Brief history of UNESCO
UNESCO has its origin even in the time of the League of Nations which created a commission on September 21, 1921 , to study the issue of Education and culture.1 The International Committee for Intellectual Cooperation ( ICIC ) was officially created on 4 January 1922 , as a consultative organ composed of individuals elected based on their personal qualifications . The International Institute for Intellectual Cooperation ( IIIC ) was created in Paris on 9 August 1925 , to act as an executing agency for CICI. On December 18, 1925 , the International Bureau of Education ( IBE ) began work as a non -governmental organization serving the educational development internacional.3 However , the work of these organizations was interrupted with the outbreak of the Second World War .
After the signing of the Atlantic Charter and the Declaration of the United Nations , the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education ( CAME ) began meetings in London which continued between 16 November 1942 to 5 December 1945. On October 30, 1943 , the need for an international organization was expressed in the Moscow Declaration , agreed upon by China , the United Kingdom , the United States and the Soviet Union . This was followed by the proposals of Dumbarton Oaks Conference of October 9, 1944 . On the proposal of CAME and in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on International Organization ( UNCIO ) , held in San Francisco in April-June 1945 , a conference of the United Nations was made for the establishment of an educational and cultural organization ( ECO / CONF ) , which was convened in London from 1 to 16 November 1945. Forty- four governments were represented. At the conference of the Constitution of UNESCO was introduced and signed by 37 countries , and a Preparatory Commission was estabelecida. The Preparatory Commission was made between 16 November 1945 until November 4, 1946 - the date when UNESCO's Constitution came into force after his ratificação.