May 19, 2013
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Description
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. 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. It is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation.
UNESCO has 195 Member States and eight Associate Members. 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.
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![UNESCO lists Church of the Nativity as endangered World Heritage site [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-6568000/6568228/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d52f351540c11d87244965b5f1d6d9a8)
![NGOs petition UNESCO World Heritage Committee after Turkish dam threatens Tigris River [Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq]](/images/image_cache/base-5952000/5952814/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=32462aa8169f2eb46e8751075693f17c)
![Online campaign seeks to retrieve Egyptian treasures stolen by European nations [Nile TV, Egypt]](/images/image_cache/base-3297000/3297391/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=a072c5bd015af3d515c9337dc3b126f0)
![Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO marking admission as new member [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-313000/313230/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=dc6a695d81dab812fb3ebdfda3fd8bf8 "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech after a flag raising ceremony for the Palestinian flag at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris December 13, 2011: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier")
