UNESCO

UNESCO:United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNESCO headquartered in Paris, France is the member of the United Nations Development Group has five program areas: Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Cultural and Communication and Information. At  present, the Director-General of UNESCO is Audrey Azoulay. The 74 year old organisation was formed on 4th November, 1945 has 193 states as its members and 11 associations. Its aim is to promote a culture of peace and to establish an “intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind” and to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals. It sponsors projects related to literacy, technical training, education, the advancement of science, promoting independent media and freedom of the press, preserving regional and cultural history and promoting cultural diversity. 

UNESCO assists in translating and disseminating world literature , establishing international cooperation agreements to secure “World Heritage Sites” of cultural and natural importance, preserving human rights , and bridging the worldwide digital divide. It has many designating projects and places of cultural and scientific such as, World Heritage sites,World digital Library etc. 

Some of our India sites included in UNESCO World Heritage sites are as follow: 

• Agra Fort, Agra

• Ajanta Caves

• Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

• Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), Mumbai

• Churches and Convents of Old Goa

• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

• Elephanta Caves

• Ellora Caves

• Fatehpur Sikri, outside Agra

• Great Living Chola Temples, including the Brihadisvara Temple of Thanjavur; Brihadisvara Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram; and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram

• Group of Monuments at Hampi

• Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

• Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

• Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

• Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

• Kaziranga National Park

• Keoladeo National Park

• Khajuraho Group of Monuments

• Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya

• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

• Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Park

• Nilgiri Mountain Railway

• Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi

• Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

• Sun Temple, Konarak

• Sundarbans National Park

• Taj Mahal, Agra

• The Red Fort Complex, Delhi

• Western Ghats mountain chain

• Hill Forts of Rajashtan

• Ahmedabad Gujarat

• Tanjai Periyakoil,Tanjavur Tamilnadu

UNESCO awards 22 prizes in Education, Science, Culture and Peace:

• Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

• L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science

• UNESCO/King Sejong Literacy Prize

• UNESCO/Confucius Prize for Literacy

• UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize to promote Quality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

• UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education

• UNESCO/Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers

• UNESCO/Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science

• UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal for an outstanding contribution to the development of scientific knowledge that has a beneficial impact on human health

• UNESCO/Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation

• Great Man-Made River International Water Prize for Water Resources in Arid Zones presented by UNESCO (title to be reconsidered)

• Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management

• UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights

• UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

• UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

• UNESCO/International José Martí Prize

• UNESCO/Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science

• UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture

• Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)

• IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication

• UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

• UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize

• UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences

• Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology.

International day observed by UNESCO are as follow :

• 27 January, International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

• 13 February, World Radio Day

• 21 February, International Mother Language Day

• 8 March, International Women's Day

• 20 March, International Francophonie Day

• 21 March, International Day of Nowruz

• 21 March, World Poetry Day

• 21 March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

• 22 March, World Day for Water

• 23 April, World Book and Copyright Day

• 30 April, International Jazz Day

• 3 May, World Press Freedom Day

• 21 May, World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

• 22 May, International Day for Biological Diversity

• 25 May, Africa Day / Africa Week

• 5 June, World Environment Day

• 8 June, World Oceans Day

• 17 June, World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

• 9 August, International Day of the World's Indigenous People

• 12 August, International Youth Day

• 23 August, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

• 8 September, International Literacy Day

• 15 September, International Day of Democracy

• 21 September, International Day of Peace

• 28 September, International Day for the Universal Access to Information

• 2 October, International Day of Non-Violence

• 5 October, World Teachers' Day

• 2nd Wednesday in October International Day for Disaster Reduction

• 17 October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

• 20 October, World Statistics Day

• 27 October, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

• 2 November, International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

• 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development

• 3rd Thursday in November, World Philosophy Day

• 16 November, International Day for Tolerance

• 19 November, International Men's Day

• 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

• 29 November, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

• 1 December, World AIDS Day

• 10 December, Rights Day
• 18 December, International Migrants Day​

Source:https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000232415_eng

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unesco  

https://unesco.org.uk/prize/unesco-king-hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa-prize-for-the-use-of-information-and-communication-technologies-in-education/ 

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