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2. Jakarta Regional Bureau for Sciences
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It covers Asia and the Pacific Region, through its programs in Freshwater, Oceans, Basic
and Engineering Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Coastal zones and Small Islands.
3. Cairo Regional Office for Sciences
It serves as a regional UNESCO office for science & technology and Communication &
Information in Arab states. It also houses Cluster Office for Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and
Sudan.
4. Beirut Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States
This office is engaged in helping Arab countries in education planning, policy reforms,
development of education from basic to higher level, research knowledge sharing in social and
natural sciences, culture and information. This office also serves as a Cluster Office to Lebanon,
Syria, Jordan, Iraq and the Autonomous Palestinian Territories.
National offices
National office serves the particular needs of a single country where it exists. At present there are
21 UNESCO National Offices in the world out of, which 7 are located in Asia-Pacific region
while 4 are in Arab region.
UNESCO Office in Amman - National Office to Jordan in the Middle East Cluster.
UNESCO Office for Iraq - National Office for Iraq in the Middle East Cluster.
UNESCO Office in Ramallah - National Office to the Palestinian Authority in the Middle
East Cluster.
UNESCO Office in Khartoum - National Office for Sudan in the Red Sea Cluster. Along
with these field offices there are two Laison offices also, located in Geneva and New
York, and are directly attached with the United Nations.
5.1.3 UNESCO in Asia: Bangkok regional office
Though UNESCO exists in Asia since its inception and has played a special role over many
years within the region in supporting efforts of Member countries and in facilitating increased