Abstract
The paper presents an overview of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) describing the current standing of this important international organization in terms of its global competences and performance of specialized activities in the fields of culture, cultural heritage, education, science, scientific cooperation and other areas based on international documents.
 The paper describes the origin and development of UNESCO and the international documents adopted to regulate its standing and operations. It deals in more detail with the historical establishment and development of this global organization and its activities based on international documents such as the United Nations Charter and the UNESCO Constitution. It compares the long-term objectives of the organization concerning respect for human rights, justice and democracy and the arguments of current and former Member States concerning their fulfilment.
 The paper also considers the organization’s financial mechanism with special regard for the issue of Member States’ membership fees. In addition to the current state of UNESCO funding, it considers the possible impacts on its activities following membership changes and the withdrawal of some states from the organization and the subsequent decrease in the available funding for its activities.
Highlights
International relations and international cooperation have a significant impact on the social systems of states, and on the political systems and internal policies of states
The achievement of the UNESCO objectives are declared in the UNESCO Constitution
“The purpose of the Organisation is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.” (UNESCO, 1945)
Summary
International relations and international cooperation have a significant impact on the social systems of states, and on the political systems and internal policies of states. International relations and international cooperation have resulted in the adoption of many national legal acts and various measures of an economic, social and other nature. It can take the form of political or economic pressure or participation in various international groupings, with states adopting different legal acts, social and economic measures into their legal system and internal policy. The research issue of the paper is the analysis of the basic documents of the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for the purpose of comparing UNESCO’s goals for international relations and the situation in the organisation’s membership base. The article uses citation analysis and comparison of the meanings of texts of international documents
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