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Legal Texts

The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs contributes to the rule of law.

The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs contributes to the rule of law by interpreting UNESCO’s legal framework and providing legal service in the day-to-day work of the Secretariat worldwide.

Basic Texts

UNESCO Constitution
Rules of Procedure of the General Conference
Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board
All Basic Texts (Publication)

Legal texts on UNESCO's standard-setting

Rules of Procedure for recommendations and conventions
Multi-stage procedure for declarations
Monitoring of the implementation of standard-setting instruments
All legal texts concerning the UNESCO's standard-setting

Legal texts on UNESCO conventions

2019 Higher Education
2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions
2005 Antidoping
2003 Intangible Cultural Heritage
2001 Underwater Cultural Heritage
1972 World Cultural and Natural Heritage
1970 Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
1954 & 1999 Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Other legal texts

External Relations
Programme Related
Administrative and Financial
Other texts

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