Window on the world. (UNESCO Courier celebrates its 40th birthday)

Window on the world The Unesco Courier aspires to be, above all, "a window open on the world", through which peoples and countries can be viewed on equal terms, irrespective of geographical position or demographic, economic or political weight, with the main focus on their cultural riches and their human dn ecological problems. The first number of the Courier, published in February 1948, was in newspaper format. The change to an illustrated magazine, with covers in colour and a selection of photographs accompanying each article, took place in 1954. (Right, the first cover printed in full colour, showing a young Amazon Indian girl.) In 1960 colour pages were introduced inside …