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English and French languages which are equally authentic. One of the copies will be filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations and the other will be deposited in the archives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
| Trygve Lie | Julian Huxley |
| Secretary-General of the United Nations |
Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
AGREEMENT[1] BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
1. Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that specialized agencies, established by inter-governmental agreement and having wide international responsibilities as defined in their basic instruments in economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related, fields, shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations.
2. Articles X and IV, paragraph B, sub-paragraph 5, of the constitution establishing the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization provide that this Organization shall be brought into relation with the United Nations as soon as practicable, as one of the specialized agencies referred to in Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations, with the function of advising the United Nations on the educational, scientific, and cultural aspects of matters of concern to the latter.
Therefore the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization agree as follows:
Article I
The United Nations recognizes the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a specialized agency responsible for taking such action as may be appropriate under its basic instrument for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth therein.
- ↑ Came into force 14 December 1946, by the approval by the General Assembly of the United Nations.