UNESCO

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intergovernmental organization specialized agency of the United Nations

UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.

Aliases (14)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization → specialized agency of the United Nations →
abbreviation	UNESCO →
aimsTo	contribute to peace → contribute to security → promote respect for human rights → promote sustainable development →
cooperatesWith	intergovernmental organizations → member states of the United Nations → non-governmental organizations →
dateFounded	1945-11-16 →
fieldOfWork	communication and information → culture → education → natural sciences → social and human sciences →
foundedBy	United Nations →
fullName	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization →
grantsDesignation	UNESCO Biosphere Reserve → UNESCO Creative City → UNESCO Global Geopark → World Heritage Site →
hasGoverningDocument	Constitution of UNESCO →
hasMainOrgan	Executive Board of UNESCO → General Conference of UNESCO → UNESCO Secretariat →
hasOfficialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
hasProgram	Memory of the World Programme → UNESCO Associated Schools Network → UNESCO Creative Cities Network → UNESCO Global Geoparks → UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme → UNESCO World Heritage Programme →
headedBy	Director-General of UNESCO →
headquartersBuilding	UNESCO Headquarters →
headquartersLocation	Paris, France →
legalStatus	specialized agency under international law →
memberOf	United Nations system →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
placeFounded	London, United Kingdom →
primaryMission	promote international cooperation in communication and information → promote international cooperation in culture → promote international cooperation in education → promote international cooperation in the sciences →
regionServed	worldwide →

Referenced by (235)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al-Qarawiyyin University → All Saints Church in Blizne → Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun → Armenian khachkars symbolism and craftsmanship → Batik → Baul → Cantonese opera → Cape Floral Region Protected Areas → Carnaval de Negros y Blancos → Chewore Safari Area → City of Literature → Classical Gardens of Suzhou → Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia → Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking → Georgian polyphony → Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making → Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve → Great Lavra → Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve → Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments → Ifa → International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites → Kalbeliya → Khomanani Cultural Landscape → Language Movement in East Bengal → Lumbini → Mycenae and Tiryns → Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks → Nubian Museum → Nubian pyramids → Olympia, Greece → Pantanal → Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy → Plain of Jars → Quanzhou → Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve → Taquile Island → The White City → Vredefort Dome → WHS → Wayang → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines → World Heritage Sites in Delhi → World Heritage Sites in Greece →	recognizedBy
L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science → Memory of the World International Register ("UNESCO Secretariat") → Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network → UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Culture Sector") → UNESCO European Region states → UNESCO Global Geoparks → UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal → UNESCO Prize for Journalism ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO World Heritage Programme → UNESCO World Heritage Site → UNESCO culture programmes ("UNESCO Culture Sector") → UNESCO culture programmes ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence → World Heritage Sites in Poland →	administeredBy
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World → Aga Khan Trust for Culture → Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan → Creative Commons → Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities → Ghana Museums and Monuments Board → International Publishers Association → International Science Council → International Union of Geological Sciences → National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe → Palestinian Authority Minister of Higher Education and Research →	collaboratesWith
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization → Archaeological Survey of India → ENIC Network → European University Association → ICCROM → International Olympic movement → Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization → National Cultural Heritage Administration of China → Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →	cooperatesWith
Executive Board of UNESCO → General Conference of UNESCO → ISSN International Centre ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → International Oceanographic Commission → Memory of the World International Advisory Committee → Memory of the World Programme → UNESCO Creative Cities Network → UNESCO Earth Sciences and Geohazards Risk Reduction Section ("UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector") → World Heritage Centre →	parentOrganization
Director-General of UNESCO → Executive Board of UNESCO → General Conference of UNESCO → UNESCO Earth Sciences and Geohazards Risk Reduction Section → UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme ("UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector") → UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network → World Heritage Committee →	partOf
Memory of the World Programme ("UNESCO Member States") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network → UNESCO Gold Medal Award → UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal → UNESCO Prize for Journalism → UNESCO Prize for Peace Education ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence →	sponsor
Constitution of UNESCO ("United Nations Conference for the Establishment of an Educational and Cultural Organization") → Lisbon Recognition Convention → UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO education convention ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	adoptedBy
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → Ashur → Cradle of Humankind → Las Fallas → Megalithic Temples of Malta →	inscribedBy
List of World Heritage in Danger → Memory of the World International Register → Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity → UNESCO World Heritage tentative list → World Heritage Sites in Belgium →	maintainedBy
MAB International Coordinating Council ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → Memory of the World National Committees → UNESCO library ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO library →	affiliatedWith
Assisi → Baháʼí Gardens → Selimiye Mosque → Wat Pho →	heritageDesignationBy
Memory of the World International Register ("UNESCO Communication and Information Sector") → Memory of the World Programme → UNESCO Headquarters ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme →	operator
L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science → UNESCO Gold Medal Award → UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal → UNESCO Prize for Journalism →	presentedBy
2012 Paris OER Declaration → UNESCO 2019 OER Recommendation → UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger → UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	publisher
Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee ("UNESCO Secretariat") → International Council on Monuments and Sites → National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia → Office of United Nations Specialized and Technical Agencies ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	worksWith
International Centre for Theoretical Physics → International Oceanographic Commission ("UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector") → Universal Esperanto Association →	affiliation
Director-General of UNESCO ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → Julian Huxley → Vice-Chairpersons of the Executive Board of UNESCO →	employer
ICCROM → ISSN International Centre → International Centre for Theoretical Physics →	foundedBy
International Council on Monuments and Sites → Universal Esperanto Association → Women's International League for Peace and Freedom →	hasConsultativeStatus
Memory of the World Regional Committees → UNESCO library ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO library →	operatedBy
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia → L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science ("UNESCO Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building") → UNESCO Prize for Journalism →	organizer
European Higher Education Area → UNESCO 2019 OER Recommendation ("UNESCO Education Sector strategy") → UNESCO Prize for Journalism →	relatedTo
Abu Simbel temples → Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → Temple of Philae →	relocationCoordinatedBy
UNESCO → Universal Copyright Convention →	abbreviation
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention → States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	adoptedUnder
Africa and the Arab States → MAB International Coordinating Council ("UNESCO science sector") →	associatedWith
UNESCO Gold Medal Award ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO Prize for Peace Education →	awardingBody
UNAIDS ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → United Nations Economic and Social Council ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	coordinatesWith
Biosphärenreservat Rhön → Bradford →	designatedBy
United Nations Development Group ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → United Nations agencies ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	hasMember
MAB International Coordinating Council → Memory of the World Regional Committees ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	hasParentOrganization
UN ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → United Nations →	hasSpecializedAgency
UNESCO library ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO library →	isMainLibraryOf
Holocaust remembrance → Open Educational Resources →	isPromotedBy
Chichén Itzá → Socotra →	recognizedAsWorldHeritageBy
UNESCO library ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") → UNESCO library →	servesOrganization
Universal Copyright Convention ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	concludedUnderAuspicesOf
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	coordinatedWith
Diploma Supplement →	developedBy
World Heritage Committee →	establishedUnder
Constitution of UNESCO ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	establishes
UNESCO ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	fullName
Bibliotheca Alexandrina →	fundedBy
UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network →	governingBody
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education →	hasAcronym
United Nations development system ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	hasComponent
Phoenix Islands Protected Area →	hasConservationPartner
Reporters Without Borders →	hasConsultativeStatusWith
Clean Water and Sanitation ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	hasCustodianAgency
Place de Fontenoy →	hasNotableInstitution
Africa and the Arab States →	hasOrganizer
United Nations system ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	hasPart
UNESCO ("UNESCO Associated Schools Network") →	hasProgram
Esperanto movement →	hasRecognitionBy
Director-General of UNESCO ("UNESCO Secretariat") →	headOf
Tarragona →	heritageDesignationOrganization
indigenous peoples of Mexico →	heritageRecognizedBy
Buland Darwaza →	heritageSiteOf
United Nations country teams in Central Africa ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	includes
Angkor Archaeological Park →	inscribedOnWorldHeritageListBy
El Jem Amphitheatre →	inscriptionBy
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ("UNESCO culture sector") →	isPartOfFramework
Diploma Supplement →	isRecommendedBy
State of Palestine →	memberOf
Julian Huxley ("UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy") →	notableWork
UNESCO Headquarters ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	ownedBy
FutureLearn →	partnersWith
Santa Maria delle Grazie with The Last Supper →	protectionBy
Reserva de la Biosfera Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado ("Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura") →	reconocidaPor
Temple of Derr →	relocatedBy
Amada →	relocatedWithSupportFrom
UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Secretariat") →	reportsTo
Director-General of UNESCO →	represents
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region →	sponsoredBy
UNESCO Headquarters →	UNAgencyHeadquartersFor
Lanzarote →	UNESCODesignationBy
UN Goodwill Ambassador ("United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization") →	usedBy
WHS →	usedInContextOf
Bath Abbey →	worldHeritageSiteDesignationBy
Maison Guiette →	worldHeritageSiteOf