UNESCO

1. UNESCO BY CARMEN AND EVA.

2. HISTORY: • Organization of unitednationsfortheEducation, science and Culture. • Unesco was fundated the 16 of November of 1942 during II world war, when allied countries, started to prepare for resettle it´s educative systems for when war ends. • The constitution signed that day, started to function the 4º of November in 1946, affirmated by 20 countries.

3. Goals: • Resolution, istocontributetothepeace and thesecurity ,topromote at thecolaborationbetweenthenationsthroughthetheeducation, culture and science. Estructure: • General conference. • Excecutiveadvise. • Secretariat.

4. Howtheywork: • The general conference is the person who makes de decision , comprising representatives of all Member States. It meets every two years to decide policies and main lines of work of the Organization. Following the principle of one vote per country, it approves UNESCO’s programme and budget. Every four years, it appoints the Director-General on the basis of the recommendation of the Executive Board. • The executive board , composed of 58 Member States, meets twice a year to ensure that decisions taken by the General Conference are implemented. It is also responsible for preparing the work of the General Conference and examining the Organization’s programme and budget.  • The secretariat consists of the general director and staff. The Director-General is the executive head of the Organization. He or she formulates proposals for appropriate action by the Conference and Board and prepares a draft biennial programme and budget. The staff implements the approved programme. There are over 2000 staff members from some 160 countries (April 2003). Under a new decentralization policy, more than 640 staff members work in UNESCO’s 53 field offices around the world. 

5. Countries envolved: Countries envolved at UNESCO are: • Africa. • Arabian estates. • Asia and pacific. • Europe. • North America • Latin America and the caribbean (little islands inside)

6. Actions: • UNESCO's work on HIV and AIDS focuses on three key priorities: • Building country capacity for effective and sustainable education responses to HIV; • Strengthening comprehensive HIV and education; and • Advancing gender equality  and protecting human rights.  UNESCO is a UNAIDS cosponsor and supports countries' responses to HIV with advocacy, policy and programmatic guidance, and technical and strategic support, convening and coordination. This work is carried out in accordance with the bold strategic goals outlined in getting to zero, the UNAIDS roadmap to 2015.

7. Facts and figures: • Current (31 August 2013) 7,343 total uniformed personnel 5,760 troops 127 military observers 1,456 police (including formed units) 415 international civilian personnel* 916 local staff* 205 UN Volunteers *NB: Statistics for international and local civilians are as of 30 June 201317:12 Fatalities 124 troops 19 police 1 military observer 8 international civilians 25 local civilians _____17:12 Financial aspects Method of financing: Assessment in respect of a Special Account Approved budget (1 July 2013 - 30 June 2014): $476,329,800

8. Sources: • Universal encyclopedia. • www. Unesco/wikipedia.com. • Unesco building peace.

9. Curiosities: • UNESCO CELEBRATES WORLD TEACHERS DAY: • The need to recruit more teachers will be highlighted during the celebration of World Teachers’ Day at UNESCO Headquarters on 4 October. “A call for teachers!” has been chosen as the slogan for this year’s celebration. • The event will be open by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova; UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Princess Firyal of Jordan; Assistant Director-General for Education, Qian Tang; and Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International. Representatives of partner organizations*, teachers, representatives of professional organizations, experts and researchers will also take part in the celebration.