UNESCO

Summary

UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations^[1]. UNESCO draws 8,897 Wikipedia views per month (specialized_agency_of_the_united_nations category, ranking #2 of 16).^[2]

Key Facts

• UNESCO received the Peabody Awards^[3].
• UNESCO was a member of Global Citizen Science Partnership^[4].
• UNESCO was a member of Global Academic Integrity Network^[5].
• UNESCO is in the country of France^[6].
• UNESCO's instance of is recorded as specialized agency of the United Nations^[7].
• UNESCO's instance of is recorded as intergovernmental organization^[8].
• UNESCO's official language is recorded as English^[9].
• UNESCO's official language is recorded as French^[10].
• UNESCO's official language is recorded as Spanish^[11].
• UNESCO's official language is recorded as Russian^[12].
• UNESCO's official language is recorded as Chinese^[13].
• UNESCO's official language is recorded as Arabic^[14].
• UNESCO's headquarters location is recorded as Paris^[15].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO office United States^[16].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO office Qatar^[17].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO office Netherlands^[18].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO office Egypt^[19].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO office Afghanistan^[20].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO Bangkok^[21].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO Jakarta^[22].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as Ethiopian National Office for UNESCO^[23].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as National Commission of Romania for UNESCO^[24].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as Austrian Commission for UNESCO^[25].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean^[26].
• UNESCO's has organizational division is recorded as UNESCO regional Office for Science and Technology for Europe^[27].

Body

Founding

November 16, 1945 marks the founding of UNESCO^[28].

Leadership

UNESCO's chairperson is recorded as Khaled al-Anani^[29].

Operations

UNESCO's headquarters location is recorded as Paris^[15]. UNESCO's parent organization or unit is recorded as United Nations^[30]. Subsidiaries include UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture^[31], an organization^[32], in Iran^[33], headquartered in Tehran^[34]; Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment^[35], an organization^[36], founded in 1969^[37]; UNESCO Institute for Statistics^[38], an international organization^[39], in Canada^[40], headquartered in Montreal^[41]; Iranian National Commission for UNESCO^[42], an intergovernmental organization^[43], in Iran^[44], founded in 1948^[45]; Hylean Amazon Institute^[46], an international organization^[47], founded in 1948^[48]; and International Center for Documentary Heritage^[49], an organization^[50], in South Korea^[51], founded in 2023^[52].

Recognition

UNESCO received the Peabody Awards^[3].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for UNESCO include place de Fontenoy^[53].

Why It Matters

UNESCO draws 8,897 Wikipedia views per month (specialized_agency_of_the_united_nations category, ranking #2 of 16).^[2] UNESCO has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] UNESCO is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

Works attributed to UNESCO include International Standard Classification of Education^[56], a specialised classification scheme^[57], founded in 1976^[58]; The Race Question^[59], a serial^[60]; UNESCO Public Library Manifesto^[61], a manifesto^[62]; and Global Open Access Portal^[63], a website^[64]. Entities named for UNESCO include place de Fontenoy^[53].

FAQs

What awards did UNESCO receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards^[3].