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The **United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)** is a specialized agency of the United Nations. The purpose of UNESCO 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 freedoms proclaimed in the UN Charter.

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Planeta.com
http://planeta.com/unesco

Headlines
http://blog.ucsusa.org/adam-markham/us-withdrawal-from-unesco-will-undermine-collaboration-on-science-and-culture http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/11/u-s-to-pull-out-of-unesco-again https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/us/politics/trump-unesco-withdrawal.html [] http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41265 http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/22/urbanicide-unesco-heritage-tourism-new-york-disneyland-hipsters http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/08/us-loses-unesco-vote/3473381/ Las publicaciones de la UNESCO serán de acceso libre a partir de julio de 2013 [] [|20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme] [|UNESCO: Flexible learning for inclusive education]

Moment https://twitter.com/i/moments/918750648606318592

World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Toolkit
http://unescost.cc.demo.faelix.net http://unescost.cc.demo.faelix.net/site-managers-forum

Tourism Assessment Tool?

Tourism http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0025/002590/259059e.pdf http://portal.unesco.org/en/files/45338/12417872579Introduction_Sustainable_Tourism.pdf/Introduction_Sustainable_Tourism.pdf http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0025/002594/259439e.pdf

Key Links http://www.unesco.org/new/es/media-services/multimedia/news-videos/live-webcast

New properties http://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties

publications http://whc.unesco.org/en/publications/

Communication and Information http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information

soc http://whc.unesco.org/en/soc

open data / budget http://opendata.unesco.org

http://whc.unesco.org/en/intassistance

budget The World Heritage Fund amounts to US$3 million annually to support activities decided by the World Heritage Committee, related to International Assistance, State of Conservations and Nominations. It includes compulsory and voluntary contributions from the States Parties, as well as from private donations. The World Heritage Committee allocates funds according to the urgency of requests, priority being given to the most threatened sites.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/world-heritage-fund

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/bureau-of-strategic-planning/resources/programme-and-budget-c5

[|UNESCO’s Work on Culture and Sustainable Development Evaluation of a Policy Theme Evaluation Office] November 2015

Usa https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/us/politics/trump-unesco-withdrawal.html

Cultural Diversity Under Attack
The intensity and the number of attacks against cultural heritage have increased significantly in recent years, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. The persecution of individuals for cultural or religious reasons, combined with the systematic destruction of their cultural heritage, has marked the emergence of a form of cultural cleansing that is unprecedented in recent history.

In this context, UNESCO organized a High-Level conference and technical meeting to highlight the importance of protecting culture.

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Apps
[|World Heritage Sites] - Use the UNESCO World Heritage app to explore all the World Heritage sites at home or while on your travels, choosing your favourites and marking them off as you visit them. The app is published by Harper Collins Publishers and developed by Aimer Media in partnership with UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Facebook
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Flickr Groups
[|UNESCO World Heritage Sites]

Google+
[|UNESCO Heritage Sites] https://plus.google.com/u/0/+UNESCO/posts

Pinterest
http://www.pinterest.com/unesco http://www.pinterest.com/unesco/the-power-of-literacy/

Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/UNESCOVENICE

Twitter
@unesco [|@UNESCOheritage] [|@unescoNOW] [|@UNESCO_es] [|@UNESCOMexico] [|@UNESCOBrasil] [|@Oosterenvan] https://twitter.com/UNESCO_EU https://twitter.com/USUNESCO - https://www.facebook.com/USUNESCO https://twitter.com/elounasso https://twitter.com/unescoMOST_LAC

MOST
El Programa MOST apoya a los Estados miembros de Latinoamerica y Caribe para que mejoren sus procesos de políticas públicas. [|#MOSTdesigualdades] http://www.unesco.org/new/es/office-in-montevideo/ciencias-sociales/most-programme https://twitter.com/unescoMOST_LAC

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Wikipedia
[|UNESCO]

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YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/unesco http://www.youtube.com/unescoSpanish

RSS

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Lima
Lima Action Plan for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and its World Network of Biosphere Reserves (2016-2025) http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/Lima_Action_Plan_en_final.pdf

Open
Kudos to UNESCO for implementing many of the recommendations in its own [|2012 Paris OER Declaration]: > d. Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks. > g. Encourage the development and adaptation of OER in a variety of languages and cultural contexts. > i. Facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing of OER. > j. Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds. > http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/what-is-the-paris-oer-declaration/ The ** [|2012 Paris OER Declaration] **was formally adopted at the 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 20 – 22 June 2012.  [|Déclaration de Paris sur les REL 2012] (//French//)  [|Declaración de París de 2012 sobre los REA] (//Spanish//)  [|إعلان باريس لعام 2012 بشأن الموارد التعليمية المفتوحة] (//Arabic//)  [|2012年开放式教育资源巴黎宣言] (//Chinese//)  [|ПАРИЖСКАЯ ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ ПО ООР 2012 Г] (//Russian//)

Events
[|Archives]
 * June 24 - July 6** For the first time UNESCO's World Heritage Committee proceedings are available via live streaming from the [|World Heritage Centre's website].

Instructions on how to use the platform are available [|here] http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/32983
 * June 2012** [|Open Educational Resources]


 * October 27** World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.

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The UNESCO General Conference adopted the World Heritage Convention on 16 November 1972. In the 40 years since then, 936 sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List and 188 countries have committed to preserving this heritage for future generations. Visit the NEW [|40th anniversary webpages] for specific stories of how the World Heritage Convention has made a difference in protecting the world's most valuable cultural and natural sites, and to see the calendar []
 * 1972-2012**
 * [|Friends of World Heritage]
 * [|Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites]

UNESCO Places
http://unescoplaces.org http://www.vizzuality.com/projects/unescoplaces j [|World Heritage criteria] can be nominated.

In Danger List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/danger

Buzzword Bingo
Tentative List

Recommended Listening
[|Sicilian mosaics in disrepair despite UNESCO listing] - The stunning mosaics of Piazza Armerina in Sicily were classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997. Despite funding and a plan for restoration, the site remains in disrepair with little work in progress. Naomi Fowler investigates.

Key Links
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) [|http://www.unesco.org]

World Heritage Center - UNESCO [|http://whc.unesco.org]

Map of World Heritage Sites []

Man and the Biosphere Program - UNESCO []

MAB - Activities []

MAB World Network of Biosphere Reserves []

International Flows of Selected Cultural Goods and Services, 1994-2003 [|http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/pdf/ ... ows_EN.pdf]

Language @http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/index.php

Cologne Angered By UNESCO Criticism - Deutsche Welle [|http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,214 ... 85,00.html]

UNESCO News: Education and Culture [|http://unescoeducation.blogspot.com]

Google News []

Yahoo News Search []

The 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June to 2 July 2007. []

Event Website [|http://www.31whc.org]

Media releases [|http://www.conference.co.nz/index.cfm/3 ... s_Releases]

Four new cultural sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List Galapagos and Niokolo-Koba National Park inscribed on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger Florida Everglades and Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve removed from Danger List World Heritage Committee opening in Christchurch celebrates Pacific Heritage

UNESCO launched the [|Memory of the World Programme] in 1992. New Zealand’s Memory of the World Programme was established in 2010 and is an example of the international community working to promote the importance of documentary heritage through UNESCO. This UNESCO programme sits alongside UNESCO’s World Heritage List and Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Memory of the World Programme register is the flagship and promotes the nation’s heritage stories to the wider community in New Zealand and overseas.


 * USA-UNESCO Relations**

Six years ago, the United States cut off more than $80 million a year, about 22 percent of UNESCO's entire budget, in reprisal for the organization’s acceptance of Palestine as a member. The Obama administration said it had to cut funds because a 1990s-era law prohibits U.S. funding for any U.N. agencies recognizing Palestine as a state. As a result of U.S. funding cuts, arrears have been swelling each year, surpassing $500 million owed to UNESCO. Ronald Reagan's administration withdraw from the organization in 1984 and President George W. Bush rejoined the organization in 2002.
 * October 2017** - On Thursday, the State Department confirmed the US' decision to leave the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization by December 2018, citing an "anti-Israel bias." The United States will maintain its presence at UNESCO as an observer state.[|Twitter moment]

Recent Events
[|international expert workshop on the World Heritage Convention and Indigenous Peoples] is being organized by the [|Danish Agency for Culture] with the theme "How to ensure that the implementation of the World Heritage Convention is consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples"
 * Sep 20-21** Copenhagen

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