UNESCO uses education, science, culture, communication and information to foster mutual understanding and respect for our planet. We work to strengthen the intellectual and moral solidarity of humankind and bring out the best in our shared humanity.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO / j uː ˈ n ɛ s k oʊ /) [2] [a] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

The World Heritage Online Map Platform, supported by the Flanders UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), is a pilot online geographic information system displaying georeferenced maps of World Heritage properties and buffer zones.

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a specialized agency dedicated to strengthening our shared humanity through the promotion of education, science, culture, and communication.

5 days ago · UNESCO, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that was outlined in a constitution signed November 16, 1945. The constitution, which entered into force in 1946, called for the promotion of international collaboration in education, science, and culture.

UNESCO recalls obligation to respect and protect the integrity of heritage sites

UNESCO was created to decide what kind of society we wanted to build together after the destruction of two World Wars. As early as 1942, global leaders began imagining an organization that would use education, culture, science and information to build lasting peace.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre. World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and ...

UNESCO's projects are organized under 5 Major Programmes including Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communication and Information.

UNESCO added 28 new World Heritage Sites this year to the list of irreplaceable treasures that will be protected for today's travelers and future generations.