THE ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO) IN THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

It has always been presupposed that United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have a lot of activities going on not only in Nigeria, but the countries of the world in general. Their role can only be understood by examining their activities in the educational scientific and cultural disposition particularly as it affects human rights. UNESCO is an Agency of United Nations (U.N) created by the provisions of Articles 53 and 63 of the United Nations Charter1. It is created not only as an instrument for reconstruction but also as instrument for building peace through understanding, exchange of useful knowledge to economically less developed countries and for national cultural relations program. Countless efforts at international cooperation in the fields of education, science and culture were made in London in 1945. Thus, the general theme that runs through the activities of UNESCO in Nigeria and other countries is the diffusion of culture and education of hum...