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Contents. UNESCO. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO; pronounced / juːˈnɛskoʊ /) [1] [a] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".
UNESCO Headquarters. Coordinates: 48°50′58″N 2°18′22″E. The main UNESCO building as viewed from the Eiffel Tower. UNESCO Headquarters, or Maison de l'UNESCO, is a building inaugurated on 3 November 1958 at number 7 Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, to serve as the headquarters for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...
Member states of UNESCO. As of July 2023, UNESCO members include 194 member states and 12 associate members. [1] Some members have additional National Organizing Committees (NOCs) for some of their dependent territories. [2] The associate members are non-independent states. Three UNESCO member states are not UN member states: Cook Islands, Niue ...
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3] The 24th session in 2000 inscribed the most with 61 entries, while the 13th session in 1989 only ...
Cuba had its first site included on the list at the 6th Session of World Heritage Committee, held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, in December 1982. At that session, " Old Havana and its Fortifications ", a site including the central, historic portion of the Cuban capital of Havana , as well as Spanish colonial fortifications, was ...
UNESCO criteria Description The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape: 2015 ii, iii, iv, v, vi (cultural) Based on genetic and fossil evidence, anatomically modern humans developed from archaic predecessors in Africa around 200,000 years ago.
Chitwan National Parkwas listed in 1984, and Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha according to Buddhist tradition, was added in 1997. The National Parks are natural sites, and the other two are cultural. World Heritage Sites[edit] UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria.