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UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - SOUTH /\USTRALIAN DIVISION

Patron: vem- -=-.,-,,.... .. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Mark Oliphant, K.B.E.

(Until December 1976)

~1E~BERS OF EXECUTIV~_Qfi--19?6/?7

President: e:#-:,irt'N· ctfm--t::trr=.....,,_-..,

Executive Members: ~ ..... ......,.....1'rrt:e ..,.,.,.....,...,.

(Individual)

. (Corporate)

Secretariat: ~-t;:jtm#:""l;" ......... -t";:\!

Executive Director. Executive Secretary.

Mr. L. !'Ji. F. Arnold.

Dr. J. H .. Bray. Mrs. B. Pickhaver. Mr. B. Sandow.

Mr. P. Sutton.

Professor A. C. Castles. Mr. D. Ell is • Mr. R. Hall. Mrs. R.M. Hetherington. Mr. D. Tyson •

Mr. J. Golding. (Amnesty International)

Mr. S. Hoskyns. (Society of Friends)

fv1rs • C. Miles • (\:Vomen 's International League

for Peace and Freedom) Mrs. G. Pascoe • .... (Soroptimists Club) !vlrs. G. Wen ham.

(National Council of Women)

tvlr. G. V~ood ~vard.

Mr. L • J. Gore.

Mr. F. F. Whitney. Mrs. B. M. Whitney.

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UNITED l~/HIONS AS:3rJCIATllJN OF AUSTFIALV\

(U. f\J.A ,A.)

SOUTH (.,L!STFlAL l11iN DIVJ:SIDN

1976/77

for the yeer

On behalf of the Executive Cornmi ttee - l1erewi th present the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report on the c-:lctivities of the South Australian Division o-F the United Nations Association for the year endino 31st.Ma:rch 1977.

1. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE! ~4"'ctt"'m-,....,,;;.r-~~~

Since the last f.\nnua1 General Meeting the E><ecutive Committee has met ten times with an avc:~age attendance of twelve people. The fact that average attendance at meetings hrc1s climbec from around 4r:J,A, of full executive size two years 2go to nearly ?Oj.1 in the past year can be taken as a healthy sign. The Executive has efficiently handled the wide variety of items that have corns before it from the ever present and essential administrivia 1 to important pwlicy decisj_ons on mntters affecting the work and image of the Uni tod Nations and ih:;

The capacity of the E;-<ecu+:ive to handle the workload is effected by two things: firstly the CtJl:i.bre of members on ths executive and secondly efficiency of the Secretariat and officFi in P""eparing materials for the agenda.

Since the last Annual General Meeting four people have retired from the Executive end five people have joined it. Irene Scholten (of the Y .W.G~A.) retired a.fter two years servicei whtle Brian Lewis left after many years with the executivr:;; CoJ.in Lawton anc\ Jean Barrucand retired after a year with the mmcuti\JC:L for •~he work these four people have done for the U.f\J./\,P,. a.r;r:l k--,·::iw that in the years ahead we may well be welcoming some of thf:.<:-:i back fm~ furt:1e1'.' terms. The E>cecutive has the pleasure of welcominu two nrnn Incl:L\J:i.durctl Executive rnembc:Jrs, two new representatives on the Executive for C and a new Education Department liason Officer. Don Ellis cmd [)on Tyson join us as individual members of the Executive, whilrc0 Jas:-~ (Amnr:isty Intr:;rnational) and Gene Wenham (National Council of th8 other Corporate representatives on the Executive (from the Fr:i.erds 1 Women 1 s -itarnational League for Peace and Freeclom e.nd ths Club.]; Glen 'Noodwarcl is the new Education Department Linson. I arn sure other ~old hands' on ths Executive will agree with rnL'l when I say that i ~: has bDen a to !1ave these new members join us as thr;;y have o.c!ded much enthusiasm and trnagination to our meetings.

2. MEMBERSHIP: -=--·l,-'.;J..;....S::..'.a;;,$;;::.~"""4."'"'~

As at 3·1 st. i'!'::n~ch 1 E~77 the total finoncial membership of the Division was as follovJs for years on the left hand side):

.?1122 2}12~~ ZBLJ2 203

2 34

3 162

201 2

L\3 5

4-56

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5 590

11-33 2

3f3 3

607

Individual 187 Life Members 2 Corporate Members 40 Aff:i.liated Business. 6

;~ffiliated Schools. 617

Those figures th!.::J crnn;·nents I ma.de in last years Fleport: our only growth area as f'::~:' a;..; is cDncerned is in the number of Affiliated schools, while othBr forns of membership continue to almost languish. I believe it must be:; en nc:~,~~-Y . r:i::--itv of t1'1<:.:: insoming Executive to initiate a Membership Drive. The fA::t that th21 LI, i"U\ .r1. is invited so often to send speakers to of v11 sorts indicates thot there are a great many people interesb~d hi hc:::-:c1:--; 111~; '::f the U.N. rn~Jssa[Je; let us this year try and draw some of' those tn,c~J '' l,_L•;j_c1:i.o:;. T report however that one Junior U. N. /\. f\, 2:'."c'_:·' . ,c:

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3. PERSONNEL:

As ever, the Association has been deeply indebted to the continuing work of tho Secretariat and the volunteers who come into the office. Fred and Barbara 'Nhi tney have continued as o. management team to do herculean tasks. I think members should know that Fred has br~en very ill over the past few months and has had to spend some time in hospital and will continue to need treatment for some time to come. However, despite his illness Fred was busily at work in the office up to a couple of clays before he had major surgery and even in his convalescence has been busy advisinu myself and other.s on the tasks ehead of the Division. As Fred is used to handling so many of the affairs of the Jivision, his temporary ab.sence has placecl a heavy burden on the others who work in the office assistj_ng Barbara. The Executive would like to f:J1ace on record j_ ts sincere appreciation of those who have come in over recent weeks to assist at this time; they are: Linda and Ben Kaesehanen (who came all the way from l<.adina), Isabel Hetherington, Gwen and Hedley Pascoe, Norrna Stevenson, Janet Golding, Jill Spooner and Joan Clborn. Over the previous twelve months we have continued to receive the assistance of these ladies plus Rita Shortland, Leonie Langford, Deborah Buzacott, Barbara Bray and Gerda Brown, who come into the office to help the Secretariat put into action the decisions of the Executive. Without them, the Division would be seriously limited in its capacity to achieve its aims. In particular I would like to mention the assistance that Mrs. Isabel Hetherington has given our Treasurer Peter Sutton in her capacity as Assistant Treosurer.

4. THE OFFICE: ~~,___,.- .... -- _.,

Due to the reorganisation of office space and the increased emphasis on tho sale of literature and other items more and more people are coming into the llffice. The Treasurer's F\eport reveals how much extra revenue is being raised by the sale of materials; the Executive, in noting the increased sales, has approved the use of @1 , OOO from thE:; Legacy Funds to be allocated for purchasing more stock. This increased stock should result in even greater revenue in the coming twelve months. As there is so much good material produced by the United Nations and its agencies the incoming Executive may well wish to consider increasing the allocation from Legacy Funds to inventory purchases.

The Association has been informed by the Trustees of the building that rents are to be increased by @59.62 per month. The E>mcutive appreciates the reasons behing the rent increase as it is the first one in several years; but never­the-less it has put a strain on the resources of the Division already tightly strained by price increases in other areas. A delegat:i_CJn from the Executive has met with the Trustees to seek some relief in the increase; The Trustees were sympathetic and have offered to make an annual donation to the Division to help us meet the higher costs.

5 • §[;_ E CJ/h. ~l'.s.0.13_§ : This last year has seen the Association involved in "Habitat:

The Year of Human Settlement" i "The Year of the United Nations 1il}ater Conference", as well as bein~T involved in the outcomes of "International Women's Year 91

Habitat The Division was involved in last years 'Habitat' activities. We Donvened a meeting early in the year to start some discussions on the subject. We organised the widespread distribution of the three films made by Film Australia for the Vancouver Conference (Living with Disaster'; 'Living in the City 11 i and 'Living 'Nay Out'), in all there were roughly 50 bookings made for these films and are still being sought at Colleges of Advanced Education. A luncheon was organised to hear a report from Dr. Grant Inglis (one of Australia's representatives to the Vancouver Conference) and another participant, Wendy Sarkissian, spoke to students at a Mini-conference organised by the Division.. In addition, we had SIOlme peripheral involvement in other activities orgBnised during the year (including the photographic exhibition, held in August}. I think the comment must be made, however, that the Division felt that at times communication between the various people organising activities to celebrate this year in South Australia was not as good as it could have been.

V~ater Resources This year has been set aside for the consideration of Water Resource rvianage--;;ent and~~ an international conference has already been held at Mar del Plata in Argentina. To date the Division has not done very much with re9ard to this topic; we have only done some dissemination of information, planned a display of materials, had a dinner with an expert in the subject. There is much of the : 1ear still to go and perhaps much more that could be d~~e; the incoming Executive

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will have to face this challenge and would I am sure, appreciatu any suggestions from members.

Status of Women Cornmittae Continuing discussions last year by many of the poople who were a~Tive'TFi'·'·th'E;'- of l:nternational Women '.s Year has resulted in Status of '.fJomen Cornmi ttees beini:;1 set up in each s tatr::: of /.\ustX'al ia. These committees are charged with the task of monitoring prO\:;Jress in all of life that add to status of women in our crnnmuni ty. International dornen 1 s Year raised the challenges, a structure had to be built to bring about some fundamental action. The South Australian Status of ~-!omen Committee is linlq .-1 with the Division and represents a good cross"0 section of women in South f\ustralia. de have been pleased to note that Gene \iVenharn is Chnirperson of this committee.

and of UNICEI- Committee of Australia werG hf:dd in Hobart in ,l'.\ugust of last year. Our Division was represented by Dr. Hugh s(Vico President of U.N.A.A.), Don Ellis ancl Fred VJhi tncy.

The Evatt fviemorial L.ectw.·e was given by FJrofessor /l.. Katz, Professor of Social Pol icy, University of Calgary, Canacle:t, .o ·110.s :Ln ,(\us tralia as a special advisor to the Secretary, of the Department of EnvironmBnt Housing and Community Development. The theme of his lecture \.'.13S "Habitat~•,

P1~esident.

Vice-Presidents.

Hon. Secretary. Hon. Treasurer.

Hon.Education & Unesco Officer. Administrative Officor.

fvlr. Pr::Jtc?r Underhill. 8.A. LL.B. (Queensland) Nir< R. /\lston, B,i\, LL.3. (Victoria) Mr. f\il. W. Kniqht 1 B.A, (V.Jestern Australia) D:r. J, H. Bray, fvlJ\.C.V.Sc.~ B.V.Sc., R.D.A. (S •. LI..) Rev. '.:J. Ark8lL L,Th. (N.S. VJ.)

(3 ltr r1ogan * P1iliss f:: If rv; ts rJackhouse .,, 8. l~. .Ed. (Tasmania)

rJrs. C. Storey, B.Corr1m, Dip.Ed. M.A.C.E. Mrs. J. i\iloore.

Sydney was approvocl by the F eclr:;ral Counc:iJ. flS the venue for the 19'77 Federal Meetings and Perth flz:> the wmue. for the Australian Hammarskjold Memorial Intsr-.. School Conferencs.

The Division's at the Uf\!ICEF Comrni ttee of /\ustralia ;'vieetings were fv1r. F:red Whitney anc1 [Vir. Don Ellis.

President. Vice President. Directors,

Hon. 5ecreta1~y. :-ion. Treasurer.

B. ,l\. (!',J .S .'IJ. )

fvir. 'IJ.C. Langshaw B.A. ~ Dip.Sac.Stud. fVir. A. W. Gilbertson. (Launceston. Tasmania) f\i'lr. E. Nichols. (VJestern Australia) Mr. P. F. Underhill. B.A. 1 LL.B. (Queensland) Mrs. Pi. ,14.. Ward8n. (Hobart Tasmania) Mrs. P. G. Worland. 8.A. (Victoria) fVirs , R • F 6 ( N. 8 ~ VV & )

Mrs. T. Leffers. (P,.C. T.) ~,;rs. 14. ., F. • (Blad: Rock \fie toria) Mr. F. F. Whitney. (South Aus Mrs. D. L. 'chlhelm. /\.0, (Paddington N.8.W.) fvirs • d. 3. Maiden. ( f\J. 5 • W. ) l\'ll'."'. FL J. Yoomans. (i\ .C. T.

l<ARUNA continues to be edited and printed in Sydney; fasues of the journa1 have been inclL.1ded as ernents to our ni:msletter e.nd also in School Packs.

Day, D::", O::iv:Ld Tonktn, Leader of ti1e State Oppqsi tion Pr 1ents Blj_ndness".

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June 5th. World Environment Day. Press Releases di,sbributed.

August 26th. Namibia Leoflets explaining the position re. the United l\Jations and i\larn:i.bia (formerly f:3outh \iJest /\frica) were distributed for a of hours in V:Lcturio Square,

Universal Childrc;;n ~ s 1-\ of great celebration referred to in the UNICEF Director 1 s report.

(5) December 10th. Hum::::.n IJay: The Division in association with Amnesty International took part in meeting in the Rundle Mall. included the Attornoy.~Genoral, the Loader of the Opposition and Mr, Robin Millhouse.

(6) October 24th.. UnitDci 1\Jations A luncheon was held on October 22nd. with Mr. l~Hbertc R:Lzzo cs tJ;e [iuest speaker. ivlr. Rizzo is the recently appointed ,~ust:ralian representativc,1 of the United Nations Organisation. Mr. ruzzo v s visit involved him in meeting other in Adelaide around the of United Nations

ihe following ~1ctivities arG also of interest:

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(4)

(5)

March 2'lst. Campaign Rundle Mall.

The Dey for the Elir<1ination of Racism was co-ordinated by the Hacinl E>-:ploi tatfon; the main activity was a meeting in

I add::nessed the mc"eting on bel1alf Df .. i U.l\J.A.A. (S.A.Division)

The Division entered into correspondence with the Federal Government asking for asylum to be given to th2 flfialaysj.an student leader Mr. Hishamuddin Rais.

Fred and Barbara a display for the Scoutatorium in July year.

The Division took in the Australia Day Fair. Ti1is occasion was successful 1 th10 net rsvenue being @30?. for the ,l\seociation and ~~62. for Uf\IICEF. The ;;ji~3CJ?. for the:1 Association goes towards paying the cost of transport for students attending the A.H.M.I.C. Conference.

The following were addressed during the year: The Pan Pacific Women 1 s Tl12 Eli; 'Jeth Weightwatchers Club, Many Rotary Clubs 1

Ape>< Clubs, iJiothc]r~s Cluos at Schools~ Scout Groups 1 Schools and Tertiary Institutions.

EDUCATIOl\J: ........... ~,.........*=.i:~

H1 1:3 as:::,ociacion has continued to play a very active role in the area of education. This work ht1s tak:Gn v-::trious forms: (i) celebration of cloyo::1 as mentioned above.

(ii) Provision of speakers to schools (during the year there were many invitation to speal::: at schools received by the Division which was in excess nf former years.

(iii) The nBwsletter: In the containing a total of with a total of tWEmty for this thanks must bs

year si><. issues of the newsletter were published (compared with ten issues in the previous year

of the nc"'wslotter has remained high and editor, Ron Hall.

(iv) Assistance to schoc ·'' over BOO school ware distri-buted each contcdning litorature. In addition schools were able to use Educational Technology Centro and to borrow films from thE'! and on loan to the South Australian Film Corporation. rvlention s!1oulci also be made here of thfJ growing value of purchases by schools of materials solcl the Division. A number of schools have bought i terns in the past yeain and it is expected that these sales will grow in the coming year. there is quite a lot of material produced by the UnitecJ Nations that is suitabh1 for junior primary children, the Division is preparing a submission to the Education Department :Lt to ,<='fil iate all it's Junior Primary schools to the Division.

( v) 14th. i\ustrcilian Memorial Interschools Conference. Hds Annual Conference hosted a diffe~ent Division each year provides each participant (normally from oach r3toto) with ~m opportunity to learn much of the workings of the United Nations, In Cll':r it is hoped that through the participants the message will get back to ot:-,:='Y' :..::h-i_lr:;'Em. The 19?6 confen:mcs was held in Melbourne ~''!'.:! the themr:J was ii;-r::_o:'_-;--:'.;''

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Lisa Colley. Debby Creevy Robert Dempsey. Sue Oyer.

Walford Church of England Girls School. Salisbury East High School.

Nancy Harnett. l<evin Potts. Marian Tctylor. Ann Turner.

Nailswortr1 Boys High School. Nuriootpa High School. Walford Church of England Girls School. Freemont High School. rv·:arion High School. Presbyterian Girls College.

'~** Nancy Harnett was unable to attend at the last minute due to illness.

This Executive wishes to thank those members (corporate ancl individual) who wsre able to assist financially in meeting the costs of sending these students to Melbourne. Also I personally would like to thank Fred Whitney and Ron Hall in helping me in the interviews to select tt1e successful students.

( vi) This year the Association was olso able to conduct a flllj_ni-Conference which offered an opportunity to learn more about the United Nations to those who were not able to go to the AHMIC conference. the Conference was held over a September week­end at the Shady Grove campsite near Li:ttlehampton. Nine students took part and spent the two days looking at tho questions raised by Habitat, exploring Mount

Barker, watching sl:Ldes of Barbara Whitney's trip to Berlin and generally ilaving a good time. t3pecial thanks are due to David Whitney who was hast for the wesk-end.

9* NEVJ UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE Il\J AUSTRALI/.\ • ..._~~~~~~~i::....;r·m·.,...t-M.............-.=l!t:~~1;;;-~~~

Mr. Frank Bauman, representative of the Unitecl Nations in Australia returned to Oregon, u.s.A. last year and his place was taken by Mr. Gilberto Rizzo. Gilberto now becomes the Director of the U.N. Information Centre in Sydney as well as the Representative of UNICEF ancl tl1e U. r,J. High Commissioner for Refugees. He a former journalist and a lawyer but has bean with the United f\lations since 1961.

CONCLUSION: ~-.: ,.,.~ ..

In general we can say the South Australian Division of the United Nations Association has had s good year. It has been a year o·f initiative when a. wide variety of tl-lings wer8 attempted and pleasing results obtained; it has been a year where carefLll management of limited resources has enabled a broader programme than in previous years. It has been a good y8ar •••• but what of next year?

In thinking of the task :1head of us these words of H. Shirley Amerasinghe~ President of the General Asi;emblyt corns to mind:

"••<•let us remind ourselves once again of our duty to our fellow beings to preserve the integrity and vitality of the United Nations, to help develop friendly relations between all Nations: to give meaning to International Co-operation and to contribute to the limit of our capacity to increasing harmony and unity in the human family and attainment of equality and justicen •

. -hat the problem with an organisat:Lon like ours~ we can sit back and enjoy our successes, we have to 90 on to even greater things. With an adventt..irous spirit let us enter the coming year to take up the challenges ahead of us.

L YNi\f M. F • .l\RNOLD ,

President, 8. i\. Di vision, U. N. A .A.

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REPORT ON UNICEF 1976 - ?? ~ ,,,....,err:..- #'ti"Z ... 'JV • ......

1976 was indeed a momentous year for UNICEF for it had completed 30 years of service to children. It was inauguarated in 1946 to meet emergency child relief mainly in Europe, to offset the problems of destitution following the second world war, and from which any programme of first aid that grew into rehabilitation could not proceed in any short term activity, hence in 1953 UNICEF was made a permanent body related to the United Nations Organisation,. with much wider terms of reference from emergency to that of assisting Governments of developing countries.

The subsequent growth toward the need in 1959 for a special Charter to spell out in greater detail the Rights of the Child, was yet another sign of growth. Throughout the years of experience in the field errors may have occurred but what is more important is the progress toward more enlightened approach to meet the current and future problems of the World Child Emergency. Gone are the concepts of "Charity" or "Patching-up" programmes. UNICEF although autonomous within the United Nations Family, works so closely with and shares the expertise of other member agencies, the F.A.O. W.H.O. u.N.D.P. U.N.C.H.R. U.N.E.s.c.o. etc. it is therefore well equipped in assisting Governments of well over a hundred developing countries with short and long term programmes of self help designed to bring into reality essential basic services - in health 1 nutrition, education and social welfare, and because UNICEF is non..political and non-sectarian it works in every country where there is need. Many recent organisations that have entered the relief field have programmes that have very costly overheads, and are selective of areas of service, let us be proud of UNICEF's work which has minimal overheads and works wherever the need occurs.

In South Australia it is difficult to get a true picture of the total monies raised by the efforts of the UMICEF Committee of South Australia. Over the course of the current year we have disseminated some 20,000 pieces of literature or posters as well as distributed a wide selection of films, fulfilled numerous speaking engagements throughout the State, sold visual aids and UNICEF educational products. We know that functions have resulted in substantial funds being raised, but owing to confusion in wsny instances whereby people have forwarded monies to the work of Austcare and Freedom from Hunge~, who embrace UNICEF as one of their recipient organisations, are unmindful of the fact that only one twelfth of allocated funds go to UNICEF even then they by...pass the UNICEF Committee of South Australia.

However the highlights of the year have shown a sharp increase in the October Holiday Week-end at David Thomson's Nursery open days. Plant Sales ~~443.60, Donations $43.00 1 Raffle Tickets $6'1..30, Teas $94.40, making a total of ~S645.30 together with UNICEF Card Sales of $1?0 .. 17.,

Preparations went straight ahead for a most successful period of celebrations for Universal Children's Day (a comprehensive report has been compiled and available for inspection in the U.N.A.A. office). We were encouraged by the visit to Adelaida of Mr. Gilberto Rizzo, the newly appointed representative for UNICEF for Australia and New Zealand, his help in so many ways has been greatly appreciated.

To encourage greater interchange with the Non Governmental Organisations who are members of our National Committee, an invitation was extended to all Scuth Australian State Committee's of the N.G.0 1s. The meeting proved very valuable in so far as the awareness of each others role was not at all clear.. We have formed a UNICEF COUNCIL CF SOUTH AUSTRALIA and will meet on say three occasions a year and help each other inall our respective undertakings.

We were challenged by an article by Max Harris in the S.Ae Sunday Mail 28.11.76. An immediate campaign for letters to the editor and writer was invoked and the response was very encouraging~ The attack was ably closed with an excellent letter from UNICEF representative Mr. Gil0erto Rizzo,

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VJe again hacl a stand at tho Ci1ristmas Earth Fair and our takings rose from ~1323.06 in 1975 to 402*02 in 1976. (Victoria now have such a Fair). Australia Day celebrations g<:lV8 opportunity for a Llf'HCEF Display in Elder Park.

Our year round sales and educational supplies available to all Schools for all levels show our range to be very extensive. Slides, Books, Puzzles, Cut-outs, Teacher's l<its etc. this together with the UNICEF component in School Packs distributed to over 800 schools is no mean undertaking. The UNICEF Comr,1ittee of Soutr Austral:ta is now represented on a newly formed South Austrctlian Early Childhood Committee who presented an exhibition of resource material for 0 ~ 8 year old children. 1J,, display of UNICEF goods were on view, and plans are going ahead for a further exhibition of resources next year.

VJe are confident our card sales heve proved to be the best ever and rejoice in recordin9 our sales figure as being 8 9729.80 plus U.S. ComrnitteE~ for UNICEF Vfoll Calendars ~:)720.00

Fleports that are so abbreviated deserve not only fuller c.onsi.deration. but. c.arry no justic8 to the tremendous work force that made this all possible. So may I close with thanks to so many voluntary helpers of all ages from so many groups and organisations. The .Press, the T.V. Stations, Fladio Programmes~ the various South Australian Government Departments and the Non Governmontal Organisations, who have all co-operated so magnificently to have madB this whole years programme so successful.

Surely we must be grateful to thin/< we have played some small part in helping these mothers anc! children, but what is equally important is to hope that 'NB have brokun through the apathy and affluence of the citizens of P1ustraliu to become aware of the plight of tl1e Third World Nations.

Fred. F. Whitney Director.

UNICEF Committee of Australia.

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GHJERAL /:\CCOUNT. ~·.>;!t.~~~""1

OTHEri ACCOUf\lTS • .......... -#"'%t31r~·"'"Tt#'~..,..;~

AUDITOR'S FlEPORT. ""'-~~ .......... =1"··-:JO:::r:tt;,~~~·4

EXPLANATORY NOTH"!. "'~~~~~..::·

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

INCOME STATEMENT.

EXPENDITURE STATEMEf'~T.

[3;-1,Ul.NCE SHEET •

DEPFtECIATIDN SCHEDULE.

STA TE\~ENT OF Ii'JCOME 14-f'.JD EXPENDITURE.

BALANCE SHEET

HUM/.\f\J RIGHTS YEAR •

E. rvl. ROACH BEf~UEST.

H.E. HOOPER LEGACY.

J. H. VAUGHi\N LEGP,CY.

'!

2

3

3

5

5

5

5

5

6

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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIOU. 'f"'rttm'-"*"'2 ~~-==-=

GENERAL ACCOUNT •tzt-1r-t"ti!to..,_ ~~

IllSlOOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.3.77

77fJ, 231

2192

225 1474 728

746

114 2634 1000 1500

255

[,Ji 9671 '7"'1S'trh-w ~t=rr-~"11 ~~:;.a

,[ubscription!?,

Individual Corpora to Associate Corporate

Donations Publications - sold

- bought

Interest - Bank Commission - UNICEF Federal Subsidy State Government Grant Functions (Note 4.)

704.00 2191 .oo

2328.00

2935.73 1631 .03

1.976/J..?.

3313.00

505.90

1304.70

235.60 3503.98 1000,00 1500.00 202.25

@ 11565.43

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JJ!J.5,l:L~ 5007

692 266 193 48

117 303 45? 333

32 10

541 65

104

$ 9068

- T 1 I 1-.............

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA ......................... ~~ ... ~M..,.......,•"#7 "7'"$1' e"M'#:#~ ......,,#-~fo"#:t .............. .,.., ••

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIOl\J

GENERAL ACCOUNT ~

EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.3.?7

Salaries Rent Printing and Stationery Travelling Repairs and Replacements Insurance Telephone Postage Freight Electricity Subscriptions Newslette:r Depreciation General Off ice Expenses

:J.f!...76/77

?181.52 822.16 456.35 345.80 215.30 303.63 323.?5 464.81 360.48

35.84 15.00

312.15 118.00 94.49

:~11049.30

f]NANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31st. MARCH 197?

9671 9068

$ 603

Total Income Total Expenditure

Surplus for the year.

11565.43 11049.30

$ 516.13

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' 3.

UNITED NATIDf\IS f.\380CIATION OF AUSTFil\LIA =~~-:-e--~-"""?e ""'#7:XZt"'tt"l=?·:.::a;;;=~-~-~=-,.Jt:=.~,..;.,!ll•:;.;IC:;=;.;;•\=

31.3.76 ~~

6982 1663

7 2277

727

456

1 '183

926

8069 2000

603

10672 ... -.-='SYQllT' ........... ...,,.~ ~·t

~.

654 337

65

926

"-='St.:~~ ,.. ...... ~ ... --,..... *'" =--- -~

CURRENT ASSETS =·¥t-$ -~~~"""=-=

Cash at Bank ·-· General 1'.J../c J. H. Vaugh_an Legacy

Cash in Hand. Accounts Receivable (Note 1.)

Deduct~

·Accounts Payable (r-.lote 2) Income carried forward

to next year (Note 3)

Add:

6703.45 1309.43

36.95 2628.98

215.33

336.,00

FIXED ASSETS (At cost less depreciation) Furnitu:ce oncl Equipment

Represented by:-

L\f£LJ,rjJ,,,lJb,A TlfL£.!dti9.§. Balance as at 1.4~76 Add ·- J.H. Vaughan Legacy Surplus for thE:1 year

Office Furniture and Equipment

Depreciated value at 1 .4. 76 Additions during year.

b-.§.S~~ Depreciation at 10-/o p.a.

106?1.35

516 .13

10678.81

551.33

1060.00

@ 111FJ7.40 ......,...~ ... -=·rm:r•v #''~ ~ ·• .. .......,... "'17"rn:r-a

926 252

118

1060

C"~,,.~=-~

~~'-~·''·""'"""'

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4.

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA "=:if:'""XW ,,;e··•v .............,."""%;;::-= ;r

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION

UNICEF ACCOUNT ~?'- «n"l'P-1"~~

STATEMENT CIF IN:OME AND EXPEWITIJ1E FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.3.7?

W,.§LJQ

12778 2892

182 87

9937 2589

35? 83 54

2 (105) 2634

e:iS"#'"'t"tuV"11"rt:::::e ?.::;i tTIS., ......-....-'lt;a

..1 f!J§.lJ!i...

1195 32

1227

1227

839 388

1227 .,.,., ....... '='*'=$!)' :!r:# .. ..,.....$rt' .., .... '%<;!=' ~-...-- 'f

INCOME e-=:r-·Sales Proceeds - cards etc.

Donations Interest - Bank Miscellaneous

EXPENDITURE __ ,,,...,.Ae~itfances to Central Office:

~rdS~tC';== *~ ~ • r ..,

Donations .Qe.,erating ,,.S,,>5Pens..§§_: Postages and Freight Promotion Expenses Stationery and Printing Office Expenses Travelling Commissions Paid

18799.96 4087.74

213.29 64.60

15135.20 3678.97

335.35 91.40

95.23

3503.98

$ 23165 .. 59

I _.,.,, $ 22840.13

Excess of Income over Expenditure

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st. MARCH. 19?7 ~"'h,."""""M"' *:'W-'l-*~'"*"~ti"M1'n~;;rlp:::w*!" J;#l =;re 1 4l -~

CURRENT /\SSETS ~5"h-atsan'k--== Cash in Hand Accounts Receivables

LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES. ACcountsPii°yable .,..,,.._ •

Excess of Assets over Liabilities

Represented by:­

ACCUMULATED FUNDS: ~

Balance as at 1.4.76 Add Excess of income over expenditure.

.,.......... IF

325.46

J.f!J6/77

271.82 24.97

1704.73

2001.52

448.98

1552.54-

. 1227.08 325.46

1552.54

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5.

------~

~-:-._·_,,..-:,,_, __ 6-,,,,,.: c:+";:.;.:._,:,.~;u - 1fe;"aQ-- '·;i-'1jj·:g;;.,q· $l_llP T'FF?FFiiiiiiliM

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATimJ OF f.\USTRALIA ~-~m-~=- ~ ?""?'oztrt'·t-:'It:-'.::'.n=~"1""*Y:zt=...........,-~~~~

.§gLJitJ~JJiALI.t~.t;L_ Dt'!.lfil~

OTHER ACCOUNTS ~~.:.,-=-~""'~~~~

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUl\JTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 • 3. ?? ~.f;:;::a.:;;;:~:.-.-.=-rr'#rY :t="-~~-~..,,,.,.~31 -Z1j::c-tl ·rte·'7);'-1..:...tT;..;?t:-:r.tr-tJ->r11-r'7'T"....;a:._-,;i

J:LU~f\:liJ:I!I~,:18, ):~8!1=0.9.!2 OUNI.

Balance in Banf.:: 1 • 4. 76 Receipts Bank Interest

Balance at Bank 31.3.77

The Savings Bank of South Balance at Bank 1 .76 Receipts - Bank Interest Balance at Banl< 31 • 3. 77

Balance of Fund 31.3.77

Balance at Bank ·1 ,Llr. 76 Receipts ~ Bank Interest

Balance at Bank 31.3,77

Balance at Bank 1 .4 Receipts ... Bank Interest

Payments General Account

Balance at Bank 31.3.77

Signature •••••••••••••••••• P.J.G. SUTTON.

t Stock 2se.39

C5.40

VAUGHJ\N LEGACY 4:;?·=:t"'>;:;'~--:a:w -=r""

B.!\il. WHITNEY. F.F. WHITNEY.

92.86 3.45

~.....--.,.--,,..,..........'*"1'

® 3" $''':£:::1f"··;;p·41WF;o,-::#"-=

900.00

343.79

1243.?9

253 .1 !3 ·rn. 75

263·90

1662~57

44.16

''r-117'06~

397.30

1309.43

I have examined the booke of account, deeds ancl vouchers of the United Nations /-\ssociation of Australia (South .A.ustralian DJ.vision) and from this examination 1 together with the m<planations received, report that, in my opinion, the above Statements of Receipts and Payments for the Six Funds for the year ended 31st. lvlarch 1977, together with the Balance Sheet of the General Funds as at 31st. March~ 1977~ give a true and fair view of the financial position of U.N.A,A.(8.A. Division)

LED JOHf\J GORE

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6. UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

e ee·e e ... -r~· "?"".,,, :t""rltt*'twe.........._ ..,,_-.. = ......... ....,,.. . ....,,..... ... $· .,.,....,;\<

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ~~ ~ '"' ·~

EXPLANIHCFIY NOTES ACCOMPANYING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT '" •·t#"aw -=to ,..."" ,..... .. :rxn-""F'"'...,._ . .....,-J:er:,.rtt ~t-r .....,...,,. ·"'"""T'"il' 1 --~· mrtw;;rel!IWG'Vnt:t~

1ffl§12£.. L9JJ?L71.-

2180 97

2277

382

231 35

5 9

65

727

206 250

456

r111.rr....., _. '#i?•o•t-·'1'¥' ~ 1:..-...-1;r-1111-;:;•·s-•n1ir-1FG"'*'

27

f ~~1 331

18 ( 18)

255 .,......_ HVrt- "JI •= ll'4 111;;-o-1 7' ;a-,..-a ?" •

Note 1. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. ~ e-•-• · ~r--~tlr:r:::::t.1:.zW.,..

Note 2.

S.A. Education Department UNICEF

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. lll#tt'.....,...r 't .;;tc'$"e1·::::tr:e:.,.71bM-rt··x-,,

Note 3.

Donab.ons Remittable. Travelling Expenses Salaries Printing and Stationery Electricity Freight Newsletter Expenditure

INCOME CARRIED FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. • ::ii :;:; ;::;i re=e7't"'11"""*""''1t:::#mr::e--e-=-v:;eim·,_ ""'"11H,,......:t ~-;r.r#ttT' · ra:mo:.r:tt~..,

Proceeds from Australia Day Fair 1-ederal Subsidy

Note 4. FUNCTIONS • e--;it"·11;?e:::e. >;-iit;#"llliAA#;t;:;:

Inter-Schools Conference Habitat Luncheons Free Namibia Campaign D.H. Conference Annual General Meeting Federal Conference and A.G.iVi. World Health Luncheon U.N. Day Luncheon

2180.00 448.98

@ 2628.98 ~--~ .. ~--et;'*417'l1tze;'t'e;> r=-·«7*r; ;;1 , .. ,.,. • ._,,. •

12.00 100.00

13.20 4.56 5.4?

215 .. 33

336.00

336.00

191 .60 30.00

25?.55 25.70

(351.50) 49.30

202.25 ~-..,... ..... --;JtrWn*' .....

"("'#- r ,:11-- -:f'.:'.n"""'#f-,-·~ 1itt:::J;;rt