UNESCO
About UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions.
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UNESCO says there are three million shipwrecks around the world, which is just remarkable. That's an estimate, it's not a tally, but there are just so many out there.
from 358: No Such Thing As The Gunfight At The Amazing Corral, 2021-01-29 at 00:31:43 · read transcript
Other times UNESCO came up
Thing as Armenian carpets no such thing that's pretty that's pretty ballsy to say Armenia doesn't even make carpets i know well they they claim that the Armenians stole the Azeri like tactics and you know stuff like that and um the UNESCO has said that Azerbaijani carpets are a masterpiece of intangible heritage but a lot of people pointed to the large donation that the government made to UNESCO just before they made that so this is very controversial and i know from me.
403: No Such Thing As The Buckingham Palace All-Day Breakfast, 2021-12-10 · listen
Many of them are basically down to this one guy. research. If you thought James and I were getting obsessive, he really is the pinnacle, isn't he, of going over the top? He was a pretty extraordinary guy. He, during World War II, he lobbied for UNESCO to basically add the S in UNESCO. There's a thing that is said that he is responsible for the S in UNESCO, which is science. Oh, yeah.
No Such Thing As Quartz For The Courts, 2021-04-16 · listen
Many of them are basically down to this one guy's research. If you thought James and I were getting obsessive, he really is the pinnacle, isn't he, of going over the top. He was a pretty extraordinary guy. During World War II, he lobbied for UNESCO to basically add the S in UNESCO. There's a thing that is said that he is responsible for the S in UNESCO, which is science. Oh, okay.
369: No Such Thing As Quartz For The Courts, 2021-04-16 · listen
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