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    UNESCO

    TEAM E: SETRI, IMMACULATE, KIRSTIN,


    KWABENA,AND CALEB
    BACKGROUND
    • UNESCO(UNESCO, the United Nations • It was founded in 1945 and has its
    Educational, Scientific and Cultural headquarters in Paris, France UNESCO
    Organization) is an agency of the United originally rebuilt schools, libraries, and
    Nations that promotes world peace and
    museums destroyed in Europe during World
    security through international cooperation
    War II, and now sponsors various programs
    in education, science, and culture.
    and conferences.
    HISTORY
    • Upon the proposal of CAME, a United Nations
    • During WW2, the governments of the
    Conference for the establishment of an
    European countries met in the United
    educational and cultural organization
    Kingdom for the Conference of Allied
    (ECO/CONF) was convened in London from 1
    Ministers of Education (CAME) to look for
    to 16 November 1945.
    ways and means to rebuild their education
    systems once peace was restored. • It gathered forty-four countries who decided to
    create an organization that would embody a
    • Members: India, United States, genuine culture of peace.
    France, China, Brazil, Mexico,
    Turkey, Australia
    IMPORTANCES OF
    UNESCO
    • Education: UNESCO mobilizes efforts to ensure Scientific Cooperation: UNESCO promotes scientific
    programs and policies as platforms for development
    that every child, regardless of gender, has access and cooperation by encouraging the exchange of
    to quality education as a fundamental human knowledge and ideas across borders.
    right.
    Freedom of Expression: As a fundamental right and a
    • Intercultural Understanding: By protecting key condition for democracy and development,
    UNESCO stands up for freedom of expression. It
    cultural heritage and fostering support for
    manages programs that facilitate the free flow of ideas
    cultural diversity, UNESCO contributes to and knowledge
    intercultural understanding. It created the
    concept of World Heritage Sites to safeguard
    places of outstanding universal value.
    VISION

    UNESCO’s founding vision


    emerged in response to the
    violence of World War II. It aimed
    to establish the “intellectual and
    moral solidarity of mankind” to
    prevent another global conflict.
    ACHIEVEMENTS

    • Promotion of Education: UNESCO has


    • UNESCO'S WORLD worked to ensure access to quality
    HERITAGE PROGRAM – education for all by promoting:
    It identifies and preserves
    cultural and natural sites of • literacy
    outstanding universal value • teacher training
    from ancient monuments
    • educational infrastructure development
    to natural wonders.
    Initiatives: Education for All (EFA), the
    Global Education 2030 Agenda,
    ACHIEVEMENTS
    • Preservation of Cultural Heritage: • Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists:
    UNESCO helps protect and preserve UNESCO advocates for press freedom and the
    cultural heritage sites, traditions, safety of journalists worldwide.
    languages, and intangible cultural
    heritage worldwide. It works to combat censorship, attacks on
    journalists, and promote freedom of
    Initiatives: Convention for the expression.
    Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural
    Heritage, World Heritage Cities
    Program
    SOURCES

    • https://www.britannica.com/topic/UNESCO
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO
    • https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/unesco/

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