UNESCO

Official UNESCO NGOs 

UNESCO taa la neeloŋ neŋ 322 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Most of these are what UNESCO calls "operational"; a select few are "formal". The highest form of affiliation to UNESCO is "formal associate", and the 22 NGOs<with formal associate (ASC) relations occupying offices at UNESCO are:

 Abbr Organization IB  International Baccalaureate CCIVS  Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service CIPSH  International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (Conseil International de Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines; publishes Diogenes) CIOFF  International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (Conseil International des Organisations de Festivals de Folklore et d'Arts Traditionnels) EI  Education International IAU  International Association of Universities IFTC  International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication ICOM  International Council of Museums ICSSPE  International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education ICA  International Council on Archives ICOMOS  International Council on Monuments and Sites IFJ  International Federation of Journalists IFLA  International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions IFPA  International Federation of Poetry Associations IMC  International Music Council IPA  International Police Association INSULA  International Scientific Council for Island Development ISC  International Science Council (formerly ICSU and ISSC) ITI  International Theatre Institute IUCN  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources IUTAO  International Union of Technical Associations and Organizations UIA  Union of International Associations WAN  World Association of Newspapers WFEO  World Federation of Engineering Organizations WFUCA  World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations

 International Days observed at UNESCO 

International Days diibu zie la UNESCO la be a tabol ŋa poɔ:International Days | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . UNESCO. Retrieved 12 July 2013.

 Date Name 14 January World Logic Day24 JanuaryWorld Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture 24 January International Day of Education 25 January International Day of Women in Multilateralism 27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 11 February International Day of Women and Girls in Science 13 February World Radio Day 21 February International Mother Language Day4 MarchUNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 8 March International Women's Day 14 March International Day of Mathematics 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 Water Day 5 April International Day of Conscience 6 April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 15 April World Art Day 23 April World Book and Copyright Day 30 April International Jazz Day 3 May World Press Freedom Day 5 May African World Heritage Day 5 May World Portuguese Language Day 16 May International Day of Light 21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 22 May International Day for Biological Diversity 5 June World Environment Day 8 June World Oceans Day 17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought7 JulyKiswahili Language Day 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day26 JulyInternational Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem 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 Day9 SeptemberInternational Day to Protect Education from Attack 15 September International Day of Democracy20 SeptemberInternational Day for University Sport 21 September International Day of Peace 28 September International Day for the Universal Access to Information 5 October World Teachers' Day6 OctoberInternational Geodiversity Day 11 October International Day of the Girl Child 13 October International Day for Disaster Reduction 17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 24 October United Nations Day 27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2 November International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists3 NovemberInternational Day for Biosphere Reserves<>First Thursday of NovemberInternational day against violence and bullying at school including cyberbullying 5 November World Day of Romani Language5 NovemberWorld Tsunami Awareness Day 10 November World Science Day for Peace and Development14 NovemberInternational Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Third Thursday of November World Philosophy Day 16 November International Day for Tolerance18 NovemberInternational International Day of Islamic Art 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women26 NovemberWorld Olive Tree Day 29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 1 December World AIDS Day2 DecemberWorld Futures Day 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities 10 December Human Rights Day 18 December International Migrants Day 18 December World Arabic Language Day
 General Conference 

A yele la a ama naŋ be a  UNESCO General Conference naŋ taa eebo yi a 1946:UNESCO official site: Previous Sessions of the General Conference 

 Session Location Year Chaired by from 1st  Paris  1946  Léon Blum   2nd  Mexico City  1947  Manuel Gual Vidal   3rd  Beirut  1948  Hamid Bey Frangie   1st extraordinary  Paris  1948   4th  Paris  1949  Edward Ronald Walker   5th  Florence  1950  Stefano Jacini   6th  Paris  1951  Howland H. Sargeant   7th  Paris  1952  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan   2nd extraordinary  Paris  1953   8th  Montevideo  1954  Justino Zavala Muniz   9th  New Delhi  1956  Abul Kalam Azad   10th  Paris  1958  Jean Berthoin   11th  Paris  1960  Akale-Work Abte-Wold   12th  Paris  1962  Paulo de Berrêdo Carneiro   13th  Paris  1964  Norair Sisakian   14th  Paris  1966  Bedrettin Tuncel   15th  Paris  1968  William Eteki Mboumoua   16th  Paris  1970  Atilio Dell'Oro Maini   17th  Paris  1972  Toru Haguiwara   3rd extraordinary  Paris  1973   18th  Paris  1974  Magda Jóború   19th  Nairobi  1976  Taaita Toweett   20th  Paris  1978  Napoléon LeBlanc   21st  Belgrade  1980  Ivo Margan   4th extraordinary  Paris  1982   22nd  Paris  1983  Saïd Tell   23rd  Sofia  1985  Nikolai Todorov   24th  Paris  1987  Guillermo Putzeys Alvarez   25th  Paris  1989  Anwar Ibrahim   26th  Paris  1991  Bethwell Allan Ogot   27th  Paris  1993  Ahmed Saleh Sayyad   28th  Paris  1995  Torben Krogh   29th  Paris  1997  Eduardo Portella   30th  Paris  1999  Jaroslava Moserová   31st  Paris  2001  Ahmad Jalali   32nd  Paris  2003  Michael Omolewa   33rd  Paris  2005  Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan   34th  Paris  2007  Georgios Anastassopoulos  35th  Paris  2009  Davidson Hepburn   36th  Paris  2011  Katalin Bogyay   37th  Paris  2013  Hao Ping   38th  Paris  2015  Stanley Mutumba Simataa   39th  Paris  2017  Zohour Alaoui   40th  Paris  2019 Ahmet Altay Cengizer  41stParis2021Santiago Irazabal Mourão  42ndParis2023Simona Miculescu 

 Executive Board 
Biennial vootu tuuruŋ, neŋ 58 elected representatives taa ɔfere neŋ yuomo anaare.
TermGroup I
(9 seats)Group II
(7 seats)Group III
(10 seats)Group IV
(12 seats)Group V(a)
(13 seats)Group V(b)
(7 seats)2017–
2021 Finland

Portugal

Turkey Albania

Belarus

Bulgaria Cuba

Grenada

Jamaica

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Venezuela Bangladesh

China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Philippines Burundi

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Madagascar

Zambia

Zimbabwe Egypt

Jordan

Morocco2019–2023 France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

 Switzerland Hungary

Poland

Russia

Serbia Argentina

Brazil

Dominican Republic

Uruguay Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan

Philippines

Pakistan

South Korea

Thailand Benin

Congo

Guinea

Ghana

Kenya

Namibia

Senegal

Togo Saudi Arabia

UAE

Tunisia2021–2025 Austria

Iceland

Turkey Armenia

Azerbaijan

Lithuania Chile

Grenada

Haiti

Mexico

Paraguay

Saint Lucia China

Cook Islands

India

Japan

Philippines

Vietnam Angola

Botswana

Congo

Djibouti

South Africa

Tanzania Egypt

Jordan

Kuwait2023–2027 France

Germany

Italy

Spain

United Kingdom

United States Albania

Czech Republic

Serbia

Slovakia Argentina

Brazil

Cuba

Dominican Republic Australia

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Pakistan

South Korea

Sri Lanka Burkina Faso

Côte d'Ivoire

Gabon

Liberia

Mauritius

Mozambique

Nigeria Iraq

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

 Africa 

 Abidjan – National Office to Côte d'Ivoire
 Abuja – National Office to Nigeria
 Accra – Cluster Office for Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo
 Addis Ababa – Liaison Office with the African Union and with the Economic Commission for Africa
 Bamako – Cluster Office for Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger
 Brazzaville – National Office to the Republic of the Congo
 Bujumbura – National Office to Burundi
 Dakar – Regional Bureau for Education in Africa and Cluster Office for Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal
 Dar es Salaam – Cluster Office for Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Tanzania
 Harare – Cluster Office for Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
 Juba – National Office to South Sudan
 Kinshasa – National Office to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Libreville – Cluster Office for the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe
 Maputo – National Office to Mozambique
 Nairobi – Regional Bureau for Sciences in Africa and Cluster Office for Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda
 Windhoek – National Office to Namibia
 Yaoundé – Cluster Office to Cameroon, Central African Republic and Chad

 Arab States 
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 Amman – National Office to Jordan
 Beirut – Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States and Cluster Office to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine
 Cairo – Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States and Cluster Office for Egypt and Sudan
 Doha – Cluster Office to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
 Iraq – National Office for Iraq (currently located in Amman, Jordan)
 Khartoum – National Office to Sudan
 Manama – Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
 Rabat – Cluster Office to Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia
 Ramallah – National Office to the Palestinian Territories

 Asia and Pacific 
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See also: UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards

 Almaty – Cluster Office to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
 Apia – Cluster Office to Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Tokelau (Associate Member)
 Bangkok – Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific and Cluster Office to Thailand, Burma, Laos, Singapore and Vietnam
 Beijing – Cluster Office to North Korea, Japan, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and South Korea
 Dhaka – National Office to Bangladesh
 Hanoi – National Office to Vietnam
 Islamabad – National Office to Pakistan
 Jakarta – Regional Bureau for Sciences in Asia and the Pacific and Cluster Office to the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor
 Manila – National Office to the Philippines
 Kabul – National Office to Afghanistan
 Kathmandu – National Office to Nepal
 New Delhi – Cluster Office to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka
 Phnom Penh – National Office to Cambodia
 Tashkent – National Office to Uzbekistan
 Tehran – Cluster Office to Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan

 Europe and North America 
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 Brussels – Liaison Office to the European Union and its subsidiary bodies in Brussels
 Geneva – Liaison Office to the United Nations in Geneva
 New York City – Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York
 Venice – Regional Bureau for Sciences and Culture in Europe

 Latin America and the Caribbean 
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 Brasília – National Office to Brazil
 Guatemala City – National Office to Guatemala
 Havana – Regional Bureau for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and Cluster Office to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Aruba
 Kingston – Cluster Office to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago as well as the associate member states of British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
 Lima – National Office to Peru
 Mexico City – National Office to Mexico
 Montevideo – Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean and Cluster Office to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
 Port-au-Prince – National Office to Haiti
 Quito – Cluster Office to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela
 San José – Cluster Office to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
 Santiago de Chile – Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean and National Office to Chile

 Partner organizations 
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 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
 Blue Shield International (BSI)
 International Council of Museums (ICOM)
 International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) 

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