<Li> UNESCO ASPNet, an international network of 8,000 schools in 170 countries . </Li> <P> UNESCO does not accredit institutions of higher learning . </P> <Ul> <Li> UNESCO also issues public statements to educate the public: <Ul> <Li> Seville Statement on Violence: A statement adopted by UNESCO in 1989 to refute the notion that humans are biologically predisposed to organised violence . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Designating projects and places of cultural and scientific significance, such as: <Ul> <Li> Global Geoparks Network </Li> <Li> Biosphere reserves, through the Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB), since 1971 </Li> <Li> City of Literature; in 2007, the first city to be given this title was Edinburgh, the site of Scotland's first circulating library . In 2008, Iowa City, Iowa became the City of Literature . </Li> <Li> Endangered languages and linguistic diversity projects </Li> <Li> Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity </Li> <Li> Memory of the World International Register, since 1997 </Li> <Li> Water resources management, through the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), since 1965 </Li> <Li> World Heritage Sites </Li> <Li> World Digital Library </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Encouraging the "free flow of ideas by images and words" by: <Ul> <Li> Promoting freedom of expression, including freedom of the press and freedom of information legislation, through the Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, including the International Programme for the Development of Communication </Li> <Li> Promoting the safety of journalists and combatting impunity for those who attack them, through coordination of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity </Li> <Li> Promoting universal access to and preservation of information and open solutions for sustainable development through the Knowledge Societies Division, including the Memory of the World Programme and Information for All Programme </Li> <Li> Promoting pluralism, gender equality and cultural diversity in the media </Li> <Li> Promoting Internet Universality and its principles, that the Internet should be (I) human Rights - based, (ii) Open, (iii) Accessible to all, and (iv) nurtured by Multi-stakeholder participation (summarized as the acronym R.O.A.M.) </Li> <Li> Generating knowledge through publications such as World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development, the UNESCO Series on Internet Freedom, and the Media Development Indicators, as well as other indicator - based studies . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Promoting events, such as: <Ul> <Li> 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 </Li> <Li> 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 . </Li> <Li> Criança Esperança in Brazil, in partnership with Rede Globo, to raise funds for community - based projects that foster social integration and violence prevention . </Li> <Li> International Literacy Day </Li> <Li> International Year for the Culture of Peace </Li> <Li> Health Education for Behavior Change program in partnership with the Ministry of Education of Kenya which was financially supported by the Government of Azerbaijan to promote health education among 10 - 19 - year - old young people who live in informal camp in Kibera, Nairobi . The project was carried out between September 2014 - December 2016 . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Founding and funding projects, such as: <Ul> <Li> Migration Museums Initiative: Promoting the establishment of museums for cultural dialogue with migrant populations . </Li> <Li> 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 . </Li> <Li> Free Software Directory: since 1998 UNESCO and the Free Software Foundation have jointly funded this project cataloguing free software . </Li> <Li> FRESH Focussing Resources on Effective School Health . </Li> <Li> OANA, Organization of Asia - Pacific News Agencies </Li> <Li> International Council of Science </Li> <Li> UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors </Li> <Li> ASOMPS, Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Spices, a series of scientific conferences held in Asia </Li> <Li> Botany 2000, a programme supporting taxonomy, and biological and cultural diversity of medicinal and ornamental plants, and their protection against environmental pollution </Li> <Li> The UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, translating works of world literature both to and from multiple languages, from 1948 to 2005 </Li> <Li> GoUNESCO, an umbrella of initiatives to make heritage fun supported by UNESCO, New Delhi Office </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> UNESCO also issues public statements to educate the public: <Ul> <Li> Seville Statement on Violence: A statement adopted by UNESCO in 1989 to refute the notion that humans are biologically predisposed to organised violence . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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