Which of these organisations is NOT a United Nations specialized agency?

The correct answer is ASEAN.

Key Points

• UNESCO’s Headquarters are located in Paris, France.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN).
• It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences, and Culture.
• It has 193 Members and 11 Associate Members (As of Jan 2022).
• Three UNESCO member states are not UN members: Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine.
• UNESCO was founded on 16 November 1945.
• The first session of the General Conference of UNESCO was held in Paris in November-December of 1946.

Important Points 

• Few important bodies and their headquarters:

Additional Information

•  In 1967, five countries signed the “Bangkok Declaration” to form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, later another 5 joined. 
• List of 10 ASEAN nations

1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. Philippines
4. Singapore
5. Thailand
6. Brunei
7. Cambodia
8. Laos
9. Vietnam
10. Myanmar

• The ASEAN fundamental principles, as contained in the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) of 1976.
  • Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations.
  • India had signed a TAC treaty with ASEAN in 2003.