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- abbreviation United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
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- proper noun Acronym of
United Nations Educational ,Scientific andCultural Organization .
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- noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts
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M.K. Raina, UNESCO: International Bureau of Education, ©UNESCO: International Bureau of Education, 2000
We do not belong to the past dawns Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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M.K. Raina, UNESCO: International Bureau of Education, ©UNESCO: International Bureau of Education, 2000
Archive 2005-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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Check out more on what UNESCO is all about and follow this link to read more from the U.S.
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Evidently, the books per capita in public libraries for a developed country as per UNESCO is 2 books per person, and Spain only has 1.4 books per person.
Breakfast in Bed 2006
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There has been a lot of talk since the last war, particularly in UNESCO circles, about the free flow of information.
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Legion officers in every state began to get literature on UNESCO from the Washington office of the Legion's national Americanism Commission.
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Nothing promoting atheism could be found, and the participation of Catholic leaders and the Holy See in UNESCO programs belied atheistic control.
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Canada, for example, has not been able to supply the French-speaking teachers which UNESCO is endeavouring to recruit for the Congo.
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Nothing promoting atheism could be found, and the participation of Catholic leaders and the Holy See in UNESCO programs belied atheistic control.
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Legion officers in every state began to get literature on UNESCO from the Washington office of the Legion's national Americanism Commission.
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UNESCO
abbr. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter.
UNESCO.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO
May 19, 2013