This organization is well-known today: we often come across social advertising under the auspices of UNESCO and other references to it. What is behind this acronym? What does the UNESCO transcript imply? Of course, we have all heard about the UN structures in general terms, but not every one of our compatriots is really deeply aware of these issues. Let's try to figure it out now.
UNESCO: abbreviation deciphering
And this is exactly the abbreviation. And in English in full it sounds like this: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. So, in Russian, the decoding of UNESCO would sound something like this: the UN structure dealing with science, education and culture. Indeed, this organization is one of the subsidiaries of the UN.
Prerequisites for creation
The idea of creating an international organization of this type arose during the Second World War. The well-known Allied conferences in 1943 and 1945 played an important role in this process. By the way, to be fair, it should also be noted thata similar organization, designed to resolve international conflicts peacefully, has already existed since the time of the Versailles Accords after the First World War. It's about the League of Nations. However, she demonstrated her complete failure. At a peace conference in San Francisco in the spring of 1945, the United Nations is created, which actually replaced the League of Nations.
Deciphering UNESCO as an organization: history and missions
In the first months of the existence of the UN, its structure was formed. In November 1945, another conference of this organization was held in London, where UNESCO was created, a kind of department for various cultural, educational and scientific issues. Thus, deciphering UNESCO as an organization implies that it is engaged in specific issues in these areas. In 1945, 37 states from Europe and North America joined the organization and signed its Charter, which provided for the start of activities from November 1946. Then, in November 1946, the first general conference was held. Today, UNESCO unites 195 states from all over the world.
Objectives of the organization
Today, UNESCO's main goal is to promote security and peace throughout the planet by strengthening international and cultural ties, expanding cooperation between different peoples in the field of science, culture and education, as well as promoting mutual respect, justice and human rights, regardless by gender, race, religion, nationality, language and so on.
UNESCO's definition of its own objectives fits into five main functions:
- Promising scientific research.
- Promotion of knowledge, its transfer and exchange on an international scale.
- Normative activities in the field of science, culture and education.
- Promote the exchange of specialized information.
- Providing the services of various kinds of experts for the development of the member states of the organization.
