Corporate 1945- From 1942 the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME) met to discuss post-war educational reconstruction. CAME proposed thst a educational and cultural organisation should be established and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was created in 1945-1946, with representative from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. Japan and the Federal Republic join in 1951, and Spain in 1953. USSR joined in 1954 and was repalced by the Russina Federation in 1992. Nineteen African States became Members in 1960. Twelve Republics from the former Soviet Union joined UNESCO in the period 1991 to 1993. GB/366/690 'About UNESCO' at http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3328&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Accessed 11/03/2009. 11/03/2009 Mkklibyz 18/06/2009 Mkklibyz United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); 1945- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) GB/366/846 d244e787-2108-4edc-a96c-4454e2a1a393