Collection LEG - Legal Instruments

Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Lon... Afghanistan - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution 94/1901 - Albania - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Algeria- Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Andorra- Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Angola- Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Argentina- Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Australia- Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Austria- Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bahrain - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Barbados - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Belarus (Byelorussian S.S.R.) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Belgium - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bolivia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Brazil - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Brunei Darussalam - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bulgaria - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Burundi - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Cambodia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Cameroon - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Canada - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Cape Verde - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Central African Republic - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Chad - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Chile - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Colombia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Comoros (Comeros) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Cuba - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Cyprus - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - Withdrawal and Re-Acceptance of the UNESCO Constitution Congo (Leopoldville) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Congo (Brazzaville) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Benin (Dahomey) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bangladesh - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bahamas - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bhutan - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Belize - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Antigua and Barbuda - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Cook Islands - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Croatia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Azerbaijan - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Armenia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Costa Rica - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution India - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Ecuador - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Egypt - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Eritrea - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Ethiopia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Montenegro  - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution South Sudan  - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Finland  - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution The Gambia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Grenada - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Guinea-Bissau - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution San Marino - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Suriname (Surinam) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution eSwatini (Swaziland) - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Namibia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Equatorial Guinea - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Sao Tomé and Principe - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Saint Lucia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Maldives - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Zimbabwe - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Tonga - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Western Samoa - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Fiji - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Saint Kitts and Nevis - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Kiribati  - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Lithuania - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Estonia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Latvia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Tuvalu - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Moldova - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Slovenia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Kyrgyzstan - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Georgia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Tajikistan - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Macedonia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Marshall Islands - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Nauru - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Palau - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Micronesia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution France - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Gabon - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Germany - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Ghana - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Greece - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Guatemala - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Panama - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Guinea - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Guyana - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Haiti - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Honduras - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Hungary - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Iceland - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Indonesia - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution Iran - Ratification of the UNESCO Constitution
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Identity area

Reference code

FR PUNES AG 08-LEG

Title

Legal Instruments

Date(s)

  • 1946-2014 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

32.16 linear metres of textual records and other material

Context area

Name of creator

Repository

Archival history

The deposit of legal instruments with the Archives service began in 1951.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Legal instruments are mainly transferred from the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs and the unit responsible for extrabudgetary funding, currently the Division of Cooperation with Extrabudgetary Funding Sources, Bureau of Strategic Planning. Instruments can also be transferred directly from Secretariat units, including field offices.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

In the course of its activities, UNESCO enters into legal agreements with member states, international and regional organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities, foundations, private companies and individuals. UNESCO’s General Conference also adopts international standard-setting instruments, including, so far, twenty-nine conventions, thirty-two recommendations, and thirteen declarations. In addition to this, UNESCO can be the designated depository for instruments adopted by other intergovernmental conferences. Member states then issue and send legal instruments to UNESCO in reponse to these standard-setting instruments. The Collection consists of legal instruments transferred to the Archives and registered by Archives staff in one of the following three series: A) Instruments signed with member states; B) Instruments signed with organizations, companies and private individuals; and C) Donations, bequests and legacies.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Continuous accruals.

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

-Archives Registers (maintained up to 1989).
-Index cards (maintained to circa 1989): by signatory (country, organization, person) and by titles, subjects, or programmes.
-Access database (obsolete).

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Copies kept by the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs, UNESCO. Secretariat units may also keep copies in their subject files.

Related units of description

Some subseries were created by the Archives staff and then discontinued, and thus similar original documents can therefore be found in other series. For example, the LEG subseries B/3 Délégations permanentes contains a small amount of letters of credentials or instruments of full powers from some member states for the period 1952-1981. Original letters of credentials can also be found filed in REG X07.2 Official Relations with Member States correspondence files. See Related units of description notes at lower-levels of descriptions for references to other series.

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Notes area

Note

Date note: In certain cases when the lowest level of description is at the subseries, subsubseries or file-level, the date given in the description is the date of creation of the individual legal instrument in question, rather than a date range covering all the items. This is done to record the most important date without having to create item-level descriptions for all documents.

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Revised

Level of detail

Full

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

UNESCO Archives, AG 8, ARC 3.1 M. Montaigner.
UNESCO Archives, AG 8, ARC 3.3 LA Tableau de conservation (records retention).

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