Legal framework for the elaboration, examination, adoption and follow-up of declarations, charters and other similar standard-setting instruments (33 C/20)
At its 32nd session, the General Conference invited the Director-General to submit to it at its 33rd session a legal framework for the elaboration, examination, adoption and follow-up of declarations, charters and similar standard-setting instruments adopted by the General Conference and not covered by the Rules of Procedure concerning recommendations to Member States and international conventions covered by the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution.
This document is divided into three parts covering UNESCO’s practice with regard to the elaboration, examination and adoption of declarations, the practice with regard to their follow-up and, in that regard, the multi-stage procedure proposed as a legal framework and based on 20 C/Resolution 32.1 of the General Conference and on the established practice in the Organization.
