The UIA established the Professional Practice Commission and approvedits program in 1994. The Commission has devoted nine years of intensivestudy and debate in development of the "UIA Accord on RecommendedInternational Standards of Professionalism in Architectural Practice"(the Accord) and nine related Accord policy guidelines. The Accordcontains a statement of principles of professionalism and a series of16 policy issues in a format of definitions and background statementsfollowed by policy statements. These documents were presented to thetriennial UIA Congress and Assembly in Beijing, China in July 1999. TheAssembly unanimously approved the resolution adopting the documents.This is an historic achievement - it is the first time the professionof architecture has adopted a global standard.
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