Education for Democracy

A/RES/69/268View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 13a Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/267

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/267	Education for democracy	2,132	86%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/268	Education for democracy	1,940	78%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/199	Education for democracy	1,530	92%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/134	Education for democracy	1,421	89%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/8	Education for democracy	1,300	67%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2024–2026

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/358	Education for democracy report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/79/267
2024	A/79/344	Education for democracy report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/268

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Democracy Development Education Education Education for Peace Human Rights Education

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the fundamental link between democratic governance, peace, development and the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, which are interdependent and mutually reinforcing;

Recalls the Global Education First initiative launched by the Secretary-General on 26 September 2012, in particular its third priority area on fostering global citizenship;

Encourages the Secretary-General, United Nations agencies such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen their efforts to promote the values of peace, human rights, democracy, respect for religious and cultural diversity and justice through education;

Strongly encourages Member States to integrate education for democracy, along with civic education and human rights education, into their education standards and to develop and strengthen programmes, curricula and curricular and extracurricular educational activities aimed at the promotion and consolidation of democratic values and democratic governance and human rights, taking into account innovative approaches and best practices in the field, in order to facilitate citizens’ empowerment and participation in political life and policymaking at all levels;

Invites United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, including the United Nations Democracy Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to provide appropriate expertise and resources for the development of relevant educational programmes and materials for democracy;

Encourages international, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, within their respective mandates, to share their best practices and experiences in the field of education for democracy, including but not limited to civic education, with each other and with the United Nations system, as appropriate;

Decides to continue its consideration of the issue of education for democracy at its seventy-first session, under the agenda item entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields”;

Invites Governments, the agencies and organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts to promote education for democracy, requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, within existing reporting obligations, to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution, and invites the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the right to education, within his existing mandate, to contribute to the report of the Secretary-General.

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