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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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