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The printed UNESCO Courier covers issues of literacy, human rights, environment, culture, science and arts. Available online since March 2006, [ 3 ] The UNESCO Courier serves readers around the world: It is available for free on PDF in the six official languages of the organization (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese), as ...
The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.. The WDL has stated that its mission is to promote international and intercultural understanding, expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet, provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences, and to build capacity in partner ...
In UNESCO usage, a recommendation is a formal international instrument accepted by the member states of UNESCO (UNESCO, 1981). As is generally the case with international instruments, the Recommendation is soft law , that is, the enforcement of the norms and standards within the Recommendation is through the force of moral persuasion.
The Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (24): 8– 23. doi: 10.31273/LGD.2019.2401. S2CID 213154050. Schorlemer, Sabine; Stoll, Peter-Tobias, eds. (2012). The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions : explanatory notes. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-25995-1.
[8] [9] UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation. [10] UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. [11]
In 2006, the UNESCO Convention was ratified by an additional state, Portugal, needing international protection for the looting of its underwater cultural heritage sites. At least six international treasure hunting organizations had established themselves off the coasts of Portugal to reap the benefits of the nation's coastline after new ...
The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto is a document approved by UNESCO in 1949 and updated in Paris on 29 November, 1994. A further update is scheduled for 2021. [ 2 ] It declares the entity's belief towards public libraries internationally as essential institutions for the promotion of peace and education for all of humanity.
The National Library of Haiti (BNH; French: Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti) is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. [1] It is located in the capital, Port-au-Prince and is the principal library of the city.