This quarterly journal provides information on the work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the field of natural sciences.

Between 2002 and 2011, A World of Science was distributed four times a year in several languages to readers in 192 countries, before becoming a purely online journal in 2012. The newsletter was disseminated to all governments and parliaments and to numerous scientific bodies, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, youth groups, universities and schools, many of which subscribed to the free print edition.   

All the issues produced in Arabic (2008-2010), English (2002- ), French (2002-2012), Malay (2007-2008), Russian (2006-2011) and Spanish (2006-2012) are open access and may be consulted freely online, including the current issue in English.

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Director of Publication: Gretchen Kalonji
Editor: Susan Schneegans
Graphic design and lay-out: Yvonne Mehl (2004-2012), Mirian Querol (July 2012-)
Printer: UNESCO, Paris (France)
Arabic edition: Dergham SA, Lebanon
French edition: Nicole Levy and Susan Schneegans
Russian edition: Elena Tveritinova
Spanish edition: Frank Ortiz, Adriana Montenegro and Lic. Perfecto

Corporate address: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France

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