Achievements of the Organization
The early work of UNESCO in the field of education included the pilot project on fundamental education in Marbial Valley , Haiti , started in 1947 . This project was followed by expert missions to other countries , including , for example, a mission to Afghanistan in 1949 . In 1948 , UNESCO recommended that Member States should make primary education compulsory and universal.Em 1990 the World Conference on Education held in Jomtien , Thailand , launched a global movement to provide basic education for all children , youth and adults . Ten years later, at the World Education Forum 2000 in Dakar , Senegal , member governments have pledged to achieve universal primary education by 2015 .
The initial activities of UNESCO in the field of culture include, for example, the Nubia Campaign , launched in 1960 . The goal of the campaign was to move the Great Temple of Abu Simbel to him except for the Nile after construction of the Aswan Dam . During the 20-year campaign , 22 monuments and architectural complexes were relocated. This was the first and largest in a series of campaigns including Mohenjo - daro ( Pakistan ) , Fes ( Morocco ) , Kathmandu ( Nepal ) , Borobudur ( Indonesia ) and the Acropolis ( Greece ) . The Organization's work on heritage led to the adoption in 1972 of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural.O World Heritage Committee was established in 1976 and the first sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in 1978.18 Since then , important legal instruments on cultural heritage and diversity have been adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2003 and 2005 .