{"id":56407,"date":"2025-10-08T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56407"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:52:08","slug":"united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organization-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organization-unesco\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>UNESCO Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Unesco&#8217;s executive board has nominated an Egyptian former tourism and antiquities minister, Khaled el-Anani, to be the agency&#8217;s next director.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About UNESCO<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/the-united-nations-un\/\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Goal:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is dedicated to <\/span><b>strengthening our shared humanity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through the promotion of education, science, culture, and communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO was <\/span><b>started in 1945<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after World War II. It took over from an older group called the <\/span><b>International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO <\/span><b>focuses on five main areas:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Education, Natural sciences, Social and human sciences, Culture, Communication and information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> UNESCO has 194 member countries and 12 associate members.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Paris, France<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of UNESCO<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports member states\u2019 <\/span><b>efforts to eliminate illiteracy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, encouraging the extension of free education, and acts as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also works with many other groups, including non-governmental organizations and private companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO designates and <\/span><b>maintains a list of World Heritage Sites,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are places of outstanding universal value that deserve protection for future generations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/unesco-nominates-egyptian-as-its-new-director-following-us-withdrawal-10291822\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNESCO is dedicated to strengthening our shared humanity through the promotion of education, science, culture, and communication. 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