UNESCO
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation
UNESCO offices in Brasília.
UNESCO Institute for Water Education in Delft
Main conference room at UNESCO headquarters (Paris).
Carondelet Palace, Presidential Palace – with changing of the guards. The Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador, is one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved historic centres in the Americas. This centre was, together with the historic centre of Kraków in Poland, the first to be declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 18 September 1978.
World Heritage Site
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World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judge
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…media and press freedom, preserve regional and cultural history, and promote cultural diversity. The organization prominently helps establish and secure World Heritage Sites of cultural and natural importance. UNESCO is governed by the General Conference composed of member states and associate members, which meets biannually…
UNESCO World Heritage plaque at Takht-e Soleymān in Iran
Site No. 252: Taj Mahal in India, an example of a cultural heritage site
Site No. 156: Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, a natural heritage site
Site No. 274: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru, an example of a mixed (natural and cultural) heritage site