Legal texts and others

• Constitution
  
• Rules of Procedure of the General Conference
  
• Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board
  
• Other basic texts

• Resolutions of the General Conference
  
• Decisions of the Executive Board

• List of the Member States and the Associate Members of UNESCO (in alphabetical order)
  
• List of the Member States and the Associate Members of UNESCO (in chron​o​logical order)
  
• Groupings of Member States for the purpose of elections to the Executive Board (limited access)
  
• Chairpersons of groupings of Member States at UNESCO
  (2nd half 2020) (limited access)
  
• Country profiles
  
• Directory of Permanent Delegations to UNESCO (limited access)
• PAX Lists (limited access)

• 39 C/5 Approved, Programme and Budget for 2018-2019: first biennium of the 2018-2021 quadrennium
  
• 40 C/5 Approved, Programme and Budget for 2020-2021: second biennium of the 2018-2021 quadrennium
  
• 37 C/4, Medium-Term Strategy, 2014-2021
  
• Preparation of the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 2022-2029 (41 C/4) and the Draft Programme and Budget for 2022-2025 (41 C/5)

• Financial Regulations
  
• Financial Rules (limited access)
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Special Account related to Prizes : Decision 201 EX/24.I - Document 201 EX/24.I
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Special Account related to Conventions : Decision 200 EX/19 - Document 200 EX/19
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Revenue Generating Special Account and Others : Decision 200 EX/19 - Document 200 EX/19
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Programme Special Accounts under the direct authority of the Executive Board : Decision 200 EX/19 - Document 200 EX/19
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Programme Special Accounts under the direct authority of the Director-General : Decision 200 EX/19 - Document 200 EX/19
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Special Account for UNESCO programme offices : Decision 200 EX/19 - Document 200 EX/19
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Staff-Related Account : Decision 200 EX/19 - Document 200 EX/19
  
• Status of contributions
  
• Assessed contributions

• Administrative Manual (limited access)
  
• Human Resources Manual (limited access)
  
• Staff Regulations and Staff Rules (limited access)
  
• Financial Rules (limited access)
  
• Azure Notes of the Director-General (limited access)
  
• Administrative Circulars (limited access)

• Circular letters
  
• Depositary Letters

• Directives concerning the use of the name, acronym, logo and Internet domain names of UNESCO (Resolution 34 C/86)
  
• Patronage : General Conditions in connection with patronage - Patronage request form
  
• Authorizations to use the UNESCO logo : General Conditions
  
• Use of the name and logo of UNESCO (on unesco.org)

• Revised Overall Strategy for UNESCO Prizes and its Constituent Criteria : Decision 191 EX/12 - Document 191 EX/48 - Document 191 EX/12
  
• Model Financial Regulations for Special Account related to Prizes : Decision 201 EX/24.I - Document 201 EX/24.I

• Criteria and procedure for UNESCO's association with the celebration of anniversaries : Decision 206 EX/30 - Document 206 EX/47.II - Document 206 EX/30
  
• Anniversaries (on unesco.org)

• International Days - International Weeks - International Years - International Decades
  
• Commemorations (on unesco.org)
  
• United Nations resolutions on proclamation of international years : General Assembly : Resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998 - Resolution 61/185 of 20 December 2006 / Economic and Social Council : Resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980
  
• United Nations resolutions on international decades : Economic and Social Council : Resolution 1989/84 of 24 May 1989
  
• United Nations Observances (on un.org)

• Strategy for category 2 institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO (2019) : Résolution 40 C/99 - Document 40 C/79
  
• Tripartite model agreement between UNESCO, a Member State or group of Member States, and an institution regarding the designation of said institution as a category 2 institute or centre under the auspices of UNESCO
  
• Tripartite model agreement between UNESCO, a Member State or group of Member States, and an institution regarding the renewal of said institution as a category 2 institute or centre under the auspices of UNESCO
  
• Category 2 institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO (on unesco.org)

• UNESCO Transparency Portal
  
• List of Intergovernmental Organizations maintaining relations with UNESCO (limited access)

• Directives concerning UNESCO’s partnership with non-governmental organizations
  
• Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with Foundations and similar institutions
  
• Brochure «Becoming an NGO, official partner of UNESCO»
  
• Application form for admission of NGOs to official partnership with UNESCO or of Foundations and other similar institutions to official relations with UNESCO
  
• List of NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO (October 2020)
  
• List of foundations and similar institutions in official relations with UNESCO (October 2020)
  

• 40 C/Resolution 65
  
• Website of the Participation Programme

• Rules of Procedure concerning recommendations to Member States and international conventions covered by the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution
  
• Multi-stage procedure for the elaboration, examination, adoption and follow-up of declarations, charters and similar standard-setting instruments adopted by the General Conference
  
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)
  

• 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions : Conference of Parties - Intergovernmental Committee for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions
  
• 2005 International Convention against Doping in Sport : Conference of Parties
  
• 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage : General Assembly of States Parties - Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  
• 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage : Meeting of States Parties - Statutes of the Advisory Body
  
• 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage : General Assembly of States Parties - World Heritage Committee
  
• 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property : Meeting of States Parties - Subsidiary Committee

• Basic texts of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2019 Edition)
  
• Basic texts of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2018 Edition)
  
• Operational Guidelines for the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2015 Edition)
  
• Basic texts of the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (2019 Edition)
  
• Operational Guidelines for the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (2015 Edition)
  
• Basic texts of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Protocols (1954 and 1999) (2020 Edition)

• Constitution
• Charter of the United Nations
  
• Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies
  
• States which, at 1 January 2020, have undertaken to apply the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies in respect of UNESCO
  
• 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

• Constitution
  
• Staff Regulations and Staff Rules (limited access)
  
• Human Resources Manual (limited access)
  
• Appendices of the Human Resources Manual (limited access)
  
• Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service (limited access)
  
• Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies
  
• 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
  
• Rules of the UNESCO Médical Benefits Fund (limited access)
  
• Staff Compensation plan (limited access))
  
• Regulations, Rules and Pension Adjustment System of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (2020)