National Commissions for UNESCO

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.{{cite web | url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44812&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915185902/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44812&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 15, 2009 | title=About National Commissions for UNESCO - | UNESCO.org | publisher=Portal.unesco.org | date=2009-03-16 | accessdate=2013-05-23}}

The national commissions were established under Article VII of the Constitution of the UNESCO{{cite web | url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001337/133729e.pdf | title=Basic Texts | publisher=UNESCO | accessdate=2013-05-23 | format=PDF}} by UNESCO member countries on a permanent basis, and are associated with the government bodies of the member countries. Currently, there are 198 such National Commissions.{{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 }}