| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 1 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | Since African independence in 1960, UNESCO has played a pioneering role in areas as important for the third world as mass literacy or the establishment and endogenous development of science in underdeveloped countries. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 2001 |
| Profession: | President of Senegal, poet |
| City: | Dakar |
| Country: | SENEGAL (SN) |
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