United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationWhen, cultural differences and traditions notwithstanding, States agree to common rules, they can draw up an international instrument: an agreement or convention, which are legally binding, a recommendation or a declaration.
UNESCO participates in this effort through its standard-setting action, serving as a central forum for coordinating the ethical, normative and intellectual issues of our time, fostering multidisciplinary exchange and mutual understanding, working – where possible and desirable – towards universal agreements on these issues, defining benchmarks and mobilizing international opinion.
This site lists each instrument by type and by UNESCO sector of activity. For each instrument you will find HTML versions of the texts in English and French, and links to PDF files from our official documents in the six official languages of UNESCO.
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Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (197 EX/49) Protocol instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission : Nominations and report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations thereon (197 EX/21) Implementation of standard-setting instruments (197 EX/20 Parts Ito VIII) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General Monitoring (197 EX/20 Partie I Annex) Comprehensive report by the Director-General on UNESCO's standard-setting instruments (197 EX/20 INF.) Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (196 EX/36) Report of the Working Group on the Methods of Work of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) (196 EX/20) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - Application of the 2003 Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace (196 EX/19 Part IV) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - Application of the 1993 Recommendation on the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education (196 EX/19 Part III) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - Consideration of the draft guidelines for the preparation of reports by Member States on the application of the 1960 Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education (196 EX/19 Part II) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General Monitoring (196 EX/19 Part I) Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (195 EX/37) Report of the Working Group on the methods of work of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (195 EX/16) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General Monitoring (195 EX/15) Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (194 EX/33) Information Document on the CR Committee (194 EX/CR/2) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General Monitoring (194 EX/21) Methods of work of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (194 EX/20) The Committee on Conventions and Recommendations - 2014 Edition Basic Texts - 2014 Edition The Executive Board of UNESCO - 2012 edition UNESCO's procedure for the protection of human rights: the legislative history of the 104 EX/3.3 Procedure Standard-setting in UNESCO Framework Guidelines Specific multi-stage procedure for the monitoring of the implementation of UNESCO conventions and recommendations for which no specific institutional mechanism is provided Documents concerning the CR Committee since the 159th session of the Executive Board