UNESCO

American

[yoo-nes-koh] / juˈnɛs koʊ /

noun

an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.

UNESCO British

/ juːˈnɛskəʊ /

acronym

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization: an agency of the United Nations that sponsors programmes to promote education, communication, the arts, etc

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Etymology

Origin of UNESCO

U(nited) N(ations) E(ducational) , S(cientific, and) C(ultural) O(rganization)

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UNESCO

On Dec. 5, 2023, UNESCO, the United Nation’s agency aimed at safeguarding social and cultural foundations, recognized the musical genre as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

In June 2022, UNESCO, which is committed to increasing global tsunami risk awareness among coastal communities, declared:

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

"It's a reflection of the way of life of we Ghanaians," said professor Osman Damba Tahidu, secretary-general of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

At that point, he’ll send the petition to the Korean government’s Ministry of Culture to then resubmit to UNESCO.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025

Tensions that cause wars: common statement and individual papers by a group of social scientists brought together by UNESCO.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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