UNESCO Headquarters

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headquarters building international organization headquarters office building complex

UNESCO Headquarters is the main administrative complex of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, located in Paris and serving as its central hub for global operations and policymaking.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris	14
UNESCO Headquarters canonical	7
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France	5
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris	3
UNESCO headquarters	3
UNESCO House	1
UNESCO Main Building	1
UNESCO Secretariat	1
UNESCO Secretariat offices	1
UNESCO World Headquarters	1
UNESCO headquarters buildings	1
UNESCO headquarters complex in Paris	1
UNESCO headquarters main building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO Headquarters
Context triple: [UNESCO, headquartersBuilding, UNESCO Headquarters]

A. United Nations Headquarters
The United Nations Headquarters is the main administrative and diplomatic center of the UN, where representatives of member states convene to discuss and address global issues.
B. Palais des Nations
The Palais des Nations is a grand complex in Geneva that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
C. Peace Palace
The Peace Palace is a landmark building in The Hague, Netherlands, that serves as a major center for international law and houses key judicial institutions including the International Court of Justice.
D. Dag Hammarskjöld Library
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is the main research and reference library of the United Nations, supporting the work of UN delegates and staff with specialized collections on international affairs and law.
E. Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace)
The Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) is a Dutch organization that owns and manages the Peace Palace in The Hague, a landmark center for international law and diplomacy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO Headquarters
Target entity description: UNESCO Headquarters is the main administrative complex of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, located in Paris and serving as its central hub for global operations and policymaking.

A. United Nations Headquarters
The United Nations Headquarters is the main administrative and diplomatic center of the UN, where representatives of member states convene to discuss and address global issues.
B. Palais des Nations
The Palais des Nations is a grand complex in Geneva that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
C. Peace Palace
The Peace Palace is a landmark building in The Hague, Netherlands, that serves as a major center for international law and houses key judicial institutions including the International Court of Justice.
D. Dag Hammarskjöld Library
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is the main research and reference library of the United Nations, supporting the work of UN delegates and staff with specialized collections on international affairs and law.
E. Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace)
The Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) is a Dutch organization that owns and manages the Peace Palace in The Hague, a landmark center for international law and diplomacy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	headquarters building ⓘ international organization headquarters ⓘ office building complex ⓘ
address	7 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ surface form: UNESCO House
architect	Bernard Zehrfuss ⓘ Marcel Breuer ⓘ Pier Luigi Nervi ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernist architecture ⓘ
city	Paris ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1953 ⓘ
contains	Director-General of UNESCO ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Director-General’s office UNESCO Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Secretariat offices UNESCO library ⓘ surface form: UNESCO archives UNESCO conference rooms ⓘ UNESCO library ⓘ UNESCO meeting halls ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
coordinates	48.849°N 2.306°E ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
function	administrative center of UNESCO ⓘ central hub for UNESCO global operations ⓘ venue for UNESCO Executive Board meetings ⓘ venue for UNESCO General Conference ⓘ
governingBody	UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Secretariat
hasArtworkBy	Alexander Calder ⓘ Henry Moore ⓘ Isamu Noguchi ⓘ Joan Miró ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ
hasPart	Y-shaped main building ⓘ conference building ⓘ secretariat building ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	yes ⓘ
inception	1958 ⓘ
locatedIn	7th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	Place de Fontenoy ⓘ
name	UNESCO Headquarters self-link ⓘ
numberOfFloors	7 ⓘ
operator	UNESCO ⓘ surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
ownedBy	UNESCO ⓘ surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
partOf	United Nations system ⓘ surface form: United Nations system headquarters network
primaryLanguageOfAdministration	English ⓘ French ⓘ
publicAccess	guided tours ⓘ
region	Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
UNAgencyHeadquartersFor	UNESCO ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UNESCO → headquartersBuilding → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

UNESCO → hasMainOrgan → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Secretariat

Director-General of UNESCO → seat → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

UNESCO Headquarters → name → UNESCO Headquarters self-link ⓘ

UNESCO Headquarters → alsoKnownAs → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO House

UNESCO Headquarters → contains → UNESCO Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Secretariat offices

Executive Board of UNESCO → location → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

General Conference of UNESCO → convenesAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence → presentedAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Marcel Breuer → notableFor → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

Marcel Breuer → designed → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

7th arrondissement of Paris → contains → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO headquarters

World Heritage Centre → headquartersLocation → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Henry Moore → workExhibitedAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Vice-Chairpersons of the Executive Board of UNESCO → location → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

UNESCO library → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

Place de Fontenoy → hasNotableBuilding → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Main Building

Place de Fontenoy → isSiteOf → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Headquarters

Bernard Zehrfuss → notableWork → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Pier Luigi Nervi → designed → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → meetsAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

UCCN Secretariat → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Conference of Parties to the 2005 Convention → meetsAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions → meetsAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

United Nations buildings → includes → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

WHC → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

subject surface form: World Heritage Centre

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

ICC → meetsAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

United States Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization → operatesWithin → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO headquarters complex in Paris

UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize → presentedAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNESCO → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Ségur metro station → nearby → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO headquarters

UNESCO Garden, Paris → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO headquarters

UNESCO Garden, Paris → integratedWith → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO headquarters main building

UNESCO Garden, Paris → hasViewOf → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO headquarters buildings

IOC Assembly → convenesAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

IOC Executive Council → locatedAt → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

IOC Secretariat → locatedIn → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

IOC-UNESCO → locatedInBuilding → UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ

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