In which city is UNESCO’s headquarters located?

UNESCO’s headquarters is located in Paris, France.

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It was founded in 1945 after the Second World War with the broad aim of promoting peace and international cooperation through education, science, culture, and communication.

The organization’s headquarters are at Place de Fontenoy in Paris. The complex opened in 1958 and is known for its distinctive Y-shaped modernist design. UNESCO also maintains offices and institutes in other countries, so its worldwide activities are not conducted only from France.

UNESCO is especially associated with the World Heritage Convention, adopted in 1972. That program identifies cultural and natural places considered to have outstanding universal value. UNESCO is sometimes confused with the United Nations headquarters in New York, the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, or the European Union’s main institutions in Brussels.