UNESCO

specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
Organization specialized_agency_of_the_united_nations Q7809
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Summary

UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations[1]. UNESCO draws 24,630 Wikipedia views per month (specialized agency of the united nations category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Peabody Awards[3]
  • Member of: Global Citizen Science Partnership[4], Global Academic Integrity Network[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Instance of: intergovernmental organization[7]
  • Official language: English[8], French[9], Spanish[10], Russian[11], Chinese[12], Arabic[13]
  • Headquarters location: Paris[14]
  • Flag: flag of UNESCO[15]
  • Has organizational division: UNESCO office United States[16], UNESCO office Qatar[17], UNESCO office Netherlands[18], UNESCO office Egypt[19], UNESCO office Afghanistan[20], UNESCO Bangkok[21], UNESCO Jakarta[22], Ethiopian National Office for UNESCO[23], National Commission of Romania for UNESCO[24], Austrian Commission for UNESCO[25], UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean[26], UNESCO regional Office for Science and Technology for Europe[27]
  • Child organization or unit: UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture[28], Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment[29], UNESCO Institute for Statistics[30], Iranian National Commission for UNESCO[31], Hylean Amazon Institute[32], International Center for Documentary Heritage[33], World Heritage Committee[34]
  • Commons category: UNESCO[35]
  • Archives at: University of Maryland Libraries[36]
  • Chairperson: Khaled al-Anani[37]
  • Inception: November 16, 1945[38]
  • Coordinate location: 48.84972222222222, 2.306111111111111[39]
  • Parent organization or unit: United Nations[40]
  • Official website: https://unesco.org/en[41], https://fr.unesco.org[42], https://es.unesco.org[43], https://ru.unesco.org[44], https://ar.unesco.org[45], https://zh.unesco.org[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:UNESCO[47]
  • Work location: New York City[48], Doha[49], Kabul[50], Delft[51], Cairo[52], Paris[53]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Портал:ЮНЕСКО[54]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for UNESCO include place de Fontenoy[55].

Why It Matters

UNESCO has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] UNESCO is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Works attributed to UNESCO include International Standard Classification of Education[58], a specialised classification scheme[59], founded in 1976[60]; The Race Question[61], a serial[62]; UNESCO Public Library Manifesto[63], a manifesto[64]; and Global Open Access Portal[65], a website[66]. Entities named for UNESCO include place de Fontenoy[55].

FAQs

What awards did UNESCO receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3].

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Class ancestry

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  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · MarciaTiedeNU · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, UNESCO Institute for Statistics +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Child organization or unit: World Heritage Committee"
  2. 6w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bnmm authority id → 000027274
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Bnmm authority id: 000027274, add P3788 claim: 000027274"
  3. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14715 → UNESCO
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14715: Q7809, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2ynWrl, VGCrO, 28eHnR
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 15w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Francearchives agent id → 357105886
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Francearchives agent id: 357105886, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782644922236"
  6. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → unesco
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: unesco, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289972714|unesco (#289972714)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  7. 16w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Svkkl authority id → k0004371-UNESCO
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36747|batch #36747]]: Adding P5008"
  8. 19w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → flag of UNESCO
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Flag: flag of UNESCO"
  9. 22w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabakalera id → 1157
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tabakalera id: 1157"
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