A Review of the United Nations Education Science Culture Organization

"...to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of the law, and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language, or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations," as stated in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's constitution (Funk & Wagnall's).

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, otherwise known as UNESCO was formed November 4, 1945 with the intention of promoting the fields of education, science, culture, and communication on an international level (Encyclopedia Americana). It was created in London by representatives of 44 governments (Funk & Wagnall's).

The initial reason for the founding of this organization was because of World War II, people were concerned about educating the children of Nazi-occupied countries and felt that their best option was to rebuild the system entirely, a challenge that in turn created UNESCO (Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2005). The people of UNESCO built museums and libraries in these countries in their effort to physically rebuild the educational facilities destroyed in war time (Fact and Fiction, 2000). When governments realized how successful the organization was, they decided to continue on with other projects and activities to promote education, science and cultural preservation around the world.