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UNESCO / C. AlixLegal Affairs Home Governing bodies Governing Bodies Homepage General Conference Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Resolutions and documents of the General Conference Legal Committee Executive Board Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Decisions and documents of the Executive Board Committee on Conventions and Recommendations Protection of human rights (104 Procedure) Standard-setting Standard-setting Homepage Conventions Recommendations Declarations List of all instruments Standard-setting process Rules of Procedure for recommendations and conventions Multi-stage procedure for declarations Monitoring of standard-setting instruments One-Stop Shop Conventions Ceremony Third Ceremony (November 2023) Second Ceremony (November 2021) First Ceremony (November 2019) Legal Texts Legal Texts Homepage Basic Texts UNESCO Constitution Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO's standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO conventions Other legal texts External Relations Administrative and Financial Programme All other legal texts The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs Our responsibilities Our priorities Our team