UNESCO

Take a train ride to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, or a ferry to the Elephanta Caves, and you will see a blue plaque that says World Heritage Site. Who decided that a railway station in Mumbai belongs to all humanity, and what does that decision actually require India to do? The answer is UNESCO, the UN agency for education, science and culture, and the treaty that it looks after.

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UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a specialised agency created by a constitution adopted in London in 1945 and in force from 1946, which builds peace through international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication and administers treaties such as the 1972 World Heritage Convention.

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