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Brief History
Article 6
• It is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland, with six semi-
autonomous regional offices
and 150 field offices
worldwide.
The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
a specialized agency of the United Nations
aimed at promoting world peace and
security through international cooperation
in education, the sciences, and culture.
has 193 member states and 11 associate
members, as well as partners in the
nongovernmental, intergovernmental, and
private sector.
headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO
has 53 regional field offices and 199
national commissions that facilitate its
global mandate.
• The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) is a UN agency
mandated to aid and protect
refugees, forcibly displaced
communities, and stateless
people, and to assist in their
voluntary repatriation, local
integration or resettlement to a
third country.
• It is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland, with over 17,300
staff working in 135 countries.
• The United Nations
Environment Programme
(UNEP) is responsible for
coordinating responses to
environmental issues within
the United Nations system.
• is an international organization
that seeks to promote the
peaceful use of nuclear
energy, and to inhibit its use for
any military purpose, including
nuclear weapons.
• The International Labour
Organization (ILO)