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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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