Constitution of UNESCO

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UN specialized agency constitution constituent instrument founding treaty international agreement

The Constitution of UNESCO is the foundational legal charter that establishes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s purposes, structure, and guiding principles.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
UNESCO Constitution 3
Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1
UNESCO Constitution Article II 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN specialized agency constitution ⓘ
constituent instrument ⓘ
founding treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
adoptedAt London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
adoptedBy UNESCO ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Conference for the Establishment of an Educational and Cultural Organization
adoptedOn 1945-11-16 ⓘ
bindingOn Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: Member States of UNESCO
cameIntoForceOn 1946-11-04 ⓘ
createsOffice Director-General of UNESCO ⓘ
defines amendment procedures of UNESCO ⓘ
financial provisions of UNESCO ⓘ
functions of UNESCO ⓘ
governing bodies of UNESCO ⓘ
legal status of UNESCO ⓘ
membership rules of UNESCO ⓘ
purposes of UNESCO ⓘ
structure of UNESCO ⓘ
depositary UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
establishes UNESCO ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
establishesBody Executive Board of UNESCO ⓘ
General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ
UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Secretariat
guides normative action of UNESCO ⓘ
headquartersSpecifiedAs Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor UNESCO’s international legal personality ⓘ
membershipOpenTo Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
non-UN member states admitted by the General Conference ⓘ
officialName Constitution of UNESCO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
parentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
preambleContains reference to peace based on the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind ⓘ
statement that wars begin in the minds of men ⓘ
purpose to contribute to peace and security ⓘ
to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights ⓘ
to promote collaboration among nations through culture ⓘ
to promote collaboration among nations through education ⓘ
to promote collaboration among nations through science ⓘ
relatedTo Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
shortName Constitution of UNESCO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Constitution
subjectMatter communication and information ⓘ
culture ⓘ
education ⓘ
science ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UNESCO European Region states → alignedWith → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO Constitution
Director-General of UNESCO → createdBy → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
Executive Board of UNESCO → establishedBy → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
General Conference of UNESCO → establishedBy → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
UNESCO associate member → governedBy → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO Constitution
UNESCO → hasGoverningDocument → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
UNESCO associate member → isLinkedTo → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO Constitution Article II
Executive Board of UNESCO → legalBasis → Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ
Constitution of UNESCO → officialName → Constitution of UNESCO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Constitution of UNESCO → shortName → Constitution of UNESCO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO Constitution