UNESCO Courier is the main magazine published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It has the largest and widest-ranging readership of all the journals published by the United Nations and its specialized institutions.[1]
 1972 edition of the International Book Year | |
| Editor | Jasmina Sopova |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | UNESCO |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Tamil, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Esperanto, Sicilian |
| Website | UNESCO Portal'–in English |
| ISSN | 2220-2269 |
History and profile edit
UNESCO Courier was started in 1948 by Sandy Koffler (1916–2020). There was a gap in publication from 2013 until 2017.[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 covers issues of literacy, human rights, environment, culture, science and arts.
Available online since March 2006,[3] The UNESCO Courier serves readers around the world: It is available for free on PDF in the six official languages of the organization (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese), as well as in Portuguese and Esperanto. A limited number of printed issues are also produced.
- The UNESCO Courier – in English
- The UNESCO Courier – in French
- The UNESCO Courier – in Spanish
- The UNESCO Courier – in Arabic
- The UNESCO Courier – in Chinese
- The UNESCO Courier – in Russian
- The UNESCO Courier – in Portuguese
- The UNESCO Courier – in Esperanto
The magazine is also translated into Sardinian[4] and Sicilian.[5]
The texts of current issues are available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license. In 2023 a machine-readable digital corpus of Courier’s articles was published on Zenodo, making the archive of Courier’s English-language edition usable for text mining.[6]
Editors-in-chief edit
Current Director is Matthieu Guével and Editor-in-Chief is Agnès Bardon.
Previous directors:
- 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 edit
- ^ "About". UNESCO. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Archives". UNESCO. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "The magazine". Unesco. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "SU CURREU DE S'UNESCO". PAPIROS (in Italian).
- ^ Cademia Siciliana. "Lu Curreri di l'UNESCO" (in Italian).
- ^ Martin, Benjamin G.; Norén, Fredrik Mohammadi; Mähler, Roger; Marklund, Andreas; Martin, Oriane Mathilde. "The Curated Courier: Digital Text Corpora from the UNESCO Courier (1948–2020)". Zenodo. Retrieved 11 March 2024.