UNESCO

American  

[yoo-nes-koh] / juˈnɛs koʊ /

noun

1. 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.

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UNESCO British  

/ juːˈnɛskəʊ /

acronym

1. 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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Example Sentences

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UNESCO

Working within the international system coordinated by UNESCO, it monitors earthquakes that could generate tsunamis and sends initial messages to French emergency authorities and other warning centers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

But they rarely stop there, said Ahmed Junaid, the Sudan representative for UNESCO, which is supporting national authorities in tracking down lost antiquities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

According to UNESCO, the park is home to between 80 and 90 percent of Sierra Leone's biodiversity.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 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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