1942, at the height of World War II, European governments fighting against the German Nazis and their allies held a meeting of allied education ministers in Britain. At that time, the war was far from over, but these countries began to think about how to rebuild their education system once peace was restored. This idea has made rapid progress and caused widespread repercussions. More governments, including the United States of America, decided to participate. The first general conference of UNESCO was held in Paris-Sorbonne University from1October 20th to February 30th, 1946+0 165438.

1945165438+1October16 just after the war, according to the proposal of the allied education ministers' meeting, the United Nations conference (ECO/CONF) aimed at establishing educational and cultural organizations was held in London. Representatives from about forty countries attended the meeting. Driven by two war-torn countries, France and Britain, the delegates decided to set up an organization to establish a real culture of peace. According to their vision, the new organization should establish "the unity of human intelligence and morality" to prevent the outbreak of a new world war.

At the end of the conference, 37 countries signed the Organic Law, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born.

1946, the Organic Law was ratified by the following 20 countries and came into force: South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, the United States of America, France, Greece, India, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Dominica, the United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia and Turkey.

On October 201101October 3 10, the general conference of UNESCO voted at the Paris headquarters, and the proposal was passed by 107, 14 and 52 abstentions. Earlier, American and Israeli officials said that if the bill was passed, the two countries would refuse to pay their dues to UNESCO.

The resolution adopted by UNESCO stated that "the (UNESCO) General Assembly decided to admit Palestine as a full member of UNESCO".

107 countries voted for the proposal to upgrade Palestine from an observer country to a full member country, 14 countries voted against it, and 52 countries abstained.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Malki said: "This vote will help make up for the unfair treatment of the Palestinian people." France, which had previously expressed doubts, and almost all Arab, African, Latin American and Asian countries voted in favor. Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia and Germany voted against it. Japan and Britain abstained. UNESCO said in a statement that "today's vote has increased the number of UNESCO member countries to 195".