Internet Society - Public Policy - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

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Community and Partners

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

ISOC Status: ISOC is officially recognized as "an NGO in operational relations with UNESCO" and is part of UNESCO's Communication and New Technologies Joint Program Commission.

UNESCO works in the fields of Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communication, and Information. Its Communication and Information programs stem from UNESCO’s Constitution, which requires the Organisation to promote the “free flow of ideas by word and image”. The main objective for UNESCO is to build a knowledge society based on the sharing of knowledge and incorporating all the socio-cultural and ethical dimensions of sustainable development. UNESCO’s priorities in the field of Communication and Information are:

Empowering people through access to information and knowledge with special emphasis on freedom of expression
Promoting communication development
Advancing the use of ICTs for education, science and culture.

ISOC Contributions and related activities

ISOC at the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Paris, France, 3-5 September 2008, Break-out session on Internet and Human Rights
ISOC at UNESCO General Conference, Communication and Information Commission
Paris, France, 26 Oct - 1 Nov 2007, Intervention of Constance Bommelaer
ISOC at the Council of Europe/UNESCO: Ethics and Human Rights in the Information Society
Council of Europe/UNESCO, 13-14 Sep 2007, Strasbourg