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

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]

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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