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Alix Legal Affairs Home Governing bodies Governing Bodies Homepage General Conference Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Resolutions of the General Conference Legal Committee Executive Board Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Decisions of the Executive Board Committee on Conventions and Recommendations Standard-setting Standard-setting Homepage Conventions Recommendations Declarations List of all instruments Standard-setting process Rules of Procedure for recommendations and conventions Multi-stage procedure for declarations Monitoring of standard-setting instruments Conventions Ceremony Second Ceremony (November 2021) First Ceremony (November 2019) Legal Texts Legal Texts Homepage Basic Texts UNESCO Constitution Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO's standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO conventions Other legal texts External Relations Administrative and Financial Programme All other legal texts About us The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs Our responsibilities Our priorities Our team News (Legal Affairs) Governing Bodies General Conference News Publication of the documents on the preparation of the 42nd session of the General Conference 4 April 2023 Intergovernmental bodies News Call for nominations to the Conciliation and Good Offices Commission responsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education 24 March 2023 Standard-setting Depositary Functions News Turkmenistan accedes to the 1997 Convention on the Recognition of qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region 27 March 2023 News Monaco accedes to the 1997 Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region 27 March 2023 News The Holy See ratifies the 2019 Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean 16 March 2023 News Correction of errors in the original Russian text of the 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 14 February 2023 News The 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education will enter into force with the ratification of Andorra 17 January 2023 News Australia ratifies the 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 17 January 2023 News Iceland accedes to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its First Protocol 5 January 2023 News Iceland accedes to the 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 5 January 2023 Load more Monitoring News Publication of the fifth consolidated report on the implementation of the 2003 Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace 4 April 2023 News Publication of the second consolidated report on the implementation of the 2015 Recommendation concerning the protection and promotion of museums and collections, their diversity and their role in society 4 April 2023 News Launch of the Second consultation on the implementation of the 2015 Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 25 October 2022 News Launch of the First consultation on the implementation of the 2019 Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) 27 September 2022 News Launch of the Fifth consultation on the implementation of the 2003 Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace 1 July 2022 News Launch of the Fifth consultation on the implementation of the 1993 Recommendation on the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education 30 June 2022 News Launch of the Second consultation on the implementation of the 2015 Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage Including in Digital Form 28 June 2022 Meetings of conventions News Publication of the working documents of the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (7 to 10 February 2023) 19 January 2023 Revision of existing normative instruments News Invitation to nominate experts for the intergovernmental special committee meeting related to the revised 1974 Recommendation (30 May - 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UNESCO / C. Alix Legal Affairs Home Governing bodies Governing Bodies Homepage General Conference Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Resolutions of the General Conference Legal Committee Executive Board Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Decisions of the Executive Board Committee on Conventions and Recommendations Standard-setting Standard-setting Homepage Conventions Recommendations Declarations List of all instruments Standard-setting process Rules of Procedure for recommendations and conventions Multi-stage procedure for declarations Monitoring of standard-setting instruments Conventions Ceremony Second Ceremony (November 2021) First Ceremony (November 2019) Legal Texts Legal Texts Homepage Basic Texts UNESCO Constitution Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO's standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO conventions Other legal texts External Relations Administrative and Financial Programme All other legal texts About us The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs Our responsibilities Our priorities Our team
News Publication of the documents on the preparation of the 42nd session of the General Conference 4 April 2023
News Call for nominations to the Conciliation and Good Offices Commission responsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education 24 March 2023
News Turkmenistan accedes to the 1997 Convention on the Recognition of qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region 27 March 2023
News Monaco accedes to the 1997 Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region 27 March 2023
News The Holy See ratifies the 2019 Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean 16 March 2023
News Correction of errors in the original Russian text of the 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 14 February 2023
News The 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education will enter into force with the ratification of Andorra 17 January 2023
News Australia ratifies the 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 17 January 2023
News Iceland accedes to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its First Protocol 5 January 2023
News Iceland accedes to the 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 5 January 2023
News Publication of the fifth consolidated report on the implementation of the 2003 Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace 4 April 2023
News Publication of the second consolidated report on the implementation of the 2015 Recommendation concerning the protection and promotion of museums and collections, their diversity and their role in society 4 April 2023
News Launch of the Second consultation on the implementation of the 2015 Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 25 October 2022
News Launch of the First consultation on the implementation of the 2019 Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) 27 September 2022
News Launch of the Fifth consultation on the implementation of the 2003 Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace 1 July 2022
News Launch of the Fifth consultation on the implementation of the 1993 Recommendation on the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education 30 June 2022
News Launch of the Second consultation on the implementation of the 2015 Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage Including in Digital Form 28 June 2022
News Publication of the working documents of the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (7 to 10 February 2023) 19 January 2023
News Invitation to nominate experts for the intergovernmental special committee meeting related to the revised 1974 Recommendation (30 May - 2 June 2023) 13 January 2023
News Preliminary report of the Director-General on the revision of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 26 October 2022
News Certified copy of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence adopted by acclamation by the 41st session of the General Conference in November 2021 29 June 2022
News Certified copy of the Recommendation on Open Science adopted unanimously by UNESCO's General Conference at its 41st session in November 2021 29 June 2022
News Certified copy of the Revised Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab States adopted in Paris on 2 February 2022 28 June 2022