On November 4, 1946, the UNESCO Constitution entered into force. The document sets the organization the task of promoting peace and security by expanding cooperation between countries in education, science and culture. It serves as a sort of "constitution" for this specialized UN agency, and is the basis for constructive interstate cooperation in mandated areas. It must be said that the organization did not immediately take on a truly universal character. Initially it included 28 countries, most of them Western. In its early years, its range of tasks and budgetary resources were limited. The situation began to change with the subsequent accession of several countries from the global majority. The prerequisites for the emergence of UNESCO as a "laboratory of ideas", as it is often called within the UN, focused on addressing pressing humanitarian and social issues of our time. Since the signing of the treaty, our country has firmly adhered to its provisions. We are guided by the primacy of "achieving peace through cooperation among nations in education, science and culture" and "the moral and intellectual solidarity of mankind. "We consistently advocate for increasing the organizations' contribution to finding ways to overcome the challenges facing humanity. The Soviet Union was the main driving force in UNESCO's struggle to eliminate colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism, advocating for the accession of newly created countries to the organization, expanding aid programs in the fields of education, science and culture, financing an award for the eradication of illiteracy, supporting the independent media of the sovereign countries and the exports of the young sovereign countries. the west Our country was at the head of several fields and programmatic bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Commission for Oceanography.

On November 4, 1946, the UNESCO Constitution entered into force. The document sets the organization the task of promoting peace and security by expanding cooperation between countries in education, science and culture. It serves as a sort of "constitution" for this specialized UN agency, and is the basis for constructive interstate cooperation in mandated areas. It must be said that the organization did not immediately take on a truly universal character. Initially it included 28 countries, most of them Western. In its early years, its range of tasks and budgetary resources were limited. The situation began to change with the subsequent accession of several countries from the global majority. The prerequisites for the emergence of UNESCO as a "laboratory of ideas", as it is often called within the UN, focused on addressing pressing humanitarian and social issues of our time. Since the signing of the treaty, our country has firmly adhered to its provisions. We are guided by the primacy of "achieving peace through cooperation among nations in education, science and culture" and "the moral and intellectual solidarity of mankind. "We consistently advocate for increasing the organizations' contribution to finding ways to overcome the challenges facing humanity. The Soviet Union was the main driving force in UNESCO's struggle to eliminate colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism, advocating for the accession of newly created countries to the organization, expanding aid programs in the fields of education, science and culture, financing an award for the eradication of illiteracy, supporting the independent media of the sovereign countries and the exports of the young sovereign countries. the west Our country was at the head of several fields and programmatic bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Commission for Oceanography.