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Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex

Hundred-and-fourth Session

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAT ITS 104th SESSION

(Paris, 24 April - 9 June 1978)

104 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 10 July 1977

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104 EX/Decisions

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

President of the General Conference The Hon. Dr. Taaitta TOWEETT, M.P.

Members Deputies

Mr. Gonzalo ABAD GRIJALVA(Ecuador)

Chief Reginald S.G. AGIOBU-KEMMER(Nigeria)

Mr. Augustine A. IBEGBULAMMr. Mohamed M. MUSAMr. Joseph O. OLARINMOYEMr. Babatunde O. ODUGBOSE

Mr. Emilio AGUILAR CRUZ(Philippines)

Mr. Amante R. MANZANOMr. Edmundo LIBID

Mr. Paul Yao AKOTO (absent)(Ivory Coast)

Mr. Arthur BAGUNYWA(Uganda)

Mr. Michel Ahoua KANGHAMr. Pierre DUPREY

Mr. Nathan ODOI

Mr. Werner BAHNER(German Democratic Republic)

Mr. Siegfried KAEMPFMr. Joachim MASERMr. Rolf DILL

Mr. Walter Arthur BIJRKE(Barbados)

Mr. Rolph W. JORDAN

Mr. Horacio J. BUSTAMANTE(Panama)

Miss Ruth M. DECEREGA

Mr. Paulo E. de Berredo CARNEIRO(Vice-Chairman)(Brazil)

Mr. Gerson MACHADO PIRESMr. Isnard de FREITAS

Mr. Paul DENIS(Belgium)

Mr. Marcel CLAEYSMr. Georges-Henri DUMONTMiss Cristina FUNES-NOPPEN

Mr. Luis ECHEVERRIA(Mexico)

Miss Maria de los Angeles LOPEZ ORTEGA

Mr. Chams Eldine EL-WAKIL

(Egypt)

Mr. Wagdi MAHMOUD

Mr. Gunnar GARBO(Norway)

Mr. Tarald BRAUTASET

Mr. Dismas GASHEGU(Rwanda)

Mr. Sarvepalli GOPAL(India)

Mr. Advertus A. HOFF(Liberia)

Mr. Charles HUMMEL(Switzerland)

Mr. Marcel IBINGA-MAGWANGU(Vice-Chairman)(Gabon)

Mr. Maheshwar DAYAL

Mr. E. Delano COOPER

Miss Irene HOFERMr. Mario MULLERMr. Eugene-Louis PAHUX

M r . Joseph KUMBA-MUNGUENGUIMr. Emmanuel OBAMEMr. Augustin Ze MEZUI


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Members

Mr. Keharsingh JAGATSINGH(Mauritius)

Mr. Henry E. KERRY (absent)(United States of America)

Mr. Ali Fahmi KHUSHAIM(The Socialist People’s LibyanArab Jamahiriya)

Mr. Joseph KI-ZERBO (absent)(Upper Volta)

Mr. Leonid N. KIJTAKOV(Vice-Chairman)(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Mrs. Eugenia KRASSOWSKA(Poland)

Mr. Julio LE RIVEREND(Cuba)

Mr. Valentin LIPATTI(Romania)

Mr. Leonard C. J. MARTIN(Chairman)(United Kingdom)

Mr. Vittorio MATHIEU

(Italy)

Mr. Mahmoud MESSADI(Tunisia)

Mr. Hassan MURAYWID(Vice-Chairman)(Syrian Arab Republic)

Deputies

Mr. Baboo Ranjitsingh GOORDYALMr. Luc LEGRIS

Mr. Esteban E. TORRESMr. Russell C. HEATERMr. Constantine WARVARIVMr. Louis G. SLEEPERMr. Stewart H.W. TINSMANMr. Kurt SANDVEDMr. David H. KAEUPERMr. Richard REISERMr. Richard D. FORSTERMr. Thomas BUERGENTHALMr. Gene M. LYONS

Mr. Mohamed EL WAFIMr. Abdul Hamid ZOUBIMr. Mohamed MUSRATIMr. Ali EL GAIDI

Mr. Joseph BOUYAIN

Mr. Nikolai’ M. KANAEVMr. Vladimir A. KARPUSHINMr. Vladimir A. KARTASHKINMr. Oleg V. VASKOVMr. Vladimir L. GAIMr. Oleg VASNETSOV

Mr. Czeslaw WISNIEWSKIMrs. Irena STRZALKOWSKAMr. Wieslaw TORBUS

Mr. Hermes HERRERAMr. Jose Manuel MITOSOMr. Bartolome SAGLAROMrs. Rita SOLISMrs. Maria DIAZMrs. Ana Rosa ROJAS

Mr. Marcel GHIBERNEAMr. Paul SARARUMrs. Maria SANISLAV

Mr. Kenneth J. WINDSORMr. David J. CHURCHMr. Derrick G. CAMPSMr. Keith J. BLOOMFIELDMr. Kenneth A. CARDYMr. David J. BATTMr. Anthony J. BAZELEYMrs. T. Scarlett EPSTEIN

Mr. Ludovico CARDUCCI ARTENISIOMr. Gianfranco GUERRIERO

Mr. Adnan ZMERLIMiss Hayat BOUSSOFARAMrs. Laila Fathima AMARA

Mr. Issam HAYANI



Members Deputies

Mr. Timothee NGAKOUTOU(Chad)

Mr. Ahmed OULD SIDI BABA (absent)(Mauritania)

Mr. Jens PETERSEN(Federal Republic of Germany)

Mr. Hugh PHILP(Vice-Chairman)(Australia)

Mrs. Maria de Lourdes PINTASILGO(Portugal)

Mr. Arthur T. PORTER(Sierra Leone)

Mr. Majid RAHNEMA(Iran)

Mr. Khalil SALIM(Jordan)

Mr. Kiyoshi SUGANUMA

(Japan)

Mr. Sjarif THAJEB(Indonesia)

Mr. Trailokya Nath UPRAITY(Vice-Chairman)

(Nepal)

Mr. Arturo USLAR-PIETRI(Venezuela)

Mr. François VALERY(France)

Mr. Alberto WAGNER DE REYNA(Peru)

Mrs. YANG Yun-yu(China)

Mr. Thomas ALTOUBAM

Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud MOHAMEDOUMr. Abderahman Ould HAMZA

Mr. Wilhelm FABRICIUSMr. Hermann GRUNDELMr. Hans MEINELMiss Gisela WESSEL

Mr. Gardner DAVIESMrs. Barbara BARRY DE LONGCHAMP

Mr. Luis Sousa LOBOMr. Alberto MELOMrs. Teresa SANTACLARAMr. Jorge CAMPINOS

Mr. George GELAGA-KINGMr. Magaji HENRY

Mr. Hamid RAHNEMAMr. Fereydoun ARDALANMr. Ghassem KHATIB-SHAHIDIMrs. Soussan RAADI-JALILIMrs. Safoura ASFIA-CLEMENT

Mr. Abdallah NSOUR

Mr. Tadao ARAKIMr. Teruo KIJIMAMr. Masahiko SEKIMr. Noboru NOGUCHIMr. Hiroshi GYODA

Mr. Partomo M. ALIBAZAHMiss Kustijah PRODJOLALITO

Mr. Indra Bahadur SINGHMr. Ganashyam Lall JOSHI

Mr. Nena CORONIL DE PAGELSONMr. Jose L. SILVA MENDEZ

Mr. François TOUSSAINTMr. Paul FAUREMr. Yves BRUNSVICKMrs. Jacqueline CHATELMr. Henri VIALMr. Francis BRIQUETMr. Francis LAFONMr. Stany KOL

Mr. Fernando GUILLEN

Mr. TSIEN Li-JenMrs. SHENG YuMr. CHOU Chi-chiMrs. CHENG YunMr. CHAO Chang-yun



Representatives and observers

United Nations:

Mr. Santiago Quijano-CaballeroMr. Luc Van BellinghenMr. Peter CassonMr. Theodore S. ZoupanosMr. Salah CherifMrs. Manuela d’ArcyMrs. Aminata DjermakoyeMr. Stig Andersen (United Nations Development Programme)Mrs. Henriette Taviani (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

International Labour Organisation:

Mr. Gerald Larrue

World Bank:

Mrs. Maria Gradvohl

World Intellectual Property Organization:

Mr. Shahid Alikhan

Organization of American States:

Mr. Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza

Council of Europe:

Mrs. Francesca Dupechez

Ibero-American Bureau of Education:

Mr. Remolo Botto

Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization:

Mr. Ahmed F. SorourMr. Mongi Ben Amor

Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics:

Mr. Olivier Rateau

Latin American Physics Centre:

Mr. Roberto Bastos da Costa

Latin American Social Science Faculty:

Mr. Luis Ignacio Ramallo-Massanet



TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM 1

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Adoption of the agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 . 1 Replacement of members during their term of office . . . . . . . .

1 . 2 Election of a Vice-Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 . 3 Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Approval of the summary records of the 103rd session . . . . . . . . . .

Methods of work of the Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 . 1 Travel of members of the Executive Board: Examinationof the question by the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 . 2 Harmonization of the medium-term planning cycles and thebudget cycles of the organizations of the United Nationssystem and Report of the Special Committee . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 . 3 Study of the procedures which should be followed in theexamination of cases and questions which might besubmitted to Unesco concerning the exercise of humanrights in the spheres of its competence, in order to makeits action more effective: Report of the Working Partyof the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 . 4 .United Nations Joint Inspection Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 . 4 . 1 Study by the Executive Board of the new Statute ofthe Joint Inspection Unit and measures to ensurethat Unesco will benefit from its operation andReport of the Special Committee thereon . . . . . . . . . .

3.4.2 Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Ninth report on the activities of the JointInspection Unit (July 1976-June 1977) andReport of the Special Committee thereon . . . . .

Report on evaluation in the United Nationssystem (See 4.3) . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . .

Africa and Western Asia: Report on thetechnical co-operation provided by theUnited Nations system to regional and sub-regional integration and co-operationmovements and Report of the SpecialCommittee thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report on first class travel in the UnitedNations system (See 3.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report on the implications of additionallanguages in the United Nations systemand Report of the Special Committee thereon . . . .

Report on some aspects of backstoppingof technical co-operation activities in theUnited Nations system and Report of theSpecial Committee thereon . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ITEM 4 Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1977-1982 (20 C/4) and DraftProgramme and Budget for 1979-1980 (20 C/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4 . 1 Examination of proposed adjustments to the Medium-Term Plan (20 C/4) and recommendations of the ExecutiveBoard thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.2 Examination of the Draft Programme and Budget for1979-1980 (20 C/5) and recommendations of the ExecutiveBoard thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4 . 3 Preliminary report of the Director-General on studiescarried out concerning evaluation of programmeactivities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ITEM 5 Execution of the programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5. 1 Reports of the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5. 1.1 Oral report on the activities of the Organizationsince the 103rd session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5 . 1 . 2 Decisions taken and studies carried out by theExecutive Board in 1977 concerning the Report ofthe Director-General on the Activities of theOrganization in 1975-1976 which might be submittedby the Chairman of the Executive Board to theGeneral Conference at its twentieth session in theform of comments by the Board: Report of theSpecial Committee thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5 . 1 . 3 Re-examination of the form and content of theReport of the Director-General on the Activitiesof the Organization, and in particular the measureswhich might be taken in order to harmonize it withthe document setting out the major impacts, achieve-ments, difficulties and shortfalls for each continuingprogramme activity, together with the methods usedby the Executive Board to examine it and Report ofthe Special Committee thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5 . 1 . 4 Unesco’s contribution to the establishment of a newinternational economic order: Report of the Director-General on the implementation of 19 C/Resolution 9.1(10) . . 27

5.1.5 Implementation of 18 C/Resolution 13.1 and 19 C/Resolu-tion 15.1 concerning educational and cultural institutionsin the occupied Arab territories: Report of the Director-General on the mission he sent to the Arab territoriesoccupied by Israel to collect on-the-spot information onthe educational and cultural situation . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5 . 2 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5 . 2 . 1 Reports of Member States on the application of theConvention and Recommendation against Discriminationin Education: Third Report of the Committee on Con-ventions and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5.2.2 International conference of States for the adoption ofthe Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomasand Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab States . . . . . 29

5 . 2 . 3 Examination of proposed amendments to the GeneralRules governing the award of prizes for meritoriouswork in literacy and recommendations of the Director-General to the Executive Board thereon. . . . . . . . . . . 29



5 . 3 Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 3 . 1 Unesco’s contribution to the United Nations Conferenceon Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD)to be held in 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 4 Social Sciences and their Applications . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 4 . 1 Establishment of the Unesco Prize to be awarded foractivity aimed at developing the teaching of humanrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 5 Culture and Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 5 . 1 Possible international instrument concerning thestatus and social position of the artist . . . . . . . .

5.5.2 Possible international instrument concerning thesafeguarding and preservation of moving images . . .

5 . 5 . 3 Report of the Director-General on the InternationalCampaign to Safeguard the Acropolis of Athens . . . .

5 . 5 . 4 Report of the Director-General on the implementationof 19 C/Resolution 4.143 concerning a final DraftDeclaration on the Fundamental Principles Governingthe Use of the Mass Media in Strengthening Peace andInternational Understanding and in Combating WarP r o p a g a n d a , R a c i a l i s m a n d A p a r t h e i d . . . . . . . .

5.5.5 The Unesco/International Music Council Music Prize .

5 . 6 International Standards and Legal Affairs . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 6 . 1 Protocol instituting a Conciliation and Good OfficesCommission to be responsible for seeking thesettlement of any disputes which may arise betweenStates Parties to the Convention against Discriminationin Education: Transmission to the General Conferenceof the list of persons nominated to fill the seats that areto become vacant in 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .

. . .5 . 7 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 7 . 1 Possible international instrument concerning theinternational standardization of statistics of publicexpenditure on cultural activities. . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 8 Computer and documentation systems . . . . . . . . . . .

5 . 8 . 1 Report of the Director-General on computer anddocumentation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.9 Aid to developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .

5 . 9 . 1 Supplementary report of the Director-General onmeans of furnishing increased aid to developingcountries within the Programme and Budget for1977-1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 6 General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the twentiethsession of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of the twentiethsession of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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6 . 3 Invitations to the twentieth session of the GeneralConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.4 Report of the Working Group of the Executive Board onthe methods of work of the General Conference (See 6.2) . . . . .

ITEM 7 Relations with Member States, National Commissions andInternational Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations ofthe United Nations system of relevance to Unesco . . . . . . . . .

7 . 1 . 1 Restructuring of the economic and social sectorsof the United Nations system. . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 1 . 2 Unesco’s participation in International Anti-Apartheid Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 1 . 3 Unesco’s participation in the World Conferenceon Agrarian Reform and Rural Development . . . . .

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7 . 1 . 5 Unesco’s contribution to the Special Session of theUnited Nations General Assembly devoted toDisarmament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 1 . 6 Unesco’s co-operation with the Committee on theExercise of the Inalienable Rights of the PalestinianPeople and contribution to the Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the social andeconomic impact of the Israeli occupation . . . . . .

7 . 1 . 7 Protection of human rights in Chile. . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Draft Charter of National Commissions for Unesco . . . . . . . . 48

Study of the criteria governing the granting of subventionsto international non-governmental organizations and Reportof the Executive Board’s Committee on International Non-governmental Organizations thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 4 Classification of international non-governmental organizationsand Report of the Executive Board’s Committee on Interna-t i o n a l N o n - g o v e r n m e n t a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s t h e r e o n . . . . . . . . .

7 . 5 Draft Agreement between Unesco and the Supreme Councilfor Sport in Africa (SCSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 6 Co-operation with the Organization of American States (OAS) :Report of the sixth session of the Joint Unesco/OAS Committee(Washington, l-3 June 1977) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 7 Draft Agreement between Unesco and the Regional Council forAdult Education and Literacy in Africa (CREAA) . . . . . . . . .

7 . 8 Relations with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference . . . . .

7 . 9 Relations with the Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zonesand Dry Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 8 Administrative and financial questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 . 1 Amendment to the Financial Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.2 Proposed transfers within the budget for 1977-1978 . . . . . . . .

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8 . 3 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions, and reports onestablishment and closure of trust funds, reserves and specialaccounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

8 . 4 Geographical distribution of staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

8 . 5 Staff in the General Service category: Administrativeprovisions governing staff in the technical group . . . . . . . . . 54

8.6 Annual Report of the International Civil Service Commission(1977). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 . 7 Consultation with the Executive Board on the changes that haveoccurred in the scale of assessments of the United Nationsfor the year 1978 and the possible incidence thereof on thescale of Unesco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Announcement concerning the private meetings held on5 and 7 June 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 . 8 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedureof the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 . 1 Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommenda-tions : Examination of communications addressed toUnesco on specific cases involving human rights in theOrganization’s fields of competence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ITEM 1 A D O P T I O N OF THE AGENDA (104 EX/1 Rev. )

At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda set out in docu-ment 104 EX/1 Rev., with the exception of item 9.2, “Situation relating to humanrights in Chile, in Unesco’s fields of competence”, the decision on the inclusion

of this item in the agenda being deferred; at its thirteenth meeting, the Boardwas informed of the recommendations of the Bureau that this question should beincluded under a new item, 7.1.7, entitled “Protection of human rights in Chile”;at its twenty-second meeting, the Board decided, first, to include this item inthe agenda and also item 7.8, “Relations with the Organisation of the IslamicConference” and, second, to postpone consideration of item 5.1.4 to its 105thsession.

The Board decided to refer to the Commissions the following items of the agenda:

1. To the Programme and External Relations Commission:

i t e m s 4 . 1 , 4 . 2 , 5 . 2 . 3 , 5 . 3 . 1 , 5 . 4 . 1 , 5 . 5 . 1 , 5 . 5 . 2 , 5 . 5 . 3 , 5 . 5 . 4 , 5 . 6 . 1 ,5.7.1, 5.9. 1, 7. 1.1, 7. 1 . 2 , 7 . 1 . 3 , 7 . 1 . 4 , 7 . 1.5, 7. 1.6, 7.2 and 7 . 6 .

(At its twenty-second meeting, the Board decided to consider items 5.5.4and 7.1.1 directly in plenary meeting.)

2. To the Finance and Administrative Commission:

items 4 . 2 , 5. 8. 1, 8. 1, 8. 2, 8. 3, 8 . 4 , 8. 5, 8. 6 and 8. 7.

(104 EX/SR. 1, 13, 22)

1 . 1 Replacement of members during their term of office (104 EX/NOM/1 and 2)

1. The Executive Board accepted the resignation of Mr. Michel Van Ussel(Belgium) and, in accordance with Article V. 4 (a) of the Constitution,appointed Mr. Paul Denis to replace him for the remainder of his term of- -office.

2. The Executive Board accepted the resignation of Mrs. Estefania Aldaba-Lim(Philippines ) and, in accordance with Article V. 4 (a) of the Constitution,appointed Mr. Emilio Aguilar Cruz to replace her for the remainder of herterm of office.

(104 EX/SR. 1)

1 . 2 Election of a Vice-Chairman

In view of the resignation of Mrs. Estefania Aldaba-Lim and in accordance withRule 13 of its Rules of Procedure, the Executive Board appointed Mr. TrailokyaNath Upraity (Nepal) to replace her for the remainder of the term.

(104 EX/SR. 2)

1 . 3 Organization of the session

The Executive Board approved the proposals of the Bureau set out in docu-ment 104 EX/27.

(104 EX/SR. 2, 6)

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 103rd SESSION(103 EX/SR. 1-27)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its 103rd session.

(104 EX/SR. 35)



ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

3 . 1 Travel of members of the Executive Board: examination of the question by the

Executive Board (103 EX/6)

3 . 4 . 2 . 4 Report on first class travel in the United Nations system (JIU/REP/77/3)(104 EX/8)

The Executive Board,

1. Having examined documents 103 EX/6 and 104 EX/8,

2. Takes note of the Report of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU/REP/77/3);

3. Decides to inform the General Conference at its twentieth session, in theframework of the report on its activities, about the result of its examina-tion of the question of travel of members of the Executive Board.

(104 EX/SR. 10)

3 . 2 Harmonization of the medium-term planning cycles and the budget cycles ofthe organizations of the United Nations system (104 EX/2) and Report of theSpecial Committee (104 EX/5)


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Considering that, by resolution 36.1, the General Conference at its nine-teenth session invited the Director-General, in consultation with the organi-zations of the United Nations system, “to make further study of a solutionentailing the adoption by Unesco from 1984 onwards, of biennial programmesand budgets beginning in an even year, and the choice of the 1984-1989 periodas the common medium-term planning cycle for the major organizations ofthe United Nations system”,

Having examined the results of the study made by the Director-General indocument 104 EX/2 and the report of the Special Committee thereon(104 EX/5),

Confirms that the medium-term planning cycles and the biennial budgetcycles should be harmonized as from 1984 to facilitate the co-ordination ofprogrammes and plans among the organizations of the United Nations systemand consequently:

Recommends that the General Conference invite the Director-General to pre-pare a Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989, a first Programme and Budgetfor 1984-1985 within that Plan and, as an exceptional measure, a three-yearProgramme and Budget for 1981-1983 to allow for the transition from thepresent cycle to the new one starting in 1984;

Further recommends that the General Conference introduce the followingtransitional provision in Article IV of the Constitution:

“ F . Transitional provision

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 9 (a) of this Article, theGeneral Conference shall hold its twenty-second session in the thirdyear following its twenty-first session.”

Further recommends that the General Conference introduce the followingtransitional provision in Article VI of the Constitution:

“A. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, theDirector-General nominated by the Executive Board and elected by theGeneral Conference in 1980 shall take office for a term of seven years.”



7. Suggests that the General Conference, when instructing the Director-General to prepare the proposals for adjustments to the Medium-Term Planfor 1977-1982 (21 C/4), make the necessary provisions to extend the Planto the end of 1983 in order to bridge the gap with the following Medium-TermPlan for 1984-1989;

8. Invites the Director-General to study further ways in which the Medium-Term Plan could be prepared and approved at a time permitting its contentto be fully reflected in the Programme and Budget which would cover thefirst beinnium of the Plan.

(104 EX/SR.28)

3.3 Study of the procedures which should be followed in the examination of casesand questions which might be submitted to Unesco concerning the exercise ofhuman rights in the spheres of its competence, in order to make its actionmore effective: Report of the Working Party of the Executive Board (104 EX/3)


1 Mindful that the competence and role of Unesco in the field of human rightsderive primarily from Article I.1 of the Constitution of Unesco, which states:“The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security bypromoting collaboration among the nations through education, science andculture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of lawand for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed forthe peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or re-ligion, by the Charter of the United Nations”, and from the Charter of theUnited Nations,

2. Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the internationalcovenants on human rights and the various conventions and recommendationsadopted by Unesco,

3. Recalling 19 C/Resolution 6.113 concerning Unesco’s responsibilities inthe field of human rights,

4 . Recalling also 19 C/Resolution 12.1: “Unesco’s contribution to peace andits tasks with respect to the promotion of human rights and the eliminationof colonialism and racialism - long-term programme of measures wherebyUnesco can contribute to the strengthening of peace”; and in particularparagraph 10 of the resolution, which invites the Executive Board and theDirector-General:

“(a) to examine with particular attention the general situation with regardto respect for human rights throughout the world in Unesco’s fields ofcompetence,

(b) to study the procedures which should be followed in the examination ofcases and questions which might be submitted to Unesco concerningthe exercise of human rights in the spheres to which its competenceextends, in order to make its action more effective,

(c) to continue to establish, with a view to the implementation of subpara-graphs (a) and (b), close co-operation and co-ordination with the rele-vant United Nations organs so as to take advantage of their work andthe lessons that can be learned from them in this field”,

5. Having considered the report of a working group of the Board set up byvirtue of 102 EX/Decision 5.6.2 to carry out an in-depth study of document102 EX/19, the analytical summary of discussions that took place at the102nd session of the Board, and additional written comments provided bymembers of the Board,

6. Mindful of Article I.3 of the Constitution of Unesco, which states: “With aview to preserving the independence, integrity and fruitful diversity of thecultures and educational systems of the States members of the Organization,



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8. Recognizing the important role of the Director-General, in:

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the Organization is prohibited from intervening in matters which are essen-tially within their domestic jurisdiction”,

Considering that, in matters concerning human rights within its fields ofcompetence, Unesco, basing its efforts on moral considerations and itsspecific competence, should act in a spirit of international co-operation,conciliation and mutual understanding; and recalling that Unesco shouldnot play the role of an international judicial body,

(a) seeking, continually to strengthen the action of Unesco in the promotionof human rights, both through the settlement of cases and the elimina-tion of massive, systematic or flagrant violations of human rights andfundamental freedoms, and

(b) initiating consultations, in conditions of mutual respect, confidenceand confidentiality, to help reach solutions to particular problemsconcerning human rights,

Invites the Director-General to pursue this role;

Considering that, in the exercise of its competence in the field of humanrights, Unesco is called upon to examine:

(a) cases concerning violations of human rights which are individual andspecific,

(b) questions of massive, systematic or flagrant violations of human rightswhich result either from a policy contrary to human rights applied dejure or de facto by a State or from an accumulation of individual casesforming a consistent pattern,

Considering the terms of reference of the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations in Education,

Taking into account the tasks already entrusted to the Committee concern-ing human rights matters within the Organization’s fields of competence,

Decides that the Committee will henceforth be designated “the Committeeon Conventions and Recommendations”;

Decides that the Committee will continue to carry out its functions withrespect to conventions and recommendations and will consider communi-cations received by the Organization concerning cases and questions ofviolations of human rights within Unesco’s fields of competence in accord-ance with the following conditions and procedures:

Conditions

(a) Communications shall be deemed admissible if they meet the followingconditions:

(i) the communication must not be anonymous;

(ii) the communication must originate from a person or a group ofpersons who, it can be reasonably presumed, are victims ofan alleged violation of any of the human rights referred to inparagraph (iii) below. It may also originate from any person,group of persons or non-governmental organization having re-liable knowledge of those violations;

(iii) the communication must concern violations of human rightsfalling within Unesco’s competence in the fields of education,science, culture and information and must not be motivatedexclusively by other considerations;



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Procedures

the communication must be compatible with the principles ofthe Organization, the Charter of the United Nations, the Uni-versal Declaration of Human Rights, the international covenantson human rights and other international instruments in the fieldof human rights;

the communication must not be manifestly ill-founded and mustappear to contain relevant evidence;

the communication must be neither offensive nor an abuse ofthe right to submit communications. However, such a communi-cation may be considered if it meets all other criteria or ad-missibility, after the exclusion of the offensive orabusive parts;

the communication must not be based exclusively on informationdisseminated through the mass media;

the communication must be submitted within a reasonable time-limit following the facts which constitute its subject-matter orwithin a reasonable time-limit after the facts have becomeknown;

the communication must indicate whether an attempt has beenmade to exhaust available domestic remedies with regard tothe facts which constitute the subject-matter of the communi-cation and the result of such an attempt, if any;

communications relating to matters already settled by the Statesconcerned in accordance with the human rights principles setforth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and theinternational covenants on human rights shall not be considered;

(b) The Director-General shall:

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acknowledge receipt of communications and inform the authorsthereof of the above-mentioned conditions governing admissibility;

ascertain that the author of the communication has no objectionto his communication, after having been communicated to thegovernment concerned, being brought to the notice of the Com-mittee, and to his name being divulged;

upon receipt of an affirmative answer from the author of thecommunication, transmit the communication to the governmentconcerned, informing it that the communication will be broughtto the notice of the Committee, together with any reply thegovernment may wish to make;

transmit the communication to the Committee, together withthe reply, if any, of the government concerned and additionalrelevant information from the author, taking into account theneed to proceed without undue delay;

(c) the Committee shall examine in private session the communicationstransmitted to it by the Director-General;

(d) the Committee shall decide on the admissibility of communications inaccordance with the above-mentioned conditions;

(e) representatives of the governments concerned may attend meetings ofthe Committee in order to provide additional information or to answerquestions from members of the Committee on either admissibility orthe merits of the communication;

(f) the Committee may avail itself of the relevant information at the dis-posal of the Director-General;



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(g) in consideration of a communication, the Committee may, in exceptionalcircumstances, request the Executive Board to authorize it under Rule 29of the Rules of Procedure to take appropriate action:

(h) the Committee may keep a communication submitted to it on its agendawhile seeking additional information it may consider necessary for thedisposition of the matter;

(i) the Director-General shall notify the author of the communication andthe government concerned of the Committee’s decision on the admissi-bility of the communication;

(j) the Committee shall dismiss any communication which, having beenfound admissible, does not, upon examination of the merits, appear towarrant further action. The author of the communication and the gov-ernment concerned shall be notified accordingly;

(k) communications which warrant further consideration shall be actedupon by the Committee with a view to helping to bring about a friendlysolution designed to advance the promotion of the human rights fallingwithin Unesco’s fields of competence;

15. Decides further that the Committee shall submit confidential reports to theExecutive Board at each session on the carrying out of its mandate underthe present decision. These reports shall contain appropriate informationarising from its examination of the communications which the Committeeconsiders it useful to bring to the notice of the Executive Board. The re-ports shall also contain recommendations which the Committee may wishto make either generally or regarding the disposition of a communicationunder consideration;

16. Decides to consider confidential reports of the Committee in private sessionand to take further action as necessary in accordance with Rule 28 of theRules of Procedure;

17. Decides also that communications transmitted to it by the Committee whichtestify to the existence of a question shall be dealt with in accordance withparagraph 18 below:

18. Considers that questions of massive, systematic or flagrant violations ofhuman rights and fundamental freedoms - including, for example, thoseperpetrated as a result of policies of aggression, interference in theinternal affairs of States, occupation of foreign territory and implementa-tion of a policy of colonialism, genocide, apartheid, racialism, or nationaland social oppression - falling within Unesco’s fields of competence shouldbe considered by the Executive Board and the General Conference in publicmeetings;

19. Decides to consider at its 105th session the report to be made by the Execu-tive Board and the Director-General to the General Conference, at its twen-tieth session, on the implementation of Part II of 19 C/Resolution 12.1.

( 1 0 4 E X / S R . 6 , 7 )

3.4.1 Study by the Executive Board of the new Statute of the Joint Inspection Unit andmeasures to ensure that Unesco will benefit from its operation (104 EX/4) andReport of the Special Committee thereon (104 EX/ 5)


1. Recalling that, at its thirty-first session, the General Assembly of theUnited Nations approved a Statute for the Joint Inspection Unit (GeneralAssembly resolution A/31/192 of 22 December 1976) and invited theorganizations within the United Nations system to notify the Secretary-General of their acceptance of this Statute, which would come into effecton 3 January 1978,



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Considering that the General Conference, at its nineteenth session, auth-orized the continued co-operation of Unesco with the Joint Inspection Unitand invited the Executive Board to study the new Statute of the Joint Inspec-tion Unit and to take appropriate measures to ensure that Unesco will bene-fit from the operations of the Unit (19 C/Resolution 41.1),

Having studied the new Statute of the Joint Inspection Unit at its 102nd and104th sessions (102 EX/4 and 104 EX/4) and the reports of the Special Com-mittee thereon (102 EX/3 and 104 EX/5),

Having concluded that acceptance of the Statute requires formal action bythe General Conference at its twentieth session (102 EX/Decision 3.2.1,paragraph 3),

Having indicated that Unesco intends to have uninterrupted relations withthe Joint Inspection Unit during the interim period between the coming intoeffect of the new Statute on 1 January 1978 and the formal action taken bythe General Conference (102 EX/Decision 3.2.1, paragraph 5),

Noting that, as specified in paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Statute of theJoint Inspection Unit, the Unit “shall perform its functions in respect ofand shall be responsible ... to the competent legislative organs of thoseSpecialized Agencies . . . within the United Nations system which accept thepresent Statute. The Unit shall be a subsidiary organ of the legislativebodies of the organizations”,

Having found that, with respect to the second sentence of paragraph 2 ofArticle 1 of the Statute (as quoted above), neither the Constitution of Unesconor the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference contain provisionsunder which the Joint Inspection Unit could be regarded and designated asa subsidiary organ of the legislative body of Unesco, that is to say, theGeneral Conference,

Considering that the provisions of the Statute referred to in paragraph 6above in no way affect the functions of the Joint Inspection Unit or its re-lations with Unesco, which would be governed by the substantive provisionsof the Statute,

Convinced that the Joint Inspection Unit, as an independent body entrustedwith the broadest functions of inspection and evaluation, will continue torender essential services to the organizations in the United Nations systemand in particular to Unesco,

10. Recommends to the General Conference:

(a) that it accept the Statute of the Joint Inspection Unit, qualifying itsacceptance by an interpretative declaration to the effect that, for con-stitutional reasons, the Joint Inspection Unit is not considered a sub-sidiary body of the General Conference, as required in Article 1 (2) ofthe Statute;

(b) that it authorize the Director-General to notify the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations of the acceptance of the Statute by the GeneralConference, as specified in paragraph 3 of Article 1 of the Statute, itbeing understood that the notice of acceptance shall contain the aboveinterpretative declaration.

(104 EX/SR.32)



3.4.2 Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit

3.4.2.1 Ninth report on the activities of the Joint Inspection Unit (July 1976-June 1977)(104 EX/6) and Report of the Special Committee thereon (104 EX/5)


1. Having reviewed the ninth report on the activities of the Joint InspectionUnit contained in document 104 EX/6, and the report of the Special Com-

mittee thereon (104 EX/5),

2. Expresses its appreciation of the work performed by the Joint InspectionUnit;

3. Notes the contents of the report;

4 Invites the Director-General to report, at the 105th sessionof the ExecutiveBoard, on follow-up action he has taken on recommendations made in theJIU reports concerning Unesco and referred to in the ninth report on theactivities of the Joint Inspection Unit.

(104 EX/SR.32)

3.4.2.3 Africa and Western Asia: Report on the technical co-operation provided by

operation movements (JIU/REP/77/2) (104 E X / 7 ) and Report of the SpecialCommittee thereon (104 EX/5)


1. Having examined document 104 EX/7 and the report of its Special Committeethereon (104 EX/5),

2. Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) “Africa andWestern Asia: Report on the technical co-operation provided by the UnitedNations system to regional and subregional integration and co-operationmovements” and of the Director-General’s observations thereon;

3. - Invites the Director-General to communicate to JIU and to the Administra-tive Committee on Co-ordination (ACC) the Special Committee’s report(104 EX/ 5) on this item so that the views contained therein may be takeninto consideration by ACC in preparing its comments on the Inspector’sreport, which it will submit to the Economic and Social Council;

4. Invites the Director-General to communicate ACC’s comments and anyfurther observations he may wish to make to the Executive Board at asubsequent session.

(104 EX/SR.32)

3.4.2.5 Report on the implications of additional languages in the United Nations system(JIU/REP/77/5) (104 EX/9) and Report of the Special Committee thereon(104 EX/5)


1. Having examined document 104 EX/9 and the report of its Special Com-mittee thereon (104 EX/5),

2. Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on “The implicationsof additional languages in the United Nations system” and of the Director-General’s observations thereon;

3. . Recalls that the use of languages at conferences and meetings organized byUnesco and for documents submitted to such conferences and meetings isgoverned by resolutions of the General Conference;



4. Notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the Director-General to limitboth the volume of documentation and the costs of interpretation and trans-lation, whilst at the same time bearing in mind Unesco’s responsibilities;

5. Invites the Director-General to pursue his efforts further in this direction;

6. Invites the Director-General to implement a flexible policy for selectivityin regard to both translations of documents for, and interpretation at, con-ferences and meetings.

(104 EX/SR.32)

3.4.2.6 Report on some aspects of backstopping of technical co-operation activities inthe United Nations system (JIU/REP/77/6) (104 EX/10) and Report of theSpecial Committee thereon (104 EX/5)


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Having examined document 104 EX/10 and the report of the Special Com-mittee thereon (104 EX/5),

Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on “Some aspects ofbackstopping of technical co-operation activities in the United Nations sys-tem” and of the Director-General’s observations thereon;

Also takes note of various illustrations given in the Special Committee ofgaps which can occur between the intentions of project plans and adminis-trative procedures, on the one hand, and actual experience and accomplish-ments, on the other;

Notes with approval various actions already taken and contemplated in thefuture by the Director-General to improve Unesco’s delivery capacity andadministrative and intellectual backstopping of operational activities;

Notes that the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination (ACC), meetingin April 1978, adopted joint comments of the United Nations agencies andUNDP on the JIU report;

Also notes that JIU has very recently issued a report on the role of expertsin development co-operation (JIU/REP/78/3), as one of several studiesdealing with various aspects of technical co-operation, and looks forwardto considering this report at its 105th session;

Invites the Director-General to communicate to the Joint Inspection Unitthe report of the Special Committee on document 104 EX/10, and Part I ofthat document, containing the Director-General’s observations, as well asthis decision;

Invites the Director-General to communicate the ACC comments on the JIUreport, and any further observations he may wish to make, to the Board ata subsequent session;

Further invites the Director-General to provide a report to the ExecutiveBoard at a subsequent session on the measures which have been taken toimprove Unesco’s means of executing its operational activities, and of theimpact that these measures are having on the effectiveness of the variouscomponents of technical co-operation, such as experts, consultants,fellowships and equipment.

(104 EX/SR.32)


ITEM 4

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DRAFT MEDIUM-TERM PLAN FOR 1977-1982 (20 C/4) AND DRAFTPROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1979-1980 (20 C/5)

Examination of proposed adjustments to the Medium-Term Plan (20 C/4) andrecommendations of the Executive Board thereon


1. Having examined the Draft Adjustments to the Medium-Term Plan (1977-1982) (20 C/4) drawn up by the Director-General,

2. Recommends to the General Conference that it examine the Draft Adjustmentsto the Medium-Term Plan in the light of the following recommendations:

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in pursuance of resolution 35.1 (paragraph 4) adopted by the GeneralConference at its nineteenth session, the Executive Board, at its 104thsession (24 April-9 June 1978), examined the Draft Adjustments to theMedium-Term Plan (1977-1982) (20 C/4). This was studied in conjunc-tion with the Draft Programme and Budget for 1979-1980 (20 C/5) atnine plenary sessions devoted to general discussion on these twodocuments;

the recommendations and observations set out below should be read inconjunction with the various comments contained in the summary rec-ords of the plenary meetings of the Board and in the relevant sectionsof the reports of the Finance and Administrative Commission and ofthe Programme and External Relations Commission, which are annexedto document 20 C/6;

the Draft Adjustments to the Medium-Term Plan (1977-1982) (20 C/4)contain the improvements and additions to that Plan (19 C/4) which theBoard considered desirable when it drew up guidelines for the Director-General concerning preparation of the adjustments (103 EX/Decision4.1).It should be recalled that the Board’s guidelines were themselves basedfor the most part on the comments formulated by the Generalconferenceat its nineteenth session in 19 C/Resolution 100 and the guidance noteson the Medium-Term Plan;

document 20 C/4 presents in a new way objectives which alreadyappeared in the Medium-Term Plan (19 C/4):

Objective 6.A - Extension of Unesco’s contribution to integrated ruraldevelopment (former Objective 6.2)

Objective 6.B - Improvement of the status of women and promotion ofparticipation by women in economic. social and culturaldevelopment (former Objectives 1.3 and 6.3)

Objective 6.C - Development of the role of youth in educational, socialand cultural activity (former Objective 6.4)

Stress is thus more clearly laid on the particular outlook for, andspecific contributions by, groups such as rural populations, womenand young people, forming in the aggregate the bulk of the world’spopulation;

the note on Special Education, which will be included as an annex toChapter V (Educational action) of the Medium-Term Plan, highlightsthe importance of this type of education. Action should be taken assoon as possible along the lines set out in this note;

technical and vocational education in its original form in the Medium-Term Plan constituted only one part of Objective 4.3 (Development ofscientific and technological research and training and promotion ofinternational and regional co-operation in the field of science and tech-nology with a view to increasing the endogenous capabilities for scien-tific and technological creation making it possible, in particular, to



work out appropriate technologies or to adapt existing technologies).In document 20 C/4 it is treated as a new objective under Chapter Vof the Plan (Educational action), where it is expanded, thus enablingthe role of this type of education in the education system as a whole tobe defined, and some major aspects of the relationship between educa-tion and the world of work to be analysed.

(104 EX/SR.13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 35)

4.2 Examination of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1979-1980 (20 C/5) andrecommendations of the Executive Board thereon

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1. Having examined the Draft Programme and Budget proposed by the Director-General for 1979-1980 (20 C/5), particularly his Introduction containedtherein, and heard his oral expose before the Executive Board,

2. Submits the Director-General’s proposed Draft Programme and Budget for1979-1980 (20 C/5) to the General Conference for its favourable considera-tion, with the observations made on this subject in the plenary meetings ofthe Board and in its commissions (Finance and Administrative Commissionand Programme and External Relations Commission), it being understoodthat the Board’s final observations, as well as its final recommendationson the proposed budget will be submitted at the beginning of its 105th session.

(104 EX/SR.13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 35)

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Wishing to ensure the necessary protection for the objects of great archae-ological value which were discovered in the course of the InternationalCampaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia,

Having been informed of the intention of the Government of the Arab Republicof Egypt to build a museum at Aswan in which these treasures would beassembled,

Aware also that the Cairo Museum is no longer able satisfactorily to exhibitthe outstanding treasures of the Pharaonic period which it houses and thatthe Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt proposes to build a newNational Museum,

Noting that the Egyptian Government wishes the international community tobe associated in these two projects, and stressing the exceptional import-ance for all mankind of the historical and cultural heritage which they aredesigned to preserve and enhance,

Being of the opinion that the Executive Committee formed for the Inter-national Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia could, if its terms ofreference were extended and renewed, play an important part in this newphase of international action,

Requests the Director-General to continue to co-operate with the Govern-ment of the Arab Republic of Egypt and to submit to the General Conferenceproposals for the extension of this co-operation, in the most appropriateway, to the projects referred to above.

(104 EX/SR.35)




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Considering that the Islamic civilization represents a system of values andinstitutions on which the life of many human communities is based and organ-ized, particularly in the social, cultural and economic fields,

Islamic civilization finds its highest expression inTaking the view that Islamic culture, which, through its universal character in respect of bothits rich classical heritage and its continuing present-day commitment,provides an outstanding setting for the faithful and free expression of theidentities and ways of life adopted by peoples of different origins, totallingmore than seven hundred million human beings united irrespective of dif-ferences of race, colour or ethnic group,

Considering that this civilization and this culture call for better appre-ciation at the international level,

Noting that several Member States are at present preparing draft pro-grammes for the Hegira years 1400-1401 in order to mark the entering ofIslamic civilization and culture on the fifteenth century of their history,

Calls on all Member States to promote studies, publications, events andother activities designed to spread knowledge of Islamic culture and of itshumanistic values, which have contributed throughout history both to theenrichment of human civilization and to the evolution and progress of theworld today, and thus to develop in the context of Unesco’s programme ofintercultural activities those relations of mutual enrichment that Islamicculture maintains with the other cultures of the world;

Requests the Director-General to adopt the appropriate measures for thispurpose in the context of document 20 C/5 with a view to strengthening andenriching those parts of the Organization’s programme for 1979-1980 whichare concerned with these activities.

(104 EX/SR.35)

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Recalling resolution 4.142 adopted by the General Conference in Nairobirequesting the Director-General to pay very special attention to bodies ofthe non-aligned countries specializing in the field of information andcommunication,

Taking into account the orientations adopted by these specialized bodies inthe ever-constant hope that Unesco will make an even greater contributionto the establishment of a new world information order founded on morebalanced relations among all countries,

Aware of the advantages attaching to communication systems as vehicles ofcivilization,

Convinced that the establishment of communication systems in rural areaswill be able to contribute to breaking down the socio-cultural isolation inwhich rural populations live in most of the Third World countries,

Invites the Director-General, to this end, to continue to take appropriatemeasures to strengthen relations and co-operation with all the bodiesspecializing in the field of information and communication, with a view topromoting a new world information order, more just and more balanced,which would receive wide support from the international community;



6. Recommends that the General Conference include in the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1979-1980 (20 C/5) such studies and activities as wouldfoster the establishment of communication networks with a view to combat-ing underdevelopment in the most deprived regions.

(104 EX/SR.35)

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1. Considering that Unesco desires to continue to encourage and promote thetraining of the personnel required for cultural development,

2. Considering Recommendation No. 34 of the Intergovernmental Conference onCultural Policies in Africa (AFRICACULT) which recognizes the need forspecialized personnel in the different sectors responsible for the creation,preservation, dissemination, administration and promotion of culture,

3. Considering resolution 3.321, adopted by the General Conference of Unescoat its eighteenth session, which authorizes the Director-General to establish“an African regional pilot project for the education of makers of films andtelevision programmes”,

4 . Recalling that the African Institute for Cinema Education in Ouagadougou(Upper Volta) was established within the framework of this resolution,

5. Invites the Director-General to continue his co-operation with this regionalInstitute for the training of cultural development staff,

6. Recommends that the General Conference include the African Institute forCinema Education in Ouagadougou (Upper Volta) among the pilot trainingcentres supported by Unesco under paragraph 4193 of the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1979-1980.

(104 EX/SR.35)

4 .3 Preliminary report. of the Director-General on studies carried out concerningevaluation of programme activities (103 EX/ 10)

3.4.2.2 Report on evaluation in the United Nations system (JIU/REP/77/1) (103 EX/9)


1. Having examined the preliminary report of the Director-General on studiescarried out concerning evaluation of programme activities (103 EX/lO),

2. Having also examined the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on evaluationin the United Nations system, together with the preliminary observationsof the Director-General (103 EX/9),

3. Taking into account the observations made during the discussions in plenary,

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4. Approves the conceptual framework presented in Part I of document103 EX/10 and recommends that, when undertaking evaluation, the Secre-tariat should be guided by the following principles:

(a) evaluation should be integrated with the planning, programming andbudgeting process, and should be introduced gradually and systematicallyto meet the requirements of an effective evaluation function, on the onehand, and to allow for advances in methods and to avoid incurringexcessive costs, on the other hand;

(b) evaluation should be undertaken, bearing in mind:



(i) the specific nature of the Organization’s activities;

(ii) the need to take due account of their qualitative aspects;

(iii) the need for greater harmonization of methods and terminologywithin the United Nations system; and

(iv) experience acquired within the system:

(c) evaluation should constitute an instrument designed to:

(i) clarify and adapt the definition of objectives, themes, expectedresults and programme actions, so as to improve their effective-ness and relevance;

(ii) improve the implementation of programmes and activities; and

(iii) correct errors and deficiencies, as and when they emerge, inthe conception or implementation of activities;

(d) evaluation work should bear when possible on:

(i) the effectiveness of activities;

(ii) their impact;

(iii) their relevance; and

(iv) the efficiency of means and processes utilized;

(e) evaluation should also take account, from an interdisciplinary or hori-zontal point of view, of:

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the general aspects of Unesco’s activities;

the ultimate aims of its Constitution; and

(iii) the role of the Organization in the world today;

(f) evaluation at the level of objectives, themes and programme actionsshould be carried out, taking into account the systems analysis approachdescribed in document 103 EX/10, and special attention should be paidto consolidation based on the pattern of relationships between the differ-ent rank-ordered levels of expected results;

(g) as a general rule, evaluation should be decentralized and based on self-evaluation, whose implementation requires every programme specialistto become familiarized with evaluation techniques through appropriatetraining and further training activities;

(h) at the central level, the tasks should consist of:

(i) organizing and systematizing the initial evaluations undertakenin the various programme sectors, while associating thosesectors in the technical aspects of the finalization of the work;and

(ii) undertaking the functions of encouragement, support, trainingand co-ordination, establishing the norms and criteria forevaluation, developing and adapting methods and following upthe way in which the results of evaluation are used;

(i) within the framework of the Secretariat’s work, evaluation, particularlythat related to the impacts and the medium-term objectives, as andwhen needed, should call upon the participation of Member States, theExecutive Board, outside experts and, if necessary, individuals orinstitutions benefiting from the Organization’s activities;



(j) although the basic concepts and the techniques developed for the eval-uation of activities falling within Unesco’s areas of competence areapplicable both to the activities of the Regular Programme and to thosefinanced by extra-budgetary resources, specific approaches for theevaluation of operational activities should be adopted in collaborationwith the Member States and the sources of funds concerned;

5. Invites the Director-General to proceed, in the light of the above-mentionedprinciples, with the implementation of the measures and studies mentionedin paragraphs 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 40 and 41 of document 103 EX/10, includ-ing the ad hoc evaluations which should be undertaken on a selective andexperimental basis and according to a summative approach, and to keep theExecutive Board regularly informed of the progress of work, so as toassociate it as closely as possible with both the establishment and theoperation of the evaluation system;

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6. Takes note with interest of the comprehensive information contained in thereport of the Joint Inspection Unit in document 103 EX/9, which gives anoverall view of the situation with regard to evaluation in the United Nationssystem and indicates a number of useful orientations for the future;

7. Takes special note of the sections of the report on the principles for eval-uation, the conclusions and the recommendations, and of the annexes con-cerning the current use of evaluation by the different agencies in the UnitedNations system;

8. Notes with satisfaction the existence of many points of convergence betweenthe conclusions of this report and the approaches proposed in document103 EX/10 and approves the comments made by the Director-General on therecommendations in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, while invitinghim to continue to co-operate with the Unit on questions of common interest.

(103 EX/SR.11, 12 , 27)

ITEM 5 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

5.1 Reports of the Director-General

5.1.1 Oral report on the activities of the Organization since the 103rd session

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Having heard the oral report of the Director-General on the activities of theOrganization since the 103rd session of the Executive Board,

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1. Congratulates the Director-General on the clear and detailed informationhe presented, which made possible a wide-ranging debate on the salientpoints of recent developments in the activities of the Organization;

2. Stresses the usefulness of this procedure for keeping the Executive Boardinformed;

3. Welcomes the continuing efforts of the Director-General to develop, throughvisits to Member States and contacts at the highest level, links which, onthe one hand, help to associate Member States with the orientation and im-plementation of international co-operation in the fields of competence ofUnesco and, on the other hand, help to make the Organization’s activitiesbetter known and to stimulate public interest in them;



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12.

Recognizes that the delay in the publication of the Draft Programme andBudget for 1979-1980 (20 C/5) is due to the magnitude of the innovationscontained in the document and (without prejudging the comments it maymake in document 20 C/6 on the content and presentation of the C/5 docu-ment), stresses the importance of the changes made in order to reflect theimplications of planning by objectives;

B

C

Notes the progress made in preparing Unesco’s contribution to the UnitedNations Conference on Science and Technology for Development and requeststhe Director-General to intensify his efforts to help to involve the worldscientific community more closely in this important event;

Emphasizes that within the United Nations system Unesco is the organiza-tion which has primary competence in the field of science and technologyand that in that capacity it must play the major role incumbent upon it;

Considers that it would not be advisable to create any additional body inthis field;

D

Deploring the fact that some media have been consciously producing biasedinformation about Unesco’s activities, especially in the field of communi-cation, which reveals a profound misconception of the Organization’s actionand ideas,

Thanks the Director-General for the measures he has taken to correct thesewrong impressions and invites him to pursue his efforts to this end;

Notes the information given by the Director-General concerning the progressof the work of the International Commission for the Study of CommunicationProblems and stresses the importance of this work for the future orienta-tion of the Organization’s programmes in that field;

E

Thanks the Director-General for the information provided on the imple-mentation of resolution 4.129 adopted by the General Conference at its nine-teenth session concerning the City of Jerusalem and notes that, in conform-ity with this resolution, a report on the question will be submitted to theGeneral Conference at its twentieth session;

F

Invites the Director-General to continue to make similar oral reports tothe Executive Board at subsequent sessions of the Board.

(104 EX/SR.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33)

II


1. Considering that the review “Diogenes” published by the InternationalCouncil for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS) has, for 25 years,been making an admirable contribution to Unesco’s work in the field ofphilosophy and humanistic studies,

2. Recognizing the importance of its cultural promotion work as a forumthrown open to contemporary thinking,

3. Compliments its directors and contributors on the publication of its hundredthissue;



5.1.2

5.1.3

4. Thanks the Director-General for the assistance given by Unesco to the pub-lication of “Diogenes”; and

5. Extends to ICPHS its warmest congratulations.

(104 EX/SR.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33)

Decisions taken and studies carried out by the Executive Board in 1977concerning the Report of the Director-General on the Activities of theOrganization in 1975-1976 which might be submitted by the Chairman of theExecutive Board to the General Conference at its twentieth session in the formof comments by the Board: Report of the Special Committee thereon (104 EX/5)


1 . Having examined the report of the Special Committee (104 EX/5),

2 Invites the Chairman of the Board to submit to the General Conference, atits twentieth session, 103 EX/Decision 5.1.1 (Parts A and B), in the formof comments by the Board on the Report of the Director-General on theActivities of the Organization in 1975-1976, in application of Article V,paragraph 9, of the Constitution.

(104 EX/SR.32)

Re-examination of the form and content of the Report of the Director-Generalthe Organization, and in particular the measures whichon the Activities of

might be taken in order to harmonize it with the document setting out the majorimpacts, achievements, difficulties and short fa l ls for each continuing.programme activity, together with the methods used by the Executive Board

d Report of the Special Committee thereonto examine it (104 EX/11) an(104 EX/5)


1. Having examined the report of the Special Committee (104 EX/5) and docu-ment 104 EX/11 concerning the form and content of the Report of theDirector-General on the Activities of the Organization,

2. Invites the Director-General:

(a) to submit to it, at its 105th session, a document setting out the majorimpacts, achievements, difficulties and shortfalls for each continuingprogramme activity during the first 18 months of the 1977-1978 bien-nium, following a structure by sector and then by objective;

(b) to ensure, in preparing that document, that it is improved wheneverpossible in the light of the suggestions contained in paragraph 7 of theBoard’s 100 EX/Decision 4.3;

(c) also to submit to it at its 105th session (inaccordance withparagraph 3of the annex to 100 EX/Decision 5.1.1) proposals for the main chapterheadings and other structural features of the Report on the Activitiesof the Organization in 1977-1978;

(d) in preparing those proposals, to bear in mind the followingconsiderations:

(i) the Report on the Activities of the Organization in 1977-1978should have the same structure as that of document 20 C/5,i.e. it should be set out by sector and then by objective;

(ii) the narrative section of the report should constitute an updatingof the information contained in the statement of major impacts,achievements, difficulties and shortfalls for each continuingactivity of the 1977-1978 programme;



(iii) the report should also contain, in addition to the items men-tioned in paragraph 1, subparagraphs (a) and (c), of the annexto 100 EX/Decision 5.1.1 (Introduction by the Director-General,together with tables and charts), texts corresponding to the sub-jects selected by the Executive Board for study in depth by theSpecial Committee, and the results of ad hoc evaluation studies.

(104 EX/SR.32)

5.1.4 Unesco’s contribution to the establishment of a new international economicorder: Report of the Director-General on the implementation of19 C/Resolution 9.1 (10) (104 EX/51)

The Executive Board decided to postpone consideration of this question to its105th session.

(104 EXlSR.22)

5.1.5 Implementation of 18 C/Resolution 13.1 and 19 C, - educational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territoriesof the Director-General on the mission he sent to the Arab territoriesby Israel to collect on-the-spot information on the educational and culturalsituation (104 EX/52 and Add.)

/Resolution 15.1 concerning: R e p o r t

o c c u p i e d


1. Having examined the report submitted by the Director-General, which in-cludes reports by members of the mission on the educational and culturalsituation in the Arab territories occupied by Israel,

2. Highly appreciates the intensive efforts made by the Director-General sincethe eighteenth session of the General Conference, and the results so faraccomplished;

3. Notes that the mission was unable to carry out its task with respect toJerusalem;

4. Approves with thanks the Director-General’s recommendations elaboratedin document 104 EX/52 Add.;

5. Invites the Director-General to take all the necessary measures in orderto secure the full implementation of the letter and spirit of18 C/Resolution 13.1 and 19 C/Resolution 15.1 as well as of the recom-mendations referred to in paragraph 4 above;

6. Invites the Director-General to submit a further comprehensive and ana-lytical report, with any further recommendations he deems necessary andappropriate, to the twentieth session of the General Conference;

7. Decides to include this question, as a separate item, in the provisionalagenda of the twentieth session of the General Conference.

(104 EX/SR.29, 30 , 31)

5.2 Education

5.2.1 Reports of Member States on the application of the Convention andRecommendation against Discrimination in Education: Third Report ofthe Committee on Conventions a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s ( 1 0 4 E X / C R / E D / 1and Annexes, 104 EX/CR/ED/l Corr.1 and 2 Rev. , 104 EX/13)


1. Having examined the Committee’s Third Report on the Implementation ofthe Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Educationand particularly Annex C which contains summaries of the reports sub-mitted by Member States (104 EX/CR/ED/l and Annexes and Corr.),



2. Recognizing the value of the effort made by those Member States whichhave transmitted the said reports,

3. Expresses its appreciation of the work done in the course of preparing thisreport, which it will transmit to the General Conference together with therecords of the discussions to which its examination by the Board gave rise;

4. Associates itself with the Committee’s regrets that only 54 of 143(l) Mem-ber States replied to the questionnaires sent to them, and that a certainnumber of the reports received were not sufficiently detailed or explicit onsome points;

5. Recalls that the submission of periodic reports by Member States concern-ing the implementation of conventions and recommendations adopted by theGeneral Conference is a constitutional obligation, and that the States Partiesto the Convention against Discrimination in Education have further assumedthe obligation, under the terms of Article 7 of this instrument, to submitsuch reports periodically to the General Conference;

6. Recommends that the General Conference, at its twentieth session:

(i) invite Member States which have not yet done so to become Partiesto the Convention;

(ii) strongly urge Member States to implement the Convention and Rec-ommendation and to make regular and complete reports on themeasures taken by them to this end;

(iii) invite Member States which have not submitted a report in the courseof the current consultation to do so as soon as possible, it beingunderstood that the report of the Committee on such reports andthe comments of the Executive Board would be transmitted to theGeneral Conference at its twenty-first session;

7. While ensuring that the Committee has sufficient time for discussion of allitems placed upon its agenda, endorses the conclusions and recommenda-tions contained in Part III of the Committee’s report, and in particular thetimetable proposed in paragraph 326 for the fourth consultation of MemberStates, and the recommendation in that paragraph that the new question-naire to this effect should be concise, simple and relevant, drawn up bythe Committee and approved by the Executive Board;

8. Finds that the next questionnaire to Member States ought to focus also uponinjustices resulting from forms of factual discrimination caused inter aliaby social, economic and geographical circumstances;

9. Recalls that information concerning general aspects of discriminationin education submitted, in accordance with the usual procedure, by inter-national non-governmental organizations having consultative status withUnesco and concerned with education, might provide the Committee withuseful additional material, and recalls also that the Committee has ex-pressed its willingness to receive and study such information;

10. Is of the opinion that a considerable measure of convergence can be observedbetween the ultimate aims of many programme activities of Unesco, andthe general trend in a number of Member States whose efforts and concernsare reflected in the reports received;

11. Recommends again that a closer link be established between the implemen-tation by Member States of the provisions set forth in the above-mentionedConvention and Recommendation and the Organization’s general action inthe field of education, particularly with regard to the conception of educa-tional policy and planning.

(104 EX/SR.32, 33)

(1) The Republic of Cape Verde became the 144th Member State on 15 February 1978 only.



5.2.2 International conference of States for the adoption of the Convention on theRecognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the ArabStates (104 EX/14)


1. Considering resolution 1.181 whereby the General Conference decided, atits nineteenth session, to convene an international conference of States(category I) in 1978 with a view to adopting a convention on the recognitionof studies, diplomas and degrees in higher education in the Arab States,

2. Pursuant to the decisions which it took itself at its 102nd(102 EX/Decision 5.1.1.2) and 103rd (103 EX/Decision 5.2.5) sessions,

3. Decides that the conference will be held at Unesco’s Headquarters from18 to 22 December 1978;

4. Decides also that the Republic of Djibouti will be invited to take part in theConference with the right to vote.

(104 EX/SR.2, 6)

5.2.3 Examination of proposed amendments to the General Rules governing the awardof prizes for meritorious work in literacy and recommendations of the Director-General to the Executive Board thereon (104 EX/15 and 102 EX/24, Part I)

The Executive Board.

1. Having examined document 104 EX/15 submitted by the Director-Generalconcerning proposed amendments to the General Rules governing the awardof prizes for meritorious work in literacy, with a view to giving such prizestheir full power as incentives,

2. Approves the amendments to the General Rules governing prizes for literacywork contained in the annex to this decision:

3. Expresses the wish that National Commissions for Unesco and other nationalbodies concerned may take an active part in the selection of candidates forprizes for literacy work;

4. Encourages Member States to take this opportunity to give special recogni-tion on International Literacy Day to its own nominees for the prizes;

5. Also encourages non-governmental organizations to devote special attentionto the choice of their candidates for the prizes and to associate themselvespublicly in the activities scheduled for International Literacy Day;

6. Invites the Director-General:

(a) to take the necessary steps to ensure that staff at Headquarters, in theRegional Offices and in the Field:

(i) participate in activities of sensitization and support for thenational bodies responsible for the selection of candidates;

(ii) assist the national authorities in encouraging those bodies, ifnecessary; and

(iii) assist the national authorities in the preparation of the candi-dature files and recommendations concerning them;

(b) to make the necessary arrangements with the United Nations Develop-ment Programme so that Resident Representatives may be associatedin all these activities.

(104 EX/SR.34)



ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL RULES GOVERNING THE PRIZES

Present text

1. Purpose

The purpose of these prizes is to reward theservices of institutions, organizations orindividuals displaying outstanding merit andachieving special success in contributing tothe fight against illiteracy. The award ofthese prizes also has the object of securingand maintaining the sympathy and support ofpublic opinion for literacy programmes inprogress.

5. Eligibility

The prizes are open to institutions, organi-zations or individuals displaying outstandingmerit and achieving special success in con-tributing to literacy.

6. Criteria for award of prizes

(a) Institutions, organizations or individ-uals must have carried out literacyactivities:

(Does not appear in the present text)

7. Selection and submission of candidatures

Candidates for the prizes will be proposed tothe Director-General of Unesco by govern-ments of Member States, in consultationwiththeir National Commissions, and by inter-national non-governmental organizationsspecializing in education, which have con-sultative status with Unesco, and each ofwhich may nominate one candidate.

9. The last date for submission of candi-datures to the Director-General shallbe 31 May of each year.

New text

1. Purpose

These prizes form part of a set of measuresdesigned to intensify the fight for literacy inthe context of lifelong education; their pur-pose is to reward the services of institutions,organizations or individuals displaying out-standing merit and achieving particularlyeffective results in contributing to the fightfor literacy. The award of these prizes alsohas the object of securing and maintainingthe sympathy and support of public opinionfor literacy programmes in progress.

5. Eligibility

The prizes are open to institutions, organi-zations or individuals displaying outstandingmerit and achieving particularly effectiveresults in literacy and post-literacy activi-ties and their integration in basic educationprogrammes.

6. Criteria for award of prizes

. . . .

(a) Institutions, organizations or individ-uals must have carried out literacy orpost-literacy activities:

. . . .

(viii) by carrying out non-formal educa-tional activities of a social, cultural,economic or politicalnature, in whichliteracy and related literacy activi-ties (such as radio and televisionprogrammes, publications and thepress , etc.) are integrated.

7. Selection and submission of candidatures

Candidates for the prizes will be proposed tothe Director-General of Unesco by govern-ments of Member States, in consultation withtheir National Commissions, and by inter-national non-governmental organizationsspecializing in education, which have con-sultative, associate or mutual informationstatus with Unesco, and each of which maynominate one candidate.

9. The last date for submission of candi-datures to the Director-General shallbe 30 June of each year.


5.3 Natural Sciences


5.3.1 Unesco’s contribution to the United Nations Conference on Science andTechnology for Development (UNCSTD) to be held in 1979 (104 EX/17and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Recalling resolution 2.01 adopted by the General Conference at its nine-teenth session and in particular paragraph 1 (d) concerning Unesco’s con-tribution to the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology forDevelopment (UNCSTD),

2. Emphasizing Unesco’s special competence in the field of science and tech-nology within the United Nations system and the Organization’s fundamentalcontribution to international co-operation in these fields in the service ofMember States and the scientific communities of all countries,

3. Having noted the activities undertaken within the general framework ofpreparations for the Conference, especially those carried out by the Organ-ization as its contribution to UNCSTD,

4. Considering that the development and strengthening of national scientificand technological potential should be a priority objective of every society,since by this means every society can materially assist the promotion ofits own socio-cultural aims as well as facilitating the elaboration of itsown model of development,

5. Conscious that capability in the basic scientific and technological disciplinesis a prerequisite for vigorous, balanced, continuous and endogenous scien-tific development,

6. Bearing in mind the overriding importance for people in local communitiesof their acquiring the means for developing technologies with which to satisfytheir own basic needs,

7. Recognizing the need to give a prominent place in the agenda of the Confer-ence and in the implementation of its decisions to scientific and technologicaltraining, to post-graduate programmes and to extension services at thelocal community level,

8. Affirming its conviction that the Conference will constitute in all countriesan important stage in the process whereby science and technology contributeto promoting the establishment of a new international economic order, thewelfare of all societies, and peace among nations,

9. Expresses its satisfaction at the results already obtained in the preparationsfor the Conference, thanks in part to the activities undertaken by Unesco inclose co-operation with the General Secretariat of the Conference and withall the competent institutions of the United Nations system;

10. Reiterates its conviction that the strengthening of the Organization’s pro-gramme in science and technology is a prime necessity in order to ensurea greater contribution by Unesco to the efforts of all nations to promotescientific and technological advance and its application to development;

11. Invites the Director-General to develop further Unesco’s activities concern-ing preparations for the Conference, notably:

(i) by ensuring specific contributions based on the general orientationof its Medium-Term Plan, the contribution made by scientific spe-cialists associated with the Organization’s work and the rich experi-ence gained in its past work in the field of science and technology,particularly that deriving from the big intergovernmental programmesand scientific bodies such as Man and the Biosphere (MAB), theInternational Hydrological Programme (IHP), the International Geo-logical Correlation Programme (IGCP), the IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission (IOC), and UNISIST;



(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

by calling on the help of institutions, organizations and scientificcommunities at the regional, national and international level, in-cluding non-governmental organizations;

by drawing on the contributions of international and regional scien-tific centres set up under the auspices of Unesco;

by strengthening the action taken by the Director-General in consul-tation with scientists from all regions of the world, in order to clarify the conditions for the use of science and technology to pro-mote endogenous development and to satisfy the social needs andaspirations of each people;

by ensuring that Unesco co-operates in the identification of thesocial and cultural objectives and in the preparation of the pro-gramme of action of the Conference;

by allocating further resources, as appropriate, to those aspects ofthe scientific and technological programmes of the Organizationwhich can directly further the objectives and the programme ofaction of the Conference;

12. Expresses the keen hope that the Conference will result in concretemeasures:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

contributing to the development of a national scientific and techno-logical infrastructure in every country and especially in the devel-oping countries, thereby strengthening their capability for solvingtheir own problems, for making a judicious selection among thetechnologies available from abroad and for adapting such technol-ogies to their own needs;

promoting the development of socially appropriate technologies;

facilitating access of developing countries on reasonable terms totechnological know-how;

encouraging more vigorous exchange of information and experienceamong scientific specialists, particularly among those belonging tothe same region, by promoting meetings, publications and othermeans of scientific exchange;

making supplementary provisions to facilitate access by scientiststo scientific and technological information and equipment;

ensuring by all appropriate means the establishment and mainten-ance of conditions favourable to research and experimental devel-opment work by scientists and technologists of every country;

furthering awareness throughout the international community ofpractising scientists and technologists of the ethical dimension oftheir work, and of their special responsibilities and opportunitiesfor contributing to the solution of humanity’s most pressing problems;

increasing considerably the financial contributions to the scientificand technological efforts of the United Nations system and to thebuild-up of scientific and technological self-reliance and decision-making capabilities in developing countries.

(104 EX/SR.34)



5.4 Social Sciences and their Applications

5.4.1 Establishment of the Unesco Prize to be awarded for activity aimed atdeveloping the teaching of human rights (104 EX/19 and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Considering that, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights, Unesco should contribute, by encouraging theteaching of human rights, to the development and promotion of the principlesof human rights as they are set out in the Universal Declaration of HumanRights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights,

2. Having examined the document submitted by the Director-General on theestablishment of the Unesco Prize to be awarded for activity aimed atdeveloping the teaching of human rights (104 EX/19),

3. Approves the text of the Regulations of the said Prize, as annexed to thisdecision.

(104 EX/SR.34)

A N N E X

REGULATIONS OF THE UNESCO PRIZEFOR THE TEACHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1. Object

The “Unesco Prize for the Teaching of Human Rights” shall be awarded in recognition ofactivity aimed at developing the teaching of human rights. Conferred for the first time in 1978on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Prizeshall be open to educational institutions, organizations or individuals that have made a particu-larly deserving and effective contribution to the development of human rights teaching, in keep-ing with the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of Unesco and in thelight of the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Interna-tional Covenants on Human Rights and having due regard to the provisions of the Unesco Rec-ommendation on Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Edu-cation relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Prize shall be awarded forthe purpose of encouraging or stimulating new educational initiatives in this field.

2. Periodicity

The Prize shall be awarded annually.

3. Selection of prize-winners

The prize-winners shall be chosen by the Director-General of Unesco on the recommenda-tion of an international jury.

4. Jury

The jury, consisting of five public figures of different nationalities and from different re-gions of the world, shall be appointed by the Director-General of Unesco for a period of twoyears. The jury shall be assisted in its task by a member of the Secretariat designated by theDirector-General.

5. The Prize

The Director-General shall decide on the value of the Prize. The amount of a prize notawarded one year may be conferred the following year on a second prize-winner. A limitednumber of candidates may also receive honourable mentions in accordance with the criteriaset out in paragraph 6.



6. Criteria for award of the Prize

(a) The Prize-winners shall be nationals of, or institutions or organizations having theirheadquarters in, Member States of Unesco. They shall be required to have taken one or moreparticularly noteworthy initiatives for the development of the teaching of human rights, namely:

by undertaking direct teaching activities;

by carrying out programmes of human rights teaching at the international, national, re-gional or local level;

by organizing efforts and/or facilities to contribute to the implementation of suchprogrammes;

by producing teaching materials or other special aids for the development of human rightsteaching programmes;

by undertaking, co-ordinating or encouraging research in such fields or related fields(improvement of teaching methods or assessment procedures, advancement of educationaltheory, etc.), relevant to the specific problems of human rights teaching;

by carrying out special surveys or by launching original ventures which have led to a sig-nificant development in the teaching of human rights;

by giving particular socio-occupational categories the opportunity to benefit from specializedcourses in human rights;

by helping significantly to promote access to such teaching by new sectors of the population,or by introducing them to the practice of such teaching;

by fostering the setting up of establishments or centres specializing in such teaching.

(b) In addition, the following criteria will be taken into consideration:

the duration of the activity must be sufficient to permit its results to be assessed and itseffectiveness to be proved;

it should make a notable contribution to the basic objectives of the United Nations and ofUnesco in the field of human rights;

the work accomplished should serve as an example and be such as to stimulate furthersimilar initiatives;

it should have proved effective in mobilizing new resources, intellectual and physical, forthe teaching of human rights;

it should contribute to the understanding and solution of international or national problemsof human rights;

it should contribute to the improvement of understanding among nations, peoples andindividuals, to the promotion of peace, relaxation of international tensions and inter-national understanding and to action to combat racism, racial discrimination and apartheid.

7. Selection and submission of nominations

Nominations shall be made to the Director-General of Unesco by governments of MemberStates, which shall, if they so wish, consult National Commissions and educational institutions.Each nomination shall be accompanied by a recommendation not more than five standard pagesin length, comprising in particular:

(a) a description of the activity carried out;

(b) an account of the results obtained;

(c) an evaluation in accordance with the criteria set out above.



International non-governmental organizations, and more especially those concerned withhuman rights, which have consultative and mutual information relations with Unesco may, follow-ing a decision by their governing bodies, submit nominations according to the same procedures.

The deadline for submission of nominations to the Director-General shall be 31 May of eachyear, except in 1978, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of HumanRights, when the date shall be 30 September.

8. Awarding of the Prize

The name of the prize-winner and the names of candidates who have obtained an honourablemention shall normally be announced on 10 December each year, on the occasion of Human RightsDay. The Director-General of Unesco or his representative shall present the prize at an officialceremony on that date.

5.5 Culture and Communication

5.5.1 Possible international instrument concerning the status and social positionof the artist (104 EX/20 and 104 EX/24. Part I)


1. Having regard to Articles 2 and 3 of the Rules of Procedure concerningRecommendations to Member States and International Conventions coveredby the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution,

2. Having examined the report and the preliminary study contained in docu-ment 104 EX/20,

3. Decides to place the following question on the provisional agenda of thetwentieth session of the General Conference: “Desirability of adopting aninternational convention, recommendation or declaration on the status ofthe artist” .

(104 EX/SR.34)

5.5.2 Possible international instrument concerning the safeguarding and preservationof moving images (104 EX/21 and 104 EX/24. Part I)


1. Considering Articles 2 and 3 of the Rules of Procedure concerning Rec-ommendations to Member States and International Conventions covered bythe terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution,

2. Having examined the preliminary study contained in document 104 EX/21,

3. Decides to include the following item in the provisional agenda of thetwentieth session of the General Conference: “Desirability of adopting aninternational instrument on the safeguarding and preservation of movingimages”.

(104 EX/SR.34)

5.5.3 Report of the Director-General on the International Campaign to Safeguard theAcropolis of Athens (104 EX/22 and 104 EX/24. Part I)


1. Having considered the report of the Director-General on the InternationalCampaign to Safeguard the Acropolis of Athens (104 EX/22),

2. Thanks the Director-General for the measures he has already taken inaccordance with the principles to be applied to co-operation with MemberStates in this field;



5.5.4

3. Takes note of the fact that the Greek Government has placed at the disposalof the Acropolis Committee the full $15, 000,000 necessary for the repairsto and the preservation of the monuments of the Acropolis, and congratulatesit on this decision;

4. Is of the view that the new direction which the Greek Government proposesto give to the international campaign is in line with resolution 4.125, adoptedby the General Conference at its nineteenth session (Nairobi, October-November 1976);

5. Authorizes the Director-General:

(a) to inform all Member States and all those to whom the appeal wasaddressed, or who have pledged or made a contribution; and

(b) to pursue negotiations with the Greek Government with a view to thecontinuation of the international campaign in the most favourableconditions.

(104 EX/SR.34)

Report of the Director-General on the implementation of 19 C/Resolution 4.143concerning a final Draft Declaration on the Fundamental Principles Governingthe Use of the Mass Media in Strengthening Peace and InternationalUnderstanding and in Combating War Propaganda, Racialism and Apartheid(104 EX/28)


1. Referring to resolution 4.143 adopted by the General Conference at its nine-teenth session, which

“1. Invites the Director-General to hold further broad consultations withexperts with a view to preparing a final Draft Declaration on ‘Funda-mental Principles Governing the Use of the Mass Media in Strengthen-ing Peace and International Understanding and in Combating War Prop-aganda, Racialism and Apartheid’, which could meet with the largestpossible measure of agreement, as well as to proposing any otheraction which may be called for in the light of these consultations;

2. Requests the Director-General to submit such a Draft Declaration toMember States at the end of 1977 or early in 1978, as well as any otherproposal he might formulate;

3. Decides to include this item in the agenda of its twentieth session;“,

2. Taking into account the information with regard to mass communicationcontained in the oral report of the Director-General on the activities of theOrganization since its 103rd session, addressed to the 104th session of the

Executive Board on 24 April 1978,

3. Taking note of the report of the Director-General on the implementation of19 C/Resolution 4.143 (104 EX/28), which reflects the divergent opinionsexpressed and the difficulties raised at this stage of the broad consultations,

4. Taking into consideration the recommendation adopted at the Intergovern-mental Conference on Communication Policies in Latin America and theCaribbean held at San Jose (Costa Rica) and referred to in the above-mentioned report of the Director-General,

5. Affirming the possibility of drafting a final Declaration which, given thegoodwill in the search for a common ground, could meet with the largestpossible measure of agreement, as specified in 19 C/Resolution 4.143,

6. Referring to document 104 EX/32 (Provisional Agenda of the twentiethsession of the General Conference),



5.5.5

5.6 International Standards and Legal Affairs

5.6.1 Protocol instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to beresponsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes which may arisebetween States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education:transmission to the General Conference of the list of persons nominated tofill the seats that are to become vacant in 1978 (104 EX/25 and Add. and104 EX/24, Part I)

7.

8.

9.

10.

Highly appreciates the intensive efforts undertaken by the Director-Generalsince the nineteenth session of the General Conference, in fulfilment of themandate given him in 19 C/Resolution 4.143, by consulting numerous experts,leading specialists from different regions of the world, representatives ofprofessional organizations and other personalities, with a view to elaborat-ing a final draft, which could reflect the largest possible measure of agree-ment, and, thus, constitute a step forward towards the establishment of anew international information order;

Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts with a view to producingand forwarding to Member States before the twentieth session of the GeneralConference a final Draft Declaration as defined in 19 C/Resolution 4.143 and,failing which, to submit to the twentieth session of the General Conference afull report on the matter, with such other proposals as he may deem necessary;

Expresses its satisfaction with the various other activities developed in thefield of information and communication within the framework of the biennialprogramme 1977-1978 and other relevant decisions of the nineteenth sessionof the General Conference;

Invites the Director-General further to increase the activities of the Organ-ization in the field of questions of information and communication.

(104 EX/SR.22, 23, 24, 34, 35)

The Unesco/International Music Council Music Prize (104 EX/23 and104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Having considered document 104 EX/23 concerning the Unesco/InternationalMusic Council Music Prize, intended to honour musicians or musical insti-tutions once every two years,

2. Takes note of the Regulations for the prize as set forth in the Annex to thisdocument.

(104 EX/SR.34)


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4.

Recalling the provisions of Article 3 of the Protocol instituting a Concili-ation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking thesettlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to theConvention against Discrimination in Education,

Having studied the list of persons nominated by the States Parties to theaforementioned Protocol for the purpose of the election of four membersof the Commission, which the Director-General has submitted to it inaccordance with Article 3, paragraph 2, of the said Protocol (104 EX/25and Add.),

Transmits this list to the General Conference;

Invites the Director-General to submit to the Executive Board, at its 105thsession, any new nominations he may receive.

(104 EX/SR.34)



5.7 Statistics

5.7.1 Possible international instrument concerning the international standardizationof statistics of public expenditure on cultural activities (104 EX/29 and304 EX/24, Part I)


1. Having regard to Articles 2 and 3 of the Rules of Procedure concerningRecommendations to Member States and International Conventions coveredby the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution,

2. Having examined the proposal and preliminary study contained in document104 EX/29,

3. Decides to include the following question in the provisional agenda of thetwentieth session of the General Conference: “Desirability of adopting aninternational instrument concerning the international standardization ofstatistics of public expenditure on cultural activities”.

(104 EX/SR. 34)

5.8 Computer and documentation systems

5.8.1 Report of the Director-General on computer and documentation systems(104 EX/30 and 104 EX/42, Part I)


1. Having examined document 104 EX/30,

2. Takes note of the explanations provided on the Organization’s computer anddocumentation systems;

3 Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts with a view to therational and productive development of those activities.

(104 EX/SR.33)

5.9 Aid to developing countries

5.9.1 Supplementary report of the Director-General on means of furnishing increasedaid to developing countries within the Programme and Budget for 1977-1978(104 EX/31 and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Recalling resolution 10.1 adopted by the General Conference at its nineteenthsession, and decisions 7.1.2 and 5.8.1 taken by the Executive Board at its102nd and 103rd sessions respectively,

2. Having considered the report of the Director-General on means of furnish-ing increased aid to developing countries within the Programme and Budgetfor 1977-1978 (104 EX/31),

3. Notes with appreciation the measures already taken by the Director-Generalin order to furnish increased aid to developing countries;

4. Expresses the view that the Programme and Budget for 1979-1980 shouldtake greater account than in the past of the needs of the least developedcountries;

5. Expresses its agreement with the proposal of the Director-General to usean additional sum of one million dollars from savings to furnish increasedaid to developing countries and more particularly the least developed coun-tries, under the Participation Programme for 1977-1978;



6. Invites the Director-General to refer, in his report on the situation of theOrganization for 1977-1978 (21 C/3), to the implementation of19 C/Resolution 10.1.

(104 EX/SR.34)

ITEM 6 GENERALCONFERENCE

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the twentieth session of the GeneralConference (104 EX/32 and Add.)


1. Having regard to Rules 9 and 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the GeneralConference,

2. Having examined document 104 EX/32 and Add.,

3. Decides:

(a)

(b)

that the provisional agenda of the twentieth session of the General Con-ference shall comprise the items proposed in document 104 EX/32 andAdd., with the addition of the following three items in Section IV -Constitutional and Legal Questions:

(i) Draft amendment to Article V, paragraph 3, of the Constitutionand draft amendment to Rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure of theGeneral Conference, submitted by the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland

(ii) Draft amendment to Article V, paragraph 3, of the Constitutionand draft amendment to Rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure of theGeneral Conference, submitted by Togo

(iii) Draft amendment to Article V, paragraph 3, of the Constitutionand draft amendment to Rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure of theGeneral Conference, submitted by Ivory Coast

that any other items submitted by Member States or Associate Membersor by the United Nations, in accordance with Rule 9 of the Rules of Pro-cedure, not later than one hundred days before the opening of the session(i.e. by 16 July 1978) shall be included by the Director-General in theprovisional agenda, which he shall then communicate to Member Statesand Associate Members not later than ninety days before the opening ofthe session.

(104 EX/SR.7)

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of the twentieth session of theGeneral Conference (104 EX/33)

6.4 Report of the Working Group of the Executive Board on the methods of work ofthe General Conference (104 EX/18)


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1. Having considered document 104 EX/33,

2. Approves the suggestions contained in Part I of that document, as they wereamended and completed during the discussion;

3. Decides, furthermore, that paragraph 13.4 should read as follows:

“13.4 Scope of the general policy debate

In the light of the encouraging experience of the nineteenth session, theExecutive Board recommends that heads of delegations, while remaining



free to speak on any subjects they may choose, should nevertheless be in-vited to focus their remarks on important matters relating to the generalpolicy of the Organization and on major world problems with which theMember States and Unesco have to contend, with particular reference to:

the Introduction to the Draft Programme and Budget for 1979-1980(20 C/5) and the general section of document 20 C/4 (Draft Adjustmentsto the Medium-Term Plan), devoted to a study of developments in theworld situation in Unesco’s fields of competence since the finalizationof the Medium-Term Plan (103 EX/Decision 4.1, paragraph 7);

the following items:

14. Unesco’s contribution to the establishment of a new internationaleconomic order

16. Unesco’s contribution to peace and its tasks with respect to thepromotion of human rights and the elimination of colonialism andracialism

18. Role of Unesco in generating a climate of public opinion conduciveto the halting of the arms race and the transition to disarmament

and

the interim Report of the International Commission for the Study ofCommunication Problems (20 C/94)

Unesco’s contribution to the United Nations Conference on Science andTechnology for Development (20 C/ 107)“;

4. Further decides that the text of paragraph 18 should be modified to read:

“18.

18.1

18.2

18.3

18.4

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18.5

Drafting and Negotiation Group

Taking into account the experience of the nineteenth session of theGeneral Conference, the Executive Board recommends that theGeneral Conference set up a Drafting and Negotiation Group ade-quately representative of Member States.

The purpose of the Drafting and Negotiation Group shall be to assistthe General Conference in the consideration of questions calling fornegotiations or broad consultations and to draft appropriate textsthereon in order to submit them to the General Conference in plen-ary meeting.

The Drafting and Negotiation Group shall be convened on the initiativeof the General Committee of the General Conference.

It shall examine the items referred to it by the General Committeeof the General Conference following discussion in one of the organsof the General Conference:

(i) either on the proposal of the Executive Board in the context ofthe document ‘Organization of the work of the twentieth sessionof the General Conference’, whose content shall be submittedto the General Conference in plenary meeting for approval;

(ii) or at the request of the plenary meeting or of a commissionofthe whole.

Composition

The Drafting and Negotiation Group shall consist of 25 membersappointed by the General Conference on the recommendation of itsGeneral Committee, and having regard to the proposals made by thegroups of Member States established for the election of members ofthe Executive Board, on the following basis:



Group I - 5 members

Group II - 3 members

Group III - 4 members

Group IV - 4 members

Group V - 9 members, comprising 4 for the Arab States and 5 forthe African States.

18.6 The President of the General Conference and the Chairman of theExecutive Board may take part ex officio in the discussions of theDrafting and Negotiation Group.

18.7 The States appointed as members of the Drafting and NegotiationGroup shall designate to serve on the Group the head or any othermember of their delegation having the necessary authority and com-petence to ensure the maximum efficiency of the Group’s work andable to follow its proceedings throughout the period of the GeneralConference. The replacement of such a member shall occur, as ageneral rule, only in exceptional circumstances. Each membermay be assisted by a deputy.

18.8 The Chairman of the Drafting and Negotiation Group shall beappointed by the Group itself on the proposal of the NominationsCommittee. He shall sit on the General Committee of the Confer-ence without the right to vote.

(b) Working methods

18.9 The Drafting and Negotiation Group shall first make a general exam-ination of each of the matters submitted to it. It may subsequently,when the need arises, set up subgroups to carry out fuller investi-gations in order to facilitate negotiations or the finalizing of texts.

18.10 The results of the discussions of the Drafting and Negotiation Groupshall be submitted for decision to the General Conference in plenarymeeting, in the form of draft resolutions on which agreement hasbeen reached, or in the form of other appropriate decisions.

18.11 The Drafting and Negotiation Group shall seek a consensus. Thisconsensus shall be reflected either in a draft resolution on the sub-stance of the question, which shall be submitted to the GeneralConference in plenary meeting, or in any other proposal concerningsubstance or procedure which it may decide to submit to the GeneralConference.

18.12 Should it prove impossible to reach a consensus, the Drafting andNegotiation Group shall indicate in the report which it submits tothe General Conference in plenary meeting what the different positionswere and on which part or parts of a text agreement was reached,thereafter submitting two or more alternative versions of the para-graphs on which agreement could not be reached. It may also suggestthe most appropriate method of discussing the controversialparagraphs.

18.13 The Drafting and Negotiation Group must complete its work on allthe questions transmitted to it quickly enough for the General Con-ference, in plenary meeting, to have time to discuss and approvethem.

18.14 The Chairman of the Drafting and Negotiation Group shall reportperiodically on the progress of its work to the General Committeeof the General Conference and in plenary meeting.



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18.15 The working meetings of the Drafting and Negotiation Group shallnot be held in public. However, the Group may call upon delegatesof Member States which are not represented on it but which haveasked to express particular views on a given subject.

18.16 Only the conclusions submitted to the General Conference for itsdecision shall be published.

(c) Items to be referred to the Drafting and Negotiation Group

18.17 The items mentioned in paragraph 13.4 above will be referred tothe Drafting and Negotiation Group after being previously discussedin plenary in the context of the general policy debate.”

5. Invites the Director-General to prepare, on this basis, document 20 C/2containing the recommendations of the Executive Board concerning theorganization of the work of the twentieth session of the General Conference;

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6. Takes note of the Report of the Working Group of the Executive Board onthe methods of work of the General Conference (104 EX/18);

7. Decides to include in the agenda of the twentieth session of the GeneralConference an item entitled: “Methods of work of the General Conference”.

(104 EX/SR.7, 8, 9, 10, 26)

Invitations to the twentieth session of the General Conference (104 EX/34)



2. Takes note of the notifications to be addressed by the Director-General toMember States and Associate Members in accordance with paragraph 1 ofRule 6 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference;

3. Takes note of the invitations to be sent by the Director-General to inter-governmental organizations, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 ofRule 6, including the Federation of Arab Research Councils;

4. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Rule 6, that the following Statesshall be invited to send observers to the twentieth session of the GeneralConference: Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Republic of Djibouti, EquatorialGuinea, Fiji, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Nauru, Democratic Re-public of Sao Tome and Principe, Tonga, Western Samoa;

5. Includes the African liberation movements recognized by OAU in the listprovided for under paragraph 5 of Rule 6 and takes note of the invitationswhich the Director-General will address to them, in accordance with thatparagraph;

6. Includes the Palestine Liberation Organization, recognized by the Leagueof Arab States, in the list provided for under paragraph 6 of Rule 6 andtakes note of the invitation which the Director-General will address to it,in accordance with that paragraph;

7. Takes note of the invitations which the Director-General will send to theinternational non-governmental organizations approved for consultativearrangements, in accordance with paragraph 7 of Rule 7 of the Rules ofProcedure.

(104 EX/SR.lO)



ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES, NATIONAL COMMISSIONS ANDINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

7.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the United Nationssystem of relevance to Unesco (104 EX/35 and Add.2)

7.1.1 Restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system(104 EX/35, paragraphs 1 to 57)


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1. Having considered the report of the Director-General on the restructuringof the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system (104 EX/35,paragraphs 1 to 57),

Having taken note of the progress report by the Administrative Committeeon Co-ordination prepared pursuant to paragraph 7 of General Assemblyresolution 32/197 (forwarded to it for information in document104 EX/INF.6),

Recalling resolution 12.11 adopted by the General Conference at its eight-eenth session, and resolution 9.11 adopted by the General Conference atits nineteenth session,

Recalling its earlier decisions concerningthe restructuring of the economicand social sectors of the United Nations system, in particular decision 7.1,adopted at its 97th session and decision 9.1 adopted at its 99th session,

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Takes note of General Assembly resolution 32/197 and of the report on therestructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nationssystem annexed to it;

Welcomes the contribution made by Unesco to the work of the Ad Hoc Com-mittee on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of theUnited Nations System, and to the measures already taken by the systemto begin applying its recommendations;

Notes that the resolution and the report referred to in paragraph 5 allow ofcareful analysis of the functioning of the Specialized Agencies, Unesco inparticular, and their links with the other international organizations in theUnited Nations system;

II

Invites the Director-General to take all the necessary steps to give effectto those recommendations approved in the General Assembly resolution32/197 which are addressed to the Specialized Agencies, bearing in mindthe relevant provisions of the Constitution of Unesco and the Agreementbetween the United Nations and Unesco, thus preserving the conditions fordialogue between the General Assembly and the Economic and SocialCouncil, on the one hand, and the legislative and executive bodies of Unesco,on the other;

Invites the Director-General to present to the General Assembly at its33rd session, through the intermediary of the Economic and Social Councilat its second ordinary session in 1978, the progress report mentioned inparagraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 32/197;

Requests the Director-General, when preparing the report referred to inthe preceding paragraph, to take account of Unesco’s particular missionas defined in its Constitution, of the relevant resolutions and decisions ofthe General Conference and the Executive Board, of the points of view ex-pressed during consideration of this question by the Board at its presentsession, and of the decisions adopted at this session in connection withcertain questions listed in the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/197(items 3.2 and 3.4.2.2 of the agenda of the present session);



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11. Decides to include in the agenda of its 105th session an item entitled: “Re-structuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations systemand the implications of this for Unesco”;

12. Requests the Director-General to submit to it a document which will facili-tate consideration of this item of the agenda, containing an analysis of suchprovisions of General Assembly resolution 32/197 and its annex as mayhave repercussions on the work of Unesco, especially from the legal andconstitutional points of view, with particular reference to the report of theAdministrative Committee on Co-ordination referred to in paragraph 2above, and the decisions to be taken by the Economic and Social Councilat its second ordinary session in 1978.

(104 EX/SR.35)

7 . 1 . 2 Unesco’s participation in International Anti-Apartheid Year (104 EX/35, para-graphs 58-80, and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Noting United Nations General Assembly resolution 32/105B proclaimingthe year beginning 21 March 1978 as the International Anti-Apartheid Year,

2. Recalling paragraph 7 of decision 6.1 adopted by the Executive Board at its103rd session, which invited the Director-General to take the necessarysteps for appropriate Unesco participation in -the observance of the Anti-Apartheid Year, if designated, in co-operation with the United Nations andin particular with the Special Committee against Apartheid,

3. Notes with satisfaction the close co-operation established between Unescoand the Special Committee in the achievement of the United Nations objec-tives for the Year and, in particular, the financial support given by theSpecial Committee to Unesco’s programme of activities for the Year;

4. Stresses the important part Unesco can play, by its studies and its infor-mation activities, in exposing the inhumanity of the system of apartheid, inmobilizing world opinion against it and in analysing the socio-economic andcultural causes which create other situations for separate development;

5. Endorses the proposals of the Director-General for Unesco participation inAnti-Apartheid Year;

6. Invites the Director-General to strengthen and expand Unesco’s activitiesagainst apartheid during the 1979-1980 biennium, in particular by increas-ing aid to refugees and the recognized liberation movements and by develop-ing suitable curriculum materials for all levels of education.

(104 EX/SR. 34)

7.1.3 Unesco’s participation in the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and RuralDevelopment (104 EX/35, paragraphs 81-87, and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General on Unesco’s participa-tion in the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development(104 EX/35, paragraphs 81-87),

2. Considering the prominence given to the problems of integrated rural devel-opment in the Medium-Term Plan and the programme of Unesco,

3. Aware of the fundamental importance of the problems which will be examinedby the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development,



4. Takes note with satisfaction of the information provided by the Director-General concerning Unesco’s participation in the preparatory work for theConference;

5. Welcomes the decision taken by the Director-General of FAO to include inthe agenda of the Conference the problems of education, training and exten-sion work in the rural environment;

6. Expresses the hope that the problems of the education and training of per-sonnel for rural development will be given prominence in the work of theConference;

7. Observes that in these circumstances it will no longer be necessary to con-vene a further world conference on agricultural education and training, ashad been recommended by the first World Conference on that subjectorganized by ILO, FAO and Unesco in Copenhagen in 1970;

8. Invites the Director-General to take all the necessary steps to ensure thatUnesco will continue to participate on an intersectoral and interdisciplinarybasis in the preparations for the Conference;

9. Requests the Director-General to inform it in due course of the results ofthe Conference and of the lessons to be learnt from it concerning Unesco’sprogrammes.

(104 EX/SR.34)

7.1.4 Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Desertification (104 EX/35,paragraphs 88-117, and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Having considered the report by the Director-General on the follow-up tothe United Nations Conference on Desertification (104 EX/35,paragraphs 88-117),

2. Aware of the paramount importance of the problem of desertification inseveral regions of the world, particularly the arid and semi-arid regions,

3. Noting the efforts made by Unesco to contribute to the preparation and hold-ing of the Conference,

4 . Conscious of the important role of Unesco in the implementation of theWorld Plan of Action to Combat Desertification adopted by the UnitedNations Conference on Desertification,

5. Observing that the necessary resources for the financing of the Organiza-tion’s activities in that field, particularly under the International Hydro-logical Programme and the Man and the Biosphere Programme, are pro-vided for in document 20 C/5,

6. Takes note with satisfaction of the Director-General’s report;

7. Requests the Director-General to continue his efforts within the frameworkof the activities foreseen in the relevant paragraphs of documents 20 C/4and 20 C/5 and in close co-operation with the United Nations, UNEP, FAOand WMO and the other organs and Specialized Agencies concerned, inorder to give full effect to the relevant resolutions of the United NationsConference on Desertification, especially those concerning the countriesof the Sahel and the least advanced countries.

(104 EX/34)



7.1.5 Unesco’s contribution to the Special Session of the United Nations GeneralAssembly devoted to Disarmament (104 EX/35, paragraphs 118-132 and104 EX/24, Part I)


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Referring to the provisions of the Constitution of Unesco which defines theOrganization’s first purpose as contributing to the achievement of peace inthe world and in which the States Parties declare “that since wars begin inthe minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace mustbe constructed”,

Referring to resolution 9.1 entitled “Unesco’s contribution to the establish-ment of a new international economic order”, resolution 9.2 entitled “TheSecond Development Decade”, resolution 12.1 entitled “Unesco’s contribu-tion to peace and its tasks with respect to the promotion of human rightsand the elimination of colonialism and racialism; long-term programmeof measures whereby Unesco can contribute to the strengthening of peace”and resolution 13.1 entitled “Role of Unesco in generating a climate ofpublic opinion conducive to the halting of the arms race and the transitionto disarmament”, adopted by the General Conference at its nineteenthsession,

Recognizing that Unesco has a vital role to play in creating a generalclimate conducive to halting the growing arms race and promoting disarma-ment and should make an effective contribution, within the spheres of itscompetence, towards generating such a climate, which would facilitate theextension of aid to developing countries, the establishment of a new inter-national economic and social order and the promotion of international cul-tural understanding,

Is convinced that progress towards the above-mentioned goals would befacilitated by the conclusion of international agreements which wouldhasten the transition to disarmament;

Welcomes in this context the convening of a Special Session of the UnitedNations General Assembly devoted to Disarmament;

Attaches great importance to consideration, at this session, of mattersconcerning the halting of the arms race and the establishment of generaland complete disarmament under strict international control, and notesthat Unesco’s activities have a direct bearing on moving nearer to thesolution of these problems;

Notes with satisfaction the participation of a representative of the Director-General in the work of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Sessionof the United Nations General Assembly devoted to Disarmament;

Notes the decision taken by the General Assembly of the United Nationsconcerning a world disarmament conference;

Decides to discuss at its 105th session the outcome of the Special Sessionof the United Nations General Assembly devoted to Disarmament;

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Expresses the hope that scientific achievements and resources will be usedfor bettering the living conditions of mankind and not for the production ofnew forms or systems of weapons of mass destruction;

11. Welcomes the invitation to the Director-General of Unesco to take part inthe work of the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly;

12. Expresses its full confidence in the Director-General’s presenting to theSpecial Session the contribution to disarmament which Unesco has madeand continues to make under its Medium-Term Plan and under its programme;


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Recommends to the Director-General that, in making his statement to theSpecial Session of the General Assembly devoted to Disarmament, he takeinto account the relevant resolutions adopted by successive sessions of theGeneral Conference, particularly those of the nineteenth session, as wellas the views expressed during the 104th session of the Executive Board;

Bearing in mind that a systematic reduction of military expenditure and thetransition to disarmament will allow mankind to set free enormous materialand scientific resources for social, economic and cultural progress,

Noting resolution 3093 (XXVIII) adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly at its twenty-eighth session, and not yet implemented, concern-ing the reduction by 10 per cent of the military budgets of the Permanentmembers of the Security Council and the use of a portion of the resourcessaved for assisting the developing countries,

Stressing also that international detente and the transition to disarmamentwill contribute to the strengthening of peace and security and to the broad-ening of co-operation among nations in the fields of education, science,culture and communication,

Expresses its desire that Unesco should intensify its efforts in this field,that it should respond to all suggestions which may be made by the SpecialSession of the General Assembly to increase its contribution and that thenext session of the General Conference should have a possibility of dis-cussing fully Unesco’s continuance of its already substantial contributionto the promotion of a proper climate for disarmament;

Recommends that the holding in the coming biennium under Unesco’sauspices of an international congress on education in the field of disarma-ment be a measure in the programme of action to be worked out by theSpecial Session of the General Assembly;

Trusts that all those concerned with education, science, culture and com-munication in all countries will assist Unesco in making a significant con-tribution to the creation in the world of a climate of public opinion conduciveto disarmament.

(104 EX/SR.20)

7.1.6 Unesco’s co-operation with the Committee on the Exercise of the InalienableRights of the Palestinian People and contribution to the Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the social and economic impact of the Israelioccupation (104 EX/35, paragraphs 198-203, and Add.2, and 104 EX/24, PartI)


1. Having taken note of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations GeneralAssembly,

2 Noting that the Director-General has contributed, within Unesco’s fields ofcompetence, to the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on theliving conditions of the Palestinian people, submitted to the thirty-secondsession of the United Nations General Assembly (A/32/228),

3. Invites the Director-General to continue to contribute, within Unesco’sfields of competence, to the report to be submitted by the United NationsSecretary-General, in accordance with the above-mentioned resolutions,to the thirty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly, and tocontribute, within Unesco’s fields of competence, in the ways he deemsmost appropriate, to the work of the Committee on the Inalienable Rightsof the Palestinian People.

(104 EX/SR.34)



7.1.7 Protection of human rights in Chile (104 EX/35, paragraphs 354-357)


1. Having regard to resolution 32/118 of the United Nations General Assemblyon the protection of human rights in Chile,

2. Considering 19 C/Resolution 14.1 adopted by the General Conference ofUnesco at its nineteenth session, requesting the Director-General “to con-tinue to take such measures within his competence as he may deem mostappropriate to secure respect for human rights in Chile, or in any otherMember State where there might be serious reasons to believe that humanrights are violated, and to consult the Executive Board and the GeneralConference whenever he considers it necessary”,

3. Drawing attention to the efforts made by the various agencies of the UnitedNations system, by other regional and international governmental and non-governmental organizations, and by the international community as a whole,to restore the human rights and fundamental freedoms of that country,

4. Acknowledging the efforts of the Chilean Government to respond to the con-cerns that have been expressed over the past few years by internationalpublic opinion concerning the situation of human rights in Chile,

5. Taking note of discussions which have recently taken place between theHuman Rights Commission Ad Hoc Working Group and the representativesof the Government of Chile with the aim of arranging a visit of the WorkingGroup to Chile,

6. Urging that human rights and fundamental freedoms in the fields of educa-tion, science, culture and communication be respected, in conformity with

the relevant international instruments to which Chile is a party, and thatconditions be created which will allow exiles who so wish to return homein the near future,

7. Again urging the respect of the status of the teaching profession and the re-establishment of the normal functioning of universities, primary and sec-ondary schools and scientific and cultural establishments,

8. Invites the Director-General to continue, by the most appropriate andeffective means, his action to protect human rights in Chile, in particularthose of missing persons, and to submit a report to the Executive Boardat its 105th session on the possibilities of humanitarian assistance to thoseexiles belonging to the fields of education, science, culture and communication.

(104 EX/SR.25, 26, 27)

7.2 Draft Charter of National Commissions for Unesco (104 EX/36 and 104 E//24,Part I)


1. Recalling resolution 7.41 adopted by the General Conference at its nineteenthsession,

2. Having considered the Draft Charter of National Commissions forUnesco prepared by the Director-General in pursuance of the said resol-ution and presented to the Executive Board as an annex to document104 EX/36,

3. Suggests that the Draft Charter of National Commissions for Unesco beentitled “Guiding Principles” in order better to express the character ofthis document, and that it be considered by the General Conference in thelight of the views expressed by the members of the Executive Board at its104th session.

(104 EX/SR. 34)



7.3

7.4

Study of the criteria governing the granting of subventions to internationalnon-governmental organizations (104 EX/37) and Report of the ExecutiveBoard’s Committee on International Non-governmental Organizationsthereon (104 EX/38)


1. Having examined document 104 EX/37 and the report of the Committee onInternational Non-governmental Organizations thereon (104 EX/38),

2. Takes note of the contents of document 104 EX/37.

(104 EX/SR.32)

Classification of international non-governmental organizations (104 EX/39) andReport of the Executive Board’s Committee on International Non-governmentalOrganizations thereon (104 EX/38)


1. Having examined document 104 EX/39 and the report of the ExecutiveBoard’s Committee on International Non-governmental Organizations(104 EX/ 38) concerning the classification of international non-governmentalorganizations,

2. Decides:

(a) to admit to category A (consultative and associate relations) thefollowing organization:

World Crafts Council;

(b) not to admit to category A the following organizations:

International Centre of Legal ScienceInternational Federation of Landscape ArchitectsAfro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity OrganizationInternational Union of Students;

(c) to admit to category B (information and consultative relations) thefollowing organizations:

International Fair Play CommitteeInternational Council for Adult EducationInternational Federation of Resistance MovementsInternational African InstituteInternational Institute for PeaceInternational Progress Organization;

(d) to defer to its spring session in 1979 examination of the applicationfor admission to category B of the following organization:

World Organization of Former Students of Catholic Teaching;

(e) not to admit to category B the following organizations:

Association of African HistoriansInternational Amateur Theatre AssociationAfrican Bureau of Educational SciencesLatin American Journalists’ FederationEcumenical Institute for the Development of PeoplesInternational Federation of Friends of NatureInternational Round Table for the Advancement of CounsellingInternational Union of Speleology;



3. Takes note of paragraphs 42 to 46 of document 104 EX/39 concerning theclassification by the Director-General of non-governmental organizationsin category C (mutual information relationship) in accordance with the pro-visions of paragraph II.2 of the Directives concerning Unesco’s Relationswith International Non-governmental Organizations.

(104 EX/SR.32)

7.5 Draft Agreement between Unesco and the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa(SCSA) (104 EX/40)


1. Recalling that at its 102nd session it authorized the Director-General toenter into negotiations with the Secretary-General of the Supreme Councilfor Sport in Africa with a view to drawing up a draft agreement establish-ing official relations between Unesco and SCSA, and to submit that draftagreement to the Executive Board for approval (102 EX/Decision 6.5),

2. Having examined the report of the Director-General entitled “Draft Agree-ment between Unesco and the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA)”(104 EX/40) and the draft agreement reproduced in Annex I of thatdocument,

3. Approves that draft agreement;

4 . Authorizes the Director-General to sign it on behalf of Unesco.

(104 EX/SR.2, 6)

7.6 Co-operation with the Organization of American States (OAS): Report of thesixth session of the Joint Unesco OAS Committee (Washington, l-3 June 1977)(104 EX/43 and 104 EX/24, Part I)


1. Having considered the report of the sixth session of the Joint Unesco/OASCommittee (104 EX/43),

2. Takes note of the report of the Director-General and encourages him toextend and amplify co-operation between Unesco and the Organization ofAmerican States.

(104 EX/SR.34)

7.7 Draft Agreement between Unesco and the Regional Council for Adult Educationand Literacy in Africa (CREAA) (104 EX/16)


1. Recalling that at its 103rd session it authorized the Director-General toenter into negotiations with the Permanent Secretary of the RegionalCouncil for Adult Education and Literacy in Africa, with a view to drawingup a draft agreement establishing effective working relations between Unescoand CREAA and to submit that draft agreement to the Executive Board forapproval (103 EX/Decision 6.7),

2. Having examined the report of the Director-General entitled “Draft Agree-ment between Unesco and the Regional Council for Aduit Education andLiteracy in Africa (CREAA)” (104 EX/16) and the draft agreement repro-duced in Annex I thereto,

3. Approves that draft agreement;

4 . Authorizes the Director-General to sign it on behalf of Unesco.

(104 EX/SR, 2, 6)



7.8

7.9

ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

8.1 Amendment to the Financial Regulations (104 EX/44 and 104 EX/42, Part I)


8.

Relations with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (104 EX/41)


Having considered document 104 EX/41 submitted to it by the Director-General concerning the effective working relations which might beestablished between the Organisationof the Islamic Conference and Unesco,

Authorizes the Director-General to enter into negotiations with the Organ-isation of the Islamic Conference, in accordance with Article XI, para-

graph 1, of Unesco’s Constitution, with a view to drawing up a draft agree-ment establishing effective working relations between the two organizations;

Invites the Director-General to submit the draft agreement to the ExecutiveBoard, for approval, at a subsequent session.

(104 EX/SR.22)

Relations with the Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands(104 EX/26)


1. Having considered document 104 EX/26 submitted to it by the Director-General concerning the effective working relations which might be estab-lished between the Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Landsand Unesco,

2. Authorizes the Director-General to enter into negotiations with the Centre,in accordance with Article XI, paragraph 1, of Unesco’s Constitution, witha view to drawing up a draft agreement establishing effective workingrelations between the two organizations;

3. Invites the Director-General to submit the draft agreement to the ExecutiveBoard, for approval, at a subsequent session.

(104 EX/SR.2, 6)

1. Recalling resolution 22.1 adopted by the General Conference at its nine-teenth session,

2. Having examined the report of the Director-General on amendments to theFinancial Regulations (104 EX/44),

3. Agrees with the Director-General that:

(i) a separate item on the agenda of the General Conference should notbe required for an amendment to the Financial Regulations;

(ii) amendments to the Financial Regulations should continue to beadopted by a simple majority;

(iii) the existing provisions concerning the approval of supplementaryestimates should be maintained.

(104 EX/SR.33)

.2 Proposed transfers within the budget for 1977-1978 (104 EX/45 and 104 EX/42,Part I)


1. Having examined the transfers proposed by the Director-General withinthe 1977-1978 budget in accordance with the terms of the AppropriationResolution approved by the General Conference at its nineteenth session(19 C/Resolution 8.11, paragraph I.A.(c)) (104 EX/45) and the report ofits Finance and Administrative Commission thereon (104 EX/42, Part I),

2. Approves the following transfers to cover increases in staff salaries andallowances and in the price of goods and services, resulting from inflation:



Appropriation Line

PART I - GENERAL POLICY

1. General Conference

2. Executive Board

3. Directorate

4. External Audit

Subtotal, PART I

PART II - PROGRAMME OPERATIONSAND SERVICES

1. Education

1A. International Bureau of Education

2. Natural Sciences and theirApplication to Development

3. Social Sciences and theirApplications

4. Culture and Communication

5. General Information Programme

6. Copyright, Statistics and ProgrammeServices

7. Co-operation for Developmentand External Relations

Subtotal, PART II

PART III - PROGRAMME SUPPORTAND ADMINISTRATION

Transfer

To-

$

4 , 3 0 0

195,400

15,800

36,000

251,500

From

$

1 , 0 1 5 , 8 0 0

604,100

215,300

361,200

8 9 , 3 0 0

625,400

545,100

3 , 4 5 6 , 2 0 0

693,400

PART IV - PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES,LANGUAGES AND DOCUMENTSSERVICES

1. Office of the Unesco Press

2. Bureau of Conferences, Languagesand Documents

Subtotal, PART IV

PART V - COMMON SERVICES

PART VI - APPROPRIATION RESERVE

GRAND TOTAL

123,700

397,900

521,600

465,300

5 , 3 8 8 , 0 0 0

5 , 3 8 8 , 0 0 0 5 , 3 8 8 , 0 0 0



3. Approves also the following between-line transfers proposed by theDirector-General:

A . From III - Programme Support andAdministration

From IV.1 - Office of the Unesco Press

To II.4 - Culture and Communication

Total

B. From III - Programme Support andAdministration

From V - Common Services

To II.3 - Social Sciences and theirApplications

Total

Transfer

From To

$ $

300,000

52,000

352,000

352,000 352,000

28,000

26,500

54,500

54,500 54,500

(104 EX/SR.34)

8.3 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions, and reports on establishmentand closure of trust funds, reserves and special accounts (104 EX/46 and Add.1and Add.2, and 104 EX/42, Part I)


1. Having examined the Director-General’s proposals concerning the accept-ance of gifts, bequests and subventions and his report on the establishmentand closure of trust funds, reserves and special accounts as contained indocument 104 EX/46 and Add.1 and Add.2, and the report of its Finance andAdministrative Commission thereon (104 EX/42, Part I),

A

2. Expresses its appreciation of the generosity of the Government of Nigeriaand the Government of Sweden, the National Institute for Educational Re-search of Japan, the James MacMillan Brown Memorial Fund and the lateRose Hauerwas of Wisconsin, United States of America, which testifies totheir regard for the ideals and work of the Organization;

3. Authorizes the Director-General to accept and add to the Appropriationfor 1977-1978 the following:

to the Appropriation Line II.1 - Education, a sum of $12,435.23 from theNational Institute for Educational Research, Tokyo, Japan, for the costs ofpurchasing a printing machine for the Regional Office for Education in Asia,Bangkok (paragraph 1337 of document 19 C/5 Approved);

to the Appropriation Line II.2 - Natural Sciences and their Application toDevelopment, a sum of $1,500 for a fellowship award to Mr. E.M. Mathuof the University of Nairobifora geological study under subproject 2.1612.2 -Planning, implementation and evaluation of IGCP projects (paragraphs 2212-2214 of document 19 C/5 Approved);

to the Appropriation Line II.4 - Culture and Communication, a sum of$16,094.00 for the translation of the FESTAC colloquium documents underproject 4.111.3 - Africancultures (paragraphs 4020-4029 of document 19C/5Approved);



4.

to the Appropriation Line II.4 - Culture and Communication, a sum of$46,184 for the seminar and meeting of the International Commission forthe Study of Communication Problems under Section 4.14 - Free flow ofinformation and communication policies (paragraph 4155 of document19 C/5 Approved);

Approves the acceptance by the Director-General of the bequest amountingto $4,805.95 of the late Rose Hauerwas of Wisconsin, United States ofAmerica, and its addition to the Miscellaneous Income of the Organizationfor 1977-1978;

B

Having examined the proposed amendments to the Regulations of the Publi-cations and Auditory and Visual Material Fund,

Considers that these amendments reflect the innovations referred to indocument 103 EX/21 and are in line with the directives of Unesco’s publi-cations policy approved by the General Conference at its nineteenth session;

Notes the amendments proposed by the Director-General.

(104 EX/SR.34)

8.4 Geographical distribution of staff (104 EX/47 and 104 EX/42, Part I)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General on the geographicaldistribution of staff, as at 1 February 1978 (104 EX/47),

2. Noting with satisfaction the efforts made by the Director-General to widenthe geographical and cultural basis of recruitment of staff, which have re-sulted in an increase in the number of nationalities represented in theSecretariat,

3. Considering that improvement in the geographical distribution of staff isstill required, particularly with regard to the situation of the non-represented,heavily under-represented and over-represented nationalities, bearing inmind that the first criterion for selection is still “the highest standards ofintegrity, efficiency and technical competence”,

4. Invites the Director-General to pursue his efforts towards achieving equit-able geographical distribution throughout the Secretariat, both at Headquartersand in the Field;

5. Concurs with the Director-General’s proposal to align the period of thelong-term recruitment plan on the Medium-Term Plan of the Organization

(C/4) .

(104 EX/SR.34)

8.5 Staff in the General Service category: Administrative provisions governingstaff in the technical group (104 EX/48 and 104 EX/42, Part I)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General (104 EX/48) on hisstudy regarding the administrative provisions governing staff in the tech-nical group of the General Service category at Headquarters,

2. Considering the Director-General’s proposals relating to the principleswhich would serve as a basis for the establishment of a classification andcareer plan for the technical group,

3. Invites the Director-General to take into account in the proposals to be sub-mitted to the General Conference such pertinent observations as may bemade by the International Civil Service Commission at its forthcoming session;



8.6

8.7

4. Recommends that the General Conference authorize the Director-Generalto introduce a classification and career plan for the technical group of theGeneral Service category at Headquarters, adjusted to the salary scale inforce on 1 January 1979 for the office employee group;

5. Further recommends that this plan become effective on 1 January 1979.

(104 EX/SR.34)

Annual Report of the International Civil Service Commission (1977) (104 EX/49and 104 EX/42, Part I)


1.

2.

3.

4.

Having examined document 104 EX/49,

Takes note of the third annual report of the International Civil ServiceCommission for the year 1977 (Official Records of the General Assembly,thirty-second session, Supplement No. 30 (A/32/30));

Approves the Director-General’s intention to apply to the staff of theOrganization in the Professional category and above, with effect from1 July 1978, a revision of the system of post adjustments providing thatchanges in class of post adjustment shall be based on index movements of5 per cent rather than of 5 points;

Invites the Director-General to amend the Staff Rules of the Organizationaccordingly and to report thereon to the General Conference at its twentiethsession.

(104 EX/SR.34)

Consultation with the Executive Board on the changes that have occurred in thescale of assessments of the United Nations for the year 1978 and the possibleincidence thereof on the scale of Unesco (104 EX/50 and 104 EX/42, Part I)



2. Noting that the General Conference will be requested by the Director-General to decide at its twentieth session on the scale of assessments tobe utilized for the apportionment of financial responsibility among theMember States of the Organization for 1978,

3. Recommends to the General Conference that no change be made for thesecond year of the biennium 1977-1978 to the scale already used for assess-ment of contributions in 1977;

4 . Further recommends that in adopting future scales of assessments, theGeneral Conference should employ appropriate wording to ensure that theUnesco scale, for its entire biennium, will be based on the scale adoptedat the most closely time-related session of the United Nations GeneralAssembly, irrespective of the number of years for which the UnitedNations scale is established.

(104 EX/SR.34)



ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGSHELD ON 5 AND 7 JUNE 1978

8.8 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the ExecutiveBoard

At the private meeting held on 5 June 1978, the Director-General consultedmembers of the Board on the appointment to the post of Deputy Director-Generalas well as on appointments to other senior posts and also regarding renewal ofcontracts.

(104 EX/SR.32)

9.1 Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: Examinationof communications addressed to Unesco on specific cases involving humanrights in the Organization’s fields of competence

At the private meeting on 7 June 1978, the Executive Board examined thereport of its Committee on Conventions and Recommendations concerning com-munications addressed to Unesco on specific cases involving human rights inUnesco's fields of competence. The Executive Board noted its content.

(104 EX/SR.32)


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