Finlandoecd.org and finlandunesco.org site is a distribution channel for information and services produced by the The Permanent Delegation to the OECD and UNESCO and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for domestic and foreign users. The web service is provided in Finnish and English and partly in Swedish, although not all the material on the network is necessarily initially available in all these languages.
Front page news contains main headline of the recent press releases, speeches or articles concerning the activities of the OECD and the Permanent Delegation to the OECD and UNESCO.
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