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Constitution of the International Association of Universities
Nice, 9 December 1950 – Last Amended, Sao Paulo, 28 July 2004

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: International Organisation and Administration
  Section I.     The General Conference of Universities 
  Section II.    The President of the Association

Section III.   The Administrative Board

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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