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Standard-setting
The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs contributes to the normative mandate of the Organization
The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs contributes to the normative mandate of the Organization. UNESCO’s standard-setting instruments take the form of conventions, recommendations and declarations.
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Highlights
Quick links and user guide to UNESCO's Conventions and recommendations
If I had to define UNESCO in four words, I would say that it is ‘collective intelligence in action’. UNESCO is expected to be a productive force of norms and an orchestrator of international cooperation, bringing together the normative and operative as effectively as possible.
Audrey AzoulayUNESCO Director-General