page_title: Vittorino Veronese
section_title: UNESCO
hierarchical_section_title: Vittorino Veronese / UNESCO
caption_attribution_description: English: Celebration of UNESCO's 25th anniversary. Left to right, five Directors-General of the UNESCO, Jaime Torres Bodet (Mexico, 1948-1952), Julien Huxley (Royaume Uni,1946-1948), René Maheu (France,1961-), Luther Evans (USA, 1953-1958), Vittorino Veronese (Italie, 1958-1961)
context_page_description: Vittorino Veronese was an Italian anti-fascist lawyer and activist who served as UNESCO’s Director-General from 1958 to 1961. Before his appointment as UNESCO’s Director-General he served as Chairman of the Catholic Institute for Social Activity and of Azione Cattolica. From 1952 to 1956 he served on UNESCO’s board and was UNESCO’s chairperson from 1956 to 1958. Three years after the appointment as the Director-General, Veronese had to resign due to health concerns.
  Veronese would continue to hold roles within the Catholic Church after his career with UNESCO, and to be prominent in the international sphere until his death in 1986 at the age of 76.
context_section_description: As a well-known member the Italian Movement of Catholic graduates and Catholic Action, Veronese became active participant in the work of UNESCO after 1948. From 1952 to 1956 he served as a representative on UNESCO's executive board, and was elected as the board's chairperson between 1956 and 1958. He continued to hold this role until his appointment as UNESCO Director-General. He advocated for the importance of self-determination without discrimination in education as well as the importance of its inclusion of linkages to daily life. Veronese believed that education went along with the benefits of industrialization. As a UNESCO Director-General, Vittorino Veronese would lead member nations to sign the Paris Convention against Discrimination in Education in 1960.
  Also in 1960, 19 newly independent African nations (including Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, and Nigeria) were granted membership. Special emphasis was placed on the “elimination of illiteracy” within the new African member nations, which resulted in the Addis Ababa Conference of African Ministers of Education, held May 15–25 of 1961. This was the first educational conference held by African leaders where the focus was determined by member nations and general concerns of middle Africa.
  Vittorino Veronese followed the socio-cultural lead of predecessor Luther H. Evans and inaugurated Evans’ proposed “Special Fund” for extra-budgetary collection to support the launch of 37 teacher training programs in developing countries. This allowed for the later progress of UNESCO with the support of the UNDP and UNICEF across the 60 members.
  After his work cementing this conference within development history, his term as the head of this committee continued until the beginning of his presidency at the Banco di Roma in 1961.
caption: Celebration of UNESCO's 25th anniversary. Left to right, five Directors-General of the UNESCO, Jaime Torres Bodet (Mexico, 1948-1952), Julien Huxley (Royaume Uni,1946-1948), René Maheu (France,1961-), Luther Evans (USA, 1953-1958), Vittorino Veronese (Italie, 1958-1961).
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