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United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex

Hundred and thirty–first Session

131 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 21 July 1989

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAT ITS 131ST SESSION

(Paris, 17 May-22 June 1989)

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131 EX/Decisions

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

President of the General Conference Mr Guillermo PUTZEYS ALVAREZ(Guatemala)

Members Deputies

Mr ABDISALAM SHEIKH HUSSEIN* Mr Sheikh Abrar NUREINI(Somalia) Mr Ali M. OSMAN

Mr Paul Yao AKOTO Mr Christopher WONDJI(Côte d’Ivoire) Mr Miezan EZO

Mr René-Pierre ANOUMA

Mr Yahya ALIYU Mr Salihu ALKALI(Nigeria) Ms Regina NKANGA

Mr Tunde OLAYODE

Mr Fahd bin Jassem Hamad AL THANI Mr Abdul Aziz AL-ANSARI(Qatar) Mr Ibrahim BUBSHAIT

Mr Ibrahim MOSTAFAMr Ahmed OSMAN

Mr ANWAR IBRAHIM(Malaysia)

Mr Léon Louis BOISSIER-PALUN(Benin)

Mr Hilaire BOUHOYI(Congo)

Mr Mohamed BRAHIMI EL-MILI(Vice-Chairman)(Algeria)

Ms Marie–Claude CABANA(France)

Mr Dato’ Hassan AHMADMr Shaharuddin MOHD SOMMr Mohamed AZMIN

Mr André BOKIBAMs Jeanne DAMBENDZETMr Justin Alphonse ITOUAMr Serge Michel ADZOUKI

Mr Smail HAMDANIMr Chafik MESBAHMr Noureddine GAOUAOU

Mr François-Régis BASTIDEMr Jean SIRINELLIMr Yves BRUNSVICKMr Emmanuel DE CALANMs Martine BAUER

* Mr ABDISALAM SHEIKH HUSSEIN was appointed a member of the Executive Boardat the first meeting, on 17 May 1989, to replace Mr Abdillahi MohamedMIREH, whose resignation had previously been accepted by the Board.


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Members

Mr Aurelio CAICEDO AYERBE(Vice-Chairman)(Colombia)

Mr Brown B. CHIMPHAMBA(Malawi)

Mr Marsetio DONOSEPUTRO*(Indonesia)

Mr Georges–Henri DUMONT(Belgium)

Mr Federico EDJO OVONO(Equatorial Guinea)

Mr Mohamed Fathallah EL–KHATIB(Egypt)

Mr Walter GEHLHOFF(Federal Republic of Germany)

Deputies

Mr Jean-Pierre BOYERMs Marie-Françoise CARBONMr Pierre-Alain COFFINIERMs Anita DAVIDENKOFFMs Françoise DESCARPENTRIESMr Antoine GRASSINMr Jérôme HELIEMr Bernard MONOTMr Georges POUSSINMr Jean-Pierre REGNIERMs Geneviève ROUCHETMr Christopher VALIA–KOLLERY

Ms Cecilia ZAMBRANOMs Natalia MARTIN LEYESMs Claudia VALENCIA

Mr Willie S. KHOZAMr Francis KAKATERAMr Richard SEGULA

Ms Hasnah GASEM

Mr André DE SCHUTTERMr Paul-Henri GENDEBIENMs Béatrice VAN HEMELDONCKMr Jules MAJAMr Fernand MORAYMr Pierre RUYFFELAEREMr S. BLOMME

Mr Faustino NGUEMA ESONOMr Victorino NKA OBIANG

Mr Mamoun Mohamed SALAMAMr Mohamed Safouat SALEM

Mr Klaus VON RAUSSENDORFFMr Klaus WERNDLMr Wolfgang RUDOLPHMs Marie-Gabrielle VON MALSEN-

TILBORCHMr Karl-Josef PARTSCHMr Hans MEINELMr Lothar KOCHMr Wolfgang LERKEMs Gisela WESSEL

* Mr Marsetio DONOSEPUTRO was appointed a member of the Executive Board atthe first meeting, on 17 May 1989, to replace Mr Doddy TISNA AMIDJAJA,whose resignation had previously been accepted by the Board.


Members

Mr Alfredo GUEVARA(Cuba)

Mr Reuben HARRIS(Antigua and Barbuda)

Mr Luis Bernardo HONWANA(Mozambique)

Mr Siegfried KAEMPF(German Democratic Republic)

Mr Youri Evguenievitch KARLOV(Vice-Chairman) (absent)followed by:

Ms Rosa Isakovna OTOUNBAYEVA*(Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics)

Mr Mumtaz Ali KAZI(Pakistan)

Ms Elsa D.R. KELLY(Argentina) (absent)

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Deputies

José Antonio GONZALEZ MARREROMaria Josefa VILABOYAndrés CALVEIRA PADILLANazario FERNANDEZRita SOLIS

Delia RICHMOND

Murade I.M. MURARGYJoël SELEAna Elisa DE SANTANA

Hans-Juergen MICHEELHildegard KIERMEYERGerhard SCHROETERAndreas GREIMUwe GUTHEBER

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Shahid AMINKhalid MAHMOODIjaz HUSSAINNaghmana NAHEED

AFONSO

Lucio GARCIA DEL SOLAREduardo M. DE L. AIRALDIAlberto CARRIStella PELAEZ AYERRARicardo L. BOCALANDRO

Yukihisa ETOMotohiko NISHIMURAHajime TSUJIMOTOMasayuki INOUEKihei MAEKAWA

* Ms Rosa Isakovna OTOUNBAYEVA was appointed a member of the Executive Boardat the twenty–fifth meeting, on 20 June 1989, to replace Mr Youri E.KARLOV, whose resignation had previously been accepted by the Board.


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Members

Mr Allan Siegfried LI FO SJOE(Suriname)

Mr Abdelsalam MAJALI(Jordan)

Mr N’Tji Idriss MARIKO(Mali)

Ms Margaretha MICKWITZ(Finland)

Mr Milan MILANOV(Bulgaria)

Mr Eugenio L. MOORE(Trinidad and Tobago) (absent)

Mr Franz MUHEIM(Switzerland)

Mr Adamou NDAM NJOYA(Cameroon)

Mr Bethwell Allan OGOT(Kenya)

Mr Mohamed Mahmoud OULD WEDDADY(Mauritania)

Deputies

Mr Hiroshi SUMIMOTOMr Masaya OTSUKAMs Emiko MURAI

Mr André KRAMP

Mr Awad KHALDIMr Zougan OBEIDATMr Wajid MUSTAKIM

Mr Aly CISSEMs Fadima Siby MARIKOMr Mamadou BAH

Mr Wilhelm BREITENSTEINMs Marjatta OKSANENMr Sauli FEODOROWMr Timo KARMAKALLIOMs Eeva HIPPULAMs Mervi TIENSUU–NYLUND

Mr Tchavdar DAMIANOVMr Vesseline VASSILEVMr Ivan BOYADJIEVMs Iskra PANEVSKAMr Boyko LAZAROVMr Plamen NEDKOV

Ms Pamela ALLEYNE

Mr François NORDMANNMr Jean–Daniel VIGNYMr Bernard THEURILLATMr Daniel AVIOLATMr Robert STEINERMr Jean-François PAROZ

Mr Mbella MBELLAMr Joseph AYAFOR PIPIMAE

Mr S.B. BULLUTMr J.M. MAINAMs T.C. KIPINGORMs R.A. ONGESO

Mr Ahmed Baba OULD DEIDAMr Mohamed Limame NAGIMr Felmidi OULD M. AMAR


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Members Deputies

Ms Maria Luisa PARONETTO VALIER(Italy)

Mr Luis Manuel PENALVER(Venezuela)

Mr Luis Ignacio RAMALLO(Spain)

Mr Komlavi Fofoli SEDDOH(Togo)

Mr Swaran SINGH(Vice-Chairman)(India)

Ms Stella SOULIOTI(Cyprus)

Mr Alemayehu TEFERRA(Vice-Chairman)(Ethiopia)

Mr Iba Der THIAM(Senegal)

Ms Birgitta ULVHAMMAR(Vice-Chairwoman)(Sweden)

Mr JOSé Israel VARGAS(Chairman)(Brazil)

Mr Alberto WAGNER DE REYNA(Peru)

Mr Giacomo IVANCICH BIAGGINIMr Francesco MARGIOTTA-BROGLIOMs Brunella BORZI CORNACCHIAMr Raffaele BRIGLIMr Bernadino MANCINIMs Eleonora MASINIMs Margherita SABATINI

MS Ruth LERNER DE ALMEAMr Marcel ROCHEMr Carlos ORTIZ CHALBAUDMs Mariela MARQUEZMs Muriel VON BRAUN DE KARTTUNENMs Guadalupe PULIDO DE CASTETMs Luisa Elena GONZALEZ URBANEJA

Mr Miguel Angel CARRIEDOMr Juan Luiz MUNOZ DE LABORDEMr Juan Antonio MENENDEZ PIDALMr Isidoro ALONSO HINOJAL

Mr Mensavi Koffi KPOTOGBEYMr Tchao SOTOUBEREMs Dometo DEGBOE

Ms Savitri KUNADIMr Gollerkery Vishwanath RAOMs Monika KAPIL

Mr Constantin LEVENTISMr Christos CASSIMATIS

Mr Habte-Mariam SEYOUMMr Legesse NEGEWOMr Mesele ASSEFA

Mr Amadou DEMEMr Bouna Mohamed SECKMr Abdourahmane TRAORE

Mr Hakan WILKENSMr Karl-Gunnar LIDSTROMMr Anders FALKMs Ann-Sofi LINDENBAUM

Mr Luis Filipe DE MACEDO SOARESMr Joao Carlos DE SOUZA GOMESMs Monica NASSERMr Caio Marcio RANIERI COLOMBOMr Isnard DE FREITAS

Mr Marco CARREONMr Julio Ramón RIBEYROMr Alfredo PICASSO DE OYAGUE


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Members Deputies

Mr Asavia WANDIRA(Uganda)

Mr Edward Gough WHITLAM(Australia)

Mr Nissanka Parakrama WIJEYERATNEfollowed by:

Mr Ananda W.P.GURUGE*(Sri Lanka)

Mr Suk-Heun YUN(Republic of Korea)

Mr ZHAO Fusan(China)

Mr B.P.E. HATEGAMs Winfred BYANYIMA

Mr Edward POCOCKMr John LANDERMr Laurie FISHER

Mr Ananda W.P. GURUGEMr Warnasena RASAPUTRAMMs Nita WIJEYERATNEMs Sujata GURUGEMr Ajward CASSIM

Mr Tae Hyuk HAHNMr Jayson PARKMr Sung Joo CHOIMr Sun-Bok PAIK

Mr QIN GuanlinMr ZHANG ChongliMr CAO YuanjuMr KU JinyuanMr ZHANG FuminMr ZHANG XuezhongMs QI YanfenMr MA YanshengMr DU Yue

Mr Kazimierz ZYGULSKI Mr Wladyslaw NENEMAN(Poland) Mr Roman KOWALSKI

Representatives and observers

Organizations of the United Nations system

Mr T.S. ZOUPANOS United Nations, New YorkMs A. DJERMAKOYEMr Alain GARNIER

Ms Michèle STEMER-SURSOCK United Nations Information Centre,Paris

Mr Eugène YOUKEL United Nations DevelopmentMr Evlogui BONEV Programme

Mr Bashir S. MUNTASSER United Nations Population Fund

Ms M. GALABERT International Labour Office

Mr Peter NEUMANN United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization

* Mr Ananda W.P. GURUGE was appointed a member of the Executive Board at thethirtieth meeting, on 22 June 1989, to replace Mr Nissanka ParakramaWIJEYERATNE, whose resignation had previously been accepted by the Board.


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Regional and interregional intergovernmental organizations

Ms Graziella BRIANZONI Council of Europe

Mr Simón ROMERO LOZANO Organization of Ibero-American Statesfor Education, Science and Culture

Mr Ali Ahemed ESBER League of Arab StatesMr Esmat FALLOUH

Mr Raymond PHAN VAN PHI Commission of the EuropeanMr Adolfo COMBA Communities

Mr Rodolfo SILVA Inter–American Development BankMr Georges D. LANDAU

Mr Pierre BOUCHERMr Jean-Claude CORBELMr Pierre TANGUAYMr Abou El Caba TOUREMr Moustapha ZOUARIMr Moussa Makan CAMARAMr Alexandre MAPINGOU

Mr Tahar ALI-BABIKERMr Abdelkader Ahmed HOSNY

Mr Antoine DIAHERE NDIAYE

Mr Mohammed DURI

Mr Rémolo BOTTO

Mr Ramón MARTINEZ

Mr MUTANDA NTUMBA

Agency for Cultural andTechnical Co–operation

Arab Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization

Conference of Ministers of Youthand Sport in French-speaking Countries

African Centre for Applied Researchand Training in Social Development

Latin Union

Non-Aligned News Agency Pool

International Centre for BantuCivilizations

SECRETARIAT

Mr Federico MAYOR (Director-General), Mr Eduardo PORTELLA (DeputyDirector–General for the programmes), Mr Chanan Lal SHARMA (DeputyDirector–General for Management), Mr Henri LOPES (Assistant Director-Generalfor Culture and Communication), Mr Julio LABASTIDA MARTIN DEL CAMPO (AssistantDirector–General for the Social and Human Sciences), Mr Youri N. KOCHUBEY(Assistant Director–General for General Administration), Mr XU Zhaochun(Assistant Director–General for External Relations), Mr Thomas KELLER(Assistant Director–General for General programmes and Programme Support),Mr Sylvain LOURIE (Assistant Director-General for Planning, Budgeting andEvaluation), Mr Sorin DUMITRESCU (Assistant Director-General for NaturalSciences), Mr Colin N. POWER (Assistant Director-General for Education),Mr Akihiro CHIBA (Director of the Bureau for Co-ordination of OperationalAction), Mr John B. KABORE (Director of the Unit for Co–operation with AfricanMember States), Mr Luis MARQUES (Director of the Executive Office), Mr MauriceGLELE (Legal Adviser), other members of the Secretariat, Mr Pío RODRIGUEZ(Secretary of the Executive Board).


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1 Replacement of members during their term of office .

1.2 Election of a Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board .

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 130TH SESSION . . .

ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1 Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1.1 Report by the Bureau on questions that donot appear to require debate . . . . . . . . .

3.1.2 Amendment to Rules 12.1 and 16.2 of theRules of Procedure of the Executive Board . .

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations: Examination of communicationstransmitted to the Committee in pursuance of104 EX/Decision 3.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.3 General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.3.1 Possibility of streamlining and simplifyingthe agenda and working procedures of theGeneral Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.4 United Nations Joint Inspection Unit . . . . . . . .

3.4.1 Activities and change of name and Statuteof the Joint Inspection Unit . . . . . . . . .

3.5 Proposal by the Director–General for an informaticsand telecommunications development plan . . . . . . .

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DRAFT THIRD MEDIUM-TERM PLAN (25 C/4) AND DRAFT PROGRAMMEAND BUDGET FOR 1990-1991 (25 C/S) . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.1 Consideration of the draft third Medium-Term Planand the Administrative Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.2 Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1990-1991 (25 C/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1 Reports by the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.1 Oral report on the activities of theOrganization since the 130th session . . . . .

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5.1.2 Report by the Director-General on theimplementation of the decisions of theExecutive Board adopted on the basis ofthe recommendations of its TemporaryCommittee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.3 In-depth studies carried out by the SpecialCommittee in 1988-1989 on the basis ofthe report by the Director-General on theactivities of the Organization in 1986-1987(25 C/3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.4 Impact evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.1 United Nations University: Annual reportby the University’s Council and reportby the Director–General . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.2 Establishment of a consultative mechanismfor International Literacy Year and thePlan of Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.3 Application of 24 C/Resolution 25 concerningeducational and cultural institutions in theoccupied Arab territories . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.4 World Conference on Education for All –Meeting Basic Learning Needs . . . . . . . .

5.2.5 Follow–up to the first consultation of MemberStates on the implementation of the RevisedRecommendation concerning Technical andVocational Education , . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.6 Amendment to the Regulations for theofficial Unesco award for distinguishedservices to physical education and sport . .

5.2.7 Establishment of a joint Unesco/UNICEFcommittee to make recommendations oneducation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.8 Literacy prize offered by the Governmentof the Republic of Korea . . . . . . . . . .

5.3 Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.3.1 Report on the first session of theInternational Scientific Council for Scienceand Technology Policy Development . . . . . .

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5.4 Culture and Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4.1 Jerusalem and the implementation of24 C/Resolution 11.6 . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4.2 Progress report by the Director-General onthe implementation of the decisions of theExecutive Board and the General Conferenceconcerning international campaigns for thesafeguarding of the cultural heritage ofhumankind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4.3 Interim Report by the IntergovernmentalCommittee of the World Decade forCultural Development . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.5 Social and Human Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.5.1 Position of the social and human sciencesat Unesco, taking into account thein–depth study on this subject . . . . . . .

ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of thetwenty–fifth session of the General Conference . .

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of thetwenty–fifth session of the General Conference . .

6.3 Invitations to the twenty–fifth session of theGeneral Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.4 Form of the report by the Executive Board on itsown activities in 1988-1989, to be submitted tothe General Conference at its twenty–fifth session

ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.1 North-South co–operation in the field ofinformatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.2 Draft revised co–operation agreement betweenUnesco and the Organization of Ibero-AmericanStates for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) . .

7.3 Relations with the Central American Bank forEconomic Integration (CABEI) . . . . . . . . . . .

7.4 Recent decisions and activities of theorganizations of the United Nations system ofrelevance to the work of Unesco . . . . . . . . . .

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7.4.1 Operational activities . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

7.4.2 Questions relating to information . . . . . . 87

7.5 Classification of international non–governmentalorganizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

7.6 Preparation of the sexennial report by theExecutive Board to the General Conference on thecontribution made to Unesco’s activities byinternational non-governmental organizations(1983-1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

7.7 Contribution of the National Commissions to thework of Unesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

7.8 Relations with the International Centre forAdvanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (ICAMAS) . . 91

ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . 91

8.1 Proposed transfers between appropriation lineswithin the budget for 1988–1989, including transfersdue to the reallocation of savings . . . . . . . . . 91

8.2 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions andreport on the establishment and closure of trustfunds, reserves and special accounts . . . . . . . . 94

8.3 Report by the Director-General on the revision ofthe quota system and the Draft Medium-Term OverallPlan (1990–1995) for the recruitment of staff . . . . 97

8.4 Fourteenth annual report (1988) of theInternational Civil Service Commission: Reportby the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

8.5 Study on the privileges and immunities ofpersonnel recruited under the ParticipationProgramme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

8.6 Status of collection of contributions of MemberStates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

8.7 Budgetary provision for the Medical Benefits Fundfor 1990–1991, including long–term implications . . . 100

8.8 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rulesof Procedure of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . 100

ITEM 9 OTHER BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

9.1 Unesco and the situation concerning Iran and Iraq . . 100

9.2 Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the deathof the Spanish poet Antonio Machado . . . . . . . . . 100

9.3 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the composer José Padilla . . . . . . . . . . . . 101


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9.4 Application for the admission of Palestine as aMember State of Unesco in conformity withArticle II, paragraph 2, of the Constitution;application for the admission of the State ofPalestine to Unesco as a Member State, proposedby Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Mauritania,Nigeria, Senegal and Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.5 Dates of the 132nd session of the Executive Boardand of its subsidiary bodies . . . . . . . . . . .

9.6 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of thebirths of the poet and prose–writer BorisPasternak, the poet Anna Akhamtova, thesculptor Vera Mukhina, and the architectKonstantin Melnikov . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.7 Celebration of the 750th anniversary of ‘TheSecret History of the Mongols’ . . . . . . . . . .

9.8 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the Arab thinker Taha Hussain . . . . . . . . .

9.9 Application for admission to Unesco submitted bythe Cook Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.10 Application for admission to Unesco by the Republicof Kiribati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON 19 AND21 JUNE 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (131 EX/1 and Addenda)

At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda setout in document 131 EX/1.

At its twelfth meeting, it decided to add items 9.6 and 9.7 to itsagenda.

At its thirteenth meeting, it decided to add item 9.8 to itsagenda.

At its twenty–second meeting, it decided to add item 9.9 to itsagenda.

At its twenty–fifth meeting, it decided to add item 1.2 to itsagenda.

At its thirtieth meeting, it decided to add item 9.10 to itsagenda.

The Executive Board decided to refer to the Commissions andCommittee specified below the following items of its agenda:

1. To the Programme and External Relations Commission:items 4.2, 5.1.3 (131 EX/SP/RAP/1), 5.1.4, 5.2.1, 5.2.2,5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3,5.5.1, 7.1, 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2 and 8.1 (programme-relateditems).

2. To the Finance and Administrative Commission: items 3.5, 4.2,5.1.3 (131 EX/SP/RAP/2 and Corrigenda) and 8.1 to 8.7.

3. To the Committee on International Non–governmentalOrganizations: items 7.5 and 7.6.

(131 EX/SR 1, 12, 13, 22, 25 and 30)

1.1 Replacement of members during their term of office (131 EX/NOM/1,131 EX/NOM/2, 131 EX/NOM/3 and 131 EX/NOM/4)

1. The Executive Board took note of the resignation of Mr DoddyAchdiat Tisna Amidjaja (Indonesia) and, in accordance withArticle V.A.4(a) of the Constitution, appointed Mr MarsetioDonoseputro to replace him for the remainder of his term ofoffice.

2. The Executive Board took note of the resignation ofMr Abdillahi Mohamed Mireh (Somalia) and, in accordance withArticle V.A.4(a) of the Constitution, appointed Mr AbdisalamSheikh Hussein to replace him for the remainder of his termof office.

3. The Executive Board took note of the resignation of Mr YouriE. Karlov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and, inaccordance with Article V.A.4(a) of the Constitution,appointed Ms Rosa Isakovna Otounbayeva to replace him for theremainder of his term of office.


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4. The Executive Board took note of the resignation ofMr Parakrama Wijeyeratne (Sri Lanka) and, in accordance withArticle V.A.4(a) of the Constitution, appointed Mr AnandaW.P. Guruge to replace him for the remainder of his term ofoffice.

(131 EX/SR 1, 25 and 30)

1.2 Election of a Vice–Chairman of the Executive Board

Following the resignation of Mr Youri E. Karlov (USSR), theExecutive Board, in conformity with Rule 13 of its Rules ofProcedure, elected Ms Rosa Isakovna Otounbayeva to replace him asVice–Chairman of the Executive Board for the remainder of his termof office.

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS(130 EX/SR.l-22)

The Executive Board approved the130th session.

(131 EX/SR 25)

OF THE 130TH SESSION

summary records of its

(131 EX/SR 1)

ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

3.1 Executive Board

3.1.1 Report by the Bureau on questions that do not appear to requiredebate (131 EX/2)

The Executive Board approved the proposals of the Bureau containedin document 131 EX/2 concerning items 5.2.6 ‘Amendment to theregulations for the official Unesco award for distinguishedservices to physical education and sport’, 7.2 ‘Draft RevisedCo–operation Agreement between Unesco and the Organization ofIbero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI)’,7.3 ‘Relations with the Central American Bank for EconomicIntegration (CABEI)’ and 7.8 ‘Relations with the InternationalCentre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (ICAMAS)’.

(131 EX/SR 1)

3.1.2 Amendment to Rules 12.1 and 16.2 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (131 EX/6)

The Executive Board,

1. Having examined document 131 EX/6 concerning the amendment toRules 12.1 and 16.2 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board,

2. Decides to invite its Special Committee to examine, with theassistance of the Legal Adviser, the possible legal,procedural and practical implications of any amendment to



Rules 12.1 and 16.2 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board and to report to it at its 132nd session.

(131 EX/SR 13 and 18)

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:Examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inpursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3 (131 EX/3 PRIV.)

The announcement appearing at the end of these decisions reportson the Board’s deliberations on this subject.

(131 EX/SR 30)

3.3 General Conference

3.3.1 Possibility of streamlining and simplifying the agenda and workingprocedures of the General Conference (131 EX/SP/2 and 131 EX/5)


1. Recalling the provisions of 130 EX/Decision 5.1.2, para–graphs 5 to 12,

2. Having examined the part of the report of the SpecialCommittee (131 EX/5) concerning the possibility ofstreamlining and simplifying the agenda and workingprocedures of the General Conference,

3. Endorses the following recommendation:

A. ROLE AND INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE,THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE SECRETARIAT IN THEPREPARATION AND ADOPTION OF THE C/5 DOCUMENT ON THEBASIS OF THE DEFINITION OF THEIR FUNCTIONS SET OUT INTHE CONSTITUTION OF UNESCO

1. The procedure that has been followed for the preparationand adoption of the C/5 document should be improved andaccount taken of the Constitution with a view toensuring that Unesco’s three constituent bodiescomplement one another in a more effective way.

B. IMPROVEMENT OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OFTHE EXECUTIVE BOARD ON THE C/5 DOCUMENT ARE TRANSMITTEDTO AND USED BY THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

2. With a view to better use by the General Conference ofthe Executive Board’s recommendations on the c/5document, in accordance with Article V.B.5(a) of theConstitution:

(a) The presentation, identification and distributionto Member States of the C/6 document will beimproved to enable it to play the appropriate roleassigned to it with regard to the C/5 document; itwill be listed among the reference documents forthe agenda items of the different commissions.



(b) If necessary, some or all of the recommendationswill be reiterated for each portion of the agendaconsidered in plenary meeting, in commission or inthe working groups by a representative of theExecutive Board in the deliberating body concerned.

c. GREATER INVOLVEMENT OF AND PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERSTATES IN THE PREPARATION OF THE BIENNIAL PROGRAMME ANDBUDGET

3. Current practice will be changed as follows:

(a) The questionnaire hitherto sent to Member Stateswill be replaced by the Director–General’spreliminary proposals on the main points indocument 26 C/5.

(b) These preliminary proposals will be based on theoutcome of the discussions at the twenty-fifthsession of the General Conference on the lines ofemphasis to be assigned to document 26 C/5.

(c) Member States’ comments and suggestions on thepreliminary proposals relating to the main pointsin document 26 c/5 should reach theDirector–General within four months.

(d) The Executive Board, following consideration of theDirector–General’s preliminary proposals and thecomments and suggestions of Member States at itsSeptember/October session in the first year of thebiennium, will issue guidelines for the preparationof document 26 C/5.

D. THE VOLUME OF THE C/5 DOCUMENT

4. In the light of the results of the implementation of theExecutive Board’s decisions concerning the preparationof the third Medium–Term Plan and of the experiencegained during the examination of document 25 C/5 and thediscussions at the twenty–fifth session of the GeneralConference, the Special Committee may be invited by theExecutive Board to make recommendations on the volume ofthe C/5 document.

E. STREAMLINING OF THE PROCESSING OF AND REDUCTION IN THENUMBER OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY MEMBER STATESAT SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

5. Member States will be encouraged to submit any draftresolutions containing amendments to the C/5 documentduring the consultation process rather than during theGeneral Conference.

6. (a) Draft resolutions concerning national projects willbe considered for funding under the Participation



Programme; in this connection the Secretariat willinform Member States more fully about theParticipation Programme.

(b) Draft resolutions concerning subregional, regionaland interregional proposals will be consideredunder the US $1 million reserve.*

7. Draft resolutions will normally be proposed andsubmitted through the commissions – or the GeneralCommittee of the General Conference if they concernseveral commissions – and not directly to the plenary.

8. Draft resolutions not relating to the C/5 document,whether or not they have budgetary implications, will bedealt with first by the General Committee of the GeneralConference or by the chairmen of the commissions - inaccordance with such procedures as they deem suitable -in consultation with the sponsors.

F. AGENDA AND TIMETABLE OF WORK OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCEAND FURTHER STUDY OF ITS WORKING METHODS

9. (a)

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(c)

(d)

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The present endeavour should lead to a reduction inthe length of General Conference sessions witheffect from the twenty–sixth session.

The length of the twenty–fifth session, however,should be such that the examination of and thedebates on the third Medium–Term Plan, document25 C/5 and the main points of document 26 C/5 canbe conducted effectively.

A single debate in plenary meeting will be devotedto the broad policies of the third Medium–Term Plan(25 C/4) and document 25 C/5 and to determining themain points of document 26 C/S.

In addition to the Administrative Commission, therewill be five programme commissions to deal withspecifically sectoral aspects of the C/5 document.

Commission I will be responsible for consideringlines of emphasis in respect of activities andgeneral aspects of the programme not dealt with bythe other programme commissions, as shown in theannex to this recommendation.

Three plenary commissions at most will meet at thesame time.

The debates will be organized in discussion unitsconstituted by the 25 C/5 programmes or theirequivalent.

An annotated agenda will be prepared.———* Subject to the decision to be taken by the General Conference concerning

this reserve.



10. Taking into account the reduced volume and newpresentation of the C/4 and C/5 documents and otherproposals contained in the present recommendation,particularly in part C, the Secretariat will be invitedby the Executive Board to study the possibility ofholding sessions of the General Conference in May–Juneof the second year of the biennium, as was done before1952, and to submit its study to the Executive Boardduring the 1990–1991 biennium.

ANNEX

Parts of document 25 C/4, the Administrative Planand document 25 C/5 to be assigned to Commission I

Clearing–House

Statistical programmes and Services

Unesco Publications and Periodicals/Public Information/UnescoCourier

External Relations

Participation Programme

Co–ordination of Operational Activities

Co–ordination of Field Units

Public Information

Office of Conferences, Languages and Documents

Unesco’s contribution to the improvement of the status of women.

(131 EX/SR 20)

3.4 United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

3.4.1 Activities and change of name and Statute of the Joint InspectionUnit (131 EX/7 and 131 EX/5)


1. Having examined the report entitled ‘Activities of the UnitedNations Joint Inspection Unit and change of its name andStatute’ (131 EX/7),

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2. Takes note of the annual report of the Joint Inspection Unitwhich was presented to the forty–third session of the UnitedNations General Assembly;

3. Welcomes the efforts to improve the quality of the reportsand requests the JIU to develop further the evaluativeaspects of its work and to formulate recommendations forimprovement that are both practical and feasible;



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Having examined the JIU report entitled ‘Technicalco–operation between organizations of the United Nations andthe least developed countries (LDCS)’ (JIU/REP/87/5) and theDirector-General’s comments thereon,

Invites the Director–General to continue and to reinforcetechnical co–operation activities in favour of the leastdeveloped countries in line with the recommendations of theJoint Inspection Unit;

III

Recalling 24 C/Resolution 51 of the General Conferenceconcerning the change of name and the Statute of the UnitedNations Joint Inspection Unit,

Considering that the United Nations General Assembly did notmodify the name and Statute of the Joint Inspection Unit,

Recommends the deletion of item 9.1 (Change of name andStatute of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit) from theprovisional agenda of the twenty–fifth session of the GeneralConference;

Requests the Chairman of the Executive Board to refer to thismatter in his oral report to the General Conference.

(131 EX/SR 28)

3.5 Proposal by the Director–General for an informatics andtelecommunications development Plan (131 EX/40 and Corr. and131 EX/47)


1. Having taken cognizance of document 131 EX/40 containing theproposals by the Director-General for an informatics andtelecommunications development plan, and having seen theaudio–visual presentation introducing them,

2. Considering the debate on this matter,

3. Having undertaken a thorough study of the subject,

4. Agrees in principle with the need to modernize informaticsand telecommunications at Unesco;

5. Invites the Director–General as a matter of urgency toentrust the draft plan he has prepared to a committee ofoutside experts made available free of expense by MemberStates so that it may give its opinion regarding, moreespecially, market research on the project in general, allits technical aspects, its advantages and drawbacks, thepriorities, the proposed choices, the different alternativesfor the programming and planning of operations, theimplications for staff costs, the efficiency andcost–effectiveness of the operation and the taking intoaccount of achievements to be preserved;



6. Requests the Director–General to transmit the draft plan,together with the observations made by the Executive Board atits 131st and 132nd sessions, to the General Conference atits twenty–fifth session for the purpose of deciding on thefollow-up action to be taken thereon.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

ITEM 4 DRAFT THIRD MEDIUM-TERM PLAN (25 C/4) AND DRAFT PROGRAMME ANDBUDGET FOR 1990-1991 (25 C/5)

4.1 Consideration of the draft third Medium-Term Plan and theAdministrative Plan (25 C/4 and 25 C/4 Add.)

The

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Executive Board,

Noting that the Director–General has prepared the draft thirdMedium-Term Plan on the basis of the replies by Member Statesand the international intellectual community to the consul–tation and in close co–operation with the Executive Board, towhich he submitted at the 129th session an initial sketch ofthe Plan (129 EX/4), which gave rise to wide–ranging dis–cussions reflected in 129 EX/Decision 4.1, adopted by consen-sus, which defined what the broad lines and structures of thePlan should be,

Recalling that on the basis of this decision, theDirector–General prepared an annotated outline of the Plan(130 EX/4) which he submitted to it at its 130th session andwhich resulted, after a stimulating debate during whichimportant proposals and recommendations were made, in130 EX/Decision 4.1, which confirmed and gave more preciseshape to the consensus reached at the 129th session,

Having considered the draft third Medium–Term Plan (25 C/4)and the accompanying Administrative Plan in the light both ofthe observations, proposals and suggestions made by membersof the Executive Board during the discussion on agendaitem 4.1 and of the Director–General’s oral introduction andreply to the debate,

Congratulates the Director–General on preparing, despite timeconstraints, a quality document which is concise, clear andreadable;

Welcomes the Director-General’s invitation to members of theBoard, in his presentation of documents 25 C/4 and 25 C/5, toindicate in concrete terms ‘what can be improved, amended,replaced or deleted [in order to] put forward to the GeneralConference proposals that can better serve the Organization’ ;

Emphasizes that this document, and the proposals for itsamendment adopted by consensus by the Executive Board, areproof of the close co–operation and the constructive dialoguewhich have been established between the Director–General andthe Executive Board;

Considers that document 25 c/4 prepared by theDirector–General, and the proposals for its amendment adoptedby consensus by the Executive Board, should be taken ascomplementary documents;

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8. Recommends that the General Conference examine document25 C/4, prepared by the Director-General, in conjunction withall the proposals for its modification adopted by consensusby the Executive Board;

9. Reaffirms that the Organization should help to meet the threemajor challenges of our time – peace, development andprotection of the environment, in particular by narrowing thegap between industrialized countries and developing countries;

10. Recommends that the Draft Plan should structure the action ofUnesco in accordance with the directives of the ExecutiveBoard (129 EX/Decision 4.1, para. 17) in terms of seven majorprogramme areas, as follows:

I Education and the future

II Science for progress and the environment

III Culture: past , present and future

IV Communication in the service of humanity

V Man and society in a changing world

VI Unesco’s contribution to prospective studies and tostrategies concerned with development

VII Unesco’s contribution to peace, human rights and theelimination of all forms of discrimination;

11. Recalls that in conformity with paragraph 18 of the samedecision, each of these major programme areas should contain,wherever possible, activities relating to women, young peopleand the most disadvantaged population groups, peace, humanrights, development, the environment and information systems;

12. Recommends that the Plan include two mobilizing projects, oneconcerning the combating of illiteracy and the other relatedto youth, as well as two other projects on cities and theenvironment respectively; and also a single special project,devoted to apartheid;

13. Notes the progress made in the area of programmeconcentration;

14. Attaches great importance to the necessary dynamic balancebetween proposals of an innovator nature and continuity withthe previous Plan and to that between reflection and action;

15. Reaffirms very clearly the intellectual mission of Unesco asenshrined in its Constitution;

16. Takes note of the Introduction to the Draft Plan in which theDirector–General offers his own analysis of the world situ-ation that will provide the context for the Organization’saction over the next six years;

17. Considers for its part that the world today is characterizedby continuing inequalities, imbalances, injustice, and the



deterioration of the situation of the developing countriesand also by the negative effects of the debt problem whichburdens the developing countries and is hampering progress inthe Organization’s fields of competence;

18. Recommends that in the approved version of the Plan, theIntroduction should reflect very faithfully the principlesset forth in paragraph 16 of 129 EX/Decision 4.1 andparagraph 7 of 130 EX/Decision 4.1 and should take intoaccount the views and ideas expressed by the members of theBoard during the discussions on the Plan, as reflected interalia in the observations and amendments set out below(subparas. 19(f) and (g) of this recommendation), inparticular the reference to the deteriorating situation ofthe developing countries, in respect of which emphasis shouldbe placed, in Unesco’s fields of competence, on:

the widening gap between the developing and theindustrialized countries,

the deterioration in the terms of trade,

the debt burden and its impact on education, science, cultureand communication,

the disequilibrium in the balance of payments,

unemployment,

the fall in living standards,

protectionism;

19. Proposes to the General Conference the following amendments:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Proposals for the amendment of document 25 C/4

General observations

Each of the transverse themes (in particular: peace andhuman rights) should be reflected in each of the majorprogramme areas, as has been done in the case of womenand youth;

There will be only one special project: that dealingwith apartheid;

The other three projects which in document 25 C/4 areentitled ‘Special project’ (the young child; population;environmental education and information) will be called‘intersectoral and inter–agency co-operation projects’ ;

The mobilizing projects should be prepared andimplemented in accordance with the criteria laid down in129 EX/Decision 4.1, paragraph 22, that is to say:

‘they should be multidisciplinary and intersectoral;form an integral part of a major programme area, bemainly financed by the regular budget and be subject to

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the decision-making and supervisory powers of theOrganization’s governing bodies; not duplicate otherprogramme activities; have precise objectives and adefinite timetable for implementation; be capable ofproducing a multiplier effect; and be such as tomobilize extra–budgetary financing’ ;

FOREWORD

(e) Mention should be made in the Foreword to the Plan ofall the consultations that have been held, in particularall meetings of National Commissions;

INTRODUCTION

(f) Paragraph 11 of 129 EX/Decision 4.1 laid down thefollowing principles that should guide the preparationof the Plan:

‘(a) the principle of the equality of Member States andthe equal dignity of all cultures;

(b) recognition of the pluralism of cultures andeconomic and social systems;

(c) reaffirmation of Unesco’s mission of internationalintellectual co–operation and the need for anappropriate balance between action and reflection;

(d) consideration of the needs and priorities ofMember States as expressed by them, particularlythose of the developing countries’ .

These principles should be clearly mentioned in the textof the third Medium-Term Plan;

(g) Effect should be given to the guidelines set out inparagraph 7 of 130 EX/Decision 4.1 concerning thegeneral introduction to the Plan, which stipulate, interalia, that the Introduction should emphasize ‘thedeteriorating situation of the developing countries’ .

MAJOR PROGRAMME AREA I AND MOBILIZING PROJECT NO. 1

20. Notes the lines of emphasis of Major Programme Area I andsupports the proposed structure, in particular the prioritygiven to the combating of illiteracy through the mobilizationof the resources required for its eradication;

21. Reaffirms that great importance should be attached to primaryand secondary education, to technical and vocationaleducation, to the development of higher education, tolifelong education, to the training of trainers at alllevels, and to the links between education, employment andthe world of work;

22. Recommends that a clearer linkage be established betweenMajor Programme Area I and activities in other major



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programme areas relating to international education, inparticular education to encourage respect for human rights,international understanding, the spirit of peace, theeradication of intolerance and all forms of discrimination,and also environmental education and population education;

Stresses the need for further improving the systems andmethods of education of all countries in the context of theparticular responsibilities incumbent upon education in theperspective of the twenty-first century;

Stresses the importance of Unesco’s mission to support theadvancement of education, a function which must be undertakenin collaboration, more especially, with the ‘relay’institutes such as the International Institute forEducational Planning (IIEP), the International Bureau ofEducation (IBE), and the Unesco Institute for Education,Hamburg;

Welcomes the initiative constituted by the intersectoral andinter–agency co–operation project on the young child and thefamily environment;

Welcomes the activities planned under the Mobilizing ProjectNo. 1, which should be entitled ‘Combating illiteracy’ andrecommends that this project should be based on a twofoldstrategy of literacy education for adults within the contextof lifelong education, and of the universalization,democratization and renewal of primary education, and that itshould receive support from the regional programmes combatingilliteracy and that it should endeavour to mobilize andco-ordinate increased resources for literacy education, byappealing to public and private financing sources;

Reaffirms that an appropriate place should be accorded in thethird Medium-Term Plan to the need to strengthen theassistance given to educational and cultural institutions inPalestine, in accordance with the relevant decisions of theExecutive Board and resolutions of the General Conference;

Proposes to the General Conference the following amendments:


Para. 49 After ‘without’ amend the text as follows: without‘a plainly stated political commitment, withoutsuitable teaching methods, without clear publicawareness of the consequences of illiteracy, andwithout participation by all literate people inthe struggle against illiteracy, few literacycampaigns are likely to succeed fully, even whenthey receive substantial external support. Thereare, however, instances where the relative failureof efforts undertaken in this area stem from theinability of many States to procure additionalresources for education; being unable to set upthe permanent facilities that would ensure theoutcome of the struggle against illiteracy andprovide post–literacy teaching, many States havehad to suspend or discontinue literacy campaigns’ .



Para. 50 Amend the second sentence of the paragraph asfollows: ‘The projects in the field of educationundertaken in various regions of the world (LatinAmerica and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and thePacific and the Arab States) have served ascatalysts for deriving full benefit from the dualstrategy which Unesco intends to pursue in favourof literacy and post–literacy work on the one handand the expansion of high quality primaryeducation on the other’ .

Para. 51 Delete the second sentence.

Para. 52 Delete the last sentence.

Para. 53 Reword the paragraph as follows: ‘Within thisstrategy, Unesco’s activities will be guided byfour main considerations, as follows: firstly, theMember States, with Unesco’s support, will bearthe prime responsibility for promoting literacyand for the universal provision of effectiveprimary education, by virtue of the right toeducation recognized by the Universal Declarationof Human Rights. This implies that they must beprepared to mobilize resources for literacy anduniversal primary education, in spite of theeconomic and financial constraints that areaffecting budgets. Unesco’s role will consistessentially of assisting governments in definingappropriate policies, providing them with thenecessary expertise, publicizing significantexperiments in this field, demonstrating theimportance of basic education in the process ofdevelopment, and providing support for a number ofactivities carried out in Member States. TheOrganization should, furthermore, assist MemberStates to procure financial, material, human andtechnological assistance from external sources’ .

Para. 54 Reword the first sentence as follows: ‘Sincemotivation is important, the need for literacy ison favorable ground when the economic and socialconditions in which illiterates live offer anincentive to become literate’ .

Reword the third sentence as follows: ‘Theefforts being made during the World Decade forCultural Development and well beyond it to createa more favorable environment for reading in themother tongue or in the national language(s) mustbe systematically continued. Local production ofteaching materials in either the mother tongue orthe national language(s) can help to ensuresuccess in this work’ .

Para. 55 The second sentence should read: ‘Unesco must doits utmost to make the international communityaware of the problem of ensuring that theeducational rights of the disadvantaged andpowerless are not forgotten’ .



Para. 60

Para. 61

Para. 62

Para. 65

Para. 66

In the last sentence of the paragraph, substitute‘the disabled’ for ‘disabled persons’.

The beginning of the paragraph should read asfollows: ‘As the eradication of illiteracy hasaspects which call for international co-operation,the assistance of other agencies of the UnitedNations system ...’ (the rest remains unchanged).

At the beginning of the paragraph replace ‘massivereduction of illiteracy’ by ‘the struggle againstilliteracy’ .

In the fourth sentence add ‘appropriate’ after‘supplies of’ and ‘at moderate cost’ after‘learning materials’.

In the second sentence of the paragraph add‘public and private’ after the word ‘mobilizing’and ‘(sponsors, religious and cultural associ-ations, economic bodies . . . )’ after the word‘resources’ . The rest of the sentence remainsunchanged.

The end of the last sentence of the paragraphshould read as follows: ‘particularly for thetraining of primary teachers and the adequateprovision of learning materials and, in general,for creating the conditions for making educationavailable to all’ .

Delete in the first sentence the following phrase:‘in particular when meeting structural adjustmentrequirements’ .

In the second (i.e. last ) sentence, after‘children of nomads’ add a comma and the words‘children of migrants, children who are victims ofwar and the children ...’ (the rest remainsunchanged).

The Medium–Term Plan should take into account the concept ofintercultural education.

Para. 67 Reword the paragraph as follows: ‘The object ofthe mobilizing project “Combating illiteracy” isto stem illiteracy at the source by providinguniversal elementary education and improving itsquality, particularly the first few years of it,and by getting more girls in rural areas andunderprivileged groups into school. It will alsopay particular attention to adult educationactivities, in the context of lifelong education’ .

Para. 68 Add, at the end of the paragraph, ‘and improvingtheir material conditions, social status andmorale’ .



This idea should also be introduced in connectionwith literacy staff in the section relating toliteracy.

Para. 69 Replace ‘special project’ by ‘intersectoral andinter–agency co–operation project’ .

The title of the project should read ‘the youngchild and the family environment’ .

Paras. 70 Replace ‘special project’ by ‘intersectoral andand 71 inter–agency co–operation project’.

Para. 76 The paragraph should be reworded to begin with astatement of Unesco’s own role - Awareness-raising and education – and should refer tocollaboration with the Specialized Agencies.

Para. 78 The text might be reworded to make it clearer.

Para. 79 Add ‘the World Health Organization (WHO)’ to thelist of international organizations mentioned inthe paragraph.

Para. 85 Delete the adjective ‘past’ before the word‘concepts’ .

Para. 86 Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘In addition todealing with the role, quality and relevance ofeducation as described above, reflection shouldalso address the substantive problem for societiesand individuals of the ultimate aim of educationfor the twenty–first century. To that end, workwill begin on formulating the educationalphilosophy for the twenty–first century and on thepreparation of a new report “Learning to Be’”.

Para. 89A After paragraph 89 add a new paragraph worded asfollows: ‘Emphasis will be laid on the relation–ship between higher education and research and therole of higher education in the promotion ofdevelopment and the preservation of culturalidentities. Account will be taken of the crucialfunction of co–operation among higher educationestablishments in developing countries on the onehand, and between those of developing countriesand industrialized countries on the other.Particular attention will be paid to ways offinancing higher education, and its modernization’.

Para. 91 The end of the paragraph should read as follows:I . . . fundamental freedoms, although presentedunder Major Programme Area VII, should be dealtwith in conjunction with Major Programme Area I’ .

Para. 92 Add at the end of the paragraph, the followingsentence: “’Horizon 2000 for African Languages



Para. 94

Para. 96

Para. 97

Project” aimed at the promotion, the developmentand enhancement of the value of African cultureswill be followed up with particular attention’.

This paragraph should include a reference to theInternational Conference of Ministers and SeniorOfficials Responsible for Physical Education andSport (Moscow) and the elimination of violence anddiscrimination in sport.

Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘Actionconducted in this field will be closelyco–ordinated with the activities carried out underMajor Programme Area II’.

Insert in this paragraph a reference to theAssociation des universités partiellement ouentièrement de langue française (AUPELF) and theAfrican and Malagasy Council on Higher Education(CAMES).

The title of Programme I.3 should read as follows: ‘Supportfor the development of education’ .

Para. 106 Add the following sentence at the end ofparagraph 106: ‘In view of the role andresponsibility of teachers in the development ofeducational processes, Unesco’s action to promoteteacher training, at all levels, will be regardedas a priority task during the next six years’ .

Para. 108A After paragraph 108, add a new paragraph asfollows: ‘Unesco must sensitize all Member Statesand the world public opinion to the importance ofmaking adequate, positive and full use ofaudio–visual means. For this purpose, concreteforms of co–operation and exchange in this fieldwill be proposed with a view to attaining theideals of peace and mutual understanding amongpeoples, with due respect for their culturalidentities, as well as the promotion of the leastdeveloped countries and the protection of theenvironment. As concerns Major Programme Area I,given that audio–visual means have almostunlimited potential for multiplying the effects ofeducational effort, their use is implicit in theprogrammes, activities and strategies of the thirdMedium-Term Plan, taking into account theirpossibilities and the budgetary limits. In thecontext of the Plan, audio–visual means will beused to their fullest possible extent, taking intoaccount their impact and the characteristics ofeach programme’ .

Para. 111 At the end of the second sentence, delete ‘andPalestine’ and add in its place a new sentence:‘In particular, action in favour of educationaland cultural institutions in Palestine will bestrengthened’ .



Para. 113 The beginning of the last sentence of theparagraph should read as follows: ‘Unesco willcontinue in this field, in particular through theIIEP, to carry out...’.

Para. 118 The beginning of the first sentence should read asfollows: ‘Regarding the activities aimed atstrengthening, in collaboration with the IBE, thefunction of an information clearing–house oneducation, ...’.

The guidelines provided in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the Annexto 129 EX/Decision 4.1 (relating to Unesco’s role as aclearing–house for information, lifelong education, and useof intermediaries to achieve a multiplier effect) should beduly reflected in Major Programme Area I, in the appropriateplaces.

Mobilizing Project No. 1

Delete from the title: ‘through quality primary schooling’,so that the title will read ‘Combating illiteracy’.

The content of the mobilizing project should closelycorrespond to that defined in paragraph 67 as amended (seeabove). In addition, the issue should be complemented by thethree concerns given below:

(a) the mobilizing project should also be open to adults;

(b) the mobilizing project should be based on the regionalprogrammes for the eradication of illiteracy launched byUnesco;

(c) the mobilizing project should actively endeavour tomobilize and co–ordinate greater resources from bothpublic and private extra–budgetary sources.

MAJOR PROGRAMME AREA II

29. Takes note of the general lines of emphasis of this majorprogramme area, supports the proposed structure and welcomesthe importance to be given to the natural sciences and toinformatics throughout the programme;

30. Stresses the necessity to strengthen internationalco–operation in favour of programmes which traditionallyreceive broad approval from the international scientificcommunity;

31. Attaches the greatest importance to the role of science andtechnology in development;

32. Notes the need to give top priority to efforts to reduce thegap existing between the industrialized countries and thedeveloping countries in respect of science and technology,and stresses the importance of strengthening and creatingnetworks of scientific and technological co–operation linkingall regions;



33. Considers it necessary to reinforce the activities of theOrganization in the frontier areas of basic sciences andtechnology;

34. Considers that the action taken over a long period by theOrganization in the environmental field through theinternational scientific programmes (MAB, IHP, IGCP andprogrammes of IOC) should be pursued and continue tocomplement that coming under the responsibility of otheragencies of the United Nations system, in accordance withUnesco’s constitutional task and past achievements;

35. Stresses. the importance of activities related to thesocio–cultural implications of scientific and technologicalprogress and to problems and issues of an ethical natureraised by scientific experimentation and technologicalinnovation;



Para. 121 Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘Otherdeveloping countries, which already have a scienceinfrastructure and scientific communities with fewbut highly qualified members, are facing growingdifficulties in their efforts to advance or even,sometimes, simply to preserve these achievements.Various factors that slow down economicdevelopment, such as the financial burden ofservicing their debt, undermine every plan forboosting scientific and technological capacity.These same factors are threatening the scientificdevelopment of yet other developing countries, asone research promotion and co-ordination bodyafter another is closing down for lack ofresources’ .

Para. 127 Add after the second sentence: ‘Activeparticipation by developing countries in theformulation, planning and execution of scienceprogrammes (the marine sciences, geology,hydrology, etc.) should continue to be encouraged.This trend should be maintained’ .

Para. 128 The amendment does not concern the English text.

Para. 130 The beginning of the paragraph should read asfollows: ‘Within this programme strategy,priority will be given to training, includingpostgraduate training, for young research workersand scientists, by drawing the attention ofgovernments to the measures they should take toavoid the “brain drain”, with its harmful impacton certain countries, in accordance with theguidelines laid down in the in–depth study of theSpecial Committee of the Executive Board on thissubject’ .



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Para. 139

Para. 142

Para. 144

Para. 145

Para. 147

Para. 148

Para. 150

Para. 154

The paragraph should read as follows: ‘Emphasiswill be placed on subregional, regional andinternational scientific and technical co–operation, which will be encouraged with a view,inter alia, to promoting the access of pro-fessional communities in developing countries tothe scientific networks of industrializedcountries; to creating links with projects beingimplemented under bilateral scientific andtechnical co–operation; and to pursuing co-operation with the appropriate international non–governmental organizations’ .

Add, after ‘as part of the IntergovernmentalInformatics Programme (IIP)’ the words ‘and otherregular programme activities in the field ofinformatics’ (the rest unchanged).

Add at the end of the first sentence: ‘Newmaterials, super–conductivity and high–energyphysics’ .

Delete the phrase ‘especially in developingcountries where economic constraints . . . andimprove the quality of life’ (rest of theparagraph in the English version unchanged).

The last sentence should read as follows: ‘Thevigorous reaction of the international communityshould lead to the preparation of rules regardingthe storage and destruction of toxic wastes bythose who produce them in a way that does notentail harmful consequences for other countries,and to the systematic introduction ofanti–pollution devices for industrial facilities’.

At the end of the last sentence, replace the words‘in combating poverty and – in extreme cases -ensuring survival’ with ‘that are struggling toachieve “the urgent and permanent eradication ofpoverty” (United Nations General AssemblyResolution 43/195)’.

Add, at the beginning of the paragraph, thefollowing sentence: ‘Of all the SpecializedAgencies of the United Nations system, Unesco isthe one that has developed programmes based on themost extensive experience of internationalco–operation on research in the natural sciences,including the study of ecosystems and the use ofnatural resources’ .

Place the first subparagraph after the third one.

In the second sentence, after ‘and otherorganizations’ , add the words ‘from all parts ofthe world’ .

Without prejudice to the advisability of publishing a Reporton the state of the environment, the Director–General may be



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invited to pursue the preliminary contacts with institutionsthat might be asked to co–operate on this project and tosubmit to the General Conference a detailed report givingmore ample information on:

the purpose and content of the publication;

what distinguishes it from existing publications;

the methods of its preparation and its periodicity;

its cost and circulation;

its practical feasibility;

the advantages and drawbacks of such a project.

Para. 183 Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘in order torespond to the fundamental priority oftransferring science and technology as fully andas rapidly as possible to developing countries’ .

Para. 187 Insert at the beginning of the paragraph: ‘As theethics of science and technology and of scientistsis a matter of great importance, activities willaim at... ‘.

MAJOR PROGRAMME AREA III

Notes with satisfaction the high priority accorded to thepreservation and presentation of the physical andnon–physical cultural heritage;

Reaffirms that the preservation and the enrichment ofcultural identities constitutes a priority objective of thismajor programme area and stresses the role that can be playedby national mother tongues and the national language orlanguages in this regard;

Notes the increased importance accorded to creation andcreativity and welcomes the importance given to books andreading;

Underlines the importance of the role of cultural policiesand their formulation in the harmonization of culturalactivities in the Member States;

Emphasizes also the interdisciplinary character of copyrightactivities;

Considers that particular attention should be accorded tohistory, whose methodological advances and internationalexpansion has made for a better understanding of theevolution of cultures, social changes and the multiplicity ofmodes of development, as well as to the continuation of allthe ongoing projects in this area;

Considers that the study of cultures and interculturalresearch should relate to all regions;



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Stresses the dynamic role of culture in contemporary society,and the necessity, taking into account Unesco’s mission, ofdevoting enhanced attention to the development ofinternational co–operation in the domain of culture,particularly through dialogue between cultures andcivilizations;

Considers that special attention should be given to theimpact of cultural industries on cultures and to the rolethey can play in the promotion of intercultural co–operationand international understanding;

Welcomes the congruence between the objectives of this majorprogramme area and those of the World Decade for CulturalDevelopment, while underlining that the Organization’s actionin the field of culture should not be confined simply to theactivities of the Decade;

Proposes to the General Conference the following amendments:


Para. 209 Add the word ‘etc.’ at the end of the paragraph.

Para. 211 The end of the first sentence should read asfollows: ‘helping to deepen the technologicalgulf, with its cultural consequences, betweenindustrialized and developing countries’ .

Third sentence: ‘Action to safeguard expressionsof culture specific to the developing countries isessential for the dovetailing of the process ofmodernization with social particularities and withcultural identities’ .

Fourth sentence: ‘There is a new awareness, insome industrialized countries, of the need to findways of achieving active participation in cultureinstead of the passive consumption of culturalproducts’ .

Para. 211A After paragraph 211, add a new paragraph asfollows: ‘Cultural policies were a particularlyimportant aspect of action in the cultural fieldduring the second Medium–Term Plan. Owing to theirspecial interest from the standpoint of both theMexico City Declaration and the Member States,Unesco will pursue and develop the actions alreadybeing undertaken in this field’.

Para. 216 Add at the end of the third subparagraph: ‘and toencourage the development of publishing companiesin developing countries’ .

Add a sixth subparagraph worded as follows: ‘toencourage the strengthening of aesthetic educationand art education’ .

Para. 220 Add at the end of the paragraph a reference toparagraph 22 of the Annex to 129 EX/Decision 4.1:



‘Special attention should be given to the impactof cultural industries on cultures and to the rolethey can play in the promotion of interculturalco–operation and international understanding’ .

Para. 222A Add, after paragraph 222, a new paragraph devotedto cultural policies.

Para. 225 Replace ‘cultural goods’ by ‘cultural products’.

Para. 226 Add, before the first subparagraph, a newsubparagraph worded as follows: ‘improvingcopyright and making it more comprehensive, andstrengthening the interdisciplinary nature of theactivities relating thereto’.

Replace, in what then becomes the secondsubparagraph, ‘a limited amount’ by ‘a certainamount’ .

The title of Programme 111.2 should read: ‘Preservation andenhancement of the cultural heritage’ .

Para. 229 Add ‘physical’ before ‘cultural heritage’.

Para. 237 Add, at the end of the first subparagraph, ‘asreflected in paragraph 230’ .

The title of Programme 111.3 should read: ‘Internationalcultural co-operation, preservation and enrichment ofcultural identities’ .

Para. 255 Split the second subparagraph into two separatesubparagraphs:

‘knowledge of cultures and history;

promotion of cultural identities and developmentof intercultural relations’ .

Add a new subparagraph: ‘promotion of nationallanguages, particularly African languages’.

Para. 256 Replace ‘it still tended to concentrate tooexclusively on particular centres of civilization’by ‘was too exclusively Eurocentric’.

Para. 258 Add, at the end of the second subparagraph: ‘andcarrying all the actions already launched in thissphere through to completion; ‘ .

Add, at the end of the third subparagraph:‘Despite the financial difficulties encountered bythe cultural and intercultural studies programme,Unesco will do its utmost to reverse the trendreferred to in paragraph 257’ .

Para. 262 Delete ‘two’ and add ‘of which’ at the end of themain paragraph.



Add ‘have already been identified’ after the twosubparagraphs.

Para. 262A Insert before paragraph 263, a new paragraph asfollows: ‘Unesco’s role as a culturalclearing–house will be reinforced by the use ofaudio–visual means. Unesco will strive to promotemutual knowledge of different cultures, not onlyamong the élites but also at the level of themasses, by developing and co–ordinating itsaction, using its own resources and with thesupport of interested NGOs. It will contribute tothe creation or reinforcement of networks of databanks based on a whole range of audio–visual means(music, dance, plastic arts, museology, treasuresof universal heritage, cultural activities, etc.).It will seek co–operation with private and publicorganizations, particularly television stations,cinemathèques and museums and with enterprises forthe joint production and marketing of culturalproducts and services. The resources for theseactivities will be sought from the regularprogramme of Unesco and from extra–budgetarysources including various other forms ofassociation and financing’ .

The sequence of programmes within Major Programme Area IIIshould be changed, as follows:

Programme III.3 to become Programme III.1;Programme III.1 to become Programme III.2;Programme III.2 to become Programme III.3.

MAJOR PROGRAMME AREA IV

48. Stresses the importance of this major programme area andexpresses its agreement with the lines of emphasis resultingfrom the consensus achieved at the 129th and 130th sessionsof the Executive Board and confirmed at the 131st session;

49. Welcomes the high priority accorded to activities aimed atstrengthening the communication capability of developingcountries, in particular through the development ofinfrastructures, the training of personnel, and media–related education, with a view to gradually ensuring abalance in regard to the flow of information, and stressesthe need, from this standpoint, to mobilize greater means andresources on behalf of the IPDC;

50. Reaffirms its adherence to the principles of pluralism andthe freedom of the press, and also attaches the utmostimportance to the study of the socio–cultural impact of themedia and of the new communication technologies on cultureand the cultural identities of peoples;

51. Stresses Unesco’s intellectual mission in the area ofcommunication and the role of communication in improvingmutual knowledge and international understanding;





INTRODUCTION

Paras. 271 Delete the four paragraphs and replace them withto 274 paragraph 25 of the Annex to 129 EX/Decision 4.1,

as follows:

‘(a) Unesco’s decision to call for the estab–lishment of a new world information andcommunication order was not a spur–of–the–moment invention, prompted by no particularset of circumstances;

(b)

(c)

(d)

at the time when that concept was launched,the situation in the information andcommunication field was one characterized byinequalities in the flow of information andby strong feelings in the developingcountries regarding the false, distorted andin any case inaccurate image that was givenof their national reality; it was doubtlessbecause that situation had been noted andrecognized by all the Member States ofUnesco that draft resolutions calling forthe establishment of a new world informationand communication order seen as an evolvingand continuous process were at all timesadopted by consensus;

however, it must be acknowledged that, whilethis demand was understood by many people(although some nevertheless frequentlyexpressed reservations on the matter),professional communicators widelyinterpreted Unesco’s action as a more orless avowed ambition on the part of theOrganization to undermine freedom ofinformation and impede the free flow ofmessages, individuals and ideas; thisresulted in a misunderstanding that was usedto tarnish the Organization’s image;

the governments of all regions of the world,anxious not to underestimate the realproblems that existed, proposed theestablishment – among the many othermeasures envisaged – of an InternationalProgramme for the Development ofCommunication (IPDC) aimed at developing theendogenous capacities of the developingcountries;

(e) now that Unesco, following the consensusreached at the twenty–fourth session of theGeneral Conference and without turning itsback on the past, is setting out on a path



(f)

of innovation, it is perhaps the time totake the lessons of past experience to heartand to explore the possibilities of a newstrategy whereby the Organization’s globalobjective may be attained in such a manneras to dispel the misunderstandings. Thatstrategy, while recognizing the legitimacyof the call for a new world information andcommunication order seen as an evolving andcontinuous process, consists in developing,in countries requesting such assistance, thetraining of communication professionals andthe facilities for a media education thatwould lay emphasis on the development ofcritical acumen among users and the capacityof individuals and communities to react toany kind of manipulation and would at thesame time promote a better understanding ofthe means available to users to defend theirrights;

it is important to bear in mind thatArticle 1.2(a) of the Constitution stipu-lates that the Organization will “collab–orate in the work of advancing the mutualknowledge and understanding of peoples,through all means of mass communication andto that end recommend such internationalagreements as may be necessary to promotethe free flow of ideas by word and image’” .

Para. 275 Replace this paragraph by the followingparagraphs:

‘Major Programme Area IV has therefore beenformulated as a faithful reflection of thisstrategy. In particular, it seeks to reflect theinterdisciplinary character of communication byestablishing clear operational links with thecommunication activities of other sectors,especially those of education, culture andinformation.

Its objective is always to render more oper–ational the concern of the Organization to ensurea free flow and a wider and better balanceddissemination of information and to strengthenthe communication capacities of developingcountries.

This major programme area is composed of threeprogrammes which regroup the major axes enumer–ated in paragraph 21 of 130 EX/Decision 4.1 asfollows:

Programme IV.1

(a) the free flow of information, at inter-national as well as national levels, and itswider and better balanced dissemination;



(e) the reinforcement of all the functions ofthe International Programme for the Devel–opment of Communication (IPDC) (mobiliz-ation of increased resources from theindustrialized countries; intensification ofits activities, particularly the devel–opment of communication infrastructures, indeveloping countries; strengthening oftechnical co–operation among developingcountries);

(b) the development of communication to pro-mote mutual knowledge and internationalunderstanding;

Programme IV.2

(f) establishment of linkages between communi–cation and development;

(c) the training of journalists and other com-munication professionals, particularly inthe developing countries;

Programme IV.3

(g) economic and socio-cultural impact of newcommunication technologies (appropriateutilization of low–cost technologies, impactof the media on culture and on culturalidentity);

(d) the development of media education, byemphasizing the development of criticalacumen, the ability to react to any kind ofmanipulation and the education of users todefend their rights’ .

PROGRAMME IV.1 Replace the title by: ‘Communication andsolidarity’

Background

This section will include paragraphs 276 to 279followed by 292, 293, 294, 295 and 296 in thatorder, with the following amendments thereto:

Para. 276 Line 4 – this amendment does not concern theEnglish text.

Line 10 – Add ‘considerable’ before ‘gap’.

Add at the end of the penultimate sentence after‘developing countries’, ‘or improve internationalunderstanding and mutual knowledge’ .

Delete the last sentence.



Para. 277

Para. 279

Para. 292

Para. 295

Para. 296

Para. 296A

In the first sentence, replace ‘free circulationof information’ by ‘free flow and wider andbetter balanced dissemination of information’ .

Delete the second sentence.


In the third sentence, replace ‘The programme’ by‘It’.

Line 7 – replace ‘its findings’ by ‘certainfindings’.

Insert at the beginning of the paragraph, ‘With aview to correcting the existing imbalances andtheir diverse consequences’ ; and delete, inline 2, ‘and earlier’ .

Replace, in lines 3 and 4, ‘manage and pro–gramme’, by ‘manage and improve’ .

Replace, in line 5, ‘with the rest of the world’by ‘with other countries’.

In the last sentence, delete ‘extensively’.

In the first sentence replace ‘It’ by ‘Thecommunication programme’ .

Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘Othertheoretical approaches have been observed inother activities’ .

Delete the first sentence and first part of thesecond sentence so that the paragraph begins with‘This approach. . . ‘.

Delete, in lines 10 and 11, ‘than the elaborationof general policy recommendations’ , ‘be morelikely to’ and ‘and independent’, so that the endof the sentence reads: ‘should yield morepositive results, and should lead to a variedmedia landscape’ .

Add, after paragraph 296, a new paragraph asfollows: ‘In accordance with the Declaration onfundamental principles concerning the contri–bution of the mass media to strengthening peaceand international understanding, to the promotionof human rights and to countering racialism,apartheid and incitement to war (1978), activi–ties aimed at promoting the contribution of mediato the improvement of international understandingand mutual knowledge were carried out’ .

Objectives and strategy

This section will include paragraphs 280, 281,300, 298, 299 and 301 in that order, as amended,and a new paragraph:



Para. 280 Reword the paragraph to read as follows: ‘Theobjectives of the programme will be: the searchfor improvement in the free flow and a wider andbetter balanced dissemination of information,both through understanding of the factors whichinhibit its circulation, and encouragement ofmeasures which promote it, and the promotion ofendogenous capacities of developing countries andof international understanding and mutualknowledge’.

Para. 281 In the first sentence replace ‘second objective’by ‘first objective’ and add ‘Article 19 of’before ‘the Universal Declaration’ (in Englishtext only).

Add after ‘Human Rights’: ‘and the relevantprovisions of the two Covenants which complementit’.

Replace, in line 3, ‘how are freedom ofexpression and freedom of information’ by ‘how isthe development of information’ .

Replace, in line 6, ‘advancing these freedoms?’by ‘promoting this development?’.

Replace, in line 9, ‘towards media freedom’ by‘towards improving the flow of informationbetween developing and industrialized countrieswith a view to correcting the existingimbalances. The flow of information betweendeveloping countries and within societies shouldalso be improved. The study of the internationalflow of information should also be pursued andstrengthened by improving the methods ofanalysing and measuring information flows’ .

The last phrase remains unchanged.

Para. 300 The first sentence should begin as follows: ‘Thesecond objective will aim at promoting efforts toreinforce. . . ‘ .

In line 3, add after ‘(IPDC) which’, ‘within theframework of Major Programme Area IV’ .

Line 8 – this amendment does not concern theEnglish text.

Add at the end of the paragraph the following:‘Every effort should be made to reinforce theaction of IPDC in all its functions and toincrease its financial resources throughincreased mobilization of the developed countrieson whose initiative IPDC was created’ .

Para. 298 Delete the first sentence.



In the last sentence, delete after ‘arises’,‘both within the different sectors of Unesco and’.

Para. 299 In line 1 delete ‘three–part’ before ‘strategy’.

In line 2 delete ‘and among’ before ‘developingcountries’ . Add ‘with a view to progressivelysatisfying them’ at the end of second sentence.

Para. 301 Replace ‘The second’ by ‘Another’ at thebeginning of the paragraph. In line 6, replace‘dialogue among equals’ by ‘dialogue on an equalfooting’.

New para. Add, at the end of the section ‘Objectives andstrategy’ a new paragraph to read as follows:‘The third set of activities focuses on thestrengthening and improvement of different formsof exchanges for furthering internationalunderstanding and mutual knowledge, including theexchange of programmes among developingcountries, the dissemination of documents fromthese countries in the industrialized world andco-operation with networks and associations ofmedia professionals. Emphasis will also be placedon a better understanding of the assistance thatthe media could extend to Unesco’s actionconcerned with providing information and buildingup awareness among the public throughout theworld on topics of major interest to theOrganization. Finally, it will also be concernedwith subregional and regional co–operation in thefield of communication’ .

Action

This section will include paragraphs 286, 287,303, 304 and 288 in that order, as amended, withthe addition of a new paragraph, as follows:

Para. 286 Begin the paragraph with the following sentence,underlined as follows: ‘A first set of activitieswill deal with communication networks allowingfor a free flow and a wider and a better balanceddissemination of information’ .

The next sentence should read: ‘In the context ofArticle 19 of the Universal Declaration of HumanRights, together with the relevant provisions ofthe International Covenants, activities concern-ing communication networks will aim at promotinga free flow of information and its wider and bet-ter balanced dissemination at both internationaland national levels, so that existing disparitiescan be progressively reduced’ .

Para. 287 Replace at the beginning of the paragraph ‘Afirst group’ by ‘Another group’.



Replace in the third sentence (line 9): ‘Assist-ance will also be given to’ by ‘Action will beundertaken in’ .

Para. 303 Begin the paragraph with the following sentenceunderlined as follows: ‘A second set of activi-ties will aim at strengthening communicationcapacities of developing countries through IPDC’ .

Add ‘indeed’ before ‘calls for’ in the firstsentence. In the second sentence, add ‘in keepingwith the decisions to be taken by the GoverningCouncil of IPDC’ after the ‘first phase of thePlan’; insert ‘and’ before ‘streamlining’ and addafter ‘working methods’: ‘a necessary conditionfor the increased effectiveness of the programme,for enhanced visibility of its objectives and forits advocacy among donors. This action will becarried out along with the efforts aimed atmobilizing’ .

In the third sentence, add after ‘the secondphase of the Plan’, the following phrase: ‘whilepursuing its endeavours to mobilize resources’ .

In the fourth sentence, replace ‘it is hoped’ by‘Unesco hopes’ .

Para. 304 At the beginning of the paragraph, replace ‘thuscontinue to’ by ‘still continue to be’.

New para. Add between paragraphs 304 and 288, a new para-graph as follows: ‘A third set of activities willfocus, in particular, on exchanges for inter–national understanding and mutual knowledge.Unesco will promote a better understanding of theassistance that public or private media couldextend to the Organization’s action concernedwith providing information and building up aware-ness among the public throughout the world onsuch topics as peace, security, solidarity,mutual tolerance, the protection of the environ–ment, development, mutual knowledge, dialogue,equal dignity of cultures, international under–standing, human rights, freedom of expression inall its forms, or the improvement of women’simage, tarnished by stereotypes of every kind’.

Para. 288 In the first sentence replace ‘A second group ofactivities will include’, by ‘A group of activi–ties will include in addition,’.

Delete (third sentence) ‘Existing patterns ofdata collection on media freedom will bereviewed, in collaboration with the relevantprofessional organizations, in order to devise astrategy for Unesco’s assistance in expandingindependent monitoring structures and dissemi–nating findings’ .



After ‘(COMNET)’, (fourth sentence) delete ‘will’and replace it by ‘will be pursued and willinclude’ .

PROGRAMME IV.2 ‘Communication for development’

Background

The Background will include paragraphs 291 and297 in that order amended as follows:

Para. 291 In line 2, replace ‘the flow’ by ‘a two–wayflow’ . Replace ‘from periphery to centre, andback again’ by ‘between countries and withincountries’ .

Para. 297 Add ‘Therefore, ’ at the beginning of theparagraph.


This section will include paragraphs 298 and 302,as amended, and new paragraphs, as follows:

Para. 298 Retain only the second sentence and insert twonew sentences before it so that the paragraphreads as follows: ‘A very high degree of priorityshould be given to establishing linkages betweencommunication and development through thestrengthening of national capacities in thedeveloping countries, including through IPDC.Emphasis will be placed on the development ofnational communication infrastructures and ontraining activities. Communication should betreated as a coherent process with a view torelating communication planning more closely withoperational programmes’ .

New para. Add a new paragraph to read as follows: ‘Thefunction of networking and servicing capabilitiesgeared to research and the exchange of infor–mation and experience should be strengthened,particularly for the benefit of communicationprofessionals, planners and researchers’ .

Para. 302 In the first sentence delete: ‘third’ and add‘thus’ before ‘provides’.

In line 2, delete ‘preceding’.

New para. After paragraph 302, add a new paragraph to readas follows: ‘A second set of activities will beconcerned more specifically with training, linkedin particular to the choice of technology,applied media research and the production ofappropriate learning materials. It will includespecial training programmes for women as well asa new pilot programme for young professionals’.

Action

This section will be composed of paragraphs 310,311, 313, 290, 312 and 305 in that order, amendedas follows:



Para. 310 At the beginning of the paragraph insert thefollowing phrase and underline it as follows: ‘Afirst set of activities will deal with communi–cation planning and development’. The rest of theparagraph remains unchanged.

Para. 305 At the beginning of the paragraph insert thefollowing phrase and underline it: ‘A second setof activities will be centred on the training ofcommunication professionals’ .

The amendment in line 2 does not concern theEnglish text.

In line 5, replace ‘management positions infields’ by ‘management positions in the communi–cation profession’ .

PROGRAMME IV.3

Major Programme Area IV will include a thirdprogramme entitled: ‘Socio–cultural impact of newcommunication technologies’ .

Background

This section will be composed of one new para–graph, combined with the second sentence ofparagraph 277 to read as follows: ‘During theperiod covered by the second Medium-Term Plan,Unesco contributed to the carrying out of sig–nificant studies on the socio–cultural impact ofnew communication technologies. These studieswere centred particularly on matters relating tocopyright and other issues of an economic orlegal nature pertaining to the Organization’sfields of competence. Research was undertaken,furthermore, and a basic documentation collected,summarized and disseminated. In order to lay thefoundations for further research and application,a co–operative programme of research was carriedout, collecting and consolidating case–studies ofthe new communication technologies and theirsocio–cultural and economic impact in all worldregions. But the work to be carried out in futureshould cover questions related to economic andsocio–cultural impact of new communication tech–nologies, with a view to measuring all thevarious consequences and proposing appropriatestrategies. To the extent that the impact oftechnology depends on its users and producers,Unesco could have a role to play with respect toboth the former and the latter’ .


New para. This section will include a new paragraph asfollows: ‘Unesco’s action during the third



Medium–Term Plan will cover, on the one hand, astudy of the nature, scope and manifestations ofthe impact of the new communication technologieson culture, societies, cultural identities anddevelopment and, on the other, media educationfor the benefit of the users and, through them,the producers, and finally, the use made by thedeveloping countries of appropriate, effective,low–cost technologies adapted to their specificneeds.

Action

This section will include paragraphs 280, 283,284, 285, 282, 289, 309, 306, 307 and 308 in thatorder, as amended, with new paragraphs as follows:

New para. The section will begin with a new paragraph toread as follows: ‘A first set of activities willdeal with the study of the impact of the mediaand new communication technologies on societies>culture and cultural identities. One of the mostimportant components of this programme will aimat taking all appropriate action enabling theevaluation, not only in industrialized countriesbut also in developing countries, of all possibleaspects of the impact of the media and new com-munication technologies on culture and culturalidentities, particularly with regard to youth, inorder to define strategies and approaches makingit possible both to derive benefit from all con–structive results that these technologies canproduce and to guard against the negative effectsthat could result from their use’.

Para. 280 Delete the first sentence and begin the paragraphby ‘Another activity’ instead of ‘The programmersfirst objective’ .

The rest of the paragraph, and paragraphs 283,284 and 285 remain unchanged.

New para. After paragraph 285, add a new paragraph to readas follows: ‘A second set of activities willfocus on media education. Unesco’s action duringthe third Medium–Term Plan will endeavour inparticular to remedy certain consequences thatcould result from the existing imbalances in thefield of communication. To this end, Unesco willcontribute to the development, in countriesrequesting such assistance, of training for com–munication professionals and the facilities for amedia education aimed at users and, through them,the media producers. Among the users, media edu-cation will lay emphasis on the development ofcritical acumen and the capacity of individualsand communities to react to any kind of manipu–lation and will at the same time promote a betterunderstanding of the means available to users toknow and to defend their rights’.



Para. 282 Replace ‘The third objective’ by ‘Another aspectof the programme’ .

Para. 289 Delete the first part of the first sentence up to‘in particular’ and replace it by ‘Furthermore, aset of activities will be aimed at’ .

In the second sentence, add ‘techniques’ before‘aptitudes’ and replace ‘objective appreciationof the media’ by ‘critical understanding of mediacontents’ .

In the third sentence, add ‘and mass education’after ‘curricula’ ; and ‘the relativity ofcontents’ after ‘with emphasis on’ .

Para. 309 Insert before the beginning of the paragraph thefollowing sentence: ‘A third set of activitieswill focus on the endogenous production ofprogrammes and materials and on the use indeveloping countries of low–cost technologiesadapted to their specific needs’ .

The rest of the paragraph, as well as para-graphs 306, 307 and 308, remain unchanged.

MAJOR PROGRAMME AREA V

53. Stresses the special role of Unesco in the development of thesocial and human sciences as scientific disciplines andwishes to see these sciences also making a contribution, intheir interdisciplinary function, to the other majorprogramme areas;

54. Attaches great importance to the role and development ofphilosophy in explaining and righting major social phenomenaand to the dialogue that should take place betweenphilosophies and forms of wisdom in different parts of theworld with a view to mutual understanding;

55. Considers that particular importance should be accorded toactivities aimed at strengthening, particularly in developingcountries, national capacities in the area of information anddocumentation encompassing the domains covered by the socialand human sciences;

56. Stresses that the intersectoral project on population can beimplemented only by involving all the fields of theOrganization’s competence, particularly Major ProgrammeAreas I and IV, and by avoiding duplication with the work ofthe other organizations of the United Nations system;

57. Also stresses the importance that should be attached, underMobilizing Project No. 2, to the training of human resources,by the setting up within this framework of a ‘fellowshipbank’ financed by extra–budgetary contributions; and throughactivities aimed at encouraging exchanges and at stimulating



very early dialogue between young people called upon tooccupy positions of responsibility in their countries;



Para. 315

Para. 316

Para. 318

Para. 321

Para. 322

Para. 323

Para. 324

Para. 325A

In line 5, replace ‘patterns of’ by ‘tendenciestowards’ .

In line 10, replace ‘diversity’ by ‘specificity’.

In line 11, replace ‘universal values and inputs’by ‘universal values and external inputs’.

In line 4, add ‘and human’ after ‘social’.

In the penultimate line, add after ‘(ISSJ)’‘which is now a co–publication of Unesco’ .

In line 3, delete ‘philosophy and’ before ‘thesocial and human sciences’ .

In line 4, add: ‘be this South–South orSouth-North co-operation’ , after ‘social andhuman sciences’ .

In line 6, add ‘from all parts of the world’after ‘new knowledge’ .

In line 8, add ‘in concrete terms’ after‘endeavour to meet’ .

Add, at the end of the paragraph: ‘Particularattention will be focused on the countries leastwell endowed in this field’ .

Delete, in line 3 ‘in philosophy and’.

Add, at the end of the paragraph: ‘... inaccordance with a programme that gives pride ofplace to the least developed countries’.

Insert at the beginning of the paragraph thefollowing sentence: ‘In the execution of thisprogramme Unesco will maintain close relationswith relevant organizations of the United Nationssystem, especially the United Nations Centre forSocial and Humanitarian Affairs (Vienna), as wellas with the various non-governmental organiz-ations active in this area’ .

In line 9, add ‘and to develop working relationsbetween them and Unesco’ after ‘scientifically’ .

The third amendment does not concern the Englishtext.

Add a new paragraph after paragraph 325 to readas follows: ‘In philosophy, the Organization will



promote teaching and research programmes. Par-ticular attention will be paid to developingcountries, notably on the African continent’ .

Para. 325B Add a new paragraph to read as follows: ‘In addi–tion, philosophy will have an overall function ofreflection and interrogation in relation to thetotality of Unesco’s programmes, based on theapproaches stemming from diverse cultural sourcesand the wisdom of the peoples of oral traditionwhich should constitute a permanent context forreflection by Unesco. In particular, specificactivities will be carried out on the comparativestudy of European, Oriental, Islamic and Africanphilosophical trends’.

Para. 326 The first sentence should read as follows: ‘Withregard to the contribution to the development ofcertain branches of the social and humansciences, the Organization will co–operate withacademic institutions, especially those in thedeveloping countries and, in particular, Africanuniversities, and with the major councils andspecialized non–governmental organizations in allparts of the world in order to promote regionaland international research projects’ .

In lines 11 and 12, delete ‘ethics and axiology,the philosophy of science, the philosophicalfoundations of peace’ .

Para. 327 In line 4, delete ‘in philosophy and’ .

Para. 329 In line 2, delete ‘to philosophy and’.

Para. 330 In the last sentence, replace ‘entitled “Youthand the culture of the future’” by ‘concerningyouth’ .

Para. 331A Add a new paragraph after paragraph 331, to readas follows: ‘With regard to the contribution tothe development of philosophical and ethicalreflection, activities will be undertaken for thepromotion of research and teaching and thestrengthening of national institutions in thisfield. Concerning philosophical reflection,activities will cover the epistemologicalfoundation of different branches and areas ofscience within Unesco’s fields of competence, theidentification of new research areas andknowledge systems at the forefront of science,and axiological and ethical problems in relationto biology, genetics, environment, development,human rights and peace, international relationsand law, communication, modernity and culturalspecificity’ .

Para. 331B Insert the following new paragraph beforeparagraph 332: ‘Rapidly changing societies affect



and influence all levels of social organiz-ation – in the family (at the micro level), atthe organizational level within each society, atthe level of the nation–State and in the inter–national community perceived as a global system’ .

Para. 332 Add the words: ‘profound changes in theenvironment’ in the second sentence before‘urbanization’ .

Para. 335 Add the following sentence at the end of theparagraph: ‘The negative impact of rural exoduson the urbanization process is also a majorconcern’ .

Add, with reference to ‘cultures of poverty’ afootnote as follows: ‘This is not a pejorativeconcept involving a value judgement, but a termused by sociologists, especially of LatinAmerica and Asia, to designate the cultures ofpopulation categories affected by marginaliz–ation and exclusion who have developed originalforms of organization and management’.

Para. 341 In line 7, add after ‘urbanization’ ‘and theinteractions of urbanization with rural exodus’ .

Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘High prioritywill be given to interdisciplinary co–operationin the environment/natural resources managementfield’ .

Para. 342 Reformulate the paragraph as follows: ‘Consider–ing the importance of activities relating todemographic research and education and communi–cation concerning population, co–operation withUNFPA and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in this field will becontinued and strengthened’ .

Para. 343 Reword this paragraph as follows: ‘As part ofthe contribution of the social and humansciences to the analysis of change in thecontemporary world, action will focus on thefollowing:. . . ‘ .

education and communication concerningpopulation’ .

Paras. 344, It is proposed that these paragraphs which all345, 346, deal with various aspects of population be347, 348, abbreviated to form two short paragraphs under a349 and 350 general reference to population activities.

Para. 346 Add the following sentence at the end of theparagraph: ‘Special attention will be given tothe specific problems of women migrants’.



Para. 347 Replace this paragraph by a new paragraph focus–ing on interdisciplinary co-operation within theframework of the major intergovernmental pro–grammes in Major Programme Area II (with cross--references to paragraphs 153 and 162). Theaction should take the form of joint projectswhich should gradually be increased and enlarged.

Para. 353 In line 8, add the following after ‘deprivedfamilies’ : ‘as well as the problems of asociological and economic nature faced by widowsand their orphaned children in various societiesof developing countries’ .

Paras. 356 Replace paragraphs 356 and 357 by the followingand 357 paragraph: ‘With regard to the contribution of

the social and human sciences to the analysis

major Programme areas, international co–operation will be promoted with a view to theestablishment of a network of research stationsfor monitoring social change which will bringtogether statistical data and modern researchtechniques, and comparative data and method-ologies. Issues relating to education, science,technology and environment, culture, communi–cation and development will be some of the mainfields of study and action’ .

The specificity of the social and human sciences as scien–tific disciplines should be reflected in the text of the Plan.

Mobilizing Project No. 2

The project should include concrete action to facilitate theparticipation of young people in development activities andto improve their own economic and socio–cultural situation.It should also emphasize human resources development, throughthe training and further training of young people, throughthe exchange of young leaders and, on the basis of afeasibility study to be submitted to the 132nd session of theExecutive Board, through the establishment of a Unesco‘fellowship bank’ for promoting the training of young peoplefrom disadvantaged sectors of developing countries.

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59. Expresses its agreement with the priority attached, in thismajor programme area, to the human dimensions of development;

60. Stresses the specific nature of the contribution that Unescocan make, in accordance with 130 EX/Decision 5.3.1, to theelucidation of the concept of ‘sustainable development’ andto the study of its policy and resource implications, by tak–ing into account its accumulated experience in developmentresearch, by further exploring the notion of the culturaldimension of development, within the context, more es–pecially, of the World Decade for Cultural Development, and



by taking into consideration, in particular, the needs of thedeveloping countries as expressed by them;

61. Considers that the action envisaged in the areas of humanresource development, the cultural dimension of developmentand the elucidation of the concept of ‘sustainable develop–ment’ should enable Unesco to make an original contributionto the preparation of the international strategy of theFourth United Nations Development Decade;

62. Stresses Unesco’s intellectual function in this field andapproves the idea of organizing an international forum with aview to elucidating the dimensions of ‘sustainable develop–ment’ in relation to Unesco’s fields of competence with theco–operation of other organizations of the United Nationssystem and leading members of the international scientificcommunity;

63. Also stresses the importance that should be accorded to thedevelopment of future–oriented studies;



Para. 362 In line 13, delete ‘Indeed, ’ before ‘The activeparticipation’ .

In line 14, replace ‘a sine qua non’ by ‘anecessary condition’ .

The last sentence beginning ‘The proclamation bythe General Assembly ...’ should become thesecond sentence of this paragraph.

Para. 364 This paragraph should read as follows: ‘Theimpact of the economic activities of populationson natural ecosystems poses a problem. Theinequalities in international economic re–lations, coupled with inappropriate economicpolicies in many countries, continue to hamperdevelopment and the protection of theenvironment’ .

Para. 365 The paragraph is to be deleted.

Para. 369 Add after the word ‘cultural’ in line 4:'- including educational, scientific andcommunication – ‘.

Replace the end of the paragraph after ‘and“sustainable development’’. ..’ ‘by ‘sustainableecological development, a concept to the eluci-dation of which Unesco must make its particularcontribution’ .

Para. 370 Replace ‘poverty’ in line 4 by ‘underdevelopment’.

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In lines 2 and 3, delete ‘with particularreference to the relationships between povertyalleviation and environmental control’ .

In line 3, replace ‘newly emerging developmentenvironments’ by ‘of new contexts havingimplications for development’ .

Delete the third sentence.

The paragraph should read as follows: ‘In thecontext of the International Development Strategyfor the Fourth United Nations Development Decade,Unesco will be called upon to submit a report onthe socio–cultural situation in its fields ofcompetence at the mid–point of the Decade’ .

At the end of the paragraph, add ‘or unsuitable’between ‘imported’ and ‘models’.

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MAJOR PROGRAMME AREA VII

the importance of this major programme area, itsperfect harmony with the constitutional mission of Unesco andthe ethical role it is called upon to play in promoting a‘culture of peace’, a role that is both interdisciplinary andintersectoral;

Welcomes the special project on apartheid which reflects thevery special priority that should be accorded to theOrganization’s contribution to efforts to eliminate thisscourge;

Considers it necessary, in order to carry out this project,to seek, in association with the African National Congress(ANC), the co-operation of South African exiles and of boththe African and the international associations ororganizations concerned (Organization of African Unity (OAU),African Jurists Associations (AJA), International Defence andAid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF), etc.) with a view totaking sustained action aimed at the elimination of thescourge of apartheid;

Stresses the importance of the contribution that theOrganization should make to the defence of human rights, andthe elucidation of the concept of the rights of peoples,without in the latter case proceeding to normative action;

Considers it necessary to continue, taking into account themain lines of emphasis of the Malta Congress (1987), the



application of the Recommendation concerning education forinternational understanding, co–operation and peace andeducation relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms(1974) and reaffirms the need to implement, at all levels ofthe education system, an integrated plan for internationaleducation concerning peace, human rights, internationalunderstanding and the spirit of tolerance;

70. Reaffirms that an appropriate place should be accorded in thethird Medium-Term Plan to the needs, within the fields ofcompetence of Unesco, of the African national liberationmovements recognized by the Organization of African Unity;



Para. 411 Add at the end of the paragraph the followingsentence: ‘Priority attention will be given tothe role of women and their importantcontribution to equality, development, and peace’.

Para. 412 The last sentence should read: ‘The strategy willbe based on closer co-operation with theappropriate organizations of the United Nationssystem and with institutions engaged in peaceeducation and research, and on the part thatcould be played in this context by education,science, culture and communication in thepromotion of a peaceful world’.

Para. 413 Add a new sentence at the end of the paragraph:‘Unesco will carry out activities aimed atdeveloping a culture of peace and devising newapproaches reflecting the part that communicationcould play in strengthening internationalunderstanding and peace and the contribution ofscience to solving these problems’ .

Para. 415 Recast the paragraph as follows: ‘As part of theeffort to counter conventional ideas on war andviolence, Unesco will look into the possibilityof disseminating the Statement on Violence(Seville, 1986) and other relevant documents onthe subject, and will try to take the conclusionsof those documents into account in preparingprogrammes of education for peace and inter–national understanding. Unesco will also supportinitiatives such as the International Congress onPeace in the Minds of Men (Yamoussoukro, Côted’Ivoire) and will study their conclusions withthe greatest interest’.

Para. 417 Add ‘and promote’ after ‘support’ in line 2.

At the end of the first sentence, add, after‘geographical coverage’, ‘with the assistance ofthe national liberation movements recognized bythe OAU and the Palestinian people’ .



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Para. 419 Delete the second sentence of paragraph 419(para. 420 in the new version) and add a newparagraph as follows: ‘During the secondMedium–Term Plan, studies aimed at elucidatingthe concept of the rights of peoples wereundertaken in pursuance of the decision adoptedby the General Conference at its twenty–thirdsession. Of the studies already carried out,either in Unesco or outside it and in a similarspirit, or with Unesco’s participation, certainhave yielded interesting conclusions. The sameapplies to studies on the right to education andthe right to development, particularly those onthe links between the latter and the promotion ofa peaceful world. Work on the elucidation of theconcept of the rights of peoples should becontinued’ .

Para. 424 Add the following sentence at the end of theparagraph: ‘Unesco will focus on concreteeducation and information activities and inparticular on the development and co–ordinationof information systems and networks in the fieldof human rights teaching and education, so thatit may play a clearing–house role in this domainin co–operation with competent regional andnational institutions’ .

Para. 425 Reposition this paragraph after paragraph 427.Insert the following title, underlined:‘Elucidation of the concept of the rights ofpeoples’ and reword the paragraph in accordancewith subparagraph 48 (e) of the Annex to129 EX/Decision 4.1 as follows:

‘Elucidation of the concept of the rights ofpeoples

On the basis of the consensus reached by theGeneral Conference at its twenty–third andtwenty–fourth sessions, Unesco will pursueactivities relating to the elucidation of theconcept of the rights of peoples but without thepossibility of any normative action resulting,and will undertake studies and research in theOrganization’s fields of competence on self-determination and cultural identity’.

Para. 426 Reword the paragraph as follows: ‘With regard toits contribution to the elimination of all formsof discrimination, Unesco will continue to carryout studies and research on prejudice and racismand will undertake activities in its fields ofcompetence aimed at combating them. A specialproject will be launched on the establishment ofan apartheid–free society in South Africa’ .



Para. 427 Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘Attention willalso be paid to the contribution that the meansof communication could make in promotingself–esteem among women, and knowledge abouttheir rights. Similarly, the revision oftextbooks will be encouraged so as to eliminatestereotype presentations of women in an inferiorposition’.

Para. 428 In line 8, add ‘, undermined cultural identity’between ‘apartheid’ and ‘and accentuated’ .

Para. 429 In line 1, add ‘the consequences of’ before‘apartheid’ .

In line 3, add, after ‘refugees’: ‘or acts ofaggression aimed directly or indirectly at themeither by the South African racist regime or bygroups armed and financed by it’.

Add, at the end of the paragraph: ‘that isunacceptable and has been condemned by the UnitedNations and by Unesco’s Declaration on Race andRacial Prejudice’.

Para. 430 Amend the first sentence to read as follows:‘Research and studies on apartheid have beencarried out in many countries, but theintellectuals of those countries have very fewcontacts with one another and with their researchcentres’ .


Add ‘Unesco will endeavour to develop them’ atthe end of the paragraph.

Para. 431A Insert a new paragraph, as follows: ‘Unesco willcontribute to the complete eradication ofapartheid by continuing and strengthening all itsactivities aimed at creating a better understand–ing of the system, its many aspects and its newworkings, so as to convince international opinionthat apartheid cannot be reformed. It must beabolished. Apartheid is a supreme manifestationof the massive violation of human rights; it is aregime of violence that carries within it a con–stant threat to world peace and security. Inorder to participate in the measures and sanc–tions adopted by the United Nations, Unesco willmake every effort in its fields of competence tomobilize Member States, National Commissions andthe international scientific community with aview to promoting the emergence and developmentof international opinion opposed to apartheid’ .

Para. 433 Add at the end of the paragraph: ‘and the Africangovernments, especially the front–line States.Unesco will consider providing them with



assistance for the reconstruction of educationalor scientific structures wholly or partlydestroyed by the organizations of the apartheidregime’ .

Para. 434 Amend the last two lines to read as follows:1

, . . . access to science and technology in a SouthAfrica totally freed from apartheid’.

Para. 435 Towards the end of the first sentence, after ‘incollaboration with’, the text should read: ‘theCommission of Justice and Peace, the Organizationof the Islamic Conference, the World Council ofChurches, the World Fellowship of Buddhists, theOrthodox Church, the representative institutionsfrom other religions, the humanitarianassociations working in the field of human rightsand the representatives of those organizationsand associations in South Africa’ .

There should be two new paragraphs after paragraph 436, whichshould read as follows:

Para. 436A ‘Unesco will organize meetings in theindustrialized countries to bring together SouthAfricans of all races, ensuring that those takingpart represent anti–apartheid movements and arerecognized as such by the parties in question,and that they wish to seek ways and means ofbuilding up a democratic society in South Africathat guarantees the rights of all its members inmutual peace, tolerance and trust’.

Para. 436B ‘Unesco will also do everything in its power toparticipate in the efforts to obtain the freedomof Nelson Mandela and all prisoners of consciencein South Africa; and, in order to keep alive thememory of those fighting for freedom and dignity,it will create a Nelson Mandela Prize,representing a substantial sum, which will beawarded every year to individuals or bodiescorporate whose action against apartheid has beenparticularly noteworthy’.

Para. 437 In line 4, add ‘school and’ before ‘university’.

Para. 438 Recast the first sentence as follows: ‘As acontribution to upgrading skills and trainingamong South African key personnel, social,economic and cultural development strategies forshort–term and longer–term training programmeswill be prepared during the first phase of thePlan, in co–operation with the nationalliberation movements recognized by theOrganization of African Unity’.



TRANSVERSE programmes



CLEARING-HOUSE

In developing the clearing-house function useshould be made of units and facilities alreadyexisting in Unesco rather than setting up newones.

Para. 469 The penultimate sentence should read as follows:‘Modern telecommunication techniques will be usedin information training, with an innovatorapproach consisting of establishing, during thefirst phase of the Plan, a co-operative networkof educational institutions’ .

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Add at the beginning of the paragraph: ‘Inaccordance with the four major lines of actiondescribed in paragraph 492, namely: thecollection of information on the state of futuresresearch; original studies; analysis offoreseeable trends and developments in Unesco’sfields of competence at the regional, subregionaland national levels; identification offoreseeable global trends in education, science,culture and communication, the three mainobjectives of the future–oriented studies. . . ‘(the rest unchanged).

The beginning of the paragraph should read: ‘Inthis sphere, the Organization’s strategy will beto ...’ (the rest unchanged).

In line 3, add, between ‘analysis’ and ‘outside’,the words ‘within and’ and, in line 7, between‘specialists’ and ‘will be encouraged’, the words‘located in different parts of the world’.

Add at the end of the paragraph ‘the impact ofthe media on societies, culture and culturalidentities’ .

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4.2 Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1990-1991(25 C/5)


1. Having examined the Draft Programme and Budget for 1990–1991(25 C/5) in the light of the introductory statement by theDirector-General and his reply to the Executive Board’sdebate on the matter and in the light of the observations of



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Taking account of the recommendations it made concerning thedraft third Medium-Term Plan (129 EX/Decision 4.1,130 EX/Decision 4.1 and 131 EX/Decision 4.1),

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Notes with satisfaction that document 25 C/5 was distributedon schedule and congratulates the Director–General on theefforts he made in that connection, notwithstanding the veryheavy work–load occasioned by the simultaneous preparation ofa Draft Medium-Term Plan and a Draft Programme and Budget;

Stresses the numerous innovations in the presentation andconception of document 25 C/5, in particular:

greater brevity and clarity, due mainly to the work planbeing given in terms of programme actions rather thanactivities and to the presentation of administrative andbudgetary details in a separate document;

the improvements made to the drafting of the ‘objectives andoutputs’ of each subprogramme, that will facilitateevaluation;

the efforts made to render theprecise and more concise;

Observes with satisfactionconcentration, to be discernedin the number of programmes andrespectively, about two thirdsthe previous C/5 document;

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the progress made inin the significant reductionprogramme actions, which are,and one half as numerous as in

Notes that this concentration has also resulted in anincrease of resources for various areas of priority concernto Member States;

Welcomes the proposals made, particularly in the specialproject, the mobilizing projects and the intersectoral andinter–agency co–operation projects, for an increase ofinterdisciplinarity and intersectorality in both the designand the implementation of the programme;

Notes what is being done to increase the effectiveness ofUnesco’s presence in Member States, in particular through theforms of action selected, and stresses that emphasis shouldbe placed on subregional, regional and interregionalco–operation, particularly as part of technical co–operationamong developing countries, and on the strengthening of linkswith National Commissionsorganizations;

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Considers that the training component in the Programme andBudget for 1990–1991 should be maintained at the same levelas in document 24 C/5;

Considers that, in programme implementation, specialattention should be paid to co-ordination with the activitiesof the institutions of the United Nations system and of otherintergovernmental organizations in order to achieve greatereffectiveness and avoid all risk of duplication on eitherside;

Supports the measures envisaged to strengthen the capacity ofdecentralized structures, and to improve the effectiveness ofoperational activities carried out with extra-budgetary fundsand their linking with regular programme activities;

Also approves the proposals to increase the budgetaryprovision for the Participation Programme and to improve theProgramme’s procedures so that it can respond moreeffectively to the needs of Member States and cope withexceptional situations;

Recommends that the General Conference consider the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1990-1991 in the light of thefollowing observations and recommendations:

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Major Programme Area I – Education and the future

Recalls the importance of this major programme area, thepursuit of whose objectives constitutes oneresponsibilities of the Organization;

Takes note with satisfaction of the generalmajor programme area and of its three–programme

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Recommends that Programme 1.3 be entitled: ‘Support for thedevelopment of education’ ;

Recalls the link between this major programme area and theactivities proposed in connection with internationaleducation, environmental education and population education,covered respectively in Major Programme Areas VII, II and V;

Recalls the recommendations of the Regional Conferences ofMinisters of Education held during the past six years(MINEDAP V, Bangkok, 1985; MINEDLAC VI, Bogotá, 1987;MINEDEUROPE, Paris, 1988) and recommends that appropriateaction be taken to implement these recommendations;

Reaffirms the importance of providing basic education for alland the priority that should be given, in this regard, by theOrganization to pursuing its literacy action based on a dualstrategy of adult literacy teaching in the context oflifelong education and of the universalization,democratization and renewal of primary education;

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policy–making, expertise and direct support, on mobilizingpublic or private resources for literacy work, and onco–operating with the other Specialized Agencies andinstitutions of the United Nations system in this field;

Recalls the importance in literacy work of the promotion ofmother and/or national tongues, together with the training ofliteracy teachers and the improvement of their materialconditions and their morale;

Takes note with satisfaction of the preparation ofInternational Literacy Year, the World Plan of Action toeradicate illiteracy by the year 2000, and the preparation ofthe World Conference on Education for All, in which Unesco isto play a preponderant part;

Emphasizes the importance of Unesco’s role in extending theright to education to the most disadvantaged populationgroups, including child war victims and the children ofmigrants, and recommends, in this regard, the strengtheningof co–operation with UNRWA, and the implementation ofactivities on behalf of the educational and culturalinstitutions in Palestine;

Welcomes the activities planned to assist young children andrecommends that the intersectoral and inter–agencyco-operation project be entitled ‘The young child and thefamily environment’;

Also recommends that higher priority than in the past begiven in this major programme area to secondary education andto technical and vocational education, to which increasedresources should be allocated, and that a feasibility studyon the establishment of an International Vocational andTechnical Training Centre be included in the Programme andBudget for 1990-1991;

Considers that, in the same manner, greater importance shouldbe accorded to the relationship between education, employmentand the world of work;

Takes note of the activities planned for the promotion ofphysical education and sport and recomm ends that thelaunching of an International Physical Education Year and theestablishment of an International Institute of Sport for Allbe the subject of feasibility studies under the Programme andBudget for 1990–1991;

Welcomes the priority given to higher education, butrecommends that greater attention be paid to its relationshipwith research and to its role in the promotion of developmentand the preservation of cultural identities; and recalls theimportance of close co–operation in this area with thevarious international, regional and subregional non–governmental organizations concerned;

Emphasizes, in view of the responsibility of teachers in thedevelopment of education processes, the priority that shouldbe given to training teachers at all levels and improvingtheir material conditions and their morale;



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Reaffirms the importance of ensuring the improvement ofeducational systems and methods and the proper use ineducation of informatics and the new information andcommunication technologies (including audio-visual teachingaids), and recommends that Unesco pursue its action in thisconnection to increase awareness among Member States and thegeneral public;

Recommends that the Programme and Budget for 1990–1991 takeaccount, as regards the International Bureau of Education(IBE), of the resolution adopted by the Council of the Bureauat its 31st session concerning, in particular, theclearing–house function;

Recommends that the preparation by the Organization of a newreport as a sequel to ‘Learning to Be’ should draw uponreflection on the educational philosophy for the twenty–firstcentury;

Mobilizing Project 1 - Combating illiteracy

Welcomes the activities planned under Mobilizing Project 1which should be entitled ‘Combating illiteracy’ andrecommends that that project should be based on a dualstrategy of adult literacy teaching in the context oflifelong education, and of the universalization,democratization and renewal of primary education, and that itshould receive support from the regional programmes combatingilliteracy;

Considers that this project should endeavour to mobilize andco–ordinate increased resources for literacy education, byappealing to public and private financing sources;

Major Programme Area II – Science for progressand the environment

Appreciates the structure and general presentation of thismajor programme area;

Stresses the importance of the activities proposed in thismajor programme area, which are aimed mainly at narrowing thegap between the nations in the fields of science andtechnology and at strengthening research and the training ofspecialists in natural resources management;

Reaffirms the high priority which should be given, throughbudgetary reinforcement, to activities designed to developscience education at all levels, in close liaison with MajorProgramme Area I, and national scientific and technicalpotential in the developing countries, particularly the mostdisadvantaged among them;

Recommends that, within the framework of this strategy,priority should be given to the university andpost–university training of young researchers from developingcountries;

Considers that there should be increased participation by thedeveloping countries and their national institutions in the



elaboration) planning and implementation of activities in thebasic sciences, engineering sciences and environmentalsciences;

41. Recommends that, to that end, scientific and technologicalco–operation at subregional and regional levels should beencouraged and extended so as to promote the establishment ofinstitutional networks in the developing countries andco–operation between the professional communities in thosecountries and the networks in the industrialized countries;

42. Acknowledges the usefulness of international and regionalco–operation activities in some of the most advanced areas ofscience (among which are the human genome, molecular biology,mathematical modelling, high energy physics,superconductivity, new materials and the development ofadvanced management technology), particularly with a view toenabling researchers from the developing countries toparticipate in those activities and to disseminatinginformation;

43. Underlines the importance of co–operation between nationaland regional networks in the area of biotechnology;

44. Recommends the strengthening of activities related totraining, transfer of know-how, research and internationalco–operation for development in the area of management ofinstitutions and of research and development teams;

45. Reaffirms the high importance that should be accorded to theintergovernmental scientific programmes (the InternationalGeological Correlation Programme (IGCP), the InternationalHydrological Programme (IHP), the Man and the Biosphereprogramme (MAB) and the Intergovernmental OceanographicCommission (IOC));

46. Also recalls the priority to be assigned to theOrganization’s activities relating to the environment and therational use of natural resources and emphasizes the need tostrengthen interdisciplinarity and intersectorality in theplanning and implementation of education and informationactivities relating to the environment;

47. Considers that in the implementation of those activities, theOrganization should concentrate its efforts on areas whichcome strictly within its fields of competence, whilestrengthening co–operation with the other agencies andprogrammes of the United Nations system, and with national,regional and international non–governmental organizations,with particular attention being paid to those from developingcountries;

48. Stresses in particular the need to intensify contacts withthe institutions which might collaborate in the publicationof a Report on the state of the environment and to supply theGeneral Conference with detailed information on the purposeof the report, on the factors which distinguish it fromexisting publications, on the methods of its preparation andon the advantages of such a project;



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Also stresses the importance of activities of aninterdisciplinary nature relating to the socio–culturalimpact of scientific and technological advancement and toproblems and issues of an ethical nature raised by scientificexperimentation and technological innovation, activitieswhich should be carried out in close relation with MajorProgramme Areas V and VII;

Major Programme Area III – Culture:past, present and future

Reaffirms the importance that should be attached to Unesco’saction in the field of culture, and the high priority ofMajor Programme Area III, which should be reflected in afurther increase in the resources allocated to it;

Notes with satisfaction the concordance between theobjectives of this major programme area and those of theWorld Decade for Cultural Development, and the implementationof activities in relation with the Decade in the differentmajor programme areas;

Stresses in this regard the need to ensure closeco–ordination between the Decade activities, in particularthose that are provided for under Subprogramme VI.1.2 (Thecultural dimensions of development) and those of MajorProgramme Area III;

Emphasizes the need to ensure, in each programme of the majorprogramme area, a proper balance between the activities foreach region;

Reaffirms the importance of activities carried out by Unescoconcerning the preparation of historical works and recommendsthat all ongoing projects in this area be continued with aview to their completion;

Notes with interest that the preservation of culturalidentities constitutes a priority objective which gives itsfocus to all the activities included in this major programmearea, and that action to promote creation and creativity hasbeen significantly strengthened;

Recommends that Programme Action 2 of Subprogramme III.1.1should include, in addition to activities relating to thebroadening of participation in cultural life, componentsrelating to cultural policies, the title of this programmeaction being changed to ‘Broadening of participation incultural life and improvement of cultural policies’ ;

Considers that the Programme and Budget for 1990-1991 shouldinclude activities designed to encourage, in association withMajor Programme Area I, the development of aestheticeducation and art education;

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Considers that particular attention should be paid to theimpact of cultural industries on cultures and to the rolethat they can play in the promotion of interculturalco–operation and international understanding;

Welcomes the very high priority given to the preservation andenhancement of the physical and non-physical culturalheritage, particularly, of the most disadvantaged areas;

Emphasizes the need to co–ordinate the implementation ofactivities aimed at promoting international culturalco–operation and the preservation and enrichment of culturalidentities with the action to promote languages, andparticularly African languages, under the subprogrammedevoted to the non-physical cultural heritage and under the‘Horizon 2000 Project for African Languages’, theimplementation of which will be continued within theframework of Major Programme Area I;

Considers that it is necessary, in order to foster thedevelopment of a ‘culture of peace’ and to promote broadermutual knowledge of the different cultures, to reinforcegradually, making use of extra-budgetary resources and thoseof the regular programme, Unesco’s role as a culturalclearing–house, having recourse particularly to theaudio–visual media;

Recommends to the General Conference that the sequence of theprogrammes within Major Programme Area III be changed(Programme III.3 becoming Programme III.1, Programme III.1becoming Programme III.2 and Programme III.2 becomingProgramme III.3) and that the ‘World Decade for CulturalDevelopment’ Programme Action be placed at the head of thismajor programme area;

Recommends that a study be made of the possibility ofreducing the number of consultation and co–ordinationmeetings foreseen in the context of the implementation of theProgramme Action of the Decade;

AlSO recommends to the General Conference that the newProgramme III.1 be entitled ‘International culturalco–operation, preservation and enrichment of culturalidentities’ , and the new Programme III.3 be entitled‘Preservation and enhancement of the cultural heritage’ ;

Major Programme Area IV - Communicationin the service of humanity

Draws the attention of the General Conference to the newcommunication strategy which was worked out, by consensus, bythe Executive Board at its 129th session and confirmed at its130th and 131st sessions;

Considers that the Programme and Budget for 1990-1991 shouldfaithfully reflect that new strategy, as defined in the Annexto 129 EX/Decision 4.1 (paras. 25 to 32);

Considers therefore that Major Programme Area IV should coverthree programmes and eight subprogrammes, namely:



Programme IV.1: Communication and solidarity

Subprogramme IV.1.1: Communication networks allowing fora free flow and a wider and better balanceddissemination of information;

Subprogramme IV.1.2: Strengthening communication ca–pacities of developing countries through IPDC;

Subprogramme IV.1.3: Exchanges for international under-standing and mutual knowledge;

Programme IV.2: Communication for development

Subprogramme IV.2.1: Communication planning and devel-opment;

Subprogramme IV.2.2: Training of communication pro-fessionals;

Programme IV.3: Socio–cultural impact of new communicationtechnologies

Subprogramme IV.3.1: The study of the impact of themedia and new communication technologies on societies,culture and cultural identities;

Subprogramme IV.3.2: Media education;

Subprogramme IV.3.3: Endogenous production of programmesand materials and the use in developing countries oflow-cost technologies adapted to their specific needs;

69. Recommends to that end that the structure of the Programmeand Budget for 1990–1991 be amended as follows:

Subprogramme IV.1.1 would consist of Action 1: ‘Theinternational flow of information’ (paras. 04110, 04111and 04112) of Subprogramme IV.1.2 in document 25 C/5;

Subprogramme IV.1.2 would consist of Action 1:‘International Programme for the Development ofCommunication (IPDC)’ (paras. 04204, 04205, 04206, 04207and 04208) of Subprogramme IV.2.1 in document 25 C/5;

Subprogramme IV.1.3 would consist of Action 2:‘Communication networks and professional exchanges’(paras. 04113, 04114, 04115, 04116 and 04117) andAction 3: ‘Communication documentation’ (paras. 04118and 04119) of Subprogramme IV.1.2 in document 25 C/5;

Subprogramme IV.2.1 would consist of Action 1: ‘Methodsand techniques for communication planning’ (paras. 04223and 04224) and Action 2: ‘Strategies for developmentcommunication’ (paras. 04225 and 04226) of SubprogrammeIV.2.3 of document 25 C/5, as well as paragraph 04122 ofAction 1: ‘Production of teaching materials andtraining’ of Subprogramme IV.1.3 and Action 2:‘Reinforcement of communication infrastructures for



development’ (para. 04209) of Subprogramme IV.2.1 indocument 25 C/S;

Subprogramme IV.2.2 would consist of Action 3: ‘Trainingfor communication development’ (paras. 04210 and 04211)of Subprogramme IV.2.1 in document 25 C/5;

Subprogramme IV.3.1 would consist of Action 1:‘Innovations in communication technology for education,culture and science’ (para. 04104) and Action 2:‘Comparative studies on the impact of new communicationtechnologies’ (para. 04105) of Subprogramme IV.1.1 indocument 25 C/5;

Subprogramme IV.3.2 would consist of paragraphs 04123and 04124 of Action 1: ‘Production of teaching materialsand training’ and Action 2: ‘Media education networks’(para. 04125) of Subprogramme IV.1.3 in document 25 C/5;

Subprogramme IV.3.3 would include Action 2: ‘Alternativemedia and low–cost technologies’ (paras. 04218, 04219and 04220) and Action 1: ‘Production and co-productionof programmes and materials’ (paras. 04214, 04215, 04216and 04217) of Subprogramme IV.2.2 in document 25 C/5;

70. Further recommends that the Programme and Budget for1990-1991 also include activities, together with thecorresponding budgetary resources, aimed at:

(a) promoting better understanding of the assistance thatthe media could extend to the Organization’s actionconcerned with providing information and building upawareness among the public throughout the world on suchtopics as peace, solidarity, mutual tolerance, theprotection of the environment, development, mutualknowledge, dialogue, equal dignity of cultures,international understanding, human rights, freedom ofexpression in all its forms, or the improvement ofwomen’s image, tarnished by stereotypes of every kind;

(b) promoting the study of the impact of the media and newcommunication technologies on society, culture andcultural identities;

(c) developing, in those States that so desire, the trainingof communication professionals and media–relatededucation with a view to remedying certain consequencesof the inequalities existing in respect of communicationboth between industrialized countries and developingcountries and within countries themselves;

71. Emphasizes that every effort should be made to reinforce theaction of the International Programme for the Development ofCommunication (IPDC) in all its functions and to increase itsfinancial resources through increased mobilization especiallyof the developed countries on whose initiative IPDC wascreated;



72. Emphasizes that stress should be laid on the strengtheningand improvement of different forms of exchanges forinternational understanding and mutual knowledge;

Major Programme Area V – Man and societyin a changing world

73. Recalls the fundamental role of the social and human sciencesin Unesco’s programme and emphasizes the need to strengthenthe Organization’s contribution to the internationaldevelopment of the social and human sciences and to theirapplication to the processes of social change;

74. Notes with satisfaction the rightful place given tointerdisciplinary approaches in Programme V.1 but emphasizesthe need to strengthen action for the development ofdifferent disciplines in the social and human sciences, interalia, through training programmes in social sciencesmethodology and research techniques;

75. Reaffirms the role and place assigned to philosophy in thismajor programme area as an ideal tool for general reflectiondirected towards the Organization’s various fields ofcompetence, and emphasizes the need to encouragephilosophical reflection on the epistemological problemsraised by developments in science and the axiological andethical implications of technological advances and in regardto comparative studies on trends in philosophy in Europe andin the non-Western world, including African forms of wisdom;

76. Considers therefore that through separate subprogrammes adistinction should be drawn between programme actions withinthe field of philosophy and those appertaining to the socialand human sciences;

77. Considers also that the Organization should strengthen itsco–operation with the scientific community in the social andhuman sciences and in philosophy, firstly through research,training and the development of national capacity for thecollection and dissemination of social science information,in collaboration with the appropriate specializedinstitutions, and secondly through the development ofregional co-operation in this field;

78. Notes with satisfaction the importance attached in Pro–gramme V.1 to the use, in addition to books and other printedmaterials, of the new information and communication tech–nologies in order to process and disseminate information inthe social and human sciences, and to the strengthening ofthe Organization’s action in this field for Member States inresponse to their requests;

79. Welcomes the priority given in Programme V.2 to the study ofissues of worldwide significance bound up with socio–culturalchange, particularly those that have implications for thedeveloping countries, and considers that research activitiesshould be devoted in particular to the problems of the mostdisadvantaged social groups such as young people and women;



80. Recalls the importance of the contribution of the social andhuman sciences to analysing and monitoring the processes ofsocial change;

81. Recommends the gradual establishment, through budgetaryreinforcement, of an interregional network for monitoring andcomparative analysis of social change, whose activities wouldbe based particularly on relevant conceptual frameworks,making it possible to interpret data and statistics of a highstandard and would involve the use of modern social sciencemethods and techniques;

82. Stresses the need to continue the Organization’s populationactivities, especially in research, education andcommunication, which contribute to the development ofpolicies in line with the cultural values and practices ofthe various societies and notes with interest theimplementation of an intersectoral and inter–agencyco–operation project in this field in close co–operation withthe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), while emphasizingthe need to avoid any risk of duplication with otherinstitutions of the United Nations system;

83. Considers it necessary to strengthen the links between thesocial sciences and the natural sciences through closeinteraction between Major Programme Areas II and V in orderto bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on socialchanges in the contemporary world resulting from interactionsbetween scientific and technological progress andsocio–cultural processes, and from changes in the environmentworldwide;

Mobilizing Project 2 – on youth

84. Notes with satisfaction the general thrust and objectives ofMobilizing Project 2 and particularly the importance given init to strengthening exchanges of information and experiencewhereby the problems and aspirations of young peoplethroughout the world may be better known;

85. Emphasizes the importance that should also be given in theproject to training human resources, particularly exchangesof young leaders, and to encouraging young people to takepart in development activities and in improving their owneconomic, social and cultural situation;

86. Recommends, in relation with this mobilizing project, that inthe light of a feasibility study to be presented to the 132ndsession of the Executive Board, provision be made in theProgramme and Budget for 1990–1991 for the establishment of aUnesco ‘fellowship bank’ that could be financed fromextra–budgetary funds and would be intended to promote thetraining of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds fromthe developing countries;

87. Considers that the link between the activities correspondingto the transverse theme ‘Youth’ and this mobilizing projectshould be spelled out in the Programme and Budget for1990-1991;



Major Programme Area VI – Unesco’s contributionto prospective studies and to strategies

concerned with development

88. Emphasizes the importance of this major programme area in thelight of the priority objective of the third Medium–TermPlan, which is to help narrow the gap between theindustrialized and the developing countries;

89. Recalls that the purpose of this major programme area is togive development strategies sound and innovatorymethodological bases, with due regard nevertheless toUnesco’s conceptual attainments in this connection, and tocontribute to elaborating a forward–looking view ofdevelopment trends and priorities in the context of thecontribution of the Organization to the Fourth United NationsDevelopment Decade (1991–2000);

90. Reaffirms, in this respect, the need to co–ordinate theactivities implemented by the Organization with those of theother institutions of the United Nations system;

91. Places emphasis on the transverse dimension of this majorprogramme area, which contributes to the implementation ofthe other major areas by means of conceptual clarifications,information on foreseeable development trends, and analyticalinstruments;

92. Stresses the need to achieve a balance between reflection andaction in determining Unesco’s development activities, inorder to give effective assistance to the developingcountries in strengthening their capabilities for prospectiveanalysis and strategic planning in the Organization’s fieldsof competence, and in framing and implementing their nationaldevelopment strategies;

93. Notes with satisfaction, in this respect, the relationshipexisting between Major Programme Area VI and the activitiesof the Bureau for Co–ordination of Operational Activities;

94. Considers that Unesco has the duty to contribute toclarification of the notion of ‘sustainable development’ bytaking account of its mandate, by mobilizing and exploitingits accumulated experience of reflection on development, andby respecting the priorities and needs of the developingcountries, in the light of the issues presented inresolution 43/196 of the General Assembly of the UnitedNations;

95. Recognizes, in particular, the need to clarify therelationship between human resources development and‘sustainable development’, and notes with satisfaction theconvening of an international forum of decision–makers andspecialists with a view to drawing up a plan of action inthis field; the in–depth examination of the effects ofstructural and sectoral adjustment policies on thedevelopment of human resources; and the emphasis placed onthe study and implementation of the cultural dimension ofdevelopment, in the context of the Plan of Action of theWorld Decade for Cultural Development;



96.

97.

98.

99.

100.

101.

102.

103.

104.

Recalls that special attention should be given to activitiesintended to increase the participation of women, young peopleand disadvantaged social groups in development;

Reaffirms in this connection the importance that should beattached to the continuation of future-oriented studies andtakes note of the prospective activities relating to futuredevelopment scenarios and emphasizes their value for adaptingdevelopment strategies to the issues and challenges of thetwenty–first century;

Major Programme Area VII – Unesco’s contributionto peace. human rights and the elimination

of all forms of discrimination

Recalls the importance of this major programme area, whichreflects Unesco’s constitutional mandate and enables theOrganization to reaffirm its ethical role in the promotion ofa ‘culture of peace’, based on the peaceful solution ofconflicts, respect for human rights and fundamental freedomsand equitable development;

Reaffirms the need to promote research in the social scienceson the values of peace and tolerance and on peaceful means ofsolving conflicts, so as to encourage the formulation of newconcepts aimed at constructing the foundations of peace inthe minds of men;

Notes with satisfaction the fundamental role assigned toeducation in the promotion of peace, internationalunderstanding and human rights, and considers it necessary,taking into account the main lines of emphasis of the MaltaCongress (1987), to continue to apply the Recommendationconcerning education for international understanding,co–operation and peace and education relating to human rightsand fundamental freedoms (1974);

Also reaffirms the need to implement, at all levels of theeducation system, an integrated plan for internationaleducation on peace and human rights; likewise to implementcommunication activities in favour of all population groupsand in particular for illiterate populations, ruralpopulations and certain professions directly concerned by theprotection of human rights;

Considers it necessary to strengthen the Organization’s roleas a world clearing–house for peace and human rights byensuring the wider dissemination of relevant documents(newsletters, declarations, manifesto, etc.) and by thedevelopment of a computerized data bank on informationmaterials and documentation concerning human rights;

Stresses the importance of maintaining the procedures adoptedby the Executive Board in 104 EX/Decision 3.3, concerning theexamination of communications addressed to Unesco on thesubject of violations of human rights in its fields ofcompetence;

Reaffirms that the elucidation of the concept of the rightsof peoples should be dealt with under a separate head in theProgramme and Budget for 1990-1991;



105. Considers it necessarv to broaden the scope of research onhuman rights to include rights–related issues raised byrecent changes in science and technology, and all forms ofdiscrimination;

106. Recalls the central position that should be occupied in thismajor programme area by Unesco’s action to promote theelimination of apartheid, and welcomes the implementation ofa special project on this subject, the budgetary resourcesfor which should be increased; in this connection considersit necessary to seek, in association with the AfricanNational Congress (ANC), the co–operation of South Africanexiles and of both the African and the internationalassociations or organizations (African Jurists Association(AJA), International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa(IDAF), Organization of African Unity (OAU), etc.) concerned,with a view to taking sustained action aimed at theelimination of the scourge of apartheid;

107. Also considers it necessary, as part of the special project,to strengthen the action to reconstruct the educational andscientific capacity of front–line countries which has beendestroyed by the apartheid regime or its allies and to ensurethe training of key South African personnel; and takes theview that encouragement should be given, in theindustrialized countries, to meetings between South Africansof all races, and that representative institutions of thedifferent religions and humanitarian institutions working inthe field of human rights should be associated with thereflection on the establishment of a society of justice inSouth Africa;

108. Recommends that the Programme and Budget for 1990–1991 shouldinclude, as part of the special project, activities focusedon the development of audio–visual teaching materials(posters, slides, video films, etc.) for the purpose ofstimulating public opposition to apartheid;

109. Recommends the creation of a Nelson Mandela Prize,representing a substantial sum, to be awarded every year toindividuals or bodies corporate whose action againstapartheid has been particularly noteworthy;

Transverse theme – Women

110. Notes with satisfaction the activities proposed in connectionwith this transverse theme, while at the same time urgingthat they be strengthened, in particular those aimed atdeveloping and improving access by girls and women toliteracy training and to education, in particular in ruralareas;

111. Reaffirms the importance of the role of women in development,and emphasizes that Unesco’s contribution to the FourthUnited Nations Development Decade should take account of theNairobi Forward–Looking Strategies for the Advancement ofWomen;



112. Suggests that the summary of the activities proposed underthis theme be included in the Programme and Budget for1990–1991 itself, and not in a separate appendix;

Transverse theme – Youth

113. Notes with satisfaction the importance attached to youth, asa transverse theme, in the different major programme areas;

114. Supports the activities proposed in this field, which are ofa more concrete and more substantial nature than in the past;

115. Suggests that the summary of activities on behalf of youthcontained in Appendix XI be included in the Programme andBudget for 1990-1991 in order to make possible a betterappreciation of their coherence, their relevance, and themanner in which they complement those proposed under Mobiliz–ing Project 2 on Youth;

Other transverse themes

116. Recalls that each of the major programme areas shouldcontain, whenever possible, activities related to theother transverse themes mentioned in paragraph 18 of129 EX/Decision 4.1, namely, the most disadvantagedpopulation groups, peace, human rights, development, theenvironment, and information systems;

Transverse programmes

117. Stresses the importance of the international co–operationdirected, through the General Information Programme (PGI), atstrengthening the information capabilities of Member Statesand at setting up national information systems and services,and highlights the manner in which the activities proposed inthis connection complement those relating to the Organiz–ation’s clearing–house function;

118. Notes with interest the gradual strengthening of theclearing-house function of Unesco, which should turn existingstructures to account, ensuring their harmonization andimproved efficacy, while at the same time avoidingduplication;

119. Highlights the importance of the activities scheduled inconnection with the statistical programmes and services, andof their contribution to the satisfaction of Member States’needs and to the implementation of activities in the majorprogramme areas;

120. Notes with satisfaction that the Transverse Programme‘Future–oriented studies’ provides support for the future-oriented activities to be implemented in the different majorprogramme areas and contributes to the planning of theOrganization’s activities, and emphasizes the need to developthe clearing–house function in matters of future-orientedstudies, to strengthen, in the different regions, thefuture–oriented analysis and research network, and toimplement this transverse programme in close association withthe activities of Major Programme Areas V and VI;



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121. Having examined the conclusions of the Finance andAdministrative Commission after its technical examination ofdocument 25 C/5 and its appendices,

Budgeting techniques

122. Noting with satisfaction that the budget proposed by theDirector–General for 1990–1991 was prepared in accordancewith 130 EX/Decision 4.2, notably with regard to thefollowing budgeting techniques:

use of the constant dollar principle,

treatment of inflation through:

recosting,anticipated cost increases (Part VII),

separate treatment of currency adjustment (Part VIII),

zero–based budgeting,

budget standards,

adjustment for staff turnover (lapse factor),

distribution of staff and indirect programme costs,

programme analysis by modality of action and function,

distribution of administrative and common service costs,

integration of extra–budgetary resources,

integration of support costs,

123. Notes that the amount of $326,835,000 for Parts I to VI ofthe budget will serve as a base for comparison with thecorresponding Parts of the budget for 1990–1991;

124. Also notes that the application of the budgeting techniquesfor the calculation of inflation costs and currencyfluctuation results in a nominal increase of $16,987,000,i.e. 4.8 per cent, it being understood that this calculationis subject to revision if required by trends in inflation, instatutory factors, and in currency fluctuation;

125. Takes note of the Draft Appropriation Resolution for1990-1991 in its rationalized and shortened form, theproposed resolution concerning the scale of assessments ofMember States’ contributions and the proposed resolutionconcerning the level and administration of the WorkingCapital Fund, it being understood that these resolutions willbe finalized at the twenty–fifth session of the GeneralConference in the light of any recommendations made thereonby the Executive Board at its 132nd session;



Parts I and III to VIII of the budgetand the Appendices to 25 C/5

126. Takes note of Parts I, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of thebudget and of the budget estimates proposed and ofAppendices I to XV to document 25 C/5, taking into accountthe observations contained in the Report of the Finance andAdministrative Commission (131 EX/47) and subject to otherconsiderations that might be put forward at the 132nd session;

Particular items

127. Recalling 130 EX/Decision 4.2 adopted by the Board on the sixparticular items below:

flexibility of programme implementation,

increase in the resources of the Participation Programmethrough internal adjustments,

financing of the additional resources required for theMedical Benefits Fund,

normalization of the adjustment for staff turnover,

maintenance, reduction or suspension of the Reserve for DraftResolutions from Member States, and

budget reinforcement,

128. Taking into account the previous decisions of the GeneralConference relating to the obligatory savings of a sum of$7,516,000 that the Organization will have to make in1990–1991, and any cuts that might be entailed,

129. Recommends that the General Conference exempt programmes 1.1,11.2 and IV.2 from any cuts necessary to meet the requiredsavings;

130. Also recommends:

(a) that the Director-General be invited, with a view tomaintaining flexibility in the implementation of theapproved programme, to continue to make use of theexisting flexibility provision (Article 4.5 of theFinancial Regulations) provided that such flexibilityjeopardizes neither the priorities established by theGeneral Conference nor the structure of the programmesalready adopted, and provided that it does not entailreductions in programme appropriations which would thenbe reallocated for the recruitment or payment of staff;

(b) that an increase be approved for the ParticipationProgramme of up to $4.1 million to be taken from alreadyexisting resources, it being understood that part of theadditional funds will be used for dealing withexceptional circumstances for which:

(i) Unesco’s intervention will in all cases beconfined to its fields of competence;



(ii) criteria will be established and brought to theattention of Member States;

(iii) in eligible cases, a ceiling of $50,000 will befixed in advance, it being understood that shouldthis ceiling be exceeded in any exceptionalinstance, the Director–General will report to theExecutive Board indicating the precise reasonsfor exceeding the ceiling set;

(iv) access to the funds in question will bedetermined on the basis of an application by aMember State with supporting evidence inaccordance with the rules governing theParticipation Programme;

(v) the Executive Board may use its own funds tofinance missions to Member States to obtainfirst-hand information concerning projectsfinanced by appropriations under theParticipation Programme;

(vi) the ceiling on funds for emergency aid is fixedat $1,600,000;

(c) that the Director-General be invited to provide eachsession of the Executive Board with details of eachrequest approved under the Participation Programme;

(d) that any decision on the question of the MedicalBenefits Fund be deferred to the 132nd session of theExecutive Board;

(e) that the Director-General’s proposal for a lapse factorof 5 per cent be approved, it being understood that theExecutive Board will be regularly informed ofdevelopments in this connection;

(f) that the Reserve for Draft Resolutions from MemberStates be temporarily suspended pending a reform of theworking methods of the General Conference;

131. Congratulates the Director–General on the steps taken tostreamline the presentation and reduce the volume of theDraft Programme and Budget for 1990-1991, and expresses itssatisfaction therewith while encouraging him to continue theefforts to further improve the document;

132. Submits the Draft Programme and Budget for 1990–1991 forexamination by the General Conference, with its favorablerecommendation, taking into account the above–mentionedobservations and recommendations and subject to the finalrecommendations to be made by it at its 132nd session on theproposed budget, particularly on its possiblereinforcement.*

(131 EX/SR 1-12 and 31)

* Should the General Conference decide, upon recommendation of the ExecutiveBoard, to approve budgetary reinforcement for the 1990-1991 biennium,additional funds would be allocated to priority activities listed underparagraphs 26, 38, 50 and 81 of this decision. Should such budgetaryreinforcement not be decided upon by the General Conference, the samepriority activities would be strengthened through internal budgetadjustments.



ITEM 5 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

5.1 Reports by the Director–General

5.1.1 Oral report on the activities of’ the Organization since the130th session


1. Having heard the oral report by the Director-Generalactivities of the Organization since the 130th session,

2. Takes note of that report.

on the

(131 EX/SR 13-19 and 30)

5.1.2 Report by the Director–General on the implementation of thedecisions of the Executive Board adopted on the basis of therecommendations of its Temporary Committee (131 EX/8 and 131 EX/5)


1. Recalling 130 EX/Decision 5.1.2, paragraphs 3 and 4,

2. Having taken note of the Director–General’s report on theimplementation of the decisions of the Executive Boardadopted on the basis of the recommendations of its TemporaryCommittee (131 EX/8) and of the Special Committee’s report(131 EX/5),

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Personnel and consultants

3. Recalling paragraphs 30 to 33 of 130 EX/Decision 5.1.2,

4. Notes the efforts made by the Secretariat since its 130thsession to implement Recommendation F(l): Personnel andconsultants;

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Evaluation

5. Recalling

6. Expresses

paragraph 26 of 130 EX/Decision 5.1.2,

its satisfaction with the measures taken by theDirector–General to strengthen the linkage between planning,programming, budgeting and evaluation as well as with thecurrent activities carried out in the field of evaluation;

7. Recommends that the timetable for submitting the results ofevaluation activities be improved in order to enable theExecutive Board and the General Conference to play to thefull the role assigned to them by the Constitution;

8. Shares the conclusion of the study prepared by theDirector–General that the present system of evaluation


reporting, while providing usefulmore critical and to be simplifiedto provide not only information


information, needs to beand streamlined in orderbut also the requisite

assessments for timely and effective decision–making by thegoverning bodies, particularly at the time when the DraftProgramme and Budget (C/5) is submitted by theDirector–General to the Executive Board;

9. Agrees with the Director–General’s proposal that:

(a) the ‘Report of the Director–General on the Activities ofthe Organization’ (C/3) should be improved as regardsits evaluation content while, at the same time,remaining a stocktaking document;

(b) a synoptic document summarizing the results of internaland external evaluations, including those carried outwithin the framework of the Organization’sintergovernmental programmes, should be presented to theExecutive Board at its first session of the second yearof the biennium, when the C/5 document is to beconsidered;

10. Considers that as a temporary trial measure, in view of theabove–mentioned proposals regarding the system of submittingreports on the results of those of the Organization’sactivities that have a strong evaluation component, and ofthe efforts made to take into consideration the evaluationsand assessments carried out by Member States and theSecretariat during the preparation of the draft thirdMedium–Term Plan and the Draft Programme and Budget for1990–1991, it is not necessary to prepare and submit document25 C/n, it being understood that the Executive Board willdiscuss at its 136th session, in the light of the synopticdocument to be submitted to it, whether to retain the C/ndocument or omit it permanently;

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11. Recalling 128 EX/Decision 6.1, relating to the terms ofreference of the Special Committee, in particular with regardto monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations ofthe Temporary Committee,

12. Invites the Director–General to report to it at its 132ndsession on the measures taken by him in connection with theimplementation of the recommendations relating to:

(a) execution of 131 EX/Decision 5.1.3, concerning personneland consultants;

(b) decentralization and operational action;

(c) public information;

13. Invites the Special Committee to review its terms ofreference in order to ensure better co-ordination of its workwith that of the commissions of the Executive Board.

(131 EX/SR 28)



5.1.3 In–depth studies carried out by the Special Committee in 1988–1989on the basis of the report by the Director-General on theactivities of the Organization in 1986-1987 (25 C/3)

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The role of the social and human sciences in Unesco(131 EX/SP/RAP/l and 131 EX/5)


1. Recalling 129 EX/Decision 5.1.3, in which it designatedMs E. Kelly, Ms M. Mickwitz and Mr A. Ndam Njoya asrapporteurs responsible for carrying out in 1988–1989 anin–depth study of the role of the social and human sciencesin Unesco,

2. Mindful of the interim report (130 EX/SP/3) submitted to theSpecial Committee at the 130th session of the Executive Board,

3. Notes with satisfaction the conclusions of the final report(131 EX/SP/RAP/1) and thanks the rapporteurs for them;

4. Recommends that the General Conference take into account therecommendations and conclusions of the study in theformulation of the third Medium-Term Plan and of theprogrammes and budgets covered by the Plan.

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Comprehensive personnel policy (131 EX/SP/RAP/2 and Corr.1 and 2,and 131 EX/5)


1. Bearing in mind paragraph 23 of 127 EX/Decision 5.1.2, whichinvited the Special Committee to carry out an in–depth studyon a comprehensive personnel policy for Unesco,

2. Recalling 129 EX/Decision 5.1.3, in which it designatedMr Y. Aliyu, Mr Y. Karlov, Mr M. Kuroda, Mr M. Ould Weddady,Mr L. Ramallo and Mr A.out the in-depth study,

3. Aware of the importancein the history of Unescodecision to carry outmatter,

Wagner de Reyna rapporteurs to carry

of the fact that it is the first timethat the Executive Board has taken aa study of this magnitude on this

4. Having examined the four basic studies prepared by therapporteurs (Introduction by Mr A. Wagner de Reyna,Recruitment by Mr Y. Aliyu and Mr Y. Karlov, CareerDevelopment by Mr M. Ould Weddady and Mr M. Kuroda andStructural Planning and Management by Mr L. Ramallo),

5. Noting that the four basic studies are the result of acareful and assiduous examination of the issue and haveconstituted a valuable source for the formulation of thefollowing recommendations,



6. Fully convinced, as a result of the above–mentionedexamination of the rapporteurs’ basic studies, of the mosturgent need for a reform of Unesco’s personnel policy inorder to increase the competence and efficiency of theSecretariat and to achieve an equitable geographicaldistribution of Secretariat posts among the Member States asrapidly as possible,

7. Noting that the objective of this comprehensive personnelpolicy is:

(a) to provide this important institution with a mostcompetent body of international civil servants,

(b) to introduce a scientifically based and planned systemfor the recruitment and renewal of personnel,

(c) to provide a sounder and more secure employment systemfor those who work for Unesco,

(d) to contribute to the improvement of personnelmanagement, and

(e) to co-ordinate personnel requirements more closely withstructural arrangements,

8. Emphasizing that competence and the strictest application ofthe principle of geographical distribution constitute themost important elements of the new policy and its execution,

9. Further emphasizing the importance of applying a long-termforward-looking personnel recruitment and management policyso that an ideal pyramidal structure can be finally achieved,

10. Recommends to the Director–General:

A. Recruitment

1. that he recruit on the basis of a long–term projectionof the post/personnel structure, due consideration beingpaid to the Medium-Term Plan’s requirements and to theprevailing situation as regards the geographicaldistribution of personnel, and that he establish, in aflexible way and whenever necessary, renewal,compensation and secondment procedures, bearing in mindthe statutory objective of as broad a geographical basisas possible;

2. where candidates possess an equal level of competence,that he recruit candidates from unrepresented orunderrepresented countries;

3. that he pay special attention, in implementing thispersonnel policy, to the resolutions of the GeneralConference and the decisions of the Executive Boardregarding the need to guarantee a high percentage ofposts to women, particularly in the upper levels of theSecretariat;



4. that every biennium he recruit five to ten* youngProfessionals at P–1/P–2 level (hereinafter referred toas category I),

(a) the majority to be assigned to administrativetasks in order to form a permanent specialistcorps;

(b) the rest to be assigned to the programme sectors;

5. that he recruit other Professionals at P-3 level andabove (category II)** for posts dealing mainly with theexecution of the programme, who will bring new ideas andknowledge into the specializations concerned;

Regarding each of the above–mentioned categories ofrecruitment referred to in paragraphs A4 and A5 above:

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8.

9.

B.

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that he observe strictly the principle of the relevanceof a candidate’s experience to the job descriptionlaying down the qualifications required;

that he take into consideration, wherever possible, theopinion a National Commission for Unesco may have aboutcandidates as a result of its detailed selectionprocedure, while maintaining the existing arrangementsenabling candidates to apply direct to Headquarters; andto study further other appropriate recruiting procedureswithout, however, giving preference to unified,worldwide competitive examinations organized by UnescoHeadquarters;

that he make known the date–limit set for recruitment atleast three months in advance or, for category I,preferably on a fixed date every year, so that theinternal procedures suggested above can be fullyeffective;

that he pay due attention to the overall ability of acandidate in relation to proficiency in one of the twoworking languages, so that Unesco does not miss theopportunity of recruiting really capable people simplybecause of their low language proficiency that caneasily be improved by means of other subsequent measures;

Professional category staff: training and careerdevelopment

(a) that he provide initial one–year training toP–1/P–2 level (category I) recruits, to whom aprobationary period of 12 months will apply andwho, apart from their principal field ofspecialization, will receive basic training;

* This figure corresponds roughly to 0.5 per cent of the total number of theProfessionals in the first year, 5 per cent in the tenth year and 10 percent in the twentieth year, if this programme is carried out.

** This group corresponds roughly to 80 per cent of the total number ofProfessionals in the twentieth year. The staff referred to in paragraphsA4 and D1 form the remaining 20 per cent.



(b) that he provide nine months in–service training torecruits at P–3 level and above (category II), towhom a probationary period of nine months will beapplicable;

2. that he provide new category I and II recruits within–service language and/or specialist training (at oraway from Headquarters), especially when they areassigned to new duties outside their originalspecialization, and also give them opportunities forstudy leave at home or abroad, without affecting theirpromotion prospects in Unesco, when the subjects studiedare directly linked to Unesco’s activities, in whichcase they will continue to receive their basic salarywhile absent;

3. that he adopt a promotion system for category I andcategory II Professionals whereby they would be promotedafter roughly five to seven years of service (duringwhich period they would be supposed to have accumulatedexperience in two or three different posts), a systemwhich could be applied up to P–5 level, provided thatthe performance of the staff members, their professionalability, and their spirit of self–improvement haveproved to be satisfactory;

4. that he send category I and category II Professionalsregularly to Regional Offices, after every one or twoassignments at Headquarters, periods of service atRegional Offices being taken into consideration inapplying the above–mentioned promotion system and otherincentive measures being established so that there is awell–ordered rotation of personnel between Headquartersand Regional Offices;

c . Forecasting of recruitment and training

1. that he devise a system for the long–term forecastingand projection of Unesco’s overall need for Professionalstaff, based on:

(a) an annual review of the general situationregarding geographical distribution;

(b) the number of annual recruitments to categories Iand II;

(c) the number of annual promotions in categories Iand II;

(d) annual training requirements;

(e) the movement of personnel between Headquarters andfield units;

2. that he achieve and maintain a pyramidal personnelstructure so that:

(a) overall personnel management is facilitated; and



D.

1.

2.

E.

1.

2.

3.

4.

(b) the whole decision–making process relating toUnesco’s daily activities becomes less complicated;

General Service staff

that he promote from three to five* General Servicestaff members to the Professional category every year onthe basis of professional in-service training andinternal examination (in order to verify the suitabilityof those concerned to some specific Professional post),such promotion decisions paying due attention to theneed to maintain a pyramidal structure and to thesituation regarding geographical distribution;

that he promote General Service staff members to thenext highest grade, at the latest after every sevenyears of fully satisfactory service, within an overallintegrated Headquarters–field staffing policy whichshould encourage service away from Unesco Headquarters;

The job description of each General Service grade shouldrequire only an improvement in skills in the same typeof job (in contrast to the conceptual differencesreflected in the job descriptions for Professionalposts);

In this connection, there should be some kind ofinternal examination to verify this improvement inskills;

Management

that he reorient Unesco’s personnel management style soas to be more successful in eliciting creative staffinitiatives extending beyond the close supervision ofongoing work; the Unesco Manual should be revisedaccordingly in order to simplify existing complexadministrative procedures, with a view to enhancingefficiency and productivity;

that he initiate a review of Unesco’s structures,merging, abolishing or rationalizing units whenappropriate so as to take better account not only of thefunctional needs of the programme but also of ways ofdeveloping skills and professionalism and combining themin a harmonious way;

that he adopt personnel evaluation procedures that aregeared to professional improvement rather than tovirtually factual statements of the qualifications ofpersonnel;

that whenever possible he promote participation by staffmembers in the programming and evaluation of activitiesso that they may assume to the full their responsibilityin the execution process;

* This figure corresponds roughly to 0.5 per cent of the total number ofGeneral Service staff.



11. Invites the Director–General to inform it at the 132ndsession of the measures he has begun to take, having regardto these recommendations, and to report to it at its 134thsession concerning their implementation.

(131 EX/SR 28)

5.1.4 Impact evaluations (131 EX/9 and 131 EX/48)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/9 and the impact evaluationsconcerning the regional networks of educational innovationfor development (129 EX/INF.7), the activities concerning thedesign and establishment of educational infrastructures andfacilities (129 EX/INF.8) , Unesco activities in theendogenous production of programmes and messages in the fieldof communication since 1981 (129 EX/INF.9), the InternationalGeological Correlation Programme (IGCP) during the recentfinancial period (1984-1987) (130 EX/INF.7), and the GeneralInformation Programme during the period 1977-1987 (Pro-grammes VII.1 and VII.2) (130 EX/INF.8),

2. Considering that the new procedure for the examination of theabove–mentioned impact evaluations as established in its130 EX/Decision 5.1.2, paragraph 29, allows for a moredetailed analysis of the studies themselves and of theconclusions and recommendations made by the externalevaluators,

3. Approves the follow–up measures already taken by theDirector–General in implementing the current programme of theOrganization;

4. Notes with satisfaction that the recommendations made in thestudies have, to a large extent, been taken into account bythe Director–General in the draft third Medium-Term Plan(25 C/4) and the Draft Programme and Budget for 1990-1991(25 C/5);

5. Invites the Director–General to keep it informed of theimplementation of the measures advocated in his comments onthe above-mentioned studies.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.2 Education

5.2.1 United Nations University: Annual report by the University’sCouncil and report by the Director-General (131 EX/10 and131 EX/48)


1. Taking note with interest of the annual report of the Councilof the United Nations University and the Director–General’sreport (131 EX/10),

2. Notes the continued high quality of the University’s work;



3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Congratulates the Rector on the measures taken to achievegreater efficiency, effectiveness and financial stability forthe University Centre;

Expresses its gratitude for the support of the Government ofJapan and of those States that have made or pledged financialcontributions to the University and its Research and TrainingCentres, and urgently appeals to the Member States to makevoluntary contributions to the endowment fund and operatingfund;

Takes note with satisfaction of the process of establishingspecialized institutes and centres away from the seat of theUniversity, and particularly the work done by the WorldInstitute for Development Economics Research (WIDER);

In view of the difficulties involved in launching theInstitute for Natural Resources in Africa (INRA), urgesMember States, and particularly those with unpaid pledges, tofulfil their commitments to INRA and to contribute to itsendowment or operating funds, and requests the Rector of theUniversity to continue the action being taken to widen therange of INRA’s funding sources;

Welcomes the establishment of a joint project on the role ofuniversities in development and encourages Unesco and theUnited Nations University to continue, and give tangible formto, their co–operation within the framework of theirrespective medium–term plans, with a view to ensuring mutualsupport for research activities and for the dissemination oftheir findings;

Invites the Director–General to communicate to the Chairmanof the United Nations University Council and to the Rectorthe record of the Executive Board’s discussion of this agendaitem at its 131st session, together with the relevantdocuments and the text of the present decision.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.2.2 Establishment of a consultative mechanism for InternationalLiteracy Year and the Plan of Action (131 EX/11 and 131 EX/48)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/11,

2. Noting with satisfaction the growing importance beingassigned to literacy by the international community and theplans for more active involvement in support of literacy workbeing formulated by intergovernmental and non–governmentalorganizations,

3. Convinced that the observance of International Literacy Year,the holding of the World Conference on Education for All andthe forty-second session of the International Conference onEducation, with literacy as its theme, will give freshimpetus to literacy efforts;



40 Decides to defer action on the establishment of aninternational consultative mechanism for literacy;

5. Invites the Director–General, in the light of the results andconclusions of the World Conference on Education for All andof the forty–second session of the International Conferenceon Education, to put before the Board proposals for theestablishment of a consultative mechanism for literacy,should he consider such action necessary to complement thedecisions taken by the aforementioned Conferences.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.2.3 Application of 24 C/Resolution 25 concerning educational andcultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories (131 EX/12and 131 EX/48)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Having considered the Director-General’s report (131 EX/12)on the tragic educational and cultural situation in the Arabterritories occupied by Israel,

Considering the extremely grave situation of the educationalinstitutions and personnel in the occupied Palestinianterritories resulting from losses of human life, fromcontinual or almost continual closures of school anduniversity establishments for the second consecutive year(1987-1988 and 1988-1989), from the administrative detentionof students, pupils and staff, and from deportations andother forms of deprivation of the exercise of the right toeducation and to a cultural identity,

Expresses its profound disappointment and extreme regret thatFather Boné has not yet been able to complete his mission tothe occupied Arab territories and requests that he be able todo so as soon as possible, considering that in any case thesubstantive report should be submitted to it at its132nd session;

Emphasizes that, at a time when the international communityis gathering its forces for the struggle against illiteracy,the continual closure of educational and culturalinstitutions in the occupied Palestinian territories iscausing a spectacular rise in the illiteracy rate;

Viperously deplores the policy and practices engaged in bythe Israeli occupying authorities, which jeopardize theoperation of the educational and cultural institutions in theoccupied Palestinian territories and other Arab territoriesoccupied since 1967, this situation being prejudicial to theactive respect for human rights defended by Unesco;

Urgently renews its request to Israel, the occupying power,to reopen immediately all educational institutions now closedby military order and refrain from any act which might hindertheir normal activity and operation under the exclusiveresponsibility of their own administrative and academicauthorities or alter, under any pretext whatsoever, theirspecific nature and function as educational institutions;



7. Invites the Director–General to persevere in his efforts to:

(a) secure as a matter of urgency the reopening of theeducational establishments at all levels in the occupiedPalestinian territories;

(b) send Father Boné on a complementary mission to theoccupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem and theGolan Heights;

8. Thanks the Director–General for his efforts to enable Unescoto continue to see to the normal functioning of theeducational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arabterritories and to the implementation of the resolutions anddecisions of Unesco relating to those institutions;

9. Decides to place this question on the agenda of its 132ndsession.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.2.4 World Conference on Education for All – Meeting Basic LearningNeeds (131 EX/13 and 131 EX/48)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Recalling resolution 42/104, in which the United NationsGeneral Assembly, at its 42nd session, proclaimed 1990International Literacy Year, recommended that the SpecializedAgencies and other organizations of the United Nations systemconsider at their respective forums the contributions theycould make to the success of International Literacy Year andinvited Unesco to assume the role of lead organization forInternational Literacy Year,

Having been informed by the Director–General of the stepstaken to convene, jointly with UNICEF, UNDP and the WorldBank, a ‘World Conference on Education for All – MeetingBasic Learning Needs’ to be held in Bangkok from 5 to 9 March1990,

Stressing the need to define the appropriate objectives andto ensure that the Conference be properly prepared,

Welcomes the initiative on the part of the Director–Generalas timely and necessary;

Expresses the hope that other Specialized Agencies will joinin co-sponsoring the World Conference;

Recommends

(a) that the General Conference, in the course of reviewingMajor Programme Area I, comment on the basic documentsprepared for the World Conference and transmit itscomments to the Inter-Agency Committee on the WorldConference on Education for All;



(b) that the Director-General assume responsibility for theorientation and co–ordination of the Conference, and forthe monitoring of its follow–up;

(c) that the conclusions and consequences of the Conferencebe communicated to the International Conference onEducation at its 42nd session.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.2.5 Follow–up to the first consultation of Member States on theimplementation of the Revised Recommendation concerning Technicaland Vocational Education (131 EX/14 and 131 EX/46)


1. Recalling 24 C/Resolution 5.3 adopted by the GeneralConference,

2. Having examined the report of the Committee on Conventionsand Recommendations entitled ‘Follow–up to the firstconsultation of Member States on the implementation of theRevised Recommendation concerning Technical and VocationalEducation’ (131 EX/14),

3. Expresses appreciation to the Committee for its report, takesnote of it and transmits it to the General Conference.

(131 EX/SR 27)

5.2.6 Amendment to the Regulations for the official Unesco award fordistinguished services to physical education and sport (131 EX/15and 131 EX/2)


10 Having considered the draft amendments to the Regulations forthe official Unesco award for distinguished services tophysical education and sport (131 EX/15) recommended by theIntergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sportat its sixth session,

2. Approves the amended wording of Rules 4, 5, 6 and 7 of theRegulations, as set forth in the annex to this decision;

3. Authorizes the Director–General to make arrangements for thestriking of the ‘special medal’ referred to in Rule 5 of therevised Regulations.



4.

5.

6.

7.

ANNEX

Revised Rules in the Regulationsfor the Official Unesco Award for Distinguished

Services to Physical Education and Sport

Jury

The Jury shall be constituted by the Bureau of the Inter–governmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport,which shall select the prize–winners at one of the meetingsit holds between ordinary sessions of the Committee.

The award

The award shall consist of a diploma of honour and a specialmedal and shall not carry any monetary reward.

Criteria for the award

. . .

6.3 The prize–winners shall be selected by the Bureau of theIntergovernmental Committee for Physical Education andSport.

Conferring of the award

The diplomas of honour and the medals shall be presented bythe Director-General to the prize–winners or to representa–tives of the States of which they are nationals, either at aceremony organized during an ordinary session of the Inter–governmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport or,in exceptional circumstances, on the occasion of an importantevent at the Organization’s Headquarters.

(131 EX/SR 1)

5.2.7 Establishment of a joint Unesco/UNICEF committee to make recom–mendations on education (131 EX/39 and 131 EX/48)


1. Convinced that in view of the close relationship betweenUnesco and UNICEF a regular high–level exchange of views onstrategies, approaches, and new challenges in areas of mutualinterest to the two organizations would be beneficial,

2. Having been informed of resolution 1989/17 adopted by theUNICEF Executive Board at its 1989 session, by which itcalled for the establishment of a joint committee to makerecommendations on education,

3. Believing that the meetings of such a consultative committee,if held at two–yearly intervals to coincide with meetings ofthe Boards of one or the other organization, would haveminimal financial implications for Unesco,

4. Decides to accept UNICEF’s invitation to establish a jointUnesco/UNICEF committee to make recommendations on education,



the terms of reference of which are annexed to the presentdecision;

5. Also decides to appoint, at its 133rd session, six members toserve on the committee;

6. Further decides to review the form of this co–operation aftertwo years, taking into account the experience gained.

ANNEX

Terms of reference of the joint Unesco/UNICEF Committeeto make recommendations on education

1. The Committee shall consist of 12 members, six servingmembers from the Executive Board of Unesco and six from theExecutive Board of UNICEF, designated by their respectiveBoards.

2. The Committee, the functions of which are purelyconsultative, will work within the educational policydirections as defined by the General Conference of Unesco.

3. The recommendations of the Committee, to be addressed to theExecutive Boards of Unesco and UNICEF, will relate to fieldsof action common to the two organizations, and will draw theattention of the two Executive Boards to new challenges and.important trends in those areas.

4. Through its recommendations, the Committee will endeavour toimprove and expand the co–operation between Unesco and UNICEF.

5. The Committee will hold regular meetings every two years, tocoincide with meetings of the Boards of one or the otherorganization; special meetings at intervals in between may beheld as required. The first regular meeting will be held in1990.

6. The Committee will be served by a joint secretariat formed ofUnesco and UNICEF staff.

7. The costs of Committee meetings will be borne jointly byUnesco and UNICEF.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.2.8 Literacy prize offered by the Government of the Republic of Korea(131 EX/44 and 131 EX/48)


1. Having been informed of the Government of the Republic ofKorea’s offer to award an annual prize (entitled the KingSejong Literacy Prize) of US $30,000 for meritorious work inliteracy,

2. Authorizes the Director–General to accept this generousoffer, it being understood that in granting the award, as a



literacy prize, special consideration will be given to thedevelopment and dissemination of mother tongues in developingcountries through the recognition thereby given to activitiesjudged to be relevant to, and commensurate with, the prestigeof the award;

3. Expresses its gratitude to the Government of the Republic ofKorea for this contribution to the struggle againstilliteracy.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.3 Natural Sciences

5.3.1 Report on the first session of the International ScientificCouncil for Science and Technology Policy Development (131 EX/16and

The

1.

2.

3.

4.

131 EX/48)

Executive Board,

Having examined document 131 EX/16,

Noting with satisfaction the tenor of the conclusions andrecommendations made by the International Scientific Councilfor Science and Technology Policy Development at its firstsession (28 November to 1 December 1988),

Noting also that many of its conclusions and recommendationshave already been taken into account by the Director–Generalin the preparation of documents 25 C/4 and 25 C/5,

Recommends that the Director–General continue to take theseas fully as possible into account in the implementation ofthe third Medium–Term Plan and the Programme for 1990–1991.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.4 Culture and Communication

5.4.1 Jerusalem and the implementation of 24 C/Resolution 11.6(131 EX/17 and 131 EX/48)


10 Recalling the Hague Convention and Protocol of 1954concerning the protection of cultural property in the eventof armed conflict,

2. Recalling 127 EX/Decision 5.4.1, which was reiterated inresolution 11.6 adopted by the General Conference at itstwenty-fourth session and in which it invited theDirector–General to submit to it at its 130th session aglobal report on the modifications undergone by the city ofJerusalem in Unesco’s fields of competence as a result of theoccupation, and recalling also 130 EX/Decision 5.4.1,

3. Having examined the report by the Director-General on thisquestion (131 EX/17),



4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Noting that, despite the Director–General’s efforts, it hasnot been possible to give full application to theabove-mentioned decisions and resolutions,

Deplores the persistent practice by the Israeli authoritiesof making alterations to certain parts of the culturalheritage in the occupied old city of Jerusalem, as describedin the report prepared by the representative of theDirector–General (paras. 4, 6 and 8), alterations that arecontrary to the relevant resolutions and decisions of Unesco;

Thanks the Director–General for all the efforts made toensure the application of Unesco’s decisions and resolutions,and invites him to continue his much appreciated efforts toachieve that application;

Accordingly invites the Director–General to:

(a) renew his efforts to send a team of his personalrepresentatives to Jerusalem, composed on aninterdisciplinary basis in order to enable his reportalso to encompass the various archaeological, artisticand socio–cultural aspects attaching to the problem ofthe preservation of the sites as viewed in its entirety;

(b) submit to it at its 132nd session the global reportprovided for in 127 EX/Decision 5.4.1 and 130 EX/De-cision 5.4.1;

Decides to place this question on the agenda of its 132ndsession.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.4.2 Progress report by the Director–General on the implementation ofthe decisions of the Executive Board and the General Conferenceconcerning international campaigns for the safe.guarding of thecultural heritage of humankind (131 EX/18 and 131 EX/48)


1. Having examined the progress report by the Director–General(131 EX/18) on the implementation of the decisions made bythe Executive Board and the General Conference concerning theinternational campaigns for safeguarding the culturalheritage of mankind, submitted in accordance with129 EX/Decision 5.5.1,

2. Takes note of the contents of the report;

3. Agrees with the approach proposed by the Director–General andapp roves the proposal to concentrate efforts on theimplementation of international campaigns in the forthcomingbiennium, making effective provision for the launching,conduct and follow–up of those campaigns;

4. Invites the Director–General to continue the implementationof the International Safeguarding Campaigns Strategy in



accordance with the approach proposed, to review the Strategyperiodically and to report progress to it at its134th session.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.4.3 Interim Report by the Intergovernmental Committee of the WorldDecade for Cultural Development (131 EX/41 and 131 EX/48)


1. Recalling resolution 41/187, in which the United NationsGeneral Assembly, at its forty–first session, proclaimed theWorld Decade for Cultural Development and the Plan of Actionfor the Decade (E/1986/L.30),

2. Recalling likewise 24 C/Resolution 11.12 adopted by theGeneral Conference, particularly operative paragraph 1,inviting Member States to implement significant activitiesdrawn up along interdisciplinary lines, having an innovatorcharacter; to co–ordinate the human and financial resourcesavailable for this purpose; to create national committees andco–operate with the Intergovernmental Committee for theDecade,

3. Bearing in mind 129 EX/Decision 5.5.2, concerning theprogress of work on the implementation of the World Decadefor Cultural Development, in particular paragraph 7, in whichMember States are invited to promote the Decade byestablishing national committees, encouraging internationalcultural exchanges and ensuring respect for the standardsthat guarantee the maintenance of international culturalrelations by basing them on moral principles,

4. Emphasizing once more that the success of the Decade willdepend essentially on the political will of all theinterested partners, most of all the Member States and thoseresponsible for development planning, and on theirdetermination to take into consideration the culturaldimension in development,

5. Noting the interim report of the Intergovernmental Committeeof the World Decade for Cultural Development (131 EX/41),

6. Endorses the concerns expressed by the Bureau of theIntergovernmental Committee regarding the need to provideadequate resources to ensure the proper functioning of theDecade secretariat and to improve the functioning of thedecision–making, evaluation and co–ordinating bodies andunits set up for the Decade;

7. Invites Member States that have not already done so toestablish their national committees or appropriate bodieswithin their national structures and inform Unesco of thecomposition of those bodies and their activities;

8. Invites the Director-General to study the possibility ofdrawing on extra–budgetary sources and private funds througha specific fund–raising effort for the implementation of thePlan of Action for the Decade;



9. Further invites the Director–General to establish closerintersectoral links between the activities provided for inMajor Programme Area III in respect of the World Decade forCultural Development and all the other major programme areas.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

5.5 Social and Human Sciences

5.5.1 Position of the social and human sciences at Unesco, taking intoaccount the in–depth study on this subject (131 EX/36 and131 EX/48)


1. Recalling 131 EX/Decision 5.1.3, on the in–depth study on therole of social and human sciences in Unesco,

2. Having examined document 131 EX/36 and the ways proposedtherein to give practical application to the recommendationsof the in–depth studies,

3. Invites the Special Committee to examine, at the 132ndsession of the Executive Board, the implementation of therecommendations of the in-depth studies, in the light of thediscussion that has taken place on item 5.5.1.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the twenty–fifth sessionof the General Conference (131 EX/19 and Add.1)


1. Having regard to Rules 9 and 10 of the Rules of Procedure ofthe General Conference,

2. Having examined document 131 EX/19 and Add.1,

3. Decides:

(a) that the provisional agenda of the twenty-fifth sessionof the General Conference shall comprise the itemsproposed in document 131 EX/19 and Add.1, with thefollowing amendment, additions and deletions:

Amendment:

Amend item 9.2.2 to read as follows:

‘9.2.2 Use of the Portuguese language in Unesco: Reportby the Director–General’

Additions:

Add to section 6, entitled ‘Constitutional and legalquestions’, a new item, 6.10, to read as follows:



‘6.1O Proposed amendment to the Statutes of theInternational Fund for the Development of PhysicalEducation and Sport’ ;

Add to section 9, entitled ‘Methods of work of theOrganization’, a new item, 9.4, to read as follows:

‘9.4 Guidelines for the preparation of the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1992–1993’;

Deletion:

Delete item 15.1, reading as follows:

‘15.1 Request for the admission of the State ofPalestine as a Member State (item proposed by Algeria,Egypt, Indonesia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal andYemen)’;

(b) that any other items submitted by Member states orAssociate Members or by the United Nations not laterthan 100 days before the opening of the session (i.e. by7 July 1989), in accordance with Rule 9 of the Rules ofProcedure, shall be included by the Director–General inthe provisional agenda, which he shall then communicateto Member States and Associate Members not later than90 days before the opening of the session.

(131 EX/SR 20-22)

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of the twenty–fifthsession of the General Conference (131 EX/20, Corr. and Add.)


1. Recalling 24 C/Resolution 48.1,

2. Having examined document 131 EX/20, Corr. and Add.,

3. Approves the suggestions contained in that document, asamended and added to during the discussion;

4. Decides to make the following amendments and additions to theabove–mentioned document:

(a) to begin the twenty-fifth session on Tuesday 17 October1989, and to end it on Thursday 16 November 1989, inaccordance with the timetable set forth in Option III,which was distributed and amended in the course of ameeting;

(b) to transfer examination of Unit 18 ‘Transverse Theme 1:Women’ and of item 5.2 ‘Unesco’s contribution toimprovement of the status of women’ from Commission IVto Commission I, whose proceedings will begin with thisunit and item;

(c) to amend the timetable of certain organs of the GeneralConference as follows:



Plenary:

two meetings to be added to the general policy debate on30 October 1989;

Commission I:

two meetings to be added in the afternoon of 30 Octoberand in the morning of 31 October;

Commission III:

discussions to begin during the afternoon of 31 Octoberand to end during the morning of 9 November;

Commission IV:

discussions to end during the afternoon of 7 November;

(d) to organize the proceedings of the twenty-fifth sessionin such a way as to avoid, as far as possible, nightmeetings and week-end meetings running later than 1 p.m.on Saturday;

(e) to request the Commissions not to prepare narrativereports on their proceedings but to confine themselvesto the preparation of resolutions for adoption inplenary, as was done at the nineteenth session (Nairobi,1976);

(f) not to organize a separate debate during the session, inplenary meeting or elsewhere, on one or more programmematters;

(g) to exhort the delegations to comply scrupulously withthe timetables, and limit their speeches in the generalpolicy debate to 20 minutes at the most;

(h) to ensure, as far as possible, that there is no debateon the following items:

1.7

6.5

7.2

9.1

Admission to the twenty–fifth session of theGeneral Conference of observers from internationalnon-governmental organizations other than those incategories A and B, and recommendations of theExecutive Board thereon

Possibility of a request for an advisory opinionfrom the International Court of Justice on theinterpretation that should be given to theConstitution in the matter of the financialobligations of a Member State that withdraws fromthe Organization during a budgetary period

Fourth report by the Joint ILO/Unesco Committee ofExperts on the Application of the Recommendationconcerning the Status of Teachers

Change of name and Statute of the United NationsJoint Inspection Unit



10.1 Financial report and audited financial statementsrelating to the accounts of Unesco for thefinancial period ended 31 December 1987, andreport by the External Auditor

10.2 Financial report and audited financial statementsrelating to the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme at 31 December 1987, and report by theExternal Auditor

10.3 Financial report and interim financial statementsrelating to the accounts of Unesco as at31 December 1988 for the financial period ending31 December 1989

11.5 United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund: Report bythe Director–General

11.8 Administrative Tribunal: Extension of its periodof competence

(i) to refer item 6.10 ‘Proposed amendment to the Statutesof the International Fund for the Development ofPhysical Education and Sport’ to the Legal Committee;

(j) to add to the general policy debate in plenary item 9.4‘Guidelines for the preparation of the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1992-1993 (26 C/5)’;

5. Invites the Director–General to prepare, on this basis, thedocument containing the recommendations of the ExecutiveBoard regarding the organization of the work of thetwenty-fifth session of the General Conference (25 C/2).

(131 EX/SR 20-22)

6.3 Invitations to the twenty–fifth session of the General Conference(131 EX/21)



2. Takes note of the notification to be addressed by theDirector–General to Member States and Associate Members inaccordance with paragraph 1 of Rule 6 of the Rules ofProcedure of the General Conference;

3. Also takes note of the invitations the Director–Generalintends to send to intergovernmental organizations inaccordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Rule 6;

4. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Rule 6, that thefollowing States shall be invited to send observers to thetwenty–fifth session of the General Conference: Brunei, CookIslands, Djibouti, Holy See, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Nauru,Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland, United States of America andVanuatu;



5.

6.

7.

Includes the African liberation movements recognized by theOAU in the list provided for under paragraph 5 of Rule 6 andtakes note of the invitations the Director–General intends tosend them in accordance with that paragraph;

Includes Palestine in the list provided for under paragraph 6of Rule 6 and takes note of the invitation the Director–General intends to send it in accordance with that paragraph;

Takes note of the invitations the Director–General intends tosend, in accordance with paragraph 7 of Rule 6, to inter–national non–governmental organizations having consultativestatus with Unesco (categories A and B).

(131 EX/SR 20-22)

6.4 Form of the report by the Executive Board on its own activities in1988-1989. to be submitted to the General Conference at itstwenty–fifth session

The Executive Board decided that the report on its own activitiesin 1988–1989 would be presented orally by its Chairman to theGeneral Conference.

(131 EX/SR 20-22)

ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

7.1 North-South co–operation in the field of informatics (131 EX/22and 131 EX/48)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Having examined the Director–General’s report on North–Southco–operation in the field of informatics (131 EX/22),

Having taken Particular note of the decision concerning thedissolution of the Intergovernmental Bureau for Informaticstaken by its General Assembly, and of the request made toUnesco to submit to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)the question of the necessary resumption and strengthening ofNorth-South co–operation in the field of informationtechnology,

Welcomes the fact that the Director–General has taken actionon that request and has made the necessary moves to securethe inclusion of an item on that matter on the agenda of thesession of ECOSOC to be held in July 1989;

Invites the Director–General to communicate document131 EX/22 to ECOSOC and to inform the Council of theimportance attached by Unesco’s Executive Board to the roleof information technology in modern society and to thedevelopment of international co–operation in this field;

Further invites the Director–General, in implementing thethird Medium–Term Plan and the Programme and Budget for1990–1991, to ensure that Unesco makes its specific



contribution to such international co–operation, in closecollaboration with ECOSOC, UNIDO and ITU and with relevantnon–governmental organizations, fostering, particularlythrough the regular programme and the IntergovernmentalInformatics Programme, the use and promotion of informationtechnology as an instrument of development.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

7.2 Draft Revised Co-operation Agreement between Unesco and theOrganization of Ibero–American States for Education, Science andCulture (OEI) (131 EX/23 and 131 EX/2)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/23 entitled ‘Draft RevisedCo-operation Agreement between Unesco and the Organization ofIbero–American States for Education, Science and Culture(OEI)’,

2. Authorizes the Director–General to sign it on behalf ofUnesco.

(131 EX/SR 1)

7.3 Relations with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration(CABEI] (131 EX/24 and 131 EX/2)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/24 submitted by theDirector-General concerning relations with the CentralAmerican Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI),

2. Authorizes the Director–General to conduct negotiations withCABEI with a view to concluding, in accordance withArticle XI, paragraph 1, of Unesco’s Constitution, anagreement between the two organizations to regulate theirrelations in fields of common interest;

3. Invites the Director–General to submit the draft agreement tothe Executive Board for approval at a later session.

(131 EX/SR 1)

7.4 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the UnitedNations system of relevance to the work of Unesco (131 EX/25 and131 EX/48)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/25, Part II,

2. Takes note of its contents.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)



7.4.1 Operational activities (131 EX/25 and 131 EX/48)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Having examined Part I of document 131 EX/25,

Takes note of United Nations General Assembly resol–ution 43/199 on operational activities, and of the creationby the UNDP of an Expert Group to study support-costarrangements;

Underlines its sense of the great importance that must beaccorded by the Organization to intensifieddevelopment–co–operation efforts;

Fully endorses the view of the Administrative Committee onCo-ordination (ACC) that any significant readjustment of therespective roles of UNDP, agencies and recipient govern–ments – particularly those that would have an impact uponregular budget allocations throughout the United Nationssystem – should result from the broadest possible consensusamong all concerned parties, especially the governing bodiescharged with overall programme and budget oversight;

Requests that the Director–General, in his report to the132nd session of the Executive Board on operationalactivities, include a full analysis of:

(a) the main issues exposed in the Economic and SocialCouncil and General Assembly documents relative to the‘Triennial Policy Review of the Operational Activitiesof the United Nations System’ ;

(b) results of the examination of ‘UNDP and WorldDevelopment by the Year 2000’ by the Governing Councilat its 36th session; and

(c) those results of the work of the UNDP Expert Group onsupport–costs as may be available, including an exposéof this Group’s consultations with Unesco senior staffin July 1989;

Decides to hold a full examination of these major issues atits 132nd session.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

7.4.2 Questions relating to information (131 EX/25 and 131 EX/48)


1. Having been informed of resolutions 43/60 A and 43/60 Badopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations at itsforty–third session,

2. Having considered the report of the Director–General on thissubject (131 EX/25, Part I),



3. Welcomes the continued interest shown by the General Assemblyof the United Nations in questions of information and com–munication, and more specifically the reaffirmation of itsfull support for Unesco, its Constitution and the idealsreflected therein, and its activities in the field ofinformation and communication;

4. Notes with satisfaction the support given by the GeneralAssembly to the International Programme for the Developmentof Communication, which constitutes an essential instrumentfor the development of human and material resources andcommunication infrastructures in the developing countries;

5. Also notes with satisfaction the reiteration by the GeneralAssembly of its invitation to Member States and organizationsand bodies of the United Nations system as well as otherinternational governmental and non–governmental organizationsand concerned public and private enterprises to respond tothe appeals of the Director–General by making available tothe International Programme for the Development of Communi–cation greater financial resources, as well as more trainingresources, equipment, technologies and staff;

6. Takes note of the repeated encouragement given to Unesco bythe General Assembly, at its forty–third session, for theOrganization to continue its studies, programmes andactivities, to evaluate the social, economic and culturalimpact of the accelerated development of communicationtechnologies;

7. Notes that the General Assembly has encouraged the UnitedNations Department of Public Information to co–operate moreregularly with Unesco with a view to contributing in the mosteffective possible way to its action to promote thefree flow of information and its wider and better balanceddissemination;

8. Invites the Director–General to continue to co–operate withthe organizations of the United Nations system that areconcerned with the questions of information and communi–cation, bearing in mind the central role which Unesco isacknowledged to play within the United Nations system in thefield of information and communication;

9. Further invites the Director–General to submit to the GeneralAssembly, at its forty–fourth session, a detailed report onthe implementation of Unesco’s International Programme forthe Development of Communication, as well as on the social,economic and cultural effects of the accelerated developmentof communication technologies.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

7.5 Classification of international non–governmental organizations(131 EX/26 and 131 EX/4)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/26 and the report by theCommittee on International Non–Governmental Organizations



concerning the classification of these organizations(131 EX/4),

2. Decides:

(a) to defer examination of the request for admission tocategory A (consultative and associate relations) of thefollowing organization:

International Association of Art Critics;

(b) to admit to category B (information and consultativerelations) the following organizations:

International Association of Sound Archives

International Community Education Association

International Association of Charities of Saint Vincentde Paul

International Federation of Social Science Organizations

Inter–American Organization for Higher Education

Arab Lawyers Union

International Radio and Television University;

3. Takes note of paragraphs 21 to 24 of document 131 EX/26concerning the classification by the Director-General ofinternational non–governmental organizations in category C(mutual information relationship) in accordance with theprovisions of paragraph 11.2 of the Directives concerningUnesco’s relations with international non–governmentalorganizations;

4. Also takes note of paragraphs 32 to 40 of document 131 EX/26containing the statements provided by several organizationsconcerning their members in the Republic of South Africaand/or Taiwan of China and considers them to be acceptable,in the light of the resolutions of the General Conference andthe Board’s own decisions on that subject.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 28)

7.6 Preparation of the sexennial report by the Executive Board to theGeneral Conference on the contribution made to Unesco’s activitiesby international non–governmental organizations (1983-1988)(131 EX/27 and 131 EX/4)


1. Having examined the draft sexennial report on thecontribution made to Unesco’s activities by internationalnon–governmental organizations (1983–1988) (131 EX/27), afterhaving taken note of the report of its Committee on NGOs(131 EX/4),



2. Thanks the Working Group responsible for preparing this draftreport for the high quality of the information contained init and the proposals for improving collaboration betweenUnesco and NGOs;

3. Welcomes the contribution made by NGOs and their StandingCommittee to the preparation of the report;

4. Thanks the Director-General for helping the Working Group tocarry out its task;

5. Decides, in accordance with section VIII.3 of the Directivesconcerning Unesco’s relations with internationalnon–governmental organizations, to submit the report and thedraft resolution in contains to the General Conference at itstwenty–fifth session, after incorporating in it theamendments proposed in document 131 EX/4 and annexing to it alist of the NGOs that contributed to its preparation;

6. Also decides to take account, in its future working methodsconcerning NGOs, of the conclusions contained in thesexennial report.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 28)

7.7 Contribution of the National Commissions to the work of Unesco(131 EX/28)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Recalling the role of National Commissions for Unesco asdefined in Article VII of Unesco’s Constitution,

Referring to the Charter of National Commissionsadopted by the General Conference at its twentieth session(20 C/Resolution 7/42),

Considering the terms of 24 C/Resolution 18.2 relating toco–operation with the National Commissions,

Referring also to the recommendations of the RegionalConferences of National Commissions which have taken place inVenezuela (1985), Malawi (1987), China (1988) andDemocratic Republic (1989),

Considering also its discussions on this quest:present session,

the German

on at the

Decides to include on the agenda of the twenty–fifth sessionof the General Conference an item entitled: ‘The role ofNational Commissions for Unesco and their contribution to theOrganization’s work’;

Invites the Director–General to report to the twenty–fifthsession of the General Conference on measures taken tostrengthen co–operation with National Commissions;

Expresses the wish that, when the General Conference debatesthe matter, ways and means will be developed of strengthening



internally the activities of the National Commissions forUnesco and reinforcing the new strategies for achieving moreeffective co–operation within any given region and betweenregions;

9. Invites the Director–General to include in future editions ofthe ‘Manual of the General Conference’ the Charter ofNational Commissions for Unesco.

(131 EX/SR 27)

7.8 Relations with the International Centre for Advanced MediterraneanAgronomic Studies (ICAMAS) (131 EX/38 and 131 EX/2)


1. Having examined document 131 EX/38 submitted by theDirector–General concerning the relations that may beestablished between the International Centre for AdvancedMediterranean Agronomic Studies and Unesco,

2. Authorizes the Director-General to undertake negotiationswith the Secretary–General of ICAMAS, in accordance withArticle XI, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, with a view topreparing a draft agreement concerning the establishment offormal relations between Unesco and the ICAMAS;

3. Invites the Director–General to submit the draft agreement tothe Executive Board for approval at a later session.

(131 EX/SR 1)

ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

8.1 Proposed transfers between appropriation lines within the budgetfor 1988-1989, including transfers due to the reallocation ofsavings (131 EX/29 and 131 EX/47)


1. Having examined the transfers proposed by the Director–General within the 1988–1989 budget in accordance with theterms of the Appropriation Resolution approved by the GeneralConference at its twenty–fourth session (24 C/Resolution 21,paragraphs I.A(b)(i) and (d)) (131 EX/29) and the report ofits Finance and Administrative Commission thereon (131 EX/47),

2. Approves the following transfers:

(a) to cover increases in staff costs and goods and serviceson account of statutory factors and due to inflation:



DUE TO TRANSFERSAppropriation Line

Staff Other To Fromcosts costs

$ $ $ $

PART I - GENERAL POLICY AND DIRECTION

1. GENERAL CONFERENCE2. EXECUTIVE BOARD3. DIRECTORATE

6,8006.600

4. SERVICES OF THEDIRECTORATE 117,700

78,30090,1005,100

10,400

78,30096,90011,700

128,100

TOTAL, PART I 131,100

PART II.A - MAJOR programmes

MP IMP IIMP IIIMP IVMP VMP VIMP VIIMP VIIIMP IXMP XMP XIMP XIIMP XIIIMP XIV

5,000155,30048,900159,60081,600

108,30055,30083,70033.400

139,400101,0009,200

24,8003,600

PART II.B - GENERAL PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES

COPYRIGHTSTATISTICS

4. EXTERNAL RELATIONS &PUBLIC INFORMATION

10,50034,500

200,100

183,900

11,500109,10055,600147,00054,80093,90047,40041,40029,600112,800110,1008,000

26,900600

6,9007,200

72,800

315,000

16,500264,400104,500306,600136,400202,200102,700125,10063,000

252,200211,10017,20051,7004,200

17,40041,700

272,900

TOTAL, PART II

PART III - PROGRAMMESUPPORTINGSERVICES

PART IV - GENERALADMINISTRATIVESERVICES

PART V - COMMON SERVICES

PART VII - APPROPRIATIONRESERVE

GRAND TOTAL

1,254,200

249,300

233,500

147,800

935,600

64,500

48,100

180,400

(2,015,900) (1,412,500)

2,189,800

313,800

281,600

328,200

3,428,400— —

(b) to reflect changes in administrative arrangements:


4. SERVICES OF THE 352,800 352,800DIRECTORATE

TOTAL, PART I 352,800 352,800

3,428,400

3,428,400



DUE TO TRANSFERSAppropriation Line

Staff Other To Fromcosts costs

$ $ $ $


MP II (13,300) -MP III 27 ,000 27 ,000MP IV (13,600) -MP V (8.700) -

13,300

13,6008,700

29,300

225,4001,0004,300

7,30018,700

152,1002,150,200

2,623,900

68,400

89,300

MP VI (29,300)MP VII 69,000 (7,500)MP VIII (DEV) (225,400) -MP IX (1,000) -MP X (4,300) -MP XI 55,800MP XII (7,300) MP XIII (18,700) -

61,500

55,800

PART II.B - GENERAL PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES

2 . STATISTICS ( 1 5 0 , 2 0 0 ) ( 1 , 9 0 0 )3 . COURIER & PERIODICALS4 . EXTERNAL RELATIONS &

PUBLIC INFORMATION1,863,000

( 6 0 7 , 2 0 0 ) ( 9 , 4 0 0 )

412 ,100 9 , 4 0 0

TOTAL, PART II 2 , 0 0 7 , 3 0 0

421 ,500PART III - PROGRAMMESUPPORTINGSERVICES

PART IV - GENERALADMINISTRATIVESERVICES

(68,400) -

PART V - COMMON SERVICES (89,300) -

——

2,781,600GRAND TOTAL 2,781,600

3 . Takes note of the following reallocation of funds:

Appropriation Line To From


3 . DIRECTORATE4. SERVICES OF THE DIRECTORATE

25,50037 ,000

25 ,500TOTAL, PART I 37,000


MP IMP IIMP IVMP VMP VIMP VIIMP VIIIMP IXMP XMP XIMP XIIMP XIIIMP XIV

154,00030,00011,990

11,990171,490 32,000

20 ,000161,490

172,5009 , 5 0 0

198,800

84 ,51020 ,000

64,O1O



Appropriation Line To From

PART II.B - GENERAL PROGRAMME

2. STATISTICS3. COURIER & PERIODICALS4. EXTERNAL RELATIONS &

PUBLIC INFORMATION

TOTAL, PART II

PART III -

PART IV -

PART V -

PROGRAMME SUPPORTINGSERVICES

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVESERVICES

COMMON SERVICES

ACTIVITIES

104,800103,200

106,600

929,390 527,490

TOTAL, PARTS I - V

64,100

6,200

355,500

972,590 972,590

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.2 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions and report on theestablishment and closure of trust funds, reserves and specialaccounts (131 EX/30, Addenda and Add. and Corr., and 131 EX/47)


I

1. Having examined the Director–General’s report concerning theacceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions and theestablishment and closure of trust funds, reserves andspecial accounts, as contained in document 131 EX/30 andAdd. and Corr. and the report by the Finance andAdministrative Commission thereon (131 EX/47),

2. Expresses its appreciation to the International DevelopmentResearch Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada, the ‘Banqueinternationale d’information sur les Etats francophones(BIEF)’, Ottawa, Canada, the Cultural and Technical Agency(ACCT), Paris, France, Environmental Management Developmentin Indonesia (EMDI), Jakarta, Indonesia, the ‘InstitutFrançais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement enCooperation (ORSTOM)’, Paris, France, the Commission of theEuropean Communities (CEC), Brussels, Belgium, and theGovernments of the United States of America, the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandtheir generous contributions to strengtheningof the Organization;

3. Authorizes the Director-General to accept andappropriation for 1988–1989:

(a) Part II.A:

and France forthe activities

to add to the

(i) Major Programme VI - The sciences and theirapplication to development:

Can.$10,000 from the International DevelopmentResearch Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada, towards



the participation of African scientists invited bythe African Biosciences Network (ABN) in theInternational Symposium on the Role ofBiology in Resolving the Food Crisis in Africa,Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, July 1989(para. 06108 (5.3) of document 24 C/5 Approved);

(ii) Major Programme VII - Information systems andaccess to knowledge:

Can.$100,000 from the ‘Banque internationaled’information sur les Etats francophones (BIEF)’,Ottawa, Canada, towards participation by thegeological services of Chad, Madagascar, Tunisiaand Zaire in the Pan–African Network for aGeological Information System (PANGIS )(para. 07109 of document 24 C/5 Approved);

(iii) Major Programme IX - Science, technology andsociety:

Can.$18,830 from the International DevelopmentResearch Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada, towardsthe cost of the first meeting of Directors ofScience and Technology Policy–making Bodies inAfrica, Nairobi, Kenya, July 1989 (para. 09205 ofdocument 24 C/5 Approved);

(iv) Major Programme X – The human environment andterrestrial and marine resources:

FF40,000 from the Cultural and Technical Co-operation Agency (ACCT), Paris, France, towardsparticipation by African specialists in a workshopon ecological bases for integrated rural develop–ment and combating desertification in arid andsemi–arid zones of Africa and Latin America –Coquimbo, Chile, April 1989 (para. 10617 ofdocument 24 C/5 Approved);

US$125,000 from the Government of the UnitedStates of America towards Unesco’s contribution tothe International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme ofthe International Council of Scientific Unions(ICSU) (paras. 10105, 10304, 10404 and 10632 ofdocument 24 C/5 Approved);

Rp.16,974,000 from Environmental ManagementDevelopment in Indonesia (EMDI), Jakarta,Indonesia, towards the cost of a regional trainingcourse in the microcomputer–based application ofstatistical programmes and packages for environ-mental scientists, Bogor, Indonesia, April–May1989 (para. 10645 of document 24 C/5 Approved);

ECU1O,OOO from the Commission of EuropeanCommunities (CEC), Brussels, Belgium, towardsparticipation by African hydrologists in the



4.

5.

6.

(b)

(c)

International Colloquium on the Development ofHydrologic and Water Management Strategies in theHumid Tropics, Townsville, Australia, July 1989(paras. 10305, 10306 and 10310 of document 24 C/5Approved);

US$10,000 from the ‘Institut Français de RechercheScientifique pour le Développement en Cooperation(ORSTOM)’, Paris, France, towards the cost of theInternational Colloquium on the Development ofHydrologic and Water Management Strategies in theHumid Tropics, Townsville, Australia, July 1989(paras. 10305, 10306 and 10310 of document 24 C/5Approved);

Part II.B – General Programme Activities – Copyright:

US$80,000 from the GovernmentAmerica and US$17,320 from theKingdom of Great Britain andthe cost of activities(para. 15107 of document 24 C/5

of the United States ofGovernment of the UnitedNorthern Ireland towardsrelating to copyrightApproved);

Part IV – General Administrative Services:

FF20,000 from the Government of France towards theprogramme for the teaching of French as a workinglanguage of Unesco (paras. 16332-16333 ofdocument 24 C/5 Approved);

II

Having taken note of the(131 EX/30 Add.), which containsuse of the Château du Bois duselling the property is the mostproblem,

Considering that, although theefforts certain proposals do

Director–General’s reportinformation concerning theRocher and concludes thatpracticable solution to the

Secretariat has made realnot seem to have been

sufficiently explored, so that any final decision appears atpresent to be premature,

Decides to refer to the Special Committee the examination ofthis question with a view to:

(a)

(b)

(c)

seeking the advice of two or three new architectsappointed by it to assess the value of the Château duBois du Rocher and of the entire property pertainingthereto as recorded in the initial inventory drawn up bythe donor family;

assessing the possibility of making use of the Châteauin a manner both economically viable and consistent withthe wishes of the donors as reflected in the deed ofgift;

submitting to the Executive Board at its 132nd session,for transmission to the General Conference at its



twenty–fifth session, the final proposals concerningeither the economically viable use of the Château, orits outright sale, in accordance with the procedures inforce in the host country and with those followed inUnesco, in which case, the sale should be made bycalling for public bids and on the basis of a minimumprice to be stated by the Special Committee;

7. Authorizes the Director–General, in the meantime, to maintainthe property in good repair and prevent its deterioration,within the framework of the budgetary limits set by theGeneral Conference at its twenty–fourth session.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.3 Report by the Director–General on the revision of the quota systemand the Draft Medium–Term Overall Plan (1990-1995) for therecruitment of staff (131 EX/31 and 131 EX/47)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Recalling 130 EX/Decision 7.9 and 127 EX/Decision 8.11,

Also recalling the previous debates on this matter,particularly those that took place at the twenty-fourthsession of the General Conference and at the 127th and 130thsessions of the Executive Board,

Having taken cognizance of document 131 EX/31, which containsthe Director–General’s report on the situation regardingequitable geographical distribution of staff, revision of thequota system and the Medium–Term Plan (1990–1995) for theRecruitment of Staff,

Regrets that on account of a variety of factors, in spite ofall the decisions it has taken at previous sessions andcontrary to its wishes, the geographical distribution of thestaff has at best remained unchanged and may even havedeteriorated;

Recalls that recruiting standards are laid down by theConstitution and must therefore be adhered to;

Further recalls the particular importance it attaches to thepromotion of a resolute policy for the just and equitabledistribution of the staff, this being a condition for theuniversality of the Organization;

Expresses the wish that efforts be continued to be made tohave the position of unrepresented and underrepresentedcountries improved;

Expresses its anxiety at the decline in the number of womencandidates for Professional posts and urges Member States andthe Director–General to intensify their efforts to persuadewomen to apply for vacant posts;

Invites the Director–General to take account of the debatethat has been held and of the factors needed in order to



change, in the context of the Administrative Plan, the DraftMedium-Term Plan (1990–1995) for the Recruitment of Staff,and to submit a revised Plan, with all such furtherinformation as he considers appropriate, in particular thatcontained in the Special Committee’s report to the GeneralConference at its twenty–fifth session for approval;

1 0 . Decides to recommend to the General Conference at itstwenty–fifth session that it alter the quota system byadopting a base figure of 850 posts subject to geographicaldistribution, a midpoint of four posts and a minimum quotarange of 2–6.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.4 Fourteenth annual report (1988) of the International Civil ServiceCommission: Report by the Director-General (131 EX/32 and131 EX/47)



2. Takes note of:

(a) the contents of the said document 131 EX/32;

(b) the fourteenth annual report (1988) of the InternationalCivil Service Commission;

(c) resolution 43/226 adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly;

3. Invites the Director–General to continue his collaborationwith the International Civil Service Commission within theframework of the United Nations Common System of Salaries andAllowances;

4. Further invites the Director–General to ensure Unesco’scontinued participation in the comprehensive review beingundertaken by the International Civil Service Commission atthe request of the United Nations General Assembly.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.5 Study on the privileges and immunities of personnel recruitedunder the Participation Programme (131 EX/33 and 131 EX/47)


1. Having examined the study on the privileges and immunities ofpersonnel recruited under the Participation Programme(131 EX/33) submitted to it by the Director-General inaccordance with 24 C/Resolution 19.1,

2. Considering that the study and the observations made on it bymembers of the Board are a source of useful information andviews for further discussion of the subject by the GeneralConference,


3. Invites the Director-Generalto submit to the General


to include in the report he isConference at its twenty-fifth

session a summary of the observations made on the subject bymembers of the Board.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.6 Status of collection of contributions of Member States (131 EX/34and Add. and 131 EX/47)


I

1. Having examined the Director–General’s report on the statusof collection of contributions of Member States (131 EX/34and Add.),

2. Notes that many Member States have paid their contributionsfor 1988-1989, and expresses its satisfaction to them and itsgratitude to those that have agreed to speed up the processof payment of contributions;

3. Regrets, however, that there has not been sufficientlyfavorable development of the situation since its lastsession and expresses concern at this state of affairs andits possible effects on programme implementation and theOrganization’s cash situation;

II

4. Considering that many Member States are in arrears with thepayment of their assessed contributions for various reasons,in particular the difficult financial situation which theyare experiencing, including the burden of foreign debt,

5. Strongly supports the approaches the Director-General iscontinuing to make to Member States with a view to obtainingtimely payment of contributions;

6. Urges Member States to inform the Director–General as earlyas possible of the probable date, amount and method ofpayment of the forthcoming contribution, in order tofacilitate his management of the Organization’s cashsituation;

7. Recalls that the payment of contributions is an obligationdevolving upon Member States under the Constitution of theOrganization and that it determines the right to vote at theGeneral Conference;

8. Calls upon Member States, pursuant to 24 C/Resolution 35.4,to take the necessary steps to ensure that theircontributions are paid in full at as early a date as possibleand, to that end, invites the Director–General to continue toaccept payment in the national currencies of Member States,in accordance with 24 C/Resolution 35.3;



9. Instructs the Special Committee to study all the causes ofthis situation and to report to it thereon.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.7 Budgetary provision for the Medical Benefits Fund for 1990–1991including long-term implications (131 EX/35 and 131 EX/47)


1. Having considered document 131 EX/35, relating to thebudgetary provision for the Medical Benefits Fund for1990–1991, including long–term implications,

2. Decides to defer consideration of this question to its132nd session.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 29)

8.8 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board

The announcement appearing at the end of these decisions reportson the Board’s deliberations on this subject.

(131 EX/SR 30)

ITEM 9 OTHER BUSINESS

9.1 Unesco and the situation concerning Iran and Iraq


1. Having taken note of the Director-General’s oral report onitem 9.1,

2. Thanks him for this report;

3. Defers to a future session further discussion on this matter,while awaiting more recent information on the evolution ofthe situation and the results of initiatives that could beundertaken by the Director–General in the fields ofcompetence of the Organization;

4. Invites the Director–General to report to it on this questionat one of its future sessions.

(131 EX/SR 13-19 and 30)

9.2 Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanishpoet Antonio Machado (131 EX/37)


1. Considering that 22 February 1989 marked the 50th anniversaryof the death in Collioure (France) of the Spanish poetAntonio Machado,

2. Recognizing that the life and work of Antonio Machado weredevoted to the ideals of freedom, democracy and enlightenmentthat were characteristic of a whole age,

.



3. Recalling the universal value of his work and itscontribution to international solidarity,

4. Aware that the literary works of Antonio Machado are stilltoday a source of inspiration for the rising generations;

5. Invites the Director-General to:

(a) associate the Organization, using the means it has atits disposal, in the commemoration of Antonio Machado’sdeath;

(b) prepare, under the approved publications plan, ananthology of Antonio Machado’s works in the variouslanguages of the Organization.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 30)

9.3 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the composerJOSé Padilla (131 EX/42)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Bearing in mind 18 C/Resolution 4.351, concerning celebrationof the anniversaries of great personalities,

Considering that 22 May 1989 marks the 100th anniversary ofthe birth of the Spanish composer JOSé Padilla,

Emphasizing that JOSé Padilla is an eminent exemplar of apopular composer who, drawing inspiration from the traditionsof different cultures, was able in turn to inspire auniversal public,

Recalling Unesco’s function of giving recognition to theexcellence of the popular arts in their most universalexpressions,

Invites the Director-General:

(a) to associate the Organization, as far as possible andusing the means it has at its disposal, with thecommemoration of JOSé Padilla’s birth;

(b) to ensure that the Unesco Courier, in an issue devotedto popular art, makes specific reference to the work ofJOSé Padilla.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 30)

9.4 Application for the admission of Palestine as a Member State ofUnesco in conformity with Article II. paragraph 2, of theConstitution: application for the admission of the State ofPalestine to Unesco as a Member State. proposed by Algeria. Egypt.Indonesia, Mauritania. Nigeria, Senegal and Yemen (131 EX/43 andCorr.1 and 2, and Add., and 131 EX/45)


1. Recalling the ideals proclaimed in the Unesco Constitution,


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Recalling the purposes and functions of Unesco as set forthin Article I of its Constitution, which lays down that thepurpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace andsecurity by promoting collaboration among the nations througheducation, science and culture in order to further universalrespect for justice, for the’ rule of law and for the humanrights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for thepeoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex,language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations,

Recalling the provisions of Article II of the Constitution ofUnesco concerning the admission of new Member States,

Having regard to the communication sent to the ExecutiveBoard by the Director-General on 17 May 1989 (131 EX/45),which transmitted the letter from President Yasser ARAFATofficially expressing the desire of Palestine to become amember of Unesco and the wish of the Palestinian people toplay an active part, like all peace–loving peoples, inforging closer co–operative links between nations in thefields of education, science and culture,

Having regard to resolution 43/177 adopted by the UnitedNations General Assembly,

Stressing the importance of continuing to examine thisquestion in a spirit of mutual understanding and constructiveco–operation with a view to achieving a consensus,

Considering the need to involve the Palestinian people moreclosely with activities that belong in Unesco’s fields ofcompetence,

Decides to propose that the General Conference provide forthe closest possible participation of Palestine in the actionof Unesco, in particular through its various programmes,participation in meetings convened by the Organization, fullenjoyment of the benefits of the scholarship programmes, andaccess to the Participation Programme, and to this end:

(a) Invites the Director-General to study all possibleapproaches and to propose appropriate ways and means ofgiving effect to this decision, and to report to theExecutive Board at its next session;

(b) Decides to reconsider this matter at its 132nd sessionwith a view to formulating, in a spirit of consensus andwith due regard to the higher interests of theOrganization, the recommendation to be transmitted tothe General Conference;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of thetwenty–fifth session of the General Conference the followingitem:

Request for the admission of Palestine to Unesco.

(131 EX/SR 1 and 25)



9.5 Dates of the 132nd session of the Executive Board and of itssubsidiary bodies


1. Considering that reduction of the duration of the ExecutiveBoard sessions will constitute a significant effort on itspart at effecting economies,

2. Being of the opinion that the duration of future sessions ofthe Executive Board could be curtailed through improvement ofits own functioning and working methods,

3. Decides that the dates of its 132nd session shall be asfollows:

Special Committee and Committee onConventions and Recommendations: 21-26 September 1989

Bureau: 27 September 1989

Plenary and commissionmeetings: 28 September-13 October 1989

4. Decides also that starting from the 132nd session, on anexperimental basis, the Commissions, theand the Committee on InternationalOrganizations will submit to the Boardonly draft decisions.

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(131 EX/SR 31)

9.6 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the births of the poet andprose–writer Boris Pasternak, the poet Anna Akhmatova, thesculptor Vera Mukhina, and the architect Konstantin Melnikov(131 EX/49)

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Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the poet and prose–writer Boris Pasternak


1. Convinced that the international celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities makes an importantcontribution to the achievement of Unesco’s aim of developinginternational understanding and co–operation,

2. Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351, on the celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities and events,

3. Taking account of the fact that in 1990 100 years will havepassed since the birth of Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, thegreat Russian and Soviet poet and prose–writer, whose worksnot only reflected the full diversity of the political andintellectual life of the Soviet State in the first half ofthe twentieth century but have become an inalienable part ofworld culture,



4. Considering that improved knowledge of Pasternak’s works andtheir translation into foreign languages would spirituallyenrich those who are not yet familiar with them,

5. Calls on Unesco and the Member States to celebrate thisimportant anniversary widely;

6. Invites the international non–governmental organizationsworking with Unesco to participate through cultural events inthe celebration in 1990 of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the poet and prose–writer Boris Pasternak.

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Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the poet Anna Akhmatova



2. Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351, on the celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities and events,

3. Taking account of the fact that the year 1989 marks the 100thanniversary of the birth of Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, theoutstanding poet whose works made an absolutely essentialcontribution to Russian and Soviet poetry of the first halfof the twentieth century and, although inseparable from thenational language and spirit, have a transcendental qualitythat has enabled them to merge into the poetic heritage ofthe whole world,

4. Considering that this process does not occur spontaneouslybut depends on the interest and efforts of translators, andthat the international popularization of the poetic heritageis an essential prerequisite for it,

5. Calls on Unesco and its Member States to celebrate thisimportant anniversary widely;

6. Invites the international non–governmental organizationsworking with Unesco to participate through cultural events inthe celebration in 1989 of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the poet Anna Akhmatova.

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Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351, on the celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities and events,

Taking account of the fact that the year 1989 marks the 100thanniversary of the birth of Vera Ignatevna Mukhina, theoutstanding sculptor, whose works reflected the spirit andgeneral enthusiasm that attended the emergence of the SovietState and one of whose sculptures, ‘Worker and CollectiveFarm Woman’, has in its own way become a symbol of the USSR,

Emphasizing the ever–increasing interest being shown in allmanifestations of mid–twentieth century culture,

Calls on Unesco and the Member States to celebrate thisimportant anniversary widely;

Invites the international non–governmental organizationsworking with Unesco to participate through cultural events inthe celebration in 1989 of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the sculptor Vera Mukhina.

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Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the architect Konstantin Melnikov

Executive Board,

Convinced that the international celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities makes an importantcontribution to the achievement of Unesco’s aim of developinginternational understanding and co–operation,


Taking account of the fact that in 1990 100 years will havepassed since the birth of Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov,the great Soviet architect, whose innovatory work, buildingsand designs have made a significant contribution to theprogress of modern architecture and whose name has become oneof its symbols,

Emphasizing the particular respect Melnikov enjoys incultural circles worldwide,

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Invites the international non–governmental organizationsworking with Unesco to participate in 1990 in the celebrationof the 100th anniversary of the birth of the architectKonstantin Melnikov, through cultural events including aself–financed symposium to be held in Moscow in 1990.

(131 EX/SR 12 and 26)



9.7 Celebration of the 750th anniversary of ‘The Secret History of theMongols’ (131 EX/50)


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Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351, on the celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities and events that haveleft an imprint on the development of humankind,

Considering that 1990 will mark the 750th anniversary of ‘TheSecret History of the Mongols’,

Noting that the artistic$ aesthetic and poetic qualities ofthis work and the richness and originality of its languagemake it a unique phenomenon in the history of Mongolliterature and that it forms part of the treasury of worldfolklore,

Recognizing that ‘The Secret History of the Mongols’ hasalways been revered as a great monument of oriental historyand literature and has served for 750 years as a vital sourceof information on the history of Mongolia and of othercountries in Central Asia,

Considering that the celebration of the 750th anniversary of‘The Secret History of the Mongols’, a work of historical andliterary importance for the culture not only of Mongolia butof the world as a whole, is one of the major events beingorganized by Mongolia as part of the World Decade forCultural Development,

Recalling that the participants in the fifth internationalcongress of Mongolists, held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, in 1987unanimously supported the idea of celebrating the 750thanniversary of this renowned historical, literary andcultural work on an international scale in 1990,

Invites the Member States of Unesco to celebrate widely the750th anniversary of ‘The Secret History of the Mongols’ in1990;

Requests the Director-General to associate Unesco with thisanniversary and the activities organized to mark the occasion;

Invites the Director–General to bring this anniversary to theworld’s attention and to publish a translation of ‘The SecretHistory of the Mongols’ in the Unesco collection ofrepresentative works.

(131 EX/SR 12 and 26)

9.8 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Arabthinker Taha Hussain (131 EX/51)





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Taking account of the fact that the year 1989 marks the 100thanniversary of the birth of the great Arab writer TahaHussain, whose works give a lively account of the richnessand diversity of political and spiritual life and have becomean integral part of world culture,

Considering that improved knowledge of those works and theirtranslation into other languages would spiritually enrichthose who are not yet familiar with them,


Invites the international non–governmental organizationsworking with Unesco to participate through cultural events inthe celebration in 1989 of the 100th anniversary of the birthof the great writer Taha Hussain;

Requests the Director–General to associate Unesco with thecommemoration of Taha Hussain’s birth and with the activitiesorganized for it.

(131 EX/SR 13 and 30)

9.9 Application for admission to Unesco submitted by the Cook Islands(131 EX/52)

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Considering that the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands has,on 11 June 1989, requested the admission of the Cook Islandsto membership of Unesco,

Having noted that the Cook Islands accepts Unesco’sConstitution and is ready to fulfil the obligations that willdevolve upon it by virtue of its admission and to contributetowards meeting the expenses of the Organization,

Especially welcoming an application from a State situated ina large region in which there are several States that havenot yet become members of the Organization,

Decides, pursuant to Article II, paragraph 2, of Unesco’sConstitution, to recommend that the General Conference, atits twenty-fifth session, admit the Cook Islands tomembership of the Organization;

Recommends that the General Conference include in the agendafor its twenty–fifth session the item ‘Application foradmission to Unesco submitted by the Cook Islands’ ;

Further recommends that the General Conference adopt thefollowing resolution:



‘The General Conference,

Considering that the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands has,on 11 June 1989, requested the admission of the Cook Islandsto membership of Unesco,

Having noted that the Cook Islands accepts Unesco’sConstitution and is ready to fulfil the obligations whichwill devolve upon it by virtue of its admission and tocontribute towards meeting the expenses of the Organization,

Having noted that the Executive Board, at its 131st session,recommended the admission of the Cook Islands to membershipof Unesco,

Decides to admit the Cook Islands as a member of Unesco. ‘

(131 EX/SR 26)

9.10 Application for admission to Unesco by the Republic of Kiribati(131 EX/53)


1. Considering that the President and Minister of ForeignAffairs of Kiribati, has on 20 June 1989, requested theadmission of the Republic of Kiribati to membership of Unesco,

2. Having noted that the Republic of Kiribati accepts Unesco’sConstitution and is ready to fulfil the obligations that willdevolve upon it by virtue of its admission and to contributetowards meeting the expenses of the Organization,

3. Especially welcoming an application from a State situated ina large region in which there are several States that havenot yet become members of the Organization,

4. Decides pursuant to Article II, paragraph 2, of Unesco’sConstitution, to recommend that the General Conference, atits twenty–fifth session, admit the Republic of Kiribati tomembership of the Organization;

5. Recommends that the General Conference include in the agendafor its twenty–fifth session the item ‘Application foradmission to Unesco submitted by the Republic of Kiribati’ ;

6. Further recommends that the General Conference adopt thefollowing resolution:

‘The General Conference,

Considering that the President of the Republic of Kiribatihas, on 20 June 1989, requested the admission of the Republicof Kiribati to membership of Unesco,

Having noted that Kiribati accepts Unesco’s Constitution andis ready to fulfil the obligations which will devolve upon itby virtue of its admission and to contribute towards meetingthe expenses of the Organization,



Having noted that the Executive Board, at its 131st session,recommended the admission of Kiribati to membership of Unesco,

Decides to admit Kiribati as a member of Unesco. ‘

(131 EX/SR 30 and 31)

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON 19 AND 21 JUNE 1989

At the private meeting held on 19 June 1989 the Board considereditem 8.8 of its agenda: Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of theRules of Procedure of the Executive Board (131 EX/PRIV.1).

In accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board the Director–General, after having informedit of the measures he had taken since the 130th sessionconcerning appointments and promotions to senior posts in theSecretariat, consulted the Executive Board on appointments tosenior posts in the Secretariat. He also provided informationon several reclassifications of posts and on the promotion ofsome officials of grade D–1 and above.

At the private meeting held on 21 June 1989 the Board considereditem 3.2 of its agenda: Report by the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations: Examination of communications transmitted to theCommittee in pursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3 (131 EX/3 PRIV.)

(a) The Executive Board examined the report of its Committee onConventions and Recommendations concerning the communicationsreceived by the Organization on the subject of cases andquestions of alleged violation of human rights in Unesco’sfields of competence;

(b) The Board took note of the narrative part of that report andendorsed the wishes expressed by the Committee.

(131 EX/SR 30)
