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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (from which the acronym UNESCO, pronounced / uˈnɛsko / or / uˈnesko /) is a specialized agency of United Nations created for the purpose of promoting peace and understanding between nations through education, science, culture, education and information to promote 'universal respect for justice, the rule of law and for human rights and fundamental freedoms 'as defined and affirmed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded during the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME), its Constitution was signed on November 16, 1945 and entered into force on November 4, 1946, after ratification by twenty states.