General Conference of UNESCO

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governing body plenary organ principal organ of UNESCO

The General Conference of UNESCO is the organization’s supreme governing body, where all member states meet periodically to set policies, approve programs and budgets, and guide UNESCO’s overall direction.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
UNESCO General Conference 14
UNESCO General Conference resolutions 2
40th session of the UNESCO General Conference 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
plenary organ ⓘ
principal organ of UNESCO ⓘ
adopts UNESCO’s medium‑term strategy ⓘ
UNESCO’s programme and budget document ⓘ
conventions ⓘ
declarations ⓘ
recommendations ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction UNESCO member states ⓘ
appoints Director‑General of UNESCO ⓘ
approves UNESCO budget ⓘ
UNESCO programme ⓘ
convenesAt UNESCO Headquarters ⓘ
convenesIn Paris ⓘ
country France ⓘ
decidesOn admission of new UNESCO member states ⓘ
determines policies of UNESCO ⓘ
elects Director‑General of UNESCO ⓘ
Executive Board of UNESCO ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
guides overall direction of UNESCO ⓘ
hasMember UNESCO member state ⓘ
hasObserver intergovernmental organization ⓘ
non‑governmental organization ⓘ
non‑member state ⓘ
hasParticipant UNESCO associate member ⓘ
hasVotingMember UNESCO member state ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
meetingFrequency every two years ⓘ
meetsAtFrequency biennially ⓘ
monitors activities of UNESCO Secretariat ⓘ
oversees implementation of UNESCO programmes ⓘ
parentOrganization UNESCO ⓘ
partOf UNESCO ⓘ
role budget‑approving organ of UNESCO ⓘ
forum for all UNESCO member states ⓘ
policy‑making organ of UNESCO ⓘ
program‑approving organ of UNESCO ⓘ
supreme governing body of UNESCO ⓘ
usesWorkingLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
website https://www.unesco.org/en/general-conference ⓘ

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UNESCO World Heritage Site → adoptedAt → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
UNESCO 2019 OER Recommendation → adoptedBy → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
UNESCO World Heritage Convention → adoptedBy → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
UNESCO 2019 OER Recommendation → adoptionSession → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference
Director-General of UNESCO → appointedBy → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
World Heritage Fund → associatedWith → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
UNESCO World Heritage Programme → conventionAdoptedAt → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
Constitution of UNESCO → establishesBody → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
Memory of the World Programme → follows → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference resolutions
International Oceanographic Commission → foundedBy → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
World Heritage Centre → foundedBy → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
UNESCO → hasMainOrgan → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
UNESCO associate member → isGrantedBy → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
Executive Board of UNESCO → mainCounterpart → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
UNESCO European Region states → participateIn → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference regional consultations
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
Director-General of UNESCO → reportsTo → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
Executive Board of UNESCO → reportsTo → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
MAB International Coordinating Council → reportsTo → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference
World Heritage Committee → reportsTo → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
Memory of the World International Register → subjectOf → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference resolutions
UNESCO associate member → usedIn → General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO General Conference