BY
CARMEN AND
EVA.
HISTORY:
 Organization of united nations for the
Education, science and Culture.
 Unesco was fundated the 16 of November of
1942 during II world war, when allied
countries, started to prepare for resettle it´s
educative systems for when war ends.
 The constitution signed that day, started to
function the 4º of November in 1946,
affirmated by 20 countries.
Goals:
 Resolution, is to contribute to the peace and
the security ,to promote at the colaboration
between the nations through the the
education, culture and science.
Estructure:
1. General conference.
2. Excecutive advise.
3. Secretariat.
How they work:
 The general conference is the person who makes de decision , comprising
representatives of all Member States. It meets every two years to decide policies and
main lines of work of the Organization. Following the principle of one vote per
country, it approves UNESCO’s programme and budget. Every four years, it appoints
the Director-General on the basis of the recommendation of the Executive Board.
 The executive board , composed of 58 Member States, meets twice a year to ensure
that decisions taken by the General Conference are implemented. It is also
responsible for preparing the work of the General Conference and examining the
Organization’s programme and budget.
 The secretariat consists of the general director and staff. The Director-General is the
executive head of the Organization. He or she formulates proposals for appropriate
action by the Conference and Board and prepares a draft biennial programme and
budget. The staff implements the approved programme. There are over 2000 staff
members from some 160 countries (April 2003). Under a new decentralization
policy, more than 640 staff members work in UNESCO’s 53 field offices around the
world.
Countries
envolved:
Countries envolved at UNESCO are:
 Africa.
 Arabian estates.
 Asia and pacific.
 Europe.
 North America
 Latin America and the caribbean (little islands
inside)
Actions:
 UNESCO's work on HIV and AIDS focuses on three key priorities:
 Building country capacity for effective and sustainable education
responses to HIV;
 Strengthening comprehensive HIV and education; and
 Advancing gender equality and protecting human rights.
UNESCO is a UNAIDS cosponsor and supports countries' responses to
HIV with advocacy, policy and programmatic guidance, and technical
and strategic support, convening and coordination. This work is carried
out in accordance with the bold strategic goals outlined in getting to
zero, the UNAIDS roadmap to 2015.
Facts and
figures:
 Current (31 August 2013) 7,343 total uniformed
personnel 5,760 troops 127 military observers 1,456
police (including formed units) 415 international
civilian personnel* 916 local staff* 205 UN Volunteers
*NB: Statistics for international and local civilians are
as of 30 June 201317:12 Fatalities 124 troops 19 police 1
military observer 8 international civilians 25 local
civilians _____17:12 Financial aspects Method of
financing: Assessment in respect of a Special Account
Approved budget (1 July 2013 - 30 June 2014):
$476,329,800
Sources:
 Universal
encyclopedia.
 www.
Unesco/wikipedia.com.
 Unesco
building peace.
Curiosities:
 UNESCO CELEBRATES WORLD TEACHERS DAY:
 The need to recruit more teachers will be highlighted
during the celebration of World Teachers’ Day at
UNESCO Headquarters on 4 October. “A call for
teachers!” has been chosen as the slogan for this year’s
celebration.
 The event will be open by the Director-General of
UNESCO, Irina Bokova; UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador,
Princess Firyal of Jordan; Assistant Director-General for
Education, Qian Tang; and Fred van Leeuwen, General
Secretary of Education International. Representatives of
partner organizations*, teachers, representatives of
professional organizations, experts and researchers will
also take part in the celebration.