(00) Couv Basic texts 2004 2/03/04 14:33 Page 1 (PANTONE 3415 CV film) 2004 edition Basic Texts 2004 edition Basic Texts UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 1 Basic Texts (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 3 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Basic Texts 2004 edition including texts and amendments adopted by the General Conference at its 32nd session (Paris, 2003) UNESCO, Paris 2004 (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 4 Published in 2004 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP Composed and printed in the workshops of UNESCO UNESCO 2004 Printed in France (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 5 Contents A Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization................... 7 B Rights and obligations of Associate Members......................... 23 C Rules of Procedure of the General Conference ....................... 25 Appendix 1: Procedure for the conduct of elections by secret ballot................................................... 64 Appendix 2: Procedure for the election of Members of the Executive Board ................ 67 D Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board ............................ 73 Annex: Regulations for payment of travel expenses subsistence allowance and office expenses to representatives appointed by the Members of the Executive Board ............................................... 93 E Financial Regulations ................................................................ 99 Annex: Additional terms of reference governing the audit ..................................................... 109 F Rules of Procedure concerning recommendations to Member States and international conventions covered by the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution..................................................................... 113 G Regulations for the general classification of the various categories of meetings convened by UNESCO.............................................................. 119 (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 6 H Definition of regions with a view to the execution by the Organization of regional activities................................ 141 I Charter of National Commissions for UNESCO..................... 145 J Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with non-governmental organizations....................................... 153 K Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with foundations and similar institutions ................................. 169 L Agreement between the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization......................................... 173 M Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies...................................................... 183 N States which, at 1 January 2004, have undertaken to apply the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies in respect of UNESCO ......................... 197 O Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization regarding the Headquarters of UNESCO and the Privileges and Immunities of the Organization on French Territory.................................. 201 P List of Member States and Associate Members of UNESCO at 1 January 2004................................................ 213 All the terms used in this collection of texts to designate the person discharging duties or functions are to be interpreted as implying that men and women are equally eligible to fill any post or seat associated with the discharge of these duties and functions. (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 7 A 7 Constitution of the United Nations A Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Adopted in London on 16 November 1945 and amended by the General Conference at its 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 31st sessions. The Governments of the States Parties to this Constitution on behalf of their peoples declare: That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed; That ignorance of each other’s ways and lives has been a common cause, throughout the history of mankind, of that suspicion and mistrust between the peoples of the world through which their differences have all too often broken into war; That the great and terrible war which has now ended was a war made possible by the denial of the democratic principles of the dignity, equality and mutual respect of men, and by the propagation, in their place, through ignorance and pre- judice, of the doctrine of the inequality of men and races; That the wide diffusion of culture, and the education of humanity for justice and liberty and peace are indispensable to the dignity of man and constitute a sacred duty which all the nations must fulfil in a spirit of mutual assistance and concern; That a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sin- cere support of the peoples of the world, and that the peace must there- fore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solid- arity of mankind. For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal oppor- tunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and to increase the means of com- munication between their peoples and to employ these means for the (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 8 8 CONSTITUTION purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect know- ledge of each other’s lives; In consequence whereof they do hereby create the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the purpose of advancing, through the educa- tional and scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and of the common welfare of mankind for which the United Nations Organization was established and which its Charter proclaims. Article I Purposes and functions 1. The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and funda- mental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations. 2. To realize this purpose the Organization will: (a) Collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass com- munication and to that end recommend such international agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image; (b) Give fresh impulse to popular education and to the spread of culture: By collaborating with Members, at their request, in the devel- opment of educational activities; By instituting collaboration among the nations to advance the ideal of equality of educational opportunity without regard to race, sex or any distinctions, economic or social; By suggesting educational methods best suited to prepare the children of the world for the responsibilities of freedom; (c) Maintain, increase and diffuse knowledge: By assuring the conservation and protection of the world’s inheritance of books, works of art and monuments of history and science, and recommending to the nations concerned the necessary international conventions; By encouraging cooperation among the nations in all branches of intellectual activity, including the international exchange of persons active in the fields of education, science and culture and the exchange of publications, objects of artistic and scientific interest and other materials of information; (01)Text(chairperson) 2004 2/03/04 15:44 Page 9 CONSTITUTION 9 By initiating methods of international cooperation calculated to give the people of all countries access to the printed and A published materials produced by any of them. 3. With a view to preserving the independence, integrity and fruitful diver- sity of the cultures and educational systems of the States Members of the Organization, the Organization is prohibited from intervening in matters which are essentially within their domestic jurisdiction. Article II Membership 1. Membership of the United Nations Organization shall carry with it the right to membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2. Subject to the conditions of the Agreement between this Organi- zation and the United Nations Organization, approved pursuant to Article X of this Constitution, states not members of the United Nations Organization may be admitted to membership of the Organization, upon recommendation of the Executive Board, by a two-thirds majority vote of the General Conference. 3. Territories or groups of territories which are not responsible for the conduct of their international relations may be admitted as Associate Members by the General Conference by a two-thirds majority of Members present and voting, upon application made on behalf of such territory