The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO;[1] French: Organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at contributing “to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.[2][3] It is the successor of the League of Nations‘ International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.[4]
UNESCO has 193 member states and 11 associate members.[5] Based in Paris, France, most of its field offices are “cluster” offices that cover three or more countries; national and regional offices also exist.