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Library and Information Society

Notes • Memory of the World International Register, since 1997
• Water resources management, through the International Hydrological Programme (IHP),
since 1965
• World Heritage Sites
Encouraging the “free flow of ideas by images and words” by:
• Promoting freedom of expression, press freedom and access to information, through the
International Programme for the Development of Communication and the Communication
and Information Programme
• Promoting universal access to ICTs, through the Information for All Programme (IFAP)
• Promoting Pluralism and cultural diversity in the media
Promoting events, such as:
• International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the
Children of the World: 2001–2010, proclaimed by the UN in 1998
• World Press Freedom Day, 3 May each year, to promote freedom of expression and
freedom of the press as a basic human right and as crucial components of any healthy,
democratic and free society.
• Criança Esperança in Brazil, in partnership with Rede Globo, to raise funds for community-
based projects that foster social integration and violence prevention.
• International Literacy Day
• International Year for the Culture of Peace
Founding and funding projects, such as:
• Migration Museums Initiative: Promoting the establishment of museums for cultural
dialogue with migrant populations.
• UNESCO-CEPES, the European Centre for Higher Education: established in 1972 in
Bucharest, Romania, as a de-centralized office to promote international co-operation in
higher education in Europe as well as Canada, USA and Israel. Higher Education in Europe
is its official journal.
• Free Software Directory: since 1998 UNESCO and the Free Software Foundation have
jointly funded this project cataloguing free software.
• FRESH Focussing Resources on Effective School Health.
• OANA, the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies
• International Council of Science
• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
• ASOMPS, Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Spices, a series of scientific
conferences held in Asia
• Botany 2000, a programme supporting taxonomy, and biological and cultural diversity
of medicinal and ornamental plants, and their protection against environmental pollution
UNESCO enjoys official relations with 322 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Most of these are what UNESCO calls “operational”, a select few are “formal”. The highest form of
affiliation to UNESCO is “formal associate”, and the 22 NGOs with formal associate (ASC) relations
occupying offices at UNESCO are:
1. International Baccalaureate (IB)
2. Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS)
3. Education International (EI)

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