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What is UNESCO?
Introduction
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations.
Mandate:
Promote world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Mandate
Overview
The Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO declares that "since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed".
Furthermore, Article 1 of ICCPR 1976, with the UDHR 1948, also recognizes the right of all people to pursue their cultural, economic, and social goals alongside determining their political status.
Structure
& Funding
Structure/Organizational Framework
Secretariat
Executive Board
General Conference
FUNDING
Money In
Trust
Member States
Quick Response Facility
World Heritage Fund
Sale of Publications
SOURCES
Evolution
Historical Evolution
Achievements
Activities & Progress
1. WORLD
HERITAGE
MISSION
Preserves 1073 heritage sites in 167 countries around the globe.
Activities & Progress
2. Scientific Cooperation
CERN- The convention that led to the establishment of CERN – was signed by 12 founding member states in Paris on 1 July 1953, under the auspices of (UNESCO).
Initiation of SESAME Project (2017)
Activities & Progress
3. Environmental Conservation
UNESCO Global Geoparks (177 in 46 countries).
Biosphere Reserves (738 in 134 countries).
Activities & Progress
4. Education
- Capacity
Building
- Standard-
Setting
- Clearing House
Purposes & Functions
1. Promote peace and security- through collaboration in education, science, culture.
2. Collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge-through all means of mass communication and to that end recommend international agreements.
3. By suggesting educational methods best suited to prepare the children of the world for the responsibilities of freedom.
4. Encouraging cooperation among the nations in intellectual activity, including the international exchange of persons active in the fields of education, science and culture and the exchange of publications, objects of artistic and scientific interest and information.
Challenges
Issues
&
Challenges
KEY POINTS
Key Points
Gender parity
Withdrawal of funding & Politicization
Environmental Degradation
De-prioritisation of education
Achievements and Progress
Achievements
UNESCO Pakistan
Pakistan's Context
As a specialized UN agency, UNESCO has been operating in Pakistan since 1958.
The Government of Pakistan recognizes UNESCO as a "long-term strategic partner" in support of achieving Pakistan’s national development plans and priorities.
UNESCO's mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development, and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
Details
Contributions
Contributions
- Mobilised an emergency fund of $350,000 to help flood-damaged cultural heritage sites.
- Establishment of Coordination Committee.
- Lahore was declared the “city of literature” – 2021.
- The Suri Jagek practice of Pakistan’s indigenous Kalasha people was approved by the (Unesco) for inclusion in 2018 list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
Glimpse of Projects
Projects
1. Education Promotion (Educate a Child, Learning for empathy initiative in South Asia).
2. Scientific Cooperation (STI Policy Framework development).
3. Environmental conservation (Ziarat Juniper Forest Biosphere Reserve).
Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage
1. Pakistan is a signatory Member State of 1954, 1970, 1972, and 2003 Conventions, which
UNESCO implements through four pillars of intervention:
• Pillar 1: Tangible Heritage, Sustainable Protection and Management
• Pillar 2: Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Pillar 3: Museums and Creative Industries
• Pillar 4: Heritage and Sustainable Development