UNESCO is the abbreviation for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO was established to confirm the standpoints of education, science, and culture of its member countries all over the world. World peace and tranquility were the main purposes of UNESCO, as stated in the official doctrine of it. UNESCO officially started on November 4th, 1946, when twenty countries ratified it.
The doctrine of UNESCO was debated among France and Great Britain, for they were the cores of the organization. On November 16th, 1945, the doctrine itself was agreed upon by 44 nations in London. Around October of 1942, the European nations required a strong sense of reconstruction of the totally devastated lands after the World War II. The United States joined the movement in 1944.
The first convention took place on November 15th, 1946. There are 188 active member nations in UNESCO, and 6 sub member nations. The administrative center of UNESCO is in Paris, France.
