Convention on Technical and Vocational Education
Convention on Technical and Vocational Education Adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at its twenty-fifth session Paris, 10 November 1989 PREAMBLE The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, meeting at Paris from 17 October 1989 to 16 November 1989 at its twenty-fifth session. Recalling that it is the Organization's constitutional duty to promote and develop education, Recalling also the principles set forth in Articles 23 and 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which relate to the right to work and to education, the principles contained in the Convention against discrimination in Education, adopted in Paris on 14 December 1960, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted in New York on 16 December 1966 as well as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the United...