The soft power of UNESCO can also work in authoritarian states (including post-Soviet ones, like Azerbaijan) where internal discussion is muted but international opprobrium is unwelcome.

• 联合国教科文组织的软实力在专制主义国家同样能起作用（包括前苏联的成员国，比如阿塞拜疆），尽管这些国家内部万马齐喑，在国际上却爱面子得紧。