The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945.
UNESCO’s mission is to contribute to the building of a culture of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
Sixty Themes of UNESCO's 60th Anniversary
2005 to 2006
1 Education for All
2 Human security
3 Education for citizenship
4 Broadening access to knowledge: from book to hypertext
5 Teachers
6 Natural disaster reduction
7 Eradicating poverty
8 Public domain and intellectual property
9 Promoting advancement of scientific knowledge
10 National education policies
11 UNESCO’s founding principles
12 Intangible Heritage
13 HIV and AIDS prevention education
14 Human rights
15 Information technology
16 Observating and understanding oceans
17 Museums and the Memory of the World
18 Managing social transformation
19 Crafts and design
20 Science and technology for development
21 Secondary and vocational education
22 Media development
23 Man and the Biosphere
24 Multilingualism
25 Cultural industries
26 Education of girls and women
27 World Heritage
28 Water management
29 Combating racism
30 Higher education
31 Sustainable development in small islands
32 Copyright
33 UNESCO and civil society
34 Freedom of information and the press
35 Anticipation and foresight
36 Cultural diversity
37 Priority Africa
38 Distance learning
39 Education for sustainable development
40 Desertification and arid zones
41 International civil service
42 The fight against doping in sport
43 Libraries and archives
44 Ethics of science and technology
45 Education through sport
46 Media pluralism
47 Cultural policies
48 Traditional knowledge
49 Acting with and for youth
50 Struggle against slavery
51 Towns and human habitats
52 Bioethics
53 Learning to live together
54 Science and Technologies policies
55 Non-formal education
56 Post-conflict reconstruction
57 Arts education
58 Dialogue among cultures, civilizations and peoples
59 Science and technology education
60 Towards knowledge societies?
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