Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has been established as a specialized agency under the United Nations. An agreement, negotiated between the Preparatory Commission and the United Nations in June, 1946, was later approved by the General Conference of UNESCO, and by the General Assembly of the United Nations, provided that UNESCO, should maintain direct working relations with the Economic and Social Council's commissions and committees, with the Secretariat of the United Nations, and with other specialized agencies.
1 UNESCO: A Provisional Program, Office of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, Washington, October 1946, p. 7.
2 What is UNESCO: Preparatory Commission, London, July 1946, p. 1.
3 Ibid., p. 2.
4 Ibid., p. 5.
5 Preamble, UNESCO Constitution.
6 Conference for the Establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Document ECO/CONF./29, London, June, 1946.
7 Ibid., Article II.
8 Ibid., Article IV.
9 Ibid., Article V.
10 Ibid., Article VI.
11 “Towards Cultural Cooperation,” United Nations Weekly Bulletin, I, no. 4, p. 9.
12 “Achievements of the UNESCO Conference,” UNESCO Document UNESCO/23, December 17, 1946, p. 1.
13 Journal of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, December 13–16, 1946, no. 22, p. 209–210.
14 Ibid., p. 211–212.
15 Ibid., p. 212–213.
16 Ibid., p. 214–215.
17 Journal of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, December 13–16, 1946, no. 22, p. 215–216.
18 Ibid., p. 216–217.
19 Ibid., p. 219–234.