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Over 272 million children out-of-school across the globe: Global Education Monitoring report • June 15, 2025, 1:34 AM ET (The Hindu)
Brunei joins Unesco meeting • June 12, 2025, 10:07 PM ET (The Star)
Decades-worth of rubbish removed from Chinese UNESCO site • June 12, 2025, 7:30 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Russian attack damages Kyiv's world heritage cathedral, says culture minister • June 11, 2025, 2:34 AM ET (The Hindu)
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status • June 7, 2025, 3:30 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Also Known As United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Date 1946 - present
Headquarters Paris
Areas Of Involvement education • conservation • culture • literacy • poverty • science
Related People Pier Luigi Nervi • Seán MacBride • Marcel Breuer • René Cassin • Luís Bernardo Honwana • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Nicholas Liverpool • Ralph E. Turner • T.H. Marshall

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