General Information

UNESCO has 193 member states. UNESCO headquarters are in Paris. The German Commission for UNESCO (DUK), based in Bonn, is a National Commission established under Article VII of the UNESCO Constitution, and is thus the link between Germany and UNESCO. It acts as an intermediary of foreign cultural and educational policy, and is funded by the Foreign Office. The DUK was founded on the 12th May 1950, even before Germany had been admitted to UNESCO (11th July 1951). Its members – which number around 100 – reflect the broad spectrum of institutions and associations active in Germany in UNESCO’s areas of competence: education, science, culture and communication. UNESCO Associated Schools: Founded in 1953, UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) is a global network of some 7 900 educational institutions in 176 countries, who work in support of quality education in practice.