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UNESCO

�         United Nations Educational, Sceintific and Cultural organisation. It is the intellectual agency of United nation.

�         Formed on 16 November 1945

�         Objective - To contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, scientific and cultural reforms.

�         Member States - 195 and 9 associates members 

�         Headquarter - Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France

�         Director General - Irina Bokova (First director general - Julian Huxley)

�         Recent UNESCO Conferences 

1.      35th - 2009  - Paris 

2.      36th - 2011 � Paris

3.      37th - 2013 - Paris 

4.      38th - 2015 - Paris 

�         International days Observed at UNESCO :-

          27January       International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the                                             Holocaust

          13 February    World Radio Day

          21 February    International Mother Language Day

           8 M arch       International Women's Day

         20 March        International Francophonie Day

         21 March        International Day of Nowruz

         21 March        World Poetry Day

         21 March        International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

         22 March        World Day for Water

         23 April          World Book and Copyright Day

         30 April          International Jazz Day

           3 May          World Press Freedom Day

         21 May           World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

         22 May           International Day for Biological Diversity

         25 May          Africa Day / Africa Week

           5 June          World Environment Day

           8 June          World Oceans Day

           9 August      International Day of the World's Indigenous People

         12 August      International Youth Day

         23 August      International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

          8 September  International Literacy Day

        15 September  International Day of Democracy

        21 September  International Day of Peace

         5 October       World Teachers' Day

       2nd Wednesday in October         International Day for Disaster Reduction

       17 October          International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

       20 October          World Statistics Day

       27 October          World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

       10 November       World Science Day for Peace and Development

       3rd Thursday in November          World Philosophy Day

       16 November    International Day for Tolerance

       19 November    International Men's Day

       25 November    International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

       29 November    International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

        1 December     World AIDS Day

       10 December     Human Rights Day

       18 December     International Migrants Day

General Knowledge Bits

What is Zika Virus?

Zika virus which is widely spreading disease in latin america. This is a kind of disease caused by the bite of aedes mosquito.It was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkey. The virus transmitted through the infected aedes mosquito (the same mosquito bite caused dengue, Chickunguniya , yellow fever). Common symptoms of these disease are skin rashes, fever, Conjuctivities and joint pain.WHO declared Zika virus as Public health emergency.