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IAU Constitution
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Constitution of the International Association of
Universities
Nice, 9 December 1950 – Last Amended, Utrecht, 17 July 2008
Conscious of their high responsibility as guardians of the
intellectual life;
Conscious of the fundamental principles for which every university
should stand, namely: the right to
pursue knowledge for its own sake and to follow wherever the search for
truth
may lead; the tolerance of divergent opinion and freedom from political
interference;
Conscious of their obligation as social institutions to promote,
through teaching and research, the principles of freedom and justice,
of human
dignity and solidarity; to develop mutually material and moral aid on
an
international level;
The universities of the world, through their representatives
assembled in conference at Nice, hereby decide to create an
international
association of universities.
| Chapter
One: |
Name |
| Chapter Two: |
Purposes |
| Chapter Three: |
Membership |
| Chapter Four: |
Internal
Organisation and Administration |
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 Section
I. The
General Conference |
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Section
II. The
President |
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Section
III. The
Administrative Board |
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Section
IV. The
International Universities Bureau |
| Chapter Five: |
Headquarters
of the Organisation |
| Chapter Six: |
Amendment
of the Constitution |
| Chapter Seven: |
Dissolution |
| Chapter Eight: |
Miscellaneous
Provisions |
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