UNESCO Courier

The UNESCO Courier
1972 edition of the International Book Year.
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) UNESCO
Editor Jasmina Sopova
Founded 1948
Language Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian
Headquarters Paris
Circulation United Nations
Website UNESCO Portal - in English

The UNESCO Courier is the main magazine published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Of all the journals published by the United Nations and its specialized institutions, The UNESCO Courier has always occupied first place for the number of its readers and the range of its audience, said in 1988 the American journalist Sandy Koffler, The Courier's founder and first editor-in-chief.[1]

History and profile

UNESCO Courier was started in 1948.[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 enjoys admiration of its loyal readers for decades, for its high journalistic standards and open-minded approach toward universal issues of literacy, human rights, environment, culture, science and arts.

Available on line since March 2006,[1] The UNESCO Courier serves readers scattered around the world: it is on PDF in the six official languages of the Organization (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese). A limited number of printed issues are also produced.

The magazine is nowadays translated in Sardinian and Esperanto.[3][4] Projects also exist to translate the magazine into other languages.

Editors-in-chief

  • 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. 1 2 "The magazine". Unesco. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Archives". Unesco. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "SU CURREU DE S'UNESCO". PAPIROS (in Italian).
  4. ↑ Esperanto Version, made in collaboration with the World Esperanto Association.
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