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Education, Culture, Social and Human Sciences, Communication and Information and
Natural Sciences)
6. New Delhi Cluster Office (UNESCO first decentralized Office in Asia, established in
1948) Today this office serves to six countries of South Asia; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It is responsible for activities in all areas of UNESCO‟s
competence: education, the natural and social sciences, culture, communication and
information.
7. Tehran Cluster Office it was established in January 2003 and it covers four countries in
the region, namely the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
Islamic Republic Pakistan and Turkmenistan.
8. Arab region
9. Beirut Cluster Office This office covers Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
10. Cairo Cluster Office It serves Egypt, Sudan and Yemen
11. Doha Cluster Office this cluster includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
and United Arab Emirates. At its inception, it dealt with science and technology
programs in eleven South and Central Asian countries, i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.)
Regional bureaus
Regional bureaus provide specific and specialized support to the cluster and national offices in a
region. Today ten regional bureau of UNESCO are functioning: two each in Africa, Arab region
and Asia-Pacific region while three are in Latin America and Caribbean region and there is one
in Europe and North America.
1. Bangkok Regional Bureau for Education
This office is engaged to achieving UNESCO aims by supporting initiatives for education
from basic to higher level, social and natural science and culture. It is also assisting countries in
their capacity building, policy reforms, sustainable development and ICT in education. This
office also serves as Cluster Office to Thailand, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Singapore, Viet Nam and
Cambodia.