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'''National Commissions for UNESCO''' are national organizations which are established by Member States of [[UNESCO]] and which are the only such bodies in the whole [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN system]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44812&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | title=About National Commissions for UNESCO - &#124; UNESCO.org | publisher=Portal.unesco.org | date=2009-03-16 | accessdate=2013-05-23}}</ref> They were established under Article VII of the Constitution of the UNESCO<ref name="Article VII">{{cite web | url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001337/133729e.pdf | title=Basic Texts | publisher=UNESCO | accessdate=2013-05-23 | format=PDF}}</ref> by UNESCO member countries on a permanent basis, and are associated with the government bodies of the member countries.<ref name="Article VII" /> Currently, there are 198 such National Commissions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.unescocenterforpeace.org/about-us/ | title=About us | publisher=UNESCO Center for Peace | accessdate=2013-05-23}}</ref>
'''National Commissions for UNESCO''' are national organizations that were established by Member States of [[UNESCO]] and which are the only such bodies in the whole [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN system]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44812&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | title=About National Commissions for UNESCO - &#124; UNESCO.org | publisher=Portal.unesco.org | date=2009-03-16 | accessdate=2013-05-23}}</ref> {{dead link|date= May 2024}}
The national commissions were established under Article VII of the Constitution of the UNESCO<ref name="Article VII">{{cite web | url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001337/133729e.pdf | title=Basic Texts | publisher=UNESCO | accessdate=2013-05-23 | format=PDF}}</ref> by UNESCO member countries on a permanent basis, and are associated with the government bodies of the member countries.<ref name="Article VII" /> Currently, there are 198 such National Commissions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.unescocenterforpeace.org/about-us/ | title=About us | publisher=UNESCO Center for Peace | accessdate=2013-05-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905100415/http://www.unescocenterforpeace.org/about-us/ | archive-date=2018-09-05 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
During the [[Cold War]] different national commissions in different [[Balkan]] states initiated counter-hegemonic cultural rapprochement and cooperation between isolationist [[People's Republic of Albania|Albania]], [[Warsaw Pact]] countries of [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] and [[Romanian People's Republic|Romania]], [[NATO]] member states of [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]], [[Turkey]] and [[Non-Aligned Movement|Non-Aligned]] [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] when in 1963 in [[Bucharest]] they established [[International Association of South-East European Studies]].<ref name="Mark&Feygin">{{cite book |author1=Bogdan C. Iacob |chapter=Southeast by Global South: The Balkans, UNESCO, and the Cold War |editor1=James Mark |editor2=Artemy M. Kalinovsky |editor3=Steffi Margus |title=Alternative Globalizations: Eastern Europe and the Postcolonial World |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |ISBN= 978-0-253-04650-5 |pages=251–270 |date=2020}}</ref>

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National Commissions for UNESCO are national organizations that were established by Member States of UNESCO and which are the only such bodies in the whole UN system.[1] [dead link]

The national commissions were established under Article VII of the Constitution of the UNESCO[2] by UNESCO member countries on a permanent basis, and are associated with the government bodies of the member countries.[2] Currently, there are 198 such National Commissions.[3]

History

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During the Cold War different national commissions in different Balkan states initiated counter-hegemonic cultural rapprochement and cooperation between isolationist Albania, Warsaw Pact countries of Bulgaria and Romania, NATO member states of Greece, Turkey and Non-Aligned Yugoslavia when in 1963 in Bucharest they established International Association of South-East European Studies.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "About National Commissions for UNESCO - | UNESCO.org". Portal.unesco.org. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "Basic Texts" (PDF). UNESCO. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  3. ^ "About us". UNESCO Center for Peace. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  4. ^ Bogdan C. Iacob (2020). "Southeast by Global South: The Balkans, UNESCO, and the Cold War". In James Mark; Artemy M. Kalinovsky; Steffi Margus (eds.). Alternative Globalizations: Eastern Europe and the Postcolonial World. Indiana University Press. pp. 251–270. ISBN 978-0-253-04650-5.