UNESCO associate member

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A UNESCO associate member is a non-sovereign territory or entity that participates in UNESCO’s work with limited rights compared to full member states, typically represented by the state responsible for its international relations.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO-related legal status
international organization associate membership
type of membership status
appliesTo entities not responsible for their international relations
non-self-governing territories
non-sovereign territories
belongsToCategory UNESCO membership category
associate membership in intergovernmental organizations
governedBy Rules of Procedure of the General Conference of UNESCO
UNESCO Constitution
hasAbbreviation associate member of UNESCO
hasAdmissionCriteria application submitted by the member state responsible for the territory
approval by majority of UNESCO General Conference members
territory must not be responsible for its international relations
hasConsequence participation in UNESCO programmes without full state rights
hasExample Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Curaçao (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Hong Kong, China
Macao, China
Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Tokelau (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English term "associate member"
hasLegalStatus international institutional status within UNESCO
hasLimitation cannot be elected to all UNESCO governing bodies on same basis as member states
does not enjoy full rights of UNESCO member states
no vote on certain substantive matters
hasParticipationScope limited compared to UNESCO member states
hasPurpose to allow participation of territories without full statehood
to involve non-sovereign territories in UNESCO activities
hasRight to participate in UNESCO General Conference debates
to participate in UNESCO programmes
to receive UNESCO documentation
hasVotingRights limited or restricted
isDifferentFrom UNESCO member state
UNESCO observer
isGrantedBy General Conference of UNESCO
isLinkedTo UNESCO Constitution Article II
isRepresentedBy state responsible for its international relations
isSubcategoryOf membership status in an intergovernmental organization
isUsedBy United Nations system
partOf UNESCO membership system
requires consent of the state responsible for the territory’s international relations
decision of the UNESCO General Conference
usedIn UNESCO Executive Board procedures
UNESCO General Conference

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
UNESCO European Region states ("UNESCO Associate Member")
hasMemberType
General Conference of UNESCO
hasParticipant
UNESCO associate member ("UNESCO member state")
isDifferentFrom

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