UNESCO's Mission is to promote collaboration in education, science and culture to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights and fundamental freedoms for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion. [ more ]

Ismail Serageldin, the international candidate of merit, has spent a lifetime supporting this mission and has contributed intellectually and professionally in the fields of education, science and culture with a strong commitment to gender equity, the poor and the marginalized. [ more ]