental biology · 2021Abreu JGDOI: 10.1387/ijdb.200132ja
UNESCO must reform to stay relevant - and reconnect people through science.Nature · 2020DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-03311-3
The UNESCO Bioethics Programme: a review.ReviewThe New bioethics : a multidisciplinary journal of biotechnology and the body · 2014Langlois ADOI: 10.1179/2050287714z.00000000040
The UNESCO draft Recommendations on ethics of Neurotechnology - A commentary.Indian journal of medical ethics · 2025Ramanathan MDOI: 10.20529/IJME.2025.028
The tenth anniversary as a UNESCO world cultural heritage: an unmissable opportunity to get back to the cultural roots of the Mediterranean diet.ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Bonaccio M, Iacoviello L, Donati MB et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41430-021-00924-3
UNESCO.Social research · 1947HOVDE BJ
Unesco and U.S.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 1990Mayor FDOI: 10.1096/fasebj.4.13.2210151
Analysis of UNESCO ESD Priority Areas' Implementation in Romanian HEIs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Dumitrescu CI, Moiceanu G, Dobrescu RM et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013363

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Funder, Government
Founded: 1945
Location: Paris, France
Also known as: ONUESC
Status: Active

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GRID grid.15819.34 · ISNI 0000 0004 0452 3255

Wikidata facts

Instance of: intergovernmental organization
Award: Peabody Awards
Country: France
Official language: Arabic
Headquarters: Paris
Parent organization: United Nations
Chairperson: Khaled al-Anani
Official website: zh.unesco.org
Flag: flag of UNESCO
Work location: Paris

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Commons category: UNESCO
inception: 1945-11-16
topic's main category: Category:UNESCO
short name: ONUÉSC
Commons Institution page: UNESCO
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
owner of: World Heritage Centre
partnership with: International Civil Aviation Organization
has works in the collection: Anne Frank House
native label: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture
member count: 195
terms of service URL: digital.archives.unesco.org/en
charter URL: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000179478
official observer status in organization: United Nations General Assembly
replaces: International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation
street address: 7, place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris
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funder: Open Society Foundations
related category: Category:UNESCO awards

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Article · Italiano

L'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Educazione, la Scienza e la Cultura (in inglese United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, da cui l'acronimo UNESCO, pronuncia /uˈnɛsko/ o /uˈnesko/) è un'agenzia specializzata delle Nazioni Unite creata con lo scopo di promuovere la pace e la comprensione tra le nazioni con l'istruzione, la scienza, la cultura, l'educazione e l'informazione per promuovere "il rispetto universale per la giustizia, per lo stato di diritto e per i diritti umani e le libertà fondamentali" quali sono definite e affermate dalla Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani. Fondata durante la Conferenza dei Ministri Alleati dell'Educazione (CAME), la sua Costituzione è stata firmata il 16 novembre 1945 ed entrata in vigore il 4 novembre 1946, dopo la ratifica da parte di venti Stati.

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