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Mt Kilimanjaro’s vanishing ice prompts Unesco's Sh1bn intervention • Mar. 11, 2025, 4:56 AM ET (Nation.Africa)
IIT-Kharagpur professor wins UNESCO award for developing low-cost medical diagnostic solutions • Mar. 8, 2025, 6:06 AM ET (The Hindu)
Serbia: Ethnic Slovak naive art makes UNESCO heritage list • Mar. 5, 2025, 9:05 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Serbia: The naive art of the Slovak minority of Kovacica • Mar. 5, 2025, 1:11 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Uyghur linguist's presentation dropped at UNESCO summit, igniting fears of Beijing's sway • Mar. 1, 2025, 1:47 AM ET (VOA - Voice of America English News)

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

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