After the Second World War, many states of the world unite to create the United Nations Organization (UN), in order to prevent such a devastating war from happening again.
The United Nations organization, in turn, creates UNESCO, an agency that aims to promote culture as an instrument of peace.
Its Constitution was signed on November 16, 1945 and entered into force on November 24, 1946, after ratification by twenty states: Saudi Arabia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, United States of America, South Africa and Turkey, joined by Italy in 1947 .
Today, 193 member countries are part of UNESCO, while 11 are associated.
The primary purpose of UNESCO is to promote peace and understanding between nations and, at the same time, to promote universal respect for justice, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms .
In the Garden of Tolerance, there is a large monolith bearing the opening sentence from the Preamble of the UNESCO Constitution , which inspires all the actions of the organization. The sentence is written in the 6 official languages of UNESCO (Italian, Chinese, French, English, Russian, Spanish) plus Hebrew and Arabic.
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed
site (sm) = the word site existed well before the birth of the internet. Its main meaning is place
The areas in which UNESCO operates are: culture , science , education , communication and information .
Based on an international treaty known as Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and adopted in 1972, UNESCO recognizes that some places on Earth are of "outstanding universal value" and that they should be part of the common heritage of humanity.
To be included in the World Heritage List (WORLD HERITAGE LIST), sites must meet at least one of the 10 official selection criteria.
material heritage
intangible heritage
