UNESCO declarations

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UNESCO declarations are formal, non-binding instruments adopted by UNESCO Member States that articulate shared principles and standards on key global issues such as education, culture, science, and human rights.

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Label Occurrences
UNESCO Basic Texts 1
UNESCO declarations canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO normative instrument ⓘ
non-binding international instrument ⓘ
soft law instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy UNESCO General Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCO Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionProcess adopted by resolution of the General Conference ⓘ
usually adopted by consensus or large majority ⓘ
appliesTo UNESCO Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ
international community as guidance ⓘ
basedOn UN Charter principles NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCO’s mandate in education, science and culture ⓘ
Universal Declaration of Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy broad normative language ⓘ
framework-setting role for later binding instruments ⓘ
political commitment rather than legal obligation ⓘ
complementedBy UNESCO conventions NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCO recommendations ⓘ
governedBy UNESCO Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPurpose articulate shared principles and standards ⓘ
guide national and international policies ⓘ
promote UNESCO’s mandate in education, science, culture and communication ⓘ
includesExample Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Declaration on the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Declaration on the Responsibilities of States for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences international standards ⓘ
judicial interpretation of human rights ⓘ
national legislation ⓘ
public policies ⓘ
instrumentTypeOf UNESCO normative instruments ⓘ
legalStatus non-binding ⓘ
not directly enforceable in international law ⓘ
relatedTo academic freedom ⓘ
bioethics ⓘ
communication ⓘ
cultural diversity ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
culture ⓘ
education ⓘ
environment ⓘ
ethics of science and technology ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
information ⓘ
peace and security ⓘ
rights of future generations ⓘ
science ⓘ

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

UNESCO Member States → adopt → UNESCO declarations ⓘ
UNESCO field offices → governedBy → UNESCO declarations ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO Basic Texts