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Category : Important Days
Published on: September 09 2021
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· International Day to Protect Education from Attack is observed globally on 9 September.
· For the first time in 2020, the International Day for Protecting Education from Attack was declared.
· The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of protecting schools as places of safety and security for students and teachers, and the need to keep education at the top of the public agenda.
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About UNESCO
v UNESCO headquarters: Paris, France.
v UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay.
v UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945.
v UNICEF Executive Director: Henrietta H. Fore.
v UNICEF Founded: 11 December 1946.
v UNICEF Headquarters: New York, United States.
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