UNESCO – UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

• UNESCO is responsible for promoting peace, social justice, human rights and international security through International cooperation on educational, science and cultural programs.

•  It has 195 member states and is based in Paris, France.
  
  

Major themes under UNESCO:

1. Education – UNESCO leads the global efforts in improving all aspects of education policy, increasing access to learning, expanding early childhood care and ensure that all children are able to access and complete free and compulsory primary education of good quality.
   
   
   
   
2. Natural Science - UNESCO promotes member countries to formulate policies for protecting water and water quality, ocean and promoting technologies for resource management and disaster management.
   
3. Social and Human science – It promotes basic human rights and focused on global issues like fighting discrimination and racism.
   
   
4. Culture - To foster Cultural diversity and protection cultural heritage. UNESCO leads international efforts to safeguard tangible and intangible heritages.
   
   
   
   
5. Communication and information - To promote Inclusive knowledge.
   
   
   
   
6. UNESCO’s World Heritage Mission – Encourage world countries to protect Natural and Cultural Heritage sites. It publishes Global Education Monitoring report and Gender Parity Index.
   
   
   
   
7.  It also leads the initiative of Man and Biosphere Programmefor protecting Biosphere reserves across the world.