Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Constitution
By: UNESCO
Date: November 16, 1945
Source: Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Reprinted in Knight, Edgar W., and Clifton L. Hall. Readings in American Educational History. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951, 773–75.
About the Organization: In 1942, a Conference of Allied Ministers of Education representing eighteen governments met in London. Based on their proposals, the UN held a conference on the establishment of an educational and cultural organization in November 1945. Forty-four governments, including the United States, were represented. On November 16, 1945, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) constitution was signed.
Introduction
From the ashes of World War II (1939–1945) came the idea for an international cooperating body, the United...
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1940's Education Primary Sources
The 1940's: Primary Sources
