Established in 1946, UNESCO works for world peace and international understanding through its key programme areas: education, natural and social sciences, culture, and communication and information.

UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses

So much for the Olympics as a symbol of international peace and understanding.

FORBES: The Gaming Of The Olympics

The key instruments of UNESCO that determine this strategy include the Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1974) and the Declaration and Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy (1995).

UNESCO: Education

Each support international understanding, peace, intercultural dialogue, sustainable development and quality education in practice.

UNESCO: Education