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Lynne Patchett: Chief of Executive Office for Culture Sector
Qian Tang: Assistant Director of General for EducationPast Role: UNESCO, Deputy Assistant Director of General for Education
UNESCO contributes to building a culture of peace, eradicating poverty, promoting sustainable development, and fostering intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication, and information. It encourages international peace and universal respect for human rights by promoting collaboration among nations. UNESCO stands for
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and is often referred to as the "intellectual" agency of the United Nations.
In 1945, following a proposal by the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME), a United Nations conference for the establishment of an educational and cultural organization (ECO/CONF) was convened in London. At the conclusion of the conference, thirty-seven countries founded the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
UNESCO’s Constitution, signed in 1945, came into force in 1946 after being ratified by twenty countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The first session of UNESCO’s General Conference was held in Paris in 1946, with the participation of representatives from 30 voting member states.
UNESCO seeks to build networks among nations to foster peace by mobilizing support for education, encouraging intercultural understanding, facilitating scientific cooperation, and protecting freedom of expression.
Some countries withdrew from the organization at various times for political reasons, but all have since rejoined. UNESCO was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Île-de-France.
