Preamble

We, the representatives of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations in our respective countries:

Recalling that the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”,

Reaffirming our faith in the ideals, principles and actions of UNESCO, whose purpose is to “contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among 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”,

Considering that “a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support […] and that the peace must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind”,

Realizing the need for active, meaningful and direct participation by the peoples of the world in the achievement of UNESCO’s ideals, and the role of voluntary organizations in this connection,

Do hereby establish an international non-governmental organization to be called the World
Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA), Fédération mondiale des associations, centres et clubs UNESCO (FMACU), Federación Mundial de Asociaciones, Centros y Clubes UNESCO (FMACU), and for this purpose have agreed to adopt the following Constitution: