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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO 00:03:00 1 History 00:14:35 2 Activities 00:24:24 3 Media 00:25:42 4 Official UNESCO NGOs 00:26:29 5 Institutes and centres 00:26:53 6 Prizes 00:29:59 6.1 Inactive prizes 00:30:34 7 International Days observed at UNESCO 00:30:53 8 Member states 00:31:43 9 Governing bodies 00:31:53 9.1 Director-General 00:33:44 9.2 General Conference 00:34:01 9.3 Executive Board 00:34:11 10 Offices and Headquarters 00:34:46 10.1 Field offices by region 00:35:13 10.1.1 Africa 00:37:26 10.1.2 Arab States 00:38:38 10.1.3 Asia and Pacific 00:40:36 10.1.4 Europe and North America 00:41:27 10.1.5 Latin America and the Caribbean 00:43:18 11 Controversies 00:43:28 11.1 New World Information and Communication order 00:45:10 11.2 Israel 00:49:43 11.2.1 Occupied Palestine Resolution 00:53:24 11.3 Palestine 00:53:33 11.3.1 Palestinian youth magazine controversy 00:54:08 11.3.2 Islamic University of Gaza controversy 00:55:26 11.4 Wikileaks 00:56:50 11.5 Che Guevara 00:57:47 11.6 Listing Nanjing Massacre documents 00:58:37 11.7 US withdrawals 01:01:57 11.8 Turkish–Kurdish conflict 01:02:51 11.9 Atatürk 01:03:13 12 Products or services 01:03:45 12.1 Information processing tools 01:05:28 13 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.77021124545992 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-A "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; French: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms in order to increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United Nations Charter. It is the successor of the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.UNESCO has 193 member states and 11 associate members. Most of its field offices are "cluster" offices covering three or more countries; national and regional offices also exist. UNESCO pursues its objectives through five major programs: education, natural sciences, social/human sciences, culture and communication/information. Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programs, international science programs, the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press, regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural diversity, translations of world literature, international cooperation agreements to secure the world's cultural and natural heritage (World Heritage Sites) and to preserve human rights, and attempts to bridge the worldwide digital divide. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.UNESCO's aim 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". Other priorities of the organization include attaining quality Education For All and lifelong learning, addressing emerging social and ethical challenges, fostering cultural diversity, a culture of peace and building inclusive knowledge societies through information and communication.The broad goals and objectives of the international community—as set out in the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—underpin all UNESCO strategies and activities. |