UNESCO: mandate, governance and finance
- UNESCO promotes peace through educational, scientific and cultural cooperation
- UNESCO’s constitutional mandate respects members’ domestic jurisdiction
- UNESCO’s General Conference determines policies and programmes
- UNESCO’s Executive Board oversees programme execution under the General Conference
- UNESCO’s Secretariat has internationally independent administrative responsibilities
- UNESCO recommendations and conventions follow different adoption requirements
- UNESCO national commissions provide domestic liaison and advice
- UNESCO’s General Conference apportions members’ financial responsibility
- UNESCO can accept voluntary contributions under its financial rules
- Withdrawal from UNESCO does not erase financial obligations already owed