{"value":{"id":1662296,"askingMemberId":1137,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-09-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-05T00:00:00","uin":"HL10416","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the value to the UK of its membership of UNESCO.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4210,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) operates within a broad remit in culture, education, science and communication, and information. Research by the UK National Commission for UNESCO in 2020, a body funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, found that UNESCO projects in the UK, ranging from World Heritage Sites to Creative Cities, generate an estimated £151 million of financial benefit to local communities each year and help bring them together to protect and conserve some of the most important places across the country.</p><p>The financial value of the UK's UNESCO designations is only one measure. As a normative organisation it sets international standards across education, science, culture, information and communication, including in pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"UNESCO: Membership","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1662296","method":"GET"}]}