UNESCO Courier

The UNESCO Courier is the main magazine published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It has the largest and widest-ranging readership of all the journals published by the United Nations and its specialized institutions.[1]

The UNESCO Courier
1972 edition of the International Book Year.
EditorJasmina Sopova
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherUNESCO
Founded1948
Based inParis
LanguageSpanish, English, French, Arabic, Tamil, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Esperanto, Sicilian
WebsiteUNESCO Portal–in English
ISSN2220-2269

History and profile

UNESCO Courier was started in 1948 by Sandy Koffler (1916–2020). There was a gap in publication from 2013 until 2017.[2] The magazine has changed a great deal over the years, both in content and in form. But it pursues its original mission: promote UNESCO's ideals, maintain a platform for the dialogue between cultures and provide a forum for international debate.

The printed UNESCO Courier covers issues of literacy, human rights, environment, culture, science and arts.

Available online since March 2006,[3] The UNESCO Courier serves readers around the world: It is available for free on PDF in the six official languages of the organization (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese), as well as in Portuguese and Esperanto. A limited number of printed issues are also produced.

The magazine is also translated into Sardinian[4] and Sicilian.[5]

The texts of current issues are available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license.

Editors-in-chief

Current Director is Matthieu Guével and Editor-in-Chief is Agnès Bardon.

Previous directors:

  • Jasmina Sopova since April 2007
  • Enzo Fazzino 2006
  • Vincent Defourny 2005
  • Michel Barton 2002–2004
  • J. Burnet 2000–2001
  • John Kohut 1999–2000
  • Sophie Bessis 1998
  • Bahgat El Nadi et Adel Rifaat 1988–1998
  • Édouard Glissant 1982–1988
  • Jean Gaudin 1979–1982
  • René Calloz 1977–1978
  • Sandy Koffler 1951–1977
  • Peter du Berg 1950
  • Sandy Koffler 1948–1950

References
  1. "About". UNESCO. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  2. "Archives". UNESCO. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  3. "The magazine". Unesco. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "SU CURREU DE S'UNESCO". PAPIROS (in Italian).
  5. Cademia Siciliana. "Lu Curreri di l'UNESCO" (in Italian).
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