United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

American  

noun

1. UNESCO.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Cultural  

1. A controversial agency allied with the United Nations. UNESCO was founded to enhance cooperation among members of the United Nations in education, science, and culture. In the 1980s, several countries withdrew, complaining that UNESCO had become too political.

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Example Sentences

After becoming a union leader, Torres was appointed by President Carter as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022

It is one of the largest discovered at that depth, says the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which led the mission.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022

As the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization puts it, "language is one manifestation of cultural diversity" and "every language reflects a unique world-view with its own value systems, philosophy and particular cultural features."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2018

In 2012, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or Unesco, designated the eastern, Jordanian bank as a World Heritage Site, declaring it is believed to be the location of Jesus’s baptism.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2018

If no such centre is notified he shall also send a copy to the international copyright information centre established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

From The Universal Copyright Convention (1988) by Coalition for Networked Information