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Official UNESCO NGOs

UNESCO enjoys official relations with 322 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Most of these are what UNESCO calls "operational", a select few are "formal". The highest form of affiliation to UNESCO is "formal associate", and the 22 NGOs with formal associate (ASC) relations occupying offices at UNESCO are:

1. 
   International Baccalaureate (IB)
   
2. 
   Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS)
   
3. 
   Education International (EI)
   
4. 
   International Association of Universities (IAU)
   
5. 
   International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (IFTC)
   
6. 
   International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS) which publishes Diogenes
   
7. 
   International Council for Science (ICSU)
   
8. 
   International Council of Museums (ICOM), whose Director General is currently Mr Julien Anfruns
   
9. 
   International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
   
10. 
    International Council on Archives (ICA)
    
11. 
    International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
    
12. 
    International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
    
13. 
    International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
    
14. 
    International Federation of Poetry Associations (IFPA)
    
15. 
    International Music Council (IMC)
    
16. 
    International Scientific Council for Island Development (INSULA)
    
17. 
    International Social Science Council (ISSC)
    
18. 
    International Theatre Institute (ITI)
    
19. 
    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
    
20. 
    International Union of Technical Associations and Organizations
    
21. 
    Union of International Associations (UIA)
    
22. 
    World Association of Newspapers (WAN)
    
23. 
    World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
    
24. 
    World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA)
    

UNESCO currently awards 22 prizes in education, science, culture and peace:

• 
  Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
  
• 
  L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
  
• 
  UNESCO/King Sejong Literacy Prize
  
• 
  UNESCO/Confucius Prize for Literacy
  
• 
  UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize to promote Quality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
  
• 
  UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education
  
• 
  UNESCO/Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers
  
• 
  UNESCO/Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science
  
• 
  UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal for an outstanding contribution to the development of scientific knowledge that has a beneficial impact on human health
  
• 
  UNESCO/Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
  
• 
  Great Man-Made River International Water Prize for Water Resources in Arid Zones presented by UNESCO (title to be reconsidered)
  
• 
  Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management
  
• 
  UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights
  
• 
  UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
  
• 
  UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence
  
• 
  UNESCO/International José Martí Prize
  
• 
  UNESCO/Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science
  
• 
  UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
  
• 
  Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture
  
• 
  Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)
  
• 
  IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication
  
• 
  UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
  
• 
  UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize
  

Member states of UNESCO
As of October 2011, UNESCO counts 195 member states and 8 associate members.^[ Some members are not independent states and some members have additional National Organizing Committees from some of their dependent territories. UNESCO state parties are most of the United Nations member states (except Liechtenstein), Cook Islands and Niue.