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UNESCO Flashcards

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UNESCO

Governing body of protected sites

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences, and culture.

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who is its head and where is its HQ

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Headquarters: Paris, France
Head: Director-General; Audrey Azoulay (french)

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Founded:

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16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom

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The UNESCO Creative Cities Network

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is a project of UNESCO launched in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities which recognized creativity as a major factor in their urban development.

UCCN

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_________ from india recently joined the uncc due to its craft and folk art

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srinagar (capital of jammu and kashmir)

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how many cities were added to the uccn in 2021

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49

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how many cities are part of the network

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295

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2 cities were recommended to unesco from india

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gwalior and srinagar

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After ______________________ Srinagar is the sixth Indian city to achieve this distinction.

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Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Varanasi and Jaipur, Srinagar

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It aims to “promote cooperation among cities which recognize _________________ as a strategic factor in their urban development”.

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creativity

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Sustainable Development Goal 11

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aims for Sustainable Cities and Communities.

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The network covers seven creative fields:

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crafts and folk arts, media arts, film, design, gastronomy, literature and music.

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The Srinagar city has been designated the creative city in the field of Crafts and Folk Arts - only second city in India in this category after ________________.

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Jaipur

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Every year, UNESCO seeks applications for various cities across the globe for putting them under its UCCN project. The applications in India are routed through the

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Ministry of Culture.

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Who is the current Minister of Culture?

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G. Kishan Reddy
G. Kishan Reddy is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.

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what are some major unesco reports

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UNESCO Science Report
Global Education Monitoring Report
State of the Education Report for India

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Major Initiatives of UNESCO:

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Man and Biosphere Programme
World Heritage Programme
Global Geopark Network
Network of Creative Cities
Atlas of World Languages in Danger
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why were indian cities chosen to the uccn

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Srinagar - Crafts and Folk Arts (2021)
Mumbai – Film (2019).
Hyderabad – Gastronomy (2019).
Chennai- Creative city of Music (2017).
Jaipur- Crafts and Folk Arts (2015).
Varanasi- Creative city of Music (2015).
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The tender for “Consultancy Services For Preparation Of Dossier For Inclusion Of Srinagar City In UNESCO Creative Cities Network” was floated in 10 October 2018and was to be opened on 27 November 2018. However, the process got dragged into bureaucratichurdles and was opened only on 22 April _____________.

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2019

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who won the tender for consultancy services for the dossier

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joint team of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Kashmirchapter, and Gurgaon based firm Dronah.

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The tender had one condition that

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the applicant should have prepared at least one dossier for anywinning city previously. We collaborated with Dronah that had prepared Jaipurdossier,” said Saleem Beg, convenor INTACH.

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INTACH

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Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage

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Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage

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The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage is a non-profit charitable organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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In 2007, the United Nations awarded INTACH a special consultative status with

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United Nations Economic and Social Council.

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preparation of the dossier began in

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may 2021

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when were gwalior and srinagar nominated

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june 29

27
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when is world cities day

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31 october

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what was the theme of the 2021 world cities day

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adapting cities for climate resilience

29
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world cities day was established in ________- by

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in 2013 by the un

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when was the first world cities day held

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2014

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when is the general theme of the world cities day

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better city, better life
(with a sub theme each year and a different place for its global observance where either successes or challenged arsing from urbanization are discussed)

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what is telangana’s first world heritage site

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ramappa temple in warangal

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who was its architect and when was it built

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ramappa built by the kakatiya dynasty in 1213 ad by recharla rudra a general of king ganapati deva

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when did the ramappa temple gain this recognition

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july 2021

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who is the presiding deity and what is the architectural style

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Architectural style: Vesara
Deity: Ramalingeswara Swamy
Direction of façade: East-facing
built with sandbox technique

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what org is responsible for the temple

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kakatiya heritage trust which has been pushing for tag since 2012

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who is it named after

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architect ramappa
Ramappa Temple, also known as the Rudreshwara temple, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Telangana, India. It is 15 km from Mulugu, 66 km from Warangal, 209 km from Hyderabad.

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who is the union minister for culture, tourism and deveoplmentof the northeastern region

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g kishan reddy

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what was the capital of the kakatiya’s and what was it before

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orugallu or warangal and before hanamakonda

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which committee recomended in 1955 that telangana be made a separate state

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states reorganisation committee

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