UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO (pronounced /juːˈnɛskoʊ/), an acronym for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture.
Etymology
The term "UNESCO" is an acronym derived from the English name for the organization: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Related Terms
- United Nations: An international organization founded in 1945. It is composed of member states that work together to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, and promote social progress, better living standards, and human rights.
- Education: The process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
- Science: A systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
- Culture: The social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.
See Also
- World Heritage Site: A landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO.
- Intangible Cultural Heritage: A practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO as part of a place's cultural heritage.
- Biosphere Reserve: An ecosystem with plants and animals of unusual scientific and natural interest, designated to encourage and support research, monitoring, education, and information exchange related to local, national, and global issues of conservation and development.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on UNESCO
- Wikipedia's article - UNESCO
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