Flashcards: UNESCO

Under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme, there are 302 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America (as of April 2016).

September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1965.

The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is the first international treaty that focuses exclusively on the protection of cultural property in armed conflict.

World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on April 23rd, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright.

The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music.

The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Honghe Prefecture, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, China.

The UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network, or ASPNet for short, is a programme established in 1953 to encourage schools worldwide to educate students on issues related to UNESCO's "overarching goal of promoting peace and international understanding".

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is an international research institute for physical and mathematical sciences that operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian Government, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999.

The International Society for Music Education (ISME) is a professional organization of persons involved with music education.

The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1991.

Go Heritage Runs is an award-winning series of fun runs organized across India at various heritage locations.

Museum International is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on the ethics and practices of museums and heritage organizations.

Katalin Annamária Bogyay (born 20 August 1956) is a Hungarian diplomat.

The Spanish Radio Academy (Academia Española de la Radio) is the institution that promoted the establishment of the World Radio Day by UNESCO.

The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre is one of seven UNESCO institutes and centres working in the field of education.

Barbara J. Ford is an American librarian who served as President of the American Library Association from 1997 to 1998.

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was established in 1963 following a UN General Assembly resolution "for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the United Nations in achieving the major objectives of the Organization through extensive training and research".

The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (French: centre régional arabe pour le patrimoine mondial ; Arabic: المركز الإقليمي العربي للتراث العالمي) is a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO.

Gacaca, Living Together Again In Rwanda? is the first documentary film in a trilogy by Anne Aghion examining the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide.

Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed to monoculture, the global monoculture, or a homogenization of cultures, akin to cultural decay.

The Krkonose / Karkonosze (Czech: [ˈkr̩konoʃɛ] , Polish: [karkɔˈnɔʂɛ]) is a MAB transboundary biosphere reserve, mixed mountain and highland system designated by UNESCO as Krkonose / Karkonosze Mountains in 1992.

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) is a statistical framework for organizing information on education maintained by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Proterra is an Ibero American organization promoting earthen architecture.

GoUNESCO is an umbrella of initiatives that help promote awareness of and provide tools for laypersons to engage with heritage.

Milton Dean Slaughter is an American theoretical and phenomenological physicist and Visiting Professor of Physics at Florida International University.

The Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa, took the initiative in 2013 to establish a platform for African deans of education.

The International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm) was founded in 1971 by UNESCO.

The Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve (established 2014) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in Sussex on the southeast coast of England near the city of Brighton and Hove.

Sustainability education (SE), Education for Sustainability (EfS), and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) are interchangeable terms describing the practice of teaching for sustainability.

The European University Center for Peace Studies offered postgraduate political studies from 1990-2013 in Stadtschlaining, Austria.

World Radio Day is an observance day held annually on 13 February.

The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) is the UNESCO advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and new media.

Diogenes is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers four times a year in the field of philosophy and the humanities.

ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, United States, is a branch member of the "Association Internationale du Film d'Animation" or "ASIFA" (the International Animated Film Association).

The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) is a UNESCO-recognized NGO, an academic organization focused on musicology and dance research.

The International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) is a cooperative enterprise of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

The International Music + Media Centre (IMZ) is an international non-profit organisation founded in 1961 by Wilfried Scheib under the aegis of UNESCO.