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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UNESCO Conventions Ceremony 15-11-2019 1:00 pm Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs 
Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General monitoring (210 EX/26.I) Implementation of the 1978 Revised Recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Educational Statistics - Consolidated report of the implementation of the Recommendation (210 EX/26.II) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General Monitoring (210 EX/26.I) Annex Follow-up on previous reviews of the working methods, procedures and practices of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (210 EX/27) Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (209 EX/34) The Executive Board of UNESCO - 2020 Edition Rules of Procedure of the General Conference - Edition 2020 Basic Texts - 2020 Edition (revised edition) The Committee on Conventions and Recommendations - 2020 Edition Information Document on the CR Committee (209 EX/CR/2) Implementation of standard-setting instruments - General Monitoring (209 EX/18.I & Corr.) Implementation of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms – Preparations for the next consultation (209 EX/18.II) Implementation of the 2015 Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education - Preparations for the next consultation (209 EX/18.III) Implementation of the 2017 Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers - Preparations for the next consultation (209 EX/18.IV) Follow-up on previous reviews of the working methods, procedures and practices of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (209 EX/19) Comprehensive report by the Director-General on UNESCO's standard-setting instruments (40 C/INF.10) Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (207 EX/53) Presentation of the Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs on the UNESCO Conventions Ceremony Invitation to the UNESCO Conventions Ceremony Letter of Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs on the UNESCO Conventions Ceremony Cases of the UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: communications examined under the 104 EX/Decision 3:3 procedure of the Executive Board, 1978-1988 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