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Hundred and forty-first Session

141 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 17 June 1993

Decisions adopted by the Executive Boardat its 141st session

(Paris, 10-28 May 1993)

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United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex

Hundred and forty-first Session

141 EX/Decisions Corr.PARIS, 1 July 1993Arabic/English/Russian/Spanish

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAT ITS HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST SESSION

(Paris, 10-28 May 1993)

Corrigendum

Decision 9.4 should read as follows:

9.4 Misrepresentation of historical and geographical facts in Iraqi educationaltextbooks and curricula concerning the State of Kuwait (141 EX/38 and141 EX/INF.6)

The Executive Board noted documents 141 EX/38 and 141 EX/INF.6, and thecorrespondence from the delegations of Kuwait and Iraq. It further noted the fact thatthe Director-General’s attention had been drawn to this matter.

Decision 3.1.3: Implementation of 26 C/Resolution 19.3(111) (paras. 5 and 6) (141 EX/5):the last paragraph of Article 23 in the Annex should read as follows: names of candidateMember States and number of votes secured by each of them, in descending order of thenumber of votes recorded.

Decision 5.5.3 (English only)

(i) The title of the decision should read as follows: Draft amendments to the Statutesof the International Scientific Committee for the preparation of a history of thecivilizations of Central Asia (141 EX/35 and 141 EX/2).

(ii) In paragraph 2 of the decision delete ‘(editorial)’ after the words InternationalScientific’.


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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS¹

President of the General Conference Mr Bethwell Allan OGOT(Kenya)

Members Deputies

Mr Abdul Amir AL-ANBARI(Iraq)

Mr Jean-Pierre ANGREMY(France)

Mr Jean SIRINELLIMr Yves BRUNSVICKMr Emmanuel de CALANMr Georges POUSSINMr François RIVASSEAUMr Michel BENARDMr Jean-Pierre BOYERMs Marie-Françoise CARBONMs Renée CLAIRMr Thierry GUIGNARDMs Corinne MATRASMs Stéphanie MORYMr Jean-Pierre REGNIERMr Christopher VALIA-KOLLERYMs Christian ZEPTER

Mr Immanuel K. BAVU Mr Kassim HUSSEIN(United Republic of Tanzania) Mr Sam MDEE

Ms Marie BERNARD-MEUNIER Mr Philip MacKINNON(Chairperson) Mr Shahid MINTO(Canada) Ms Viviane F. LAUNAY

Ms Marie-José BROSSARD JURKOVITCHMr Louis PATENAUDE

Mr Mongi CHEMLI Mr Abelbaki HERMASSI(Tunisia) Ms Moufida GOUCHA

Ms Radhia MOUSSAMs Anissa BARRAKMs Mounira BACCAR

Mr Alvaro COSTA-FRANCO(Brazil)

Mr Ricardo CARVALHOMr Fernando MUGGIATTIMr Marcus ROUANETMr Claudio LINSMr Isnard de FREITAS

1. During the 140th session (at its first meeting on 12 October 1992), the Executive Board adopteddecision 8.6 by which it decided ‘that the member of the Executive Board of UNESCO elected followingnomination by the Government of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shall notparticipate in the work of the Executive Board’.


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Members Deputies

Ms Ingrid EIDE(Norway)

Mr Tom ERDIMI(Chad)

Mr Ali Mohammed FAKHRO(Bahrain)

Ms Maria Luisa FERRO RIBEIRO(Cape Verde)

Mr Tae-Hyuk HAHM(Republic of Korea)

Mr Talat S. HALMAN(Turkey)

Mr Dan HAULICA(Vice-Chairperson)(Romania)

Ms Attiya INAYATULLAH(Pakistan)

Mr Michelangelo JACOBUCCI(Italy)

Mr Barry O. JONES(Australia)

Ms Ingeborg BREINESMs Mari HAREIDEMs Ingunn KVISTEROYMs Ase VOLLOMr Lars VAAGEN

Mr Ali ADAM ABDERRAHMANMr Khalil ALIO

Mr Rashid Mohamed SULAYBIKHMr Ebrahim Youssuf AL-ABDULLAMr Nasser Mohamed Al-SHAIKHMr Ali AL-MAHROOSMr Abdel Hamid HASSAN

Mr Sang-Seek PARKMr Hwa-Ghil HANMr Kyung-Jae PARKMr Doo-Yong CHUNG

Mr Pulat TACARMr Cetiner KARAHANMr Taner KARAKAS

Ms Laura BRANZARUMr Paul DOBREANU

Mr Saidullah Khan DEHLAVIMr Ikram Karim FAZLIMr Fazalur Rahman KAZI

Mr Giancarlo LEOMr Paolo RADICATIMs Tullia CARETTONIMr Luigi CAPOGROSSIMr Francesco MARGIOITA BROGLIOMs Brunella BORZIMr Giovanni ARMENTOMr Raffaele BRIGLIMs Marina MISITANO

Mr Mark PIERCEMr Jonathan BROWN


Members

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Deputies

Mr Alexei D. JOUKOV(Russian Federation)

Mr Balla KEITA(Côte d’Ivoire)

Mr Natarajan KRISHNAN(India)

Mr Torben KROGH(Denmark)

Mr Anatoly LOBANOK(Belarus)

Mr Wataru MIYAKAWA(Japan)

Mr Peter WHITNEYMs Anne SIWICKIMr Michael FRUGTNIET

Mr Vladimir LOMEIKOMr Vladimir GAIMr Albert ROGANOVMr Boris BORISSOVMr Valeri ARTEMIEVMr Anatoli EGOCHKINEMr Evgueni IAGODKINEMs Natella LAGIDZEMr Grigori ORDJONIKIDZE

Mr Bakary TIO TOURÉMr Etienne MIEZAN EZO

Ms Nina SIBALMr Gollerkery Vishwanath RAOMs Shamma JAIN

Mr Uffe ANDREASENMr Niels E. RAFNMr Erik FARSO MADSENMr Ernst GOLDSCHMIDTMr Finn OVESENMr Steffen SONDERGAARD

Ms Nina MAZAIMr Evgueni IOUCHKEVITCH

Mr Takeru SASAGUCHIMr Yoshinori MIYAMOTOMr Akinori MATSUMOTOMr Yukuto MURATAMr Makoto FUJIWARAMr Shinji NAGASHIMAMr Masahiro NAKATAMs Michiko KARA

Mr José Antonio MOYA RIBERA2 Mr Mario RUIVO(Portugal) Mr Joao LOPEZ SERRADO

Mr Joaquim FERREIRA MARQUESMs Teresa MARIANO

2. Mr José Antonio MOYA RIBERA was appointed a member of the Executive Board at its first meeting,on 10 May 1993, to replace Mr José Augusto SEABRA.


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Members Deputies

Mr Kurt MÜLLER(Vice-Chairperson)(Germany)

Mr MUSA HASSAN(Vice-Chairperson)(Oman)

Mr Mouhoussine NACRO(Burkina Faso)

Mr Gilles NAGEON de LESTANG(Seychelles)

Mr Rex NETTLEFORD(Jamaica)

Ms Gloria PACHON DE GALAN(Colombia)

Ms Ana Isabel PRERA FLORES(Vice-Chairperson)(Guatemala)

Ms Lourdes R. QUISUMBING(Philippines)

Mr Abdelatif RAHAL(Algeria)

Mr Guy RAJAONSON(Madagascar)(absent)

Mr Christoph DERIXMr Peter TRUHARTMr Dirk BAUMGARTNERMr Heiner MODELMr Christian SIEBECKMr Lothar KOCHMr Karl-Josef PARTSCHMr Hans MEINELMr Traugott SCHOFTHALERMr Lars HOHNHEITMr Hans HOUBEN

Mr Kamal HASSAN MACKIMr Abdel Rahman BACHIR EL-RUFAAI

Mr Robert KORAHIREMr Kadi KORSAGAMr John KABORE

Mr Callixte D’OFFAYMs Irème AUGER de SAINT JORRE

Mr Henry FOWLER

Ms Nohra PARRAMs Isabel VERNAZAMs Silvia MARTINEZMr Juan de Dies MIRANDA

Mr Federico FIGUEROA RIVASMr Alfonso ORTIZ SOBALVARROMs Angela GAROZ CABRERAMr Nelson Rafael OLIVERO

Ms Rosario G. MANALOMs Ofelia GONZALES

Mr Ahmed TADLAOUIMr Ali BENAISSAMr Saadedin AZZAMr Rachid OUAHMED

Mr Hery-Zo RALAMBOMAHAYMs Robertine RAONIMAHARY


Members

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Deputies

Mr Luc RUKINGAMA(Burundi)(absent)

Mr Zaihoul Abidine SANOUSSI(Guinea)

Mr Ahmed Saleh SAYYAD(Yemen)

Mr Mwindaace N. SIAMWIZA(Zambia)

Mr Johannes SIZOO(Netherlands)

Mr Ahmed Fathi SOROUR(Egypt)(absent)

Ms Thérèse Eppie STRIGGNER SCOTT(Ghana)

Mr TENG Teng(Vice-Chairperson)(China)

Mr Jerry TETAGA(Papua New Guinea)

Mr G.W. Ladepon THOMAS(Vice-Chairperson)(Gambia)

Mr Philippe KANONKOMr Thomas NDIKUMANAMr Domitien MISAGO

Mr Fodé CISSE

Mr Ali ZAID

Ms Lily MONZEMr W. KAIBAMr Winston KASAKULA MWEWAMr E.N. PHIRIMr Muyambo SIPANGULE

Mr Gotfried LEIBBRANDTMr Frank BRANDT CORSTIUSMs Marlies LEEGWATER-VAN DER

LINDENMs Sabine GIMBREREMr Peter van DIJKMr Gerard TANJAMs Else da COSTA-GEVEKEMr Dick LAGEWEG

Mr Mohamed Sami ABDEL HAMIDMs Soad ABDELRASSOULMs Samia HEDDAYA

Mr Kingsley KARIMUMs Geneviève TSEGAHMr Francis KUMAH

Mr ZHANG ChongliMr CHEN KemiaoMr YE DaboMs SHI ShuyunMr YUAN KeweiMr CHENG XiaolinMr LI Jiangang

Mr Andrew YAUIEBMr Leonard LOUMA

Mr Alhadji Momodou NDOW-NJIEMs Etta BALDEH


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Members Deputies

Mr Thomas TLOU(Botswana)(absent)

Mr Alfredo TRAVERSONI(Uruguay)

Mr Carlos TUNNERMANN BERNHEIM(Nicaragua)

Mr Alvaro UMAÑA QUESADA(Costa Rica)

Mr Adul WICHIENCHAROEN(Thailand)

Mr Jorge ZAIN ASIS(Argentina)

Mr Ernesto ZEDILLO PONCE DE LEON(Mexico)(absent)

Mr Mustaq MOORADMr Lloyd G. MOTHUSI

Mr Héctor GROS ESPIELLMr Ricardo VARELAMs Gabriela RICALDONI de GOETHALS

Ms Victoria GUARDIA DE HERNANDEZMs Iris LEIVA BILLAULTMr Eric CHACONMs Johevet WEINSTOKMs Gina SIBAJAMr Juan PORRAS

Ms Srinoi POVATONG

Mr Alberto CARRIMs Patricia SALAS de ESPADAMr Ricardo BOCALANDROMr Carlos GIANOTTI

Mr Luis Eugenio TODDMs Zadalinda GONZALEZ Y REYNEROMr Victor SOLOGAISTOA BERNARDMs Laura GONZALES HIBNERMs Socorro ROVIROSAMs Maria Angélica ARCE MORAMr José Manuel CUEVAS

Representatives and observers

Organizations of’ the United Nations system

Mr Evlogui BONEV United Nations Development Programme

Mr Yannick SIMBRON International Labour Organisation

Mr Antoine NOEL )Ms Evelyne de la MONNERAYE ) High Commissioner for RefugeesMs Cécile MONTAVONT )

Mr Ibrahim MASLAMANI Relief and Works Agency for PalestineRefugees in the Near East


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Intergovernmental organizations

Mr Jorge C. ELENA )Mr Leo HARARI )Mr Sergio ORCE )

Mr Mustapha LASRAM )Ms B. DUPUY )

Ms Graziella BRIANZONI

Mr Mohamed TRABELSI )Mr Mounir GAIJI )Mr Ismail ATMANE )Ms Souhir HAFEZ )Ms Nébila MZALI )

Mr Mohamed Brahimi EL-MILI )Mr Tahar ALI-BABIKER )Mr Ahmed DERRADJI )

Inter-American Development Bank

International Centre for AdvancedMediterranean Agronomic Studies

Council of Europe

League of Arab States

Arab League Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization

Secretariat

Mr Federico MAYOR (Director-General), Mr Adnan BADRAN (Acting Deputy Director-General and Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences), Mr Henri LOPES (AssistantDirector-General for Culture), Mr Colin Nelson POWER (Assistant Director-General forEducation), Ms Francine FOURNIER (Assistant Director-General for Social and HumanSciences), Mr Henrikas Alguirdas YUSHKIAVITSHUS (Assistant Director-General forCommunication, Information and Informatics), Mr Thomas KELLER (Assistant Director-General, Director of the Bureau for Co-ordination of Operational Activities), Mr KhamlieneNHOUYVANISVONG (Acting Assistant Director-General for External Relations), Mr DanielJANICOT (Director of the Executive Office), Mr Albert SASSON (Director of the Bureau ofStudies, Programming and Evaluation), Mr Klaus HAGEDORN (Director of the Bureau of theBudget), Mr Mieczyslav PASZKOWSKI (Legal Adviser), other members of the Secretariat,Mr Pío RODRIGUEZ (Secretary of the Executive Board).


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CONTENTS

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

1.1 Replacement of a member during his term of office . . . . . . . . ..

1.2 Election of the Chairperson of the Finance andAdministrative Commission .... . . . . .

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDSOF THE 140th SESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

Methods of work of the General Conferenceand of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1,1

3.1.2

3.1.3

3.1.4

Report by the Bureau on questions that do notappear to require debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consideration of the frequency of the sessionsof the General Conference and of the implicationsthereof for the preparation of the C/4 and C/5documents and for the frequency and length ofinternational conferences of States and meetingsof intergovernmental committees . . . . . . . .. . . . . .

Implementation of 26 C/Resolution 19.3(111)(paras. 5 and 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Executive Board to the GeneralConference at its twenty-seventh session onmeasures taken to implement26 C/Resolution 19.3 (Part III, para. 6(b)) . . . .. . . . . . . .

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

Name and terms of reference of the Committeeon Conventions and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

3.4.1 Reports by the Joint Inspection Unit of interestto UNESCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ITEM 4 PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1994-1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.1 Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1994-1995 (27 C/5) and recommendations of theExecutive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

5.1 Report by the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.1 Report on the activities of the Organization sincethe 140th session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

ITEMS

5.2.1

5.2.2

5.2.3

5.2.4

5.2.5

5.2.6

5.2.7

Application of 26 C/Resolution 16 concerningeducational and cultural institutions in the occupiedArab territories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Director-General on the reinforce-ment of the European Centre for Higher Education(CEPES) . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Proposals by the Director-General -including theoutline of an intersectoral policy -concerning theUNITWIN and UNESCO chairs programme ..... . . . ..

Second consultation with Member Statesregarding the implementation of the RevisedRecommendation concerningTechnical andVocational Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Director-General concerning theimplementation of the Recommendation on theDevelopment of Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Director-General on the legalframework of the International Institute forEducational Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Desirability of adopting an international normativeinstrument concerning the status of higher educationteaching personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.3 Natural sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.3.1 Proposed transfer of the International Centrefor Theoretical Physics to UNESCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5.4 Social and human sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4.1

5.4.2

5.4.3

5.4.4

5.5 Culture

5.5.1

5.5.2

5.5.3

Study on the technical and legal aspects of thedesirability of developing a new internationalinstrument to combat doping in sport, coveringeducation, prevention, co-operation andinformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Action programme to promote a culture of peace . . . . . . .

Proclamation of United Nations year fortolerance and declaration on tolerance . .. . . . . . . . .

Protection and promotion of the cultural rightsof persons belonging to minorities within UNESCO’sfields of competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Report by the Director-General on the reinforce-ment of UNESCO’s action for the protection ofthe world cultural and natural heritage . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Director-General on theconservation of the monuments of Angkor . . . . . . .

Draft amendments to the Statutes of theInternational Editorial Committee for thepreparation of a History of the Civilizationsof Central Asia ..................................................

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

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of thetwenty-seventh session of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.3 Invitations to the twenty-seventh session of theGeneral Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.4 Form of the report by the Executive Board on its ownactivities in 1992-1993 to be submitted to the GeneralConference at its twenty-seventh session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES ANDINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.1 Groupings of the new Member States for the purposeof elections to the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ITEM 8

ITEM 9

7.2 Recent decisions and activities of the organizationsof the United Nations system of relevance to the workof UNESCO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.2.1 Follow-up to the United Nations Conferenceon Environment and Development . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

7.2.2 Conferences and major events in 1993 -1996 . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

7.2.3 Operational activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 .3 Classification of international non-governmentalorganizations and establishment of official relationswith foundations and similar institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 . 4 Proposals by the Director-General concerning subventionsfor certain international non-governmental organizations in1994-1995 and the setting up of a special programme forsupport to NGOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS . . . . . .. . . . . . .

8.1 Report by the Director-General on budget adjustmentsauthorized within the Appropriation Resolution for1992-1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.2 Report by the Director-General on the cash situation ofthe Organization and on measures taken to deal with cash-flow problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.3 Eighteenth annual report by the International Civil ServiceCommission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.4 Personnel policy: replies to the questionnaire sent toMember States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.5 Geographical distribution of the Secretariat staff, andreview of the method used for calculating the quotasassigned to Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.6 Consultation in accordance with Rule 54 of the Rulesof Procedure of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

OTHER BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.1 Consideration of the results of the first meeting of thead hoc Forum of Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.2 Proposals by Member States for the celebration ofanniversaries in 1994-1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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9.3 Report by the Director-General on the implementationof 140 EX/Decision 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

9.4 Misrepresentation of historical and geographical factsin Iraqi educational textbooks and curricula concerningthe State of Kuwait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

9.5 Election of the Director-General: Statements ofobjectives and commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

9.6 Dates of the 142nd session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGSHELD ON 27 AND 28 MAY 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63


141 EX/Decisions

ITEM 1

1.1

1.2

ITEM 2

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (141 EX/1)

At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda as set out indocument 141 EX/1.

The Executive Board decided to refer to the Commissions and Committeesspecified below the following items of its agenda:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Programme and External Relations Commission: items 4.1, 5.1.1(Part II), 5.2.1 to 5.2.3, 5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.3.1, 5.4.1 to 5.4.4, 5.5.1, 5.5.2,7.2, 7.2.1 to 7.2.3 and 8.1 and 8.2 (programme aspects).

Finance and Administrative Commission: items 4.1, 5.1.1 (Parts IIIand IV) and 8.1 to 8.5.

Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: items 3.3, 5.2.4and 5.2.5.

Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations:items 7.3 and 7.4.

(141 EX/SR.1)

Replacement of a member during his term of office (141 EX/NOM/1)

In accordance with Article V. A.4(c) of the Constitution, the Executive Boardappointed Mr José Antonio Moya Ribera (Portugal) to replace Mr JoséAugusto Seabra for the remainder of his term of office.

(141 EX/SR.1)

Election of the Chairperson of the Finance and AdministrativeCommission

In accordance with Rule 16(2) of its Rules of Procedure, the Executive Boardelected Mr Alexei Joukov (Russian Federation) to replace Mr Punisa A.Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) as Chairperson of the Finance and AdministrativeCommission for the remaining portion of his term of office.

(141 EX/SR.1)

APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 140th SESSION(140 EX/SR.l- 17)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its 140th session.

(141 EX/SR.1)


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ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

3.1 Methods of work of the General Conference and of the Executive Board

3.1.1 Report by the Bureau on questions that do not appear to require debate(141 EX/2)

The Executive Board approved the proposal by the Bureau contained indocument 141 EX/2 concerning item 5.5.3- Draft amendments to the Statutesof the International Editorial Committee for the preparation of a History of theCivilizations of Central Asia.

(141 EX/SR.l and 7)

3.1.2 Consideration of the frequency of the sessions of the General Conferenceand of the implications thereof for the preparation of the C/4 and C/5documents and for the frequency and length of international conferencesof States and meetings of intergovernmental committees (141 EX/4 and141 EX/40)

The Executive Board,

1. Having examined document 141 EX/4,

2. Decides to include in the agenda of its 144th session the following item:‘Methods of work of the General Conference and the Executive Board’.

(141 EX/SR.15)

3.1.3 Implementation of 26 C/Resolution 19.3 (III) (paras. 5 and 6) (141 EX/5)


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Recalling 26 C/Resolution 19.3,

Having examined the report submitted to it by the Chairperson inaccordance with 140 EX/Decision 5.6.1 (Part B) concerning the‘Procedure for the election of Member States to the Executive Board’,

Adopts the provisions of that procedure relating to submission of thenames of candidate States for the election of Member States to theExecutive Board to be held during the twenty-seventh session of theGeneral Conference (Articles 1-5 of the annex to this decision);

Recommends to the General Conference that it adopt the procedure forthe election of Member States to the Executive Board contained in theannex to this decision to replace all previous provisions for the election ofmembers of the Executive Board, and that it incorporate this procedure inits Rules of Procedure;

Decides to place on the provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh sessionof the General Conference an item entitled ‘Adoption of the procedure for



the election of Member States to the Executive Board and consequentamendment of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference’;

6. Further decides to continue its consideration of the implementation of26 C/Resolution 19.3 (III), subparagraphs 6(a) and (c), at its 142ndsession.

Annex

Procedure for the election of Member Statesto the Executive Board

I. Submission of the names of candidate States

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

The Director-General shall ask each Member State, at least threemonths prior to the opening of any ordinary session of the GeneralConference, whether it intends to stand for election to the ExecutiveBoard. If so, the application must be sent to him or her at least sixweeks, as far as possible, prior to the opening of the session, itbeing understood that candidate Member States may at the sametime communicate to the other Member States and to the Director-General any information they consider relevant, including the nameand curriculum vitae of the person they intend, if elected, todesignate as their representative on the Board.

At least four weeks prior to the opening of the ordinary session ofthe General Conference the Director-General shall send MemberStates the list of Member States that are candidates.

At the opening of the ordinary session of the General Conferencethe Director-General shall have drawn up and delivered to theChairperson of the Nominations Committee and to each head ofdelegation a revised list of the Member States’ applications that havebeen transmitted to him or her by that date.

Subsequent applications shall be admissible only if they reach theSecretariat of the General Conference at least 48 hours before theopening of the meeting at which the election is to take place.

The Nominations Committee shall submit to the General Conferencea list of all the Member States that are candidates, indicating theelectoral group to which they belong and the number of seats to befilled in each electoral group.

II. Election of Member States to the Executive Board

Article 6 The election of members of the Executive Board shall be conductedby secret ballot.

Article 7 Before the ballot begins, the President shall appoint four tellers fromamong the delegates present and shall give them the list of



Article 8

Article 9

Article 10

Article 11

Article 12

Article 13

Article 14

Article 15

Article 16

Article 17

Article 18

delegations entitled to vote and the list of Member States that arecandidates.

The Secretariat shall issue to each delegation an envelope withoutany distinguishing mark and separate ballot papers, one for each ofthe electoral groups.

The ballot paper for each electoral group shall be of a differentcolour from the others and shall bear the names of all the MemberStates that are candidates for election in that electoral group. Thevoters shall underline the names of the candidate Member States forwhich they wish to vote.

The tellers shall satisfy themselves that the ballot box is empty and,having locked it, shall hand the key to the President or the Vice-President designated by the President.

Delegations shall be called in turn by the Secretary of the meeting,in alphabetical order of the names of Member States in French,beginning with the name of a Member State that shall have beendrawn by lot.

At the conclusion of the calling of the delegations, there shall be afurther call for all delegations that have not voted.

On first or second calling, each delegation shall place its ballotpapers, contained in a single envelope, in the ballot box.

To indicate the recording of each delegation’s vote, the Secretary ofthe meeting and one of the tellers shall sign or initial the list in themargin opposite the name of the Member State in question.

At the conclusion of the second calling, the President shall declarethe ballot closed and announce that the votes are to be counted.

The counting of the votes shall be carried out under the supervisionof the President or one of the Vice-Presidents of the GeneralConference designated for this purpose by the President. Thecounting of the votes shall be carried out in a separate room towhich members of all delegations may have access. The GeneralConference may proceed with another item of its agenda until theresults can be announced.

When the Vice-President designated by the President has openedthe ballot box, the tellers shall check the number of envelopes. If thenumber is greater or less than that of the voters, the President shallbe informed, and shall then declare the vote invalid and announcethat it is necessary to reopen the ballot.

The tellers shall open the envelopes, one by one, and shall sort theballot papers into electoral groups. The votes cast for the candidate



Member States shall be entered on the lists prepared for thatpurpose.

Article 19 Ballot papers on which the name of no candidate Member State hasbeen underlined shall be considered to be abstentions.

Article 20 Ballot papers on which there are more names of candidate MemberStates underlined than there are seats to be filled in the electoralgroup to which those ballot papers relate shall be considered invalid.

Article 21 Ballot papers on which there are fewer names of candidate MemberStates underlined than there are seats to be filled in the electoralgroup to which those ballot papers relate shall not be consideredinvalid.

Article 22 For the purposes of this procedure, the following definitions shallapply:

(a) ‘Absent’: Member States whose representatives have nothanded in a ballot paper for a given electoral group;

(b) ‘Votes recorded’: the difference between the number ofMember States entitled to vote at the session, on the onehand, and the total of those absent, plus abstentions andinvalid ballot papers, on the other. Fifty per cent plus one ofthe votes recorded shall constitute the majority required.

Article 23 When the counting of the votes is completed, the President shallannounce the results of the ballot for each of the electoral groups inthe following order:

number of Member States entitled to vote at the session;

number absent;

number of abstentions;

number of invalid ballot papers;

number of votes recorded;

number of votes constituting the majority required for election;

number of candidate Member States and number of votes securedby each of them, in descending order of the number of votesrecorded.

Article 24 The President shall declare elected candidate Member States thathave obtained the required majority under the following conditions:the number of candidate Member States declared elected in each ofthe electoral groups cannot exceed the number of seats to be filledin that electoral group. If the number of candidate Member Statesobtaining the majority required is greater, in an electoral group, than


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the number of seats to be filled in that electoral group, the candidateMember States obtaining the greatest number of votes, up to thenumber of seats to be filled in that electoral group, shall be declaredelected, unless two or more States have obtained the same minimumnumber of votes required for election and, as a result, there are stillmore candidate States than seats to be filled. In such a case one ormore ballots shall be held to decide between those candidates. If thenumber of Member States obtaining the majority required is less, inan electoral group, than the number of seats to be filled in thatelectoral group, there shall be additional ballots to fill the remainingseats, the voting being restricted to the candidate Member Statesobtaining in that electoral group the greatest number of votes in theprevious ballot to a number not more than twice the seats remainingto be filled in that electoral group.

Article 25 After the declaration of the results of the ballot, the ballot papersshall be destroyed in the presence of the tellers.

Article 26 The lists on which the tellers have recorded the results of the vote,after signature by the President or the Vice-President designated bythe President and by the tellers, shall constitute the official record ofthe ballot and shall be lodged in the archives of the Organization.

(141 EX/SR.12 and 13)

3.1.4 Report by the Executive Board to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session on measures taken to implement 26 C/Resolution 19.3(Part III, para. 6(b))


1. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 19.3, particularly the part that requests theExecutive Board to report to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session on appropriate measures to improve the structure andworking methods of the Executive Board in its new form, for example byestablishing a small advisory committee on administrative and budgetaryquestions, as was done by the Executive Board at its 136th session, andby instituting such arrangements as will enable thorough intersessionalpreparatory and follow-up work,

2. Having noted that an experimental group of experts on financial andadministrative matters has already been established and is nowfunctioning,

3. Having considered arrangements for more thorough preparatory andfollow-up work between its sessions in all areas of relevance to the Board,

4. Encourages its members and Member States to pursue their consultationson measures to improve the structure and working methods of theExecutive Board in its new form;



5. Decides to include in the agenda for its 142nd session an item worded asfollows ‘Report by the Executive Board to the General Conference at itstwenty-seventh session on measures taken to implement para-graph 111.6(b) of 26 C/Resolution 19.3’.

(141 EX/SR.11)

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inpursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3 (141 EX/3 PRIV.)

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

(141 EX/SR. 16)

3.3 Name and terms of reference of the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations (141 EX/6 and 141 EX/43)


1. Having heard the report by the Chairperson of the Committee onConventions and Recommendations on its examination of item 3.3concerning the name and terms of reference of the Committee (141 EX/6)and taking into account the debate that took place at the present session,

2. Decides to resume examination of this item at its 142nd session.

(141 EX/SR.16)

3.4 United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

3.4.1 Reports by the Joint Inspection Unit of interest to UNESCO(141 EX/7 and 141 EX/40)

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1. Having examined the report by the Director-General entitled ‘Reports bythe Joint Inspection Unit of interest to UNESCO’ (141 EX/7), inparticular the twenty-fourth annual report of the Joint Inspection Unit(A/47/34) and the report entitled ‘Towards an integrated library networkof the United Nations system’ (JIU/REP/92/5),

2. Takes note of the conclusions and recommendations contained in thesereports and of the Director-General’s comments thereon;

3. Also takes note with satisfaction of the favorable comments made by theJoint Inspection Unit on the achievements of the UNESCO informationservices, data bases, libraries and clearing house, which are endeavoringto work as a network, and of the conclusion reached by the UnitedNations Joint Inspection Unit that UNESCO could, through the steady



improvement of these services, make a significant contribution to theobjective of creating an integrated library network of the United Nationssystem;

4. Invites the Director-General to include in his oral report to the ExecutiveBoard at its 142nd session information on the stage of development ofthese UNESCO services, their prospects and the active part they couldplay in the plan to create an integrated library network of the UnitedNations system.

(141 EX/SR.15)

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1. Having examined the report by the Director-General entitled ‘Reports bythe Joint Inspection Unit of interest to UNESCO’ (141 EX/7), inparticular the report entitled ‘Decentralization of organizations within theUnited Nations system’ (JIU/REP/92/6, Parts I and II),

2. Decides to include in the agenda for its 142nd session an item entitled‘Current status of the implementation of the recommendations adopted in136 EX/Decision 3.3’:

3. Invites the Director-General to submit to it at its 142nd session aprogress report on the implementation of the recommendations adoptedin 136 EX/Decision 3.3, concerning decentralization;

4. Invites the Director-General, in conformity with 136 EX/Decision 3.3,section II, paragraph 9, to have an in-depth evaluation carried out, regionby region, of each and every UNESCO field office by teams composedjointly of staff and independent consultants, which could begin in 1994with the offices in the Africa and the Latin America and the Caribbeanregions and continue in 1995 with the offices in Asia, the Arab countriesand Europe.

(141 EX/SR.15 and 16)

ITEM 4 PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1994-1995

4.1 Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1994-1995 (27 C/5)and recommendations of the Executive Board


1. Having examined the Draft Programme and Budget for 1994-1995(27 C/5) in the light of the introductory statement by the Director-General, of the Board’s deliberations in plenary meeting and in theProgramme and External Relations Commission, the Finance andAdministrative Commission and the Committee on International



Non-Governmental Organizations, and of the Director-General’s reply tothe Board’s debate on the matter,

2. Notes with satisfaction that the Draft Programme and Budget for 1994-1995 is based on the overall framework of the Medium-Term Plan for1990-1995, takes into account the changes in the Member States and inthe international situation and is in conformity with the guidelines laiddown by the Board in 140 EX/Decision 4.1;

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3. Reaffirms UNESCO’s ethical mission, by virtue of which it should aboveall contribute, mainly through education, to the promotion of humandevelopment and the building of a culture of peace based on human rights,tolerance and democracy;

4. Underlines the high priority to be given to the activities contributing to thepromotion of human development in all the major programme areas and,taking into account the new horizontal approach adopted in document27 C/5 in regard to human development problems and the concern todevelop interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches, recommends thatthe Intersectoral Committee for Development be reactivated andrevitalized with a view to better co-ordination of the activities of theOrganization in this high priority area;

5. Approves the emphasis placed on reviving international intellectual co-operation and on strengthening frameworks of co-operation amongMember States and intellectual communities at international, regional andsubregional levels;

6. Underlines the importance of training activities throughout theprogramme of the Organization;

7. Underlines the need to enhance the Organization’s efforts to furtherdevelop the UNESCO fellowships bank;

8. Endorses the priority assigned to the least-developed countries, theMember States of the Africa region and women, and stresses the need tostrengthen efforts to mobilize increased extra-budgetary resources foractivities benefiting those target groups;

9. Recommends that the least-developed countries priority group be madethe subject in document 27 C/5 of a transverse theme, and stresses theneed to build up the Least-Developed Countries Unit and to renew the26 C/5 budget appropriation;

10. Notes with satisfaction that a certain proportion of the regular budget hasbeen earmarked, within each subprogramme, for ‘upstream’ activitiesunder ‘co-operation for development’, and expresses the hope that thisprovision will allow the mobilization of increased extra-budgetary resources for financing activities in the programme priority areas;


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Reiterates that extra-budgetary resourcesof the programme approved by themultilateral character of the Organization;

should strengthen the prioritiesGeneral Conference and the

Approves the substantial increase in the resources allocated to theParticipation Programme in order to meet Member States’ requests forassistance, in conformity with the approved objectives of the programme,and recommends that efforts be pursued to enhance the efficiency of theParticipation Programmers management and to carry out its progressiveevaluation, decentralization of this Programme being kept within thecapacities of the Regional Offices and National Commissions;

Considers it desirable for Member States to ensure that at least 25 percent of their requests under the Participation Programme be for activitiesaimed at the promotion of women;

Approves the substantial increase in the budget allocation made toreinforce the role of National Commissions, and stresses in this contextthe importance of strengthening co-operation both with and between theNational Commissions to increase their involvement and through themthe participation of intellectual and scientific communities of the MemberStates, in the implementation of programme activities - which is one of themain objectives of decentralization;

Appreciates the proposals made to increase the decentralization ofprogramme execution to field offices and units, and considers:

that further decentralization of activities should be implemented in stages,in line with the strategy adopted by the Executive Board and inaccordance with programme requirements;

that it should be accompanied by appropriate strengthening of thecapacity of the field ofi-ices to assume satisfactorily the additionalresponsibilities; and

that decentralized activities should be evaluated;

Emphasizes the need, particularly in view of the ongoing restructuring ofthe United Nations system, to make continued efforts to improve co-ordination and build active partnerships with other United Nationsorganizations and financing institutions in the formulation, implementationand evaluation of programmes and activities, seeking innovative methods,whenever appropriate, such as interdisciplinary and inter-agencyco-operation projects, in order to strengthen UNESCO’s specificcontribution to the common endeavors of the United Nations system;

Considers appropriate the introduction of flexibility at subprogrammelevel, to improve programme execution and facilitate the adaptation ofUNESCO’s action to urgent and unforeseen needs arising from the rapidly



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changing international situation and its participation in concerted actionwith other organizations of the United Nations;

Welcomes the improvements in the design and presentation of document27 C/5, which is concise, clearer and more accessible than the previousdocument, in particular:

the more precise statement of objectives and the more sharply focusedpresentation of the main activities;

the inclusion under each subprogramme of the budget allocationearmarked for upstream activities and its distribution betweenHeadquarters and the field units, and of activities expected to be financedfrom extra-budgetary resources;

the addition to the budget tables of a new column showing adjustmentsmade in the 1992-1993 budget, and the inclusion at the end of each majorprogramme area of a summary of regular budget activities providing acomparison by object of expenditure between the 1994-1995 proposalsand the 1992-1993 budget as adjusted and recosted;

Notes the progress made in programme concentration, as reflected notonly in the reduction in the number of major programme areas,programmes and subprogrammes but especially in the budgetaryreinforcement of priority areas and the elimination of certain activities;

Reiterates that Member States may present requests under theParticipation Programme concerning activities that have been eliminatedfrom the work plans as a result of concentration;

Considers that under each subprogramme the expected outputs should beeven more explicitly stated so as to facilitate the evaluation of activities;

Stresses the need to further strengthen intersectoral co-operation andinterdisciplinarity throughout the programme;

Notes with satisfaction the presentation, for the first time, of an evaluationplan addressing selected key issues under each programme, and considersthat efforts should be continued to make evaluation a built-in componentof programme implementation with a view to improving the efficiency ofthe functioning of the Organization;

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Transverse themes, programmes and activities

24. Supports the activities included in this section andand underlines the need to enhance intersectoraloperation in their implementation;

their new presentation,co-ordination and co-

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25. Appreciates the proposed strengthening of activities and the increase inresources devoted to improvement of the status of women, andrecommends that efforts be pursued throughout the programme inparticular to enhance women’s participation in cultural and political lifeand their representation in scientific and technological professions;

26. Emphasizes the need to ensure appropriate co-ordination of all theactivities relating to women so as to enhance their coherence and impact,and welcomes in this context the setting up of a consultative committeeon women to propose innovative ways of improving the status of womenand to renew UNESCO’s strategy in this field so as to give fresh impetusto its action;

27. Reaffirms the importance of the activities carried out under the ‘Youth’transverse theme with a view to responding to the needs and aspirationsof young people and to encouraging their more active participation in thelife of society and in the activities of the Organization;

28. Recommends that the Priority: Africa programme, which is due to beevaluated at the beginning of the 1994-1995 biennium, be reoriented insuch a way as to emphasize those activities that respond to the urgentneeds of African Member States and permit the launching of regional andsubregional projects likely to attract extra-budgetary resources andmobilize participation by other partners;

29. Approves the efforts to improve and better co-ordinate the activities forEastern and Central Europe;

30. Underscores the need to actively pursue the development of the clearinghouse and the strengthening of the statistics programme;

31. Urges that concrete measures be taken to correct the imbalances existingamong the publications of UNESCO in the various languages;

Major Programme Area I - Education and the future

32. Approves the new structure proposed for Major Programme Area I, andnotes that the priority assigned to this major programme area is reflectedin the budgetary resources allocated to it;

33. Endorses the top priority given to basic education for all, especially theemphasis placed on the education of girls and women, stresses UNESCO’sspecific contribution in this area in the context of inter-agency co-operation, and commends the UNESCO/UNICEF initiative regarding theEducation for All Summit of Heads of State of the nine most populousdeveloping countries;

34. Approves the incorporation into Programme I.1 of the Young child andthe family environment project and the mobilizing project on thecombating of illiteracy;



35. Endorses the overall orientation of Programme I.2 (Education for thetwenty-first century), and recommends:

(a) that the results of the work carried out by the InternationalCommission on Education for the Twenty-First Century be widelydisseminated so as to enable Member States to assess its input tofuture education programmes;

(b) that the renewal of general secondary education be reinforced,focusing on the training and retraining of teachers and trainers;

(c) that particular emphasis be placed on using distance educationmethods, advanced communication technologies and computertechniques;

(d) that the UNEVOC project on technical and vocational education beimplemented swiftly and effectively, and that activities in scienceeducation and scientific literacy be given the appropriate emphasis;

(e) that a policy, criteria and procedures be devised to guide thedevelopment, monitoring and evaluation of the functioning of theUNITWIN programme and, within it, the UNESCO chairs scheme,paying particular attention to the balanced distribution of UNESCOchairs among the regions and to co-operation between them;

36. Underlines the appropriateness of the activities proposed in the newSubprogramme I.2.4, relating to the reconstruction and transformation ofeducation systems and to emergency situations;

37. Welcomes the proposal of the interdisciplinary and inter-agency co-operation project on ‘Environment and population education andinformation for human development’, and recommends that preventiveeducation (as in paras. 01306 and 01310) be emphasized therein;

38. Considers that this innovative approach, which involves genuineinterdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration, should be extended toother programme areas in future C/5 documents;

39. Stresses the importance of the activities carried out by the InternationalBureau of Education (IBE), the International Institute for EducationalPlanning (IIEP) and the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE), andapproves the transfer of educational policy, planning and managementactivities to IIEP;

Major Programme Area II - Science for progress and the environment

40. Approves the new structure proposed for Major Programme Area II,bearing in mind that the Organization will continue to co-operate withMember States interested in issues relating to science, technology andsociety under the Participation Programme;



41. Recommends:

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that environmental education and information continue to be givenvery high priority (cf. MPA I) and that throughout Programme II.2(Environment and natural resources management) technicalassistance activities under ‘co-operation for development’(’upstream’ work and advisory services) and under the ParticipationProgramme be strengthened so as to enable Member States topresent environment and development projects to the GlobalEnvironment Facility (GEF) and Capacity 21 funds;

that the role of the scientific intergovernmental programmes (IGCP,IHP, MAB and IOC) be stressed, and their major contribution tothe follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environmentand Development highlighted;

that activities aimed at mitigating desertification be enhanced;

that research and training in mathematics be given the appropriateemphasis, stressing their interrelations with other basic and appliedsciences;

that the activities in the engineering sciences be oriented towardsapplied aspects (including, inter alia, environmentally soundtechnologies, waste management, water resources management anduniversity-industry partnership), and that grants for the scientificequipment of laboratories be increased both in the basic and in theengineering sciences;

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

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Approves the new structure, the overall orientation and the budgetaryreinforcement proposed for Major Programme Area III;

Underlines the need to give greater visibility and a more operationalorientation to the World Decade for Cultural Development, in the light ofthe mid-term evaluation of its implementation, by focusing its activitiesparticularly on the cultural dimension of development, by encouraging thesetting up of concrete projects and by strengthening co-operation withother international partners;

Reiterates the principle stated in 26 C/Resolution 3.4 that the WorldCommission on Culture and Development will be financed from extra-budgetary resources, and considers consequently that any funds allocatedto the Commission under the regular programme should be regarded as anadvance to facilitate the commencement of its work pending mobilizationof the required extra-budgetary resources;

Notes the efforts made to give a fresh impetus to the implementation ofthe 1972 Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and NaturalHeritage and to improve intersectoral co-ordination of activities through


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the creation of the UNESCO Worldsteps proposed in paragraph 03110response to emergency situations;


Heritage Centre, and welcomes theto ensure the Organization’s rapid

Recommends that efforts focus on a limited number of interculturalprojects that are likely to mobilize extra-budgetary resources and producetangible results within a specified time frame;

Further recommends that particular importance be given to the protectionand promotion of endangered languages in the context of the preservationof cultural identities;

Approves the measures proposed to accelerate the completion of the fourregional and general history projects, and supports the innovativeapproaches proposed for enhancing intercultural dialogue;

Recommends that Slavic cultures be accommodated in the programme;

Underlines the importance of the activities proposed for safeguarding thevanishing cinematic heritage;

Approves the innovative approaches proposed for the programme on‘Books and reading’;

Major Programme Area IV - Communication, information andinformatics in the service of humanity

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Endorses the general lines of emphasis of thisits new structure, which strengthen thecomponents;

major programme area andsynergy among its three

Notes with satisfaction that the communication programme clearly reflectsthe main elements of the new communication strategy and that increasedbudgetary resources have been allocated to it;

Approves the emphasis placed on encouraging the freedom of the pressand the independence and pluralism of the media in all regions, as keycomponents of democratic societies, and welcomes in this regard co-operation with professional media organizations;

Approves the high priority given to the strengthening of communicationcapacities in developing countries and in new Member States, reiteratesthat the International Programme for the Development of Communication(IPDC) should play an increasing role in this regard and, noting that thefinancial resources of the IPDC Special Account are not adequate to meetthe growing demands for assistance from the developing countries, urgesthat reinforced efforts be made to persuade both current and potentialdonors to provide greater resources for it, in particular by the evaluationof IPDC-funded projects;



56. Emphasizes the need to explore new avenues for promoting thecontribution made by communication technologies and the media toeducation, peace and development;

57. Approves the maintenance of all the constituent parts of the GeneralInformation Programme;

58. Welcomes the emphasis placed on regional information and ‘informatics’networks, and underlines the need to strengthen their activities throughthe mobilization, in conformity with established procedures, of increasedextra-budgetary resources;

Major Programme Area V - Social and human sciences: contributionto development, peace, human rights and democracy

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Aprn-eves the merger of Major Programme Areas V, VI and VII into onenew Major Programme Area V;

Favours the launching of an international programme in social sciencesaimed at promoting the expansion of comparative research of directrelevance for the formulation of policies in the area of humandevelopment and at facilitating the dissemination of their results todecision-makers;

Recommends that special attention be given to preparations for the UnitedNations Conference on Population and Development (1994), the fourthWorld Conference on Women and Development (1995), and the WorldSummit on Social Development (1995);

Notes with pleasure the high priority given to education, training andresearch in the areas of peace, human rights and democracy; considersthat this action should above all be preventive and long-term action, andrecommends that arrangements be made to ensure appropriateimplementation of the Plan of Action adopted by the Montreal Conferenceon Human Rights and Democracy (Montreal, 1992); appreciates in thisregard the measures taken to give a fresh impetus to the AssociatedSchools Project;

Recognizes the necessity of developing, in closest co-operation and co-ordination with the other institutions of the United Nations system, newinterdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches fostering the building of aculture of peace within the framework, in particular, of post-conflictnational reconstruction efforts;l

Takes note of the activities aimed at promotion of the cultural rights ofpersons belonging to minorities, and underscores the importance ofdeveloping education fostering tolerance and civic sense;l

1. The Executive Board draws the attention of the General Conference to any recommendations it maymake at its 142nd session on questions relating to paragraphs 63 and 64.



65. Strongly recommends the development of activities aimed at promotingeffective implementation of the principle of equality between men andwomen and at enhancing the participation of women in the processes ofreflection, decision-making and implementation at all levels of political,economic, social and cultural life;

66. Strongly suppo rts the new orientations of the ‘Contribution to theconstruction of a democratic, non-racial, apartheid-free society in SouthAfrica’ special project;

67. Notes with satisfaction the creation of a special programme on SouthAfrica, recommends that it be given due weight in the C/5 document, andstresses the need to pay particular attention to its prompt implementation;

68. Approves the orientations of the philosophy and ethics programme, andexpresses its interest in the activities proposed for ensuring the celebrationof the United Nations year for tolerance ( 1995);

69. Takes note that exploratory work concerning the possible drafting of aninternational instrument concerning the human genome is proposed, andstresses in this context the need to develop information exchanges and tocarry out extensive consultations within an intercultural framework, inorder to precisely identify the issues involved in the control of the humangenome;

70. Approves the general orientation of the youth programme, and supportsin particular:

(a) the setting up of the INFOYOUTH information service;

(b) the activities proposed in the area of physical education and sports,in spite of the suspension of the meetings of the IntergovernmentalCommittee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS);

(c) activities that aim to encourage participation by young people in thepromotion of peace, human rights and international understanding, .particularly within the framework of co-operation with UNESCOClubs;

71. Recommends that assistance be provided under ‘co-operation fordevelopment’ in Major Programme Area V to study intersectoralapproaches to the task of dealing with the difficulties facing small islandStates suffering socio-economic underdevelopment and a vulnerablephysical environment;

III

Budget techniques

72. Notes that the budgeting techniques decided on by the Board at its 140thsession (decision 4.1) have been applied by the Director-General for the



establishment of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1994-1995(27 C/5), namely:

(a) the constant dollar principle;

(b) treatment of inflation through:

(i) recosting;(ii) anticipated cost increases;

(c) description of the effects of currency fluctuation;

(d) ground-level budgeting;

(e) application of budget standards;

(f) 5 percent adjustment for staff turnover and recruitment delays;

(g) distribution of staff and indirect programme costs;

(h) programme analysis by form of action and function;

(i) distribution of administrative and common service costs;

(’j) integration of extra-budgetary resources;

(k) integration of support costs income;

73. Notes also that:

(a)

(b)

(c)

Staff

the budget base for 1994-1995 for Parts I to VI of the budget is$396,927,300 (at the constant dollar rate of 6.45 French francs toone United States dollar);

the nominal increase due to recosting (inflation costs for 1992-1993) and revaluation (estimated cost of inflation in 1994-1995,Part VII of the budget - Anticipated Cost Increases) has beenestimated at $40,347,000 (or 9.7 per cent of the total for Parts I toVII of the budget of the previous biennium) and budgeted for indocument 27 C/5. This estimate will be updated up to the eve of theGeneral Conference;

provision for the obligatory expenditure (the second of threeinstallments concerning the second phase of the amortization of theAccount for End-of-Service Grants and Indemnities) of $290,000has been made within the overall budget for 1994-1995;

74. Notes the Director-General’s proposal to reduce the number of regularbudget established posts by 102 to a total of 2,199, including 28 posts atthe IBE and the UIE, as a result of the granting of increased autonomy bythe conversion of financial contributions into grants-in-aid to those



institutions, which, henceforth, will be fully responsible for meeting thestaff costs concerned;

Future planning

75. Recalling the lengthy discussions in the governing bodies arising from theongoing cash-flow problems caused by the non-payment of contributionsby Member States,

76. Invites the Director-General to develop at an early time aplanning/contingency mechanism relative to these problems, to be used byhim as a management tool for the rational and effective implementation ofthe programme;

Working Capital Fund

77. Noting that the Director-General intends to propose, in a document to besubmitted to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session, anincrease in the level of the Working Capital Fund,

78. Considers that this matter should be studied in the light of cashrequirements, borrowing authorization and proposed changes in orsuspension of Financial Regulations that could affect the cash flow;

79. Invites the Director-General to include all relevant information in thatdocument and to submit it to the General Conference through the Boardat its 142nd session;

Presentation

80. Notes further. with appreciation, that many of the Board’srecommendations concerning accountability and presentation have beenreflected in document 27 C/5;

Parts I, III, IV, V, VI and VII

81.

82.

83.

Takes note of Parts I, III, IV, V, VI and VU of the budget, of the budget .estimates proposed and of Appendices I to XVI to document 27 C/5, andalso notes that under the new Executive Board structure Member Statesand not individuals will be named as members;

Expresses its intention of reviewing all the current entitlements of itsmembers, the financial implications of which are provisionally stated inparagraph 00014 of document 27 C/5;

IV

Submits to the General Conference, with approval, the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1994-1995, together with its corrigendum, forexamination in the light of the above-mentioned observations and


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5.1

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recommendations and subject to the final recommendationsproposed budget to be made by the Board at its 142nd session.

on the

(141 EX/SR.5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 and 16)

EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

Report by the Director-General

Report on the activities of the Organization since(141 EX/INF.3, Parts III & IV& Add. and 141 EX/41)

I


the 140th session

1. Having examined document 141 EX/INF.3, Part IV, containing the annuallist of consultants to the Secretariat (1992),

2. Noting. that the document was not discussed by the Group of Experts ofthe Finance and Administrative Commission,

3. Requests the Director-General to prepare a revised document on thesubject, keeping in mind the discussions in the Finance and AdministrativeCommission during the present session of the Executive Board,specifically concerning the need for relevant information on:

(a) the actual duration of contracts;

(b) actual costs, including fees, per diem allowances and travel;

(c) a precise description of the essential tasks required under thecontract;

(d) consultants to the Secretariat and to the Member States financed bythe regular programme and by extra-budgetary sources;

and update the revised document for submission to it at its 142nd session;

4. Further requests the Director-General, with regard to programmeexecution, to examine the cost effectiveness of:

(a)

(b)

(c)

engaging outside consultants on a temporary basis as comparedwith the continued employment of specialists within the Secretariaton a permanent basis;

shifting emphasis towards a staffing structure of permanentprogramme managers and temporary specialists, on a contractualbasis, in support of and only for the duration of specificprogrammes;

integrating the use of outside consultants more systematically intoUNESCO’s overall personnel policy;



and submit to it an overall policy paper on this at its 142nd session and adetailed report at its 144th session.

II

Strife-torn States of the Africa region


1. Bearing in mind the United Nations General Assembly decision to givepriority to the resolution of problems impeding the development ofAfrican Member States,

2. Appreciating the various efforts undertaken by the Director-General toimplement that decision, as is evident in the establishment of the Priority:Africa programme, and to focus attention on Africa, the LDCS andwomen,

3. Expressing grave concern at the apparent marginalization of Africa inspite of its increasing socio-economic problems, among them the ever-widening attainment gap between the North and the South,

4. Noting with satisfaction the Director-General’s proposals to provide moraland material support in strife-torn Member States of the Africa region,e.g. Somalia, Liberia, Sudan, Angola and Mozambique, including theestablishment of the unit for monitoring developments in South Africa,

5. Invites the Director-General to intensify these efforts, in connection withthe proposals cited above, in UNESCO’s areas of competence;

6. Urges the Director-General to ensure that in the allocation of resourcesthese most badly affected countries in the Africa region are given themaximum possible support.

(141 EX/SR.1, 2, 3 ,4, 9, 10 and 16)

5.2 Education

5.2.1 Application of 26 C/Resolution 16 concerning educational and culturalinstitutions in the occupied Arab territories (141 EX/8 & Add. and141 EX/42)


1. Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), theDeclaration of the Rights of the Child (1959), the International Covenanton Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the UNESCO Conventionagainst Discrimination in Education (1960) and the Fourth GenevaConvention (1949),

2. Having examined the report by the Director-General (141 EX/8 & Add.)and taking account of the introduction by the Assistant Director-Generalfor Education,



3. Reaffirms the previous decisions and resolutions of UNESCO concerningeducational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories;

4. Expresses its satisfaction at the resumption of peace negotiations in theMiddle East, in the hope that a just, global and lasting peace may beachieved as swiftly as possible on the basis of a just solution to theproblems of the region;

5. Expresses its deep concern over the situation in educational and culturalinstitutions in the occupied Syrian Golan, which is aggravated by:

(a) Israel’s alteration of school curricula, impediments and obstacles tostudents’ freedom of choice, and inadequate training of staff;

(b) quotas and practices imposed by Israel that restrict students’ accessto Syrian universities and to various courses of study in the Golan;

6. Strongly deplores the loss of many days of schooling in the occupied Arabterritories owing to the closure of schools and universities by militaryorder or by curfews, etc.;

7. Deplores the fact that the personal representative of the Director-Generalhas been unable to accomplish his mission in the occupied Arab territories,and urges that he be allowed to do so as soon as possible;

8. Warmly thanks the Director-General for his efforts to secureimplementation of its decisions;

9. Invites the Director-General:

(a) to provide, in UNESCO’s fields of competence, the necessaryassistance to educational establishments to preserve Syrian culturalidentity and for the granting of scholarships to Golan students;

(b) to continue his efforts with a view to the unhindered functioning ofschools, universities and cultural institutions throughout theterritories;

(c) to conduct a study to assess academic standards in Palestinianuniversities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip;

(d) to continue his efforts to provide, in UNESCO’s fields ofcompetence, the necessary assistance to schools in order to preservethe cultural identity of the populations concerned;

10. Decides to place this item on the agenda for its 142nd session.

(141 EX/SR.15)



5.2.2 Report by the Director-General on the reinforcement of the EuropeanCentre for Higher Education (CEPES) (141 EX/9 and 141 EX/42)


1. Recalling the resolutions of the General Conference, in particular25 C/Resolution 1.27 and 26 C/Resolution 1.13, concerning thestrengthening of the European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES),

2. Taking into account also 26 C/Resolutions 7.6, 7.7, 11.4, 13.1 and 13.22,136 EX/Decision 3.3 and 139 EX/Decision 4.3.4,

3. Noting with appreciation the report by the Director-General on thereinforcement of the European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES)(141 EX/9),

4. Noting with appreciation the results of the high-level consultationsundertaken by Professor Justin Thorens and Professor GottfriedLeibbrandt, the personal representatives of the Director-General,

5. Considering that CEPES has for the past 20 years served as one of themajor channels of European co-operation in the field of higher educationbetween East and West, within the limitations of the overall context inEurope during that period,

6. Convinced that a new mission and reinforcement of CEPES should takeinto account the changes in the region and the new conditions of co-operation between the European programmes already set up in the field ofhigher education in Europe, particularly for the countries of Central andEastern Europe,

7. Convinced further that within the framework of UNESCO’s activities inEurope CEPES should continue, in the field of higher education, to serveprimarily as a centre for the collection and exchange of information andexperience, as a forum for the discussion and updating of importanttopics, as a centre for the promotion of research and development inselected areas and as a focal point for a number of specialized networksdirectly linked with higher education issues,

8. Appreciating the efforts of the Romanian Government to support andfacilitate the work of CEPES and reinforce its human resources,

9. Acknowledging with gratitude the contributions made by Member Statesand higher education institutions to the work of CEPES, in particular theNetherlands, which continues to provide support for the electronicnetwork, UNICOM,

10. Appreciating the co-operative spirit prevailing in the meetings with theCouncil of Europe, the European Communities and the OECD, and in theconsultations with non-governmental organizations,



11. Calls upon the European Member States and the academic community,and invites the European governmental organizations, in particular theCouncil of Europe and the Commission of the European Communities,together with the OECD, to back UNESCO in its efforts to reinforceinstitutional co-operation in the field of higher education in the Europeregion and to strengthen CEPES as one of its main instruments for thispurpose;


(a) to pursue the consultations with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and to organize a meeting withrepresentatives of the European Member States in order to discussnew ways of reinforcing co-operation and developing a co-ordinated strategy in the field of higher education;

(b) to undertake measures leading to the full utilization of CEPES’sintellectual and material resources as a partner for co-operation inthe field of higher education in the Europe region;

(c) to report to it at a future session on progress in the implementationof those measures.

(141 EX/SR. 15)

5.2.3 Proposals by the Director-General - including the outline of anintersectoral policy - concerning the UNITWIN and UNESCO chairsprogramme (141 EX/10 and 141 EX/42)


1. Recalling 140 EX/Decision 5.2.1 and all relevant General Conference andExecutive Board decisions concerning the role of UNESCO in promotingnew ways and means of international co-operation in higher education,

2. Taking into account the Director-General’s proposals in document141 EX/10 - including the outline of an intersectoral policy - concerningthe UNITWIN and UNESCO chairs programme,

3. Taking note of the favourable reactions of a large number of MemberStates to the UNITWIN and UNESCO chairs programme as reflected inthe preliminary proposals by the Director-General concerning the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1994-1995 (140 EX/5, Part II, para. 58),

4. Acknowledges with satisfaction the ongoing efforts of the Secretariat in:

(a) making UNITWIN fully operational;

(b) extending UNITWIN and UNESCO chairs activities to all majorprogramme areas through increased intersectoral co-operation;

(c) consolidating and strengthening the interdisciplinary character ofUNITWIN;



(d) establishing a system of regular follow-up and evaluation for theUNESCO chairs programme;

5. Agrees with the Director-General’s proposal to further concentrateUNESCO’s action in the field of higher education during the forthcomingbiennium 1994-1995 around the UNITWIN and UNESCO chairsprogramme, which is considered essentially an important intersectoralprogramme of the Organization’s;

6. Requests the Director-General to further strengthen co-operation onUNITWIN with the other agencies of the United Nations system, inparticular the United Nations University (UNU), and with non-governmental organizations in higher education; furthermore, invites himto induce the Secretariat units in charge of contacts with financinginstitutions to intensify their efforts in seeking extra-budgetary funds forUNITWIN;

7. Urges Member States to support and participate actively in theUNITWIN and UNESCO chairs programme;

8. Invites the Director-General to draw up clear criteria for selecting theprojects to be included in the UNITWIN and UNESCO chairs programmeto, inter alia, make it an instrument against the brain drain, to formulate acomprehensive intersectoral policy of UNESCO for the whole field ofhigher education and to redraft document 141 EX/10 accordingly;

9. Invites the Director-General to prepare a regular follow-up and evaluationsystem for the UNITWIN and UNESCO chairs programme;

10. Requests the Director-General to submit the above-mentioned document,together with the comments made by the Board, to the twenty-seventhsession of the General Conference, with a view to enabling theConference to take a well-informed decision on the provisions to be madefor UNITWIN and UNESCO chairs in the Programme and Budget ofUNESCO for the 1994-1995 biennium.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.2.4 Second consultation with Member States regarding the implementation ofthe Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and VocationalEducation (141 EX/11 and 141 EX/43)


1. Recalling 22 C/Resolution 25, concerning the procedures for reporting onthe application and implementation of the Revised Recommendationconcerning Technical and Vocational Education,

2. Having examined document 141 EX/11 and the report of the Committeeon Conventions and Recommendations concerning the secondconsultation of Member States on implementation of thatRecommendation (141 EX/43),



3. Recognizes the value of the effort made by those Member States that havesubmitted reports;

4. Expresses appreciation to the Committee for its report, and endorses theconclusions and recommendations contained therein, in particular thetimetable proposed in paragraph 140 for the third consultation of MemberStates, which provides for the synoptic analysis and the summaries of thereplies from Member States, together with the report on them by theCommittee on Conventions and Recommendations, to be submitted to theGeneral Conference at its thirtieth session;

5. Recommends that the General Conference invite Member States toimplement the Revised Recommendation and to submit reports, inresponse to the third consultation, on the measures they have taken to thateffect, it being understood that the report of the Committee onConventions and Recommendations on those reports and the observationsof the Board will be transmitted to the General Conference at its thirtiethsession.

(141 EX/SR.16)

5.2.5 Report by the Director-General concerning the implementation of theRecommendation on the Development of Adult Education (141 EX/12 and141 EX/43)


1. Having considered document 141 EX/12 and the report of the Committeeon Conventions and Recommendations on this subject (141 EX/43),

2. Recommends that the General Conference adopt the following draftresolution:

The General Conference,

1. Recalling that at its nineteenth session (Nairobi, 1976) it adoptedthe Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education, andconsidering that the Organization should encourage its full andcomplete implementation and keep itself informed of progress madein implementing it in the Member States,

2. Recalling resolution 2.7 adopted at its twenty-fourth session (Paris,1987), concerning the procedure for and frequency of thesubmission and consideration of Member States’ reports on theimplementation of the 1976 Recommendation,

3. Having taken note of the analytical summaries of national reports,the synoptic report thereon and the report submitted to theExecutive Board by the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations,



4. Recognizes that Member States have made appreciable efforts toreply within the required time to the questionnaire concerningimplementation of the Recommendation, but, given the importanceof this instrument, regrets the relatively small number of repliesreceived and expresses its concern that almost two out of threeMember States did not reply to the questionnaire;

5. Welcomes the many excellent measures taken by Member States toimplement the provisions of the 1976 Recommendation and to giveeffect to the recommendations of the fourth InternationalConference on Adult Education (Paris, 1985), to resolution No. 77adopted by the International Conference on Education at its42nd session (Geneva, 1990) and to the World Declaration onEducation for All, adopted by the World Conference on Educationfor All (Jomtien, 1990);

6. Notes with satisfaction the progress made in the implementation ofcertain provisions of the Recommendation, in particular thoseconcerning relevant legislative and administrative measures, butregrets that many obstacles, especially shortage of funds, still standin the way of the development of adult education;

7. Expresses its satisfaction at the favourable direction, in manycountries, of certain major trends in adult education, both formaland non-formal, including:

the recognized role of adult education as an essential component ofthe overall education system and the harmonization of adulteducation programmes with programmes intended for children;

the integration of adult education plans and projects into nationaldevelopment plans;

awareness of its role in the social integration of certain sociallymarginalized and economically disadvantaged groups, especiallyrural populations, women and the unemployed - both adults andyoung people;

reactivation of the concept of lifelong education;

8. Notes with interest that, even though literacy instruction is still themain form of adult education in most developing countries, there isa marked trend, especially since the fourth International Conferenceon Adult Education, towards a broadening of the scope of adulteducation, through diversification of content and the inclusion ofcertain specific subject areas, and through the opening up ofvocational training to general education and culture;

9. Takes note of the preference expressed by more than half theMember States for regional and subregional co-operation in adulteducation, and of the growing interest in bilateral co-operation;



10. Notes also that Member States wish priority to be given to co-operation in the following areas, in decreasing order of importance:training of personnel, educational methods and the production ofeducational materials, and preparation and evaluation ofprogrammes;

11. Emphasizes that the data supplied by Member States in their reportswill serve as useful background information for preparation of thefifth International Conference on Adult Education (1997);

12. Invites all Member States:

(a) to redouble their efforts to ensure full and comprehensiveimplementation of the provis ions of the 1976Recommendation, to take appropriate measures to that effectwith a view to strengthening educational activities for adultsand making lifelong education for all a reality, and to expandexchanges of experience and information, in particular withinthe framework of international and regional co-operation;

(b) to participate actively in the preparation of national reports aspart of the permanent reporting system;

(c) to co-operate with the Secretariat in the reflection on recenttrends and prospects in adult education that will beundertaken in preparation for the fifth InternationalConference on Adult Education;

13. Invites Member States that did not reply to the questionnaire tocontribute to the above-mentioned reflection by providinginformation on important developments and recent trends in adulteducation in their countries;


(a) to continue to ensure the functioning of the permanentreporting system, in particular by taking account, in preparingfor the fifth International Conference on Adult Education, ofthe information contained in the replies from Member States;

(b) to undertake, in preparation for the above-mentionedConference and to supplement the data available, a reflectionon recent trends and future prospects in adult education inMember States;

(c) to organize a consultation of Member States for this purpose,associating with it the National Commissions for UNESCOand also international and regional non-governmental organi-zations, adult education associations and intergovernmentalorganizations active in this field;



15. Requests the Director-General to take the necessary steps, inaccordance with 24 C/Resolution 2.7, to ensure that a questionnaireis submitted to Member States in the course of 1998 for thepreparation of their reports on the implementation of theRecommendation on the Development of Adult Education, and thatthe analytical summaries, the synoptic report thereon and the reportof the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations aresubmitted, together with the Board’s observations, to the GeneralConference at its thirtieth session (1999).

(141 EX/SR.16)

5.2.6 Report by the Director-General on the legal framework of theInternational Institute for Educational Planning (141 EX/13 and141 EX/42)



2. Decides to defer the decision on this matter to its 142nd session, after thematter has been considered by the Finance and AdministrativeCommission.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.2.7 Desirability of adopting an international normative instrument concerningthe status of higher education teaching personnel (141 EX/32 and141 EX/42)


1. Having examined the report submitted by the Director-General on theresults of the in-depth study on the nature and scope of a possibleinternational standard-setting instrument concerning the status of highereducation teachers (141 EX/32),

2. Decides to place this item on the provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference;

3. Considers that this matter could be the subject of a recommendation toMember States.

(141 EX/SR.15)



5.3 Natural sciences

5.3.1 Proposed transfer of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics toUNESCO (141 EX/14)


1. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the proposedtransfer of the administrative responsibility for the International Centre forTheoretical Physics (ICTP) from the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) to UNESCO (141 EX/14),

2. Decides to authorize the Director-General to take the necessary steps toeffect the above-mentioned transfer.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.4 Social and human sciences

5.4.1 Study on the technical and legal aspects of the desirability of developing anew international instrument to combat doping in sport, coveringeducation, prevention, co-operation and information (141 EX/15 and141 EX/42)


1. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 1.12,

2. Having examined the preliminary study submitted by the Director-Generalon the technical and legal aspects of the desirability of developing a newinternational instrument to combat doping in sport, covering education,prevention, co-operation and information (141 EX/15),

3. Decides to place on the provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh sessionof the General Conference an item concerning the desirability ofregulations governing this question.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.4.2 Action programme to promote a culture of peace (141 EX/16 and141 EX/42)

The Executive Board.

1. Bearing in mind the Yamoussoukro Declaration (1989), the MontevideoDeclaration on Democratic Culture and ‘Governance’ (1990), theconclusions of the Prague ‘Culture and Democracy’ Forum (1991), thefindings of the International Forum on Education for Democracy (Tunis,1992), the World Plan of Action on Education for Human Rights andDemocracy (Montreal, 1993) and the proposals made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in ‘An Agenda for Peace’, which containsan appeal to the international community for the construction of peace,



2. Recalling that the General Conference at its twenty-sixth session noted, inconnection with the implementation of the 1974 Recommendation, theethical mission of UNESCO, particularly in the promotion of a culture ofpeace, through education, science and culture, ensuring respect for humanrights and fundamental freedoms,

3. Recalling that the General Conference also took note of the draft actionplan annexed to document 26 C/82 and approved the initiation of actionto integrate peace and human rights education,

4. Bearing in mind 140 EX/Decision 5.4.2 inviting the Director-General toprepare an action programme to promote a culture of peace,


6. Invites the Director-General to pursue expert consultations, on anequitable geographical basis, with a view to arriving at a clearer definitionof all the activities contained in the Draft Programme and Budget for1994-1995 (27 C/5) that specifically relate to the culture of peace, whichis indissolubly linked with human rights, tolerance and democracy;

7. Also invites the Director-General to make provision in document 27 C/5,as a special activity, for an international forum on peace education andculture, which could be held in 1994;

8. Draws the attention of the International Conference on Education at its44th session, in 1994, to the desirability of its taking the question of theculture of peace into account in its recommendations;

9. Decides to include this item in the agenda for its 142nd session, andrequests the Director-General to revise document 141 EX/16 in the lightof the debates at the present session.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.4.3 Proclamation of United Nations year for tolerance and declaration ontolerance (141 EX/17 and 141 EX/42)


1. Recalling UNESCO’s prime vocation, which is to construct the defencesof peace in the minds of men through international co-operation ineducation, science, culture and communication,

2. Convinced of UNESCO’s responsibility for contributing, in its fields ofcompetence, to peace, respect for human rights and the elimination of allforms of discrimination and intolerance,

3. Noting that new conflicts are breaking out in all the world’s regions,which is a clear sign of inability to understand or accept differences,

4. Having examined the Director-General’s report on the proclamation of theUnited Nations Year for Tolerance (141 EX/17),



5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12<

Recalling 26 C/Resolution 5.6,

Takes note of resolution 47/124 adopted by the General Assembly of theUnited Nations;

Requests the Director-General to continue, in close collaboration with theSecretary-General of the United Nations, the appropriate bodies of theUnited Nations system, the NGOs and the Member States, to prepare aplan of action for 1995, United Nations Year for Tolerance;

Takes note of the preliminary draft of the UNESCO declaration ontolerance prepared by the meeting of international experts (Istanbul,Turkey, 16-17 April 1993) and requests the Director-General to continueto hold widespread international consultations on the wording of a text tobe submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations for formaladoption at the inauguration of the Year;

Also requests the Director-General to submit suggestions concerning thecelebration of the Year for Tolerance to the General Assembly of theUnited Nations at its forty-eighth session, through the Economic andSocial Council;

Considers it essential that education for tolerance be given priority at alleducational levels and, to that end, requests the Director-General to takeinto account the possibility of making arrangements for the drafting, by agroup of experts in education, the social sciences, psychology, ethics andreligion, of a manual for primary-school pupils and a collection ofreference texts for teachers, to enable them to teach pupils, from theirearliest years, and in plain, lively language, the principles of tolerance,respect for others and a sense of responsible, active solidarity with allother human beings;

Invites the Director-General to encourage the National Commissions ofthe Member States to stage cultural, scientific and educational events forthe United Nations Year for Tolerance, 1995;

Invites the Director-General to devote particular attention to the co-ordination of UNESCO’s activities relating to the United Nations Year forTolerance and to the following up of those activities.

5.4.4 Protection and promotion of the culturalminorities within UNESCO’s fields of141 EX/42)



2. Decides to defer consideration of this item

(141 EX/SR.15)

rights of persons belonging tocompetence (141 EX/34 and

to its 142nd session.

(141 EX/SR.15)



5.5 Culture

5.5.1 Report by the Director-General on the reinforcement of UNESCO’s actionfor the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage (141 EX/18and 141 EX/42)


1. Reaffirming its conviction that the preservation and protection of theworld cultural and natural heritage is of the utmost importance to allhumanity,

2. Conscious that today the world cultural and natural heritage is exposed togrowing risks of serious harm and degeneration owing to armed conflictsof an international and non-international character, natural catastrophes,environmental deterioration and other natural events, as well as harmfulhuman activities,

3. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 3.9 inviting the Director-General to report onthe reinforcement of UNESCO’s action for the preservation of the worldcultural and natural heritage, including the possibility and desirability of arevision of the existing provisions regulating the protection andconservation of the world cultural and natural heritage,

4. Having considered the Director-General’s report in document 140 EX/13,supplemented by document 141 EX/18,

5. Considering that since 1954 protection of the cultural heritage has beenthe object of many instruments adopted under the aegis of UNESCO,

6. Recalling the opinion expressed by the Director-General in his report(140 EX/13) that the 1954 Hague Convention no longer meets currentrequirements and that its effectiveness should be improved,

7. Noting that the study on the review of this Convention has been receivedby the Director-General,

8. Convinced that there should be better co-ordination of all existingUNESCO instruments for the protection of the cultural heritage,

9. Calls on all Member States that are not yet parties to the Convention forthe Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (TheHague, 1954), to the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting andPreventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Cultural Property(1970), and to the Convention for the Protection of the World Culturaland Natural Heritage (1972) to ratify or accept them;

10. Welcomes the Director-General’s decision to circulate the above-mentioned study to Member States and Associate Members of theOrganization and other interested States that are members of the UnitedNations, and invites the Director-General to convene at the earliestappropriate date an open-ended meeting to exchange information on the



11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

study and on the question of co-ordination, with a view to presenting areport of the meeting to the Board for consideration at its 142nd session;

Invites all Member States and Associate Members of the Organization,other interested States that are members of the United Nations andappropriate non-governmental organizations to participate actively in thismeeting in order to acquire a thorough knowledge of this subject, andencourages them to consider appropriate follow-up initiatives aimed atstrengthening the 1954 Hague Convention;

Further invites States Parties to the Hague Convention to set up nationalsystems to implement their obligations under that Convention;

Endorses the Director-General’s decision to include in the forthcomingprogramme and budget additional funds for practical measures set out inhis report to improve the working of the Convention on the Means ofProhibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer ofCultural Property (1970);

Endorses the view of the World Heritage Committee and of the Director-General that the text of the World Heritage Convention should not atpresent be revised, and notes that the Committee is undertaking a revisionof the text of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of theConvention, which do not form part of the Convention but ensure itsproper application, taking into account the strategic orientations adoptedin Santa Fe, United States, in December 1992;

Invites the Director-General to consider the feasibility of drafting a newinstrument for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage;

Recommends reinforcement of measures at national level for theprotection of the cultural heritage, and suggests that the GeneralConference at its twenty-seventh session consider requesting MemberStates to submit reports on measures taken;

Invites States Parties to the Hague Convention and to the World HeritageConvention that have sites on the World Heritage List to examine thepossibility of nominating them for the Register of Special Protectionunder the Hague Convention;

Commends UNESCO’s participation in joint periodical meetings of theSecretariats of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importanceespecially as Waterfowl Habitat, 1971 (RAMSAR Convention),Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of WildFlora and Fauna, 1973 (CITES), Convention on the Conservation ofMigratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979 (Bonn Convention), and theConvention on Biological Diversity, 1992, concerning natural sites, andits entry into discussions with the United Nations, in respect of peace-keeping activities, and with the Secretariat of the Red Cross, in respect ofhumanitarian interventions, with a view to improved co-ordination;



19. Invites Member States to improve co-ordination of the implementation ofall existing UNESCO instruments for protection of the cultural heritage;

20. Decides to include this item in the agenda for its 142nd session in order tomake recommendations to the General Conference at its twenty-seventhsession on:

(a) the strengthening and possible revision of the 1954 HagueConvention;

(b) the co-ordination of all existing UNESCO instruments forprotection of the cultural heritage.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.5.2 Report by the Director-General on the conservation of the monuments ofAngkor (141 EX/33 and 141 EX/42)



2. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 3.13, and noting with satisfaction its follow-upby the Director-General, in particular the practical work undertaken onthe site of Angkor by UNESCO and under its aegis,

3. Expresses its gratitude to all Member States, in particular to Hungary,India, Poland, Sweden and Thailand, as well as to the United States andthe United Kingdom and to the public and private bodies that have alreadyco-operated with this work in various ways, and its appreciation to theGovernments of France and Japan for convening an intergovernmentalconference in Tokyo at an appropriate time after the general election inCambodia;

4. Welcomes any initiative likely to mobilize international aid bygovernments and intergovernmental organizations, and also by non-governmental organizations and public and private organizations, for therestoration; conservation and enhancement of the Angkor archaeologicalsite, which appears on the World Heritage List and the List of WorldHeritage in Danger;

5. Invites Member States to continue to assist the Cambodian authorities andUNESCO in this major undertaking;

6. Urges Member States that in the process of practical work undertaken onthe site of Angkor have acquired exclusive information, documentationand data relating to it to share and exchange them in a spirit ofinternational co-operation directed towards the restoration, conservationand enhancement of the Angkor archaeological site;

7. Requests the Director-General to continue and to strengthen UNESCO’sactivities in consultation and co-operation with the Member States and



other United Nations system organizations concerned, to implement26 C/Resolution 3.13 and to report to it on this matter at a future session.

(141 EX/SR.15)

5.5.3 Draft amendments to the Statutes of the International EditorialCommittee for the preparation of a history of the civilizations of CentralAsia (141 EX/35 and 141 EX/2)



2. Amn-eves the amendments to the Statutes of the International Scientific(editorial) Committee for the Preparation of a History of the Civilizationsof Central Asia, as reproduced in the annex to this decision.

Annex

Composition of the International Scientific Committee

1. The Statutes of the International Scientific Committee (Article III(a))stipulate that the Committee shall consist of nineteen (19) members, as follows:

(a) fourteen (14) members - i.e. two from each Member State - fromthe Central Asia subregion;

(b) five (5) members from other regions of the world.

2. Since the disintegration of the USSR, however, five new republics(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) have beenformed within the Central Asia subregion. With the other Member States of thesubregion (Afghanistan, China, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Mongolia,Pakistan and the Russian Federation), this brings the total number to twelve(12).

3. If the quota of two nationals per Member State of the subregion wasmaintained the Committee would consist of 24 members from the subregionplus five members from other regions. In order to avoid establishing toocumbersome a body it is proposed that one single national per country inCentral Asia be appointed to the Committee, and only four for the otherregions. The Committee would then consist of sixteen (16) members, asfollows:

(a) twelve (12) members from the subregion;

(b) four (4) members from other regions.

Replacement of members

4. Volume I of the History has been published, Volume II is in press, andVolume III will be in press in mid-1993. These first three volumes cover theperiod from prehistory until the pre-Islamic era. The three remaining volumes


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cover the Islamic era to the present day. It would be desirable for members ofthe Committee to be specialists of the latter period and not only of prehistoricand pre-Islamic times; this would entail replacing certain members.

Amendments

5. To that effect, and since the composition of the Committee no longercorresponds to the situation in the subregion, the Director-General proposesthat the Statutes of the ‘International Scientific Committee’ be amended asfollows:

Article III(a)

‘The Committee shall consist of 16 members appointed as follows:

twelve (12) members who are nationals of Member States of UNESCObelonging to the Central Asia region - one from each Member State;

four (4) members from other regions’.

Article III(e)

Insert the following phrase after the words ‘Committee’s proceedings’: ‘or whosespecial field no longer corresponds to the historical periods covered by thevolumes of the work still to be drafted’, the first part of the article to remainunchanged.

(141 EX/SR.l and 7)

ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the twenty-seventh session of theGeneral Conference (141 EX/19 & Add.)


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

2. Having examined documents 141 EX/19 & Add.,

3. Decides:

(a) that the provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh session of theGeneral Conference shall comprise the items proposed in documents141 EX/19 & Add. with the following additions and modifications:

(i) Change the wording of item 3.1 as follows:

‘3.1 Preliminary considerations concerning medium-termplanning as from 1996’;



(ii) Add to section 8, entitled ‘Conventions, recommendations andother international instruments’ a new subsection B worded asfollows and containing the following two items:

‘B. Review of existing instruments

8.2 International Standard Classification of Education(ISCED)

8.3 Convention for the protection of cultural property in theevent of armed conflict (The Hague, 1954)’;

(iii) Renumber accordingly former subsections B ‘Adoption of newinstruments’ and C ‘Proposals concerning the preparation ofnew instruments’ and the items included therein;

(iv) Reword the title of document 27 C/115 listed in Annex II ofdocument 141 EX/19 as follows:

‘5.5 Report by the Director-General on the work of theInternational Congress on Education for Human Rightsand Democracy and follow-up in Member States tothe World Plan of Action on Education for HumanRights and Democracy (Montreal, March 1993)’;

(b) that any other items submitted by Member States or AssociateMembers or by the United Nations not later than 100 days beforethe opening of the session (i.e. by 17 July 1993), in accordance withRule 9 of the Rules of Procedure, shall be included by the Director-General in the provisional agenda, which he shall then communicateto Member States and Associate Members not later than 90 daysbefore the opening of the session.

(141 EX/SR.10)

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of the twenty-seventh sessionof the General Conference (141 EX/20 & Addenda 1 and 2)


1. Having examined documents 141 EX/20, 141 EX/20 Add. and 141 EX/20Add.2,

2. Approves the suggestions contained in those documents, as modified oramplified during the debates;

3. Decides to make the following amendments and additions to the above-mentioned documents:

(a) to remove from paragraph 16 the phrase ‘and that their essential aimis to amend resolutions proposed in the Draft Programme andBudget for 1994-1995 (27 C/5) or in documents concerning otheragenda items’;



(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

to replace the former text of paragraph 18 by the following version:

‘(18) The Board further reminds Member States that the GeneralConference takes note of the work plans, which state the ways andmeans by which the Director-General intends to carry out theactivities that are the subject of programme resolutions but are notput to the vote either in commission or in plenary meeting.However, the Board is of the opinion that the General Conferencecould ask the Director-General to re-examine the work plans

when the text of the Approved Programme and Budget (27 C/5Approved) is being prepared. The Board is also of the opinion thatthe General Conference could, if necessary, take note of theproposals referred to in paragraph 17 above and invite the Director-General to take them into account, as far as possible, in drawing upthe text of and implementing the Approved Programme and Budget(27 C/5 Approved).’;

to replace the former paragraph 20 by the following:

‘(20) The Executive Board recommends that the GeneralConference establish, at the beginning of its twenty-seventh session,a Reserve for Draft Resolutions from Member$1.5 million, which will be absorbed within the budget1994-1995’;

to transfer consideration of item 6.1, ‘Report by the

States ofceiling for

ExecutiveBoard on the ad hoc Forum of Reflection’, to a plenary meeting andexpand paragraph 33 accordingly;

to entrust consideration of item 10.3, ‘Report by the Director-General on the use of the six working languages of the GeneralConference’, to the Administrative Commission and Commission I,and expand paragraph 35 accordingly;

to entrust consideration of the two new items, 8.2, ‘InternationalStandard Classification of Education (ISCED)’, and 8.3,‘Convention concerning the protection of cultural property in theevent of armed conflict’, to Commission H and Commission IVrespectively, the opinion of the Legal Committee on these two itemsbeing requested if necessary;

to add the name of Burkina Faso to paragraph 7;

4. Recommends that the twenty-seventh session of the General Conferencebe held from 25 October to 16 November 1993, with working meetings inthe afternoons of Saturday 30 October and Saturday 6 November 1993,and that Thursday 11 November be considered a normal working day;

5. Invites the Director-General to prepare, on this basis, the documentcontaining the recommendations of the Executive Board on the

relating th the programmes and subprogrammes that it indicates



organization of the work of the twenty-seventh session of the GeneralConference (27 C/2).

(141 EX/SR.10 and 11)

6.3 Invitations to the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference(141 EX/21)



2. Takes cognizance of the notification to be sent by the Director-General toMember States and Associate Members in accordance with Rule 6,paragraph 1, of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference;

3. Takes note of the invitations to be sent by the Director-General tointergovernmental organizations in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 ofthat rule;

4. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 of that rule, that the followingStates shall be invited to send observers to the twenty-seventh session ofthe General Conference: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, FederatedStates of Micronesia, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru,Singapore, Solomon Islands, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Uzbekistan and Vanuatu;

5. Includes the African liberation movements recognized by OAU in the listprovided for in paragraph 5 of that rule, and notes that the Director-General intends to send them invitations in accordance with thatparagraph;

6. Includes Palestine in the list provided for in paragraph 6 of that rule, andnotes that the Director-General intends to send it an invitation inaccordance with that paragraph;

7. Notes that the Director-General intends to send invitations to theinternational non-governmental organizations that have consultative statuswith UNESCO (categories A and B).

(141 EX/SR.11)

6.4 Form of the report by the Executive Board on its own activities in 1992-1993 to be submitted to the General Conference at its twenty-seventhsession

The Executive Board decided that the report on its own activities in 1992-1993would be presented orally by its Chairperson to the General Conference.

(141 EX/SR.11)



ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS

7.1 Groupings of the new Member States for the purpose of elections to theExecutive Board (141 EX/36 Rev.)


1. Referring to 26 C/Resolution 0.8, in connection with which the GeneralConference invited the Executive Board to consider to which of theelectoral groups the four new Member States of UNESCO (Estonia,Latvia, Lithuania and Tuvalu) should be admitted and to report to itthereon at its twenty-seventh session,

2. Noting that after the twenty-sixth session of the General Conference otherStates, numbering 11 as at 6 April 1993 (141 EX/36 Rev.), also becamemembers of the Organization pursuant to Article II, paragraph 1, of theConstitution,

3. Aware that other States could be added to the Member States mentionedin the paragraph above,

4. Taking note of the discussions held on this question during the presentsession,

5. Proposes to examine all aspects of the question of the electoral group towhich each new Member State of the Organization is to be admitted forthe purpose of elections;

6. Decides to defer its decision on this matter to its 142nd session;

7. Invites its Chairperson to sound the opinions and gather the observationsof the new Member States concerned, and those of the electoral groups,and to report to it thereon at its 142nd session;

8. Invites the Director-General to report to it at its 142nd session on thesituation with regard to this question in the organizations of the UnitedN a t i o n s s y s t e m .

(141 EX/SR.11)

7.2 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the United Nationssystem of relevance to the work of UNESCO (141 EX/22)



2. Takes note of the content of Part II thereof.(141 EX/SR.15)



7.2.1 Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment andDevelopment (141 EX/22, Part I, and 141 EX/42)

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Taking note of resolutions 47/188 to 47/195 adopted by the GeneralAssembly of the United Nations at its forty-seventh session and broughtto its attention in document 141 EX/22 (Part I. A),

Taking note also of the information provided by the Director-General onthe ‘Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment andDevelopment (UNCED)’ in the same document,

Recalling the Director-General’s report on the follow-up to UNCEDexamined by it at its 140th session (140 EX/10),

Referring to 25 C/Resolution 102, paragraph 2(b), and confirming140 EX/Decision 4.1 (para. 15(b)(i)), relating to the importance to beattributed in document 27 C/5 to activities in the field of environment andnatural resources management, and in response to UNCED,

Endorse S the approach outlined for UNESCO’s action and the measuresproposed in response to the General Assembly resolutions referred toabove;

Stresses the need to reinforce the intersectoral and inter-agency co-operation required to optimize UNESCO’s activities in this domain;

Urges Member States to support UNESCO action in response to UNCEDand to increase their voluntary contributions to implement relevantactivities, particularly those benefiting the developing countries;

Calls upon Member States to support, in the governing bodies offinancing institutions and mechanisms such as the Global EnvironmentFacility (GEF) and Capacity 21 of the UNDP, a policy of appropriateinvolvement by Specialized Agencies such as UNESCO;

Invites Member States to ensure at national level the appropriate cross-sectoral co-ordination and co-operation considered indispensable for theeffective implementation of Agenda 21 in view of its comprehensivenessand complexity;

Invites the Director-General:

(a) to continue to give priority importance to UNESCO activitiesconcerned with implementation of the relevant chapters ofAgenda 21 and of other UNCED results, within the competence ofthe Organization, both in the present biennium and in planningprogrammes for 1994-1995 and beyond;



(b) to undertake efforts to seek funds from the relevant fundingagencies, including GEF, the UNDP and UNEP, for theimplementation of Agenda 21, and to assist Member States,particularly developing countries, in their national efforts to obtainextra-budgetary funds;

(c) to report regularly to it on progress made both at the level ofUNESCO and at the level of the United Nations system in theimplementation of the results of UNCED, in particular Agenda 21.

I I

Proposal to declare 1998 International Year of the Ocean


1.

2.

3.

4.

Recognizing the opportunity offered by and the importance of promotingincreased awareness of the value of the ocean to the future of humankind,as well as the vital need to create favourable conditions for enhancementof research and ocean management in a perspective of sustainabledevelopment, through the participation of all parties concerned, inaccordance with the spirit of the Declaration on Environment andDevelopment adopted by UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992),

Being aware of the role of education, science, culture, the human sciencesand access to knowledge and information in the stimulation of aharmonious relationship between humankind and nature, based on a spiritof worldwide and transgeneration solidarity,

Taking note of resolution 17 adopted by the Assembly of theIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO at itsseventeenth session, proposing that 1998 be declared by the UnitedNations International Year of the Ocean and inviting UNESCO to takethe necessary steps to that effect,

Recommends that the General Conference authorize the Director-Generalto:

(a) undertake in consultation with the United Nations, the actionrequired to declare 1998 International Year of the Ocean;

(b) take the necessary steps to mobilize the support and collaboration inthis initiative of Member States, of organizations of the UnitedNations system and of other appropriate international organizations,governmental and non-governmenta l ,regional bodies andprogrammes, on the understanding that such an initiative will implyno cost to the regular budgets of UNESCO, its IOC or otherorganizations of the United Nations system.

(141 EX/SR.15)



7.2.2 Conferences and major events in 1993-1996 (141 EX/22, Part I, and141 EX/42)


1. Having studied document 141 EX/22 (Part I. B),

2. Taking note of the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at itsforty-seventh session concerning the following major conferences andevents scheduled to take place over the period 1993 to 1996 and of theinformation provided by the Director-General on the action alreadyundertaken or proposed by UNESCO with a view to contributing fully tothem:

International Year of the World’s Indigenous People, 1993(resolution 47/75)

World Conference on Human Rights, June 1993 (resolution 47/122)

International Conference on Population and Development, 1994(resolution 47/176)

World Summit for Social Development, 1995 (resolution 47/92)

Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Developmentand Peace, 1995 (resolution 36/8 of the Commission on the Status ofWomen and E/RES/1990/12)

Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations (decision 47/417)

United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), 1996(resolution 47/180),

3. Also taking note of United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/124,and recalling 26 C/Resolution 5.6, on declaring a United Nations year fortolerance,

4. Noting that in these resolutions all the organizations of the United Nationssystem are invited by the General Assembly to contribute fully to thepreparations for these major international conferences, having regard tothe fact that the questions that will be discussed at them will have directimplications for their activities,


(a) to devote particular attention to UNESCO’s contribution to thepreparations, content and follow-up for these major conferences andevents;

(b) to provide, in the Programme and Budget for 1994-1995, for thenecessary resources to enable UNESCO to make a significant



contribution to the preparation and implementation of therecommendations arising out of these major events.

(141 EX/SR.15)

7.2.3 Operational activities (141 EX/22, Part I, and 141 EX/42)


1. Having held a preliminary discussion on resolution A.47/199 relating tothe ‘Operational activities’ of the United Nations system on the basis of aninterim report by the Director-General in document 141 EX/22 (Part I. C),and pending further in-depth examination at a subsequent session,

2. Emphasizing that UNESCO Member States have National Commissionsfor UNESCO and that they could play an effective part,

3. Noting the concern expressed in this resolution, as in resolution A.44/211,about the need to further decentralize capacity and authority to the fieldoffices of United Nations organizations,

4. Also noting, in this connection, the general orientation of document27 C/5 as regards increased decentralization of all direct support toindividual Member States and the resources required for providing suchsupport, to the field offices of the Organization by the end of 1995, andreinforcing co-operation with the National Commissions,

5. Considering, however, that increased delegation of authority to the fieldlevel should take place at a rhythm consonant with that of the effectivetransfer of resources,

6. Notes that the proposed ‘field-level committees’, under the leadership ofResident Co-ordinators, would review sector strategies and investigateproblems and issues requiring a co-ordinated response at country level,taking account of national and regional priorities;

7. Observes that this important mechanism should also be open toparticipation by non-resident United Nations system specialists, and, asappropriate, National Commissions for UNESCO;

8. Notes, in this connection, that decentralization will for a number of UnitedNations bodies be effected through regional and subregional rather thancountry offices;

9. Considers that the widening of the list for the selection of Resident Co-ordinators should not be limited to candidates from the Joint ConsultativeGroup on Policies (JCGP) organizations;

10. Calls attention, in connection with the enhancement of national capacitiesin the fields of science and technology, education, culture andcommunication, to the need to ensure that UNESCO’s experience and


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capacities in this area are fully exploited when establishing for thatpurpose closer inter-institutional mechanisms;

Emphasizes that, given the significance of the ‘Country Strategy Note’, thefield offices/units of UNESCO should be closely involved in thepreparation of that note, to ensure that their perspectives and expertise inthe areas of UNESCO’s competence are fully taken into account;

Invites the Director-General:

(a) to report to it at its 142nd session on measures taken and plannedwith regard to the decentralization of technical and substantiveexpertise, with due consideration for the overall balance betweenHeadquarters and field staffing;

(b) to include, in his 1993 report to the Board on Operational activities,information relating to the various aspects of resolution A.47/199.

(141 EX/SR.15)

7.3 Classification of international non-governmental organizations andestablishment of official relations with foundations and similar institutions(141 EX/23 and 141 EX/44)


1. Having considered document 141 EX/23 and the report of its Committeeon International Non-Governmental Organizations concerning theclassification of international non-governmental organizations(141 EX/44),

2. Decides:

(a)

(b)

(c)

to transfer Education International to the status of consultative andassociate relations (category A) hitherto enjoyed by the followingorganizations:

World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession;International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions;

to admit the following organization to category B (information andconsultative relations):

Rotary International;

to remove the following organizations from the list of internationalnon-governmental organizations having official-relationship statuswith UNESCO in the categories of relations set out in the‘Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with international non- ,governmental organizations’:

World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession;Federation of European Chemical Societies;



International Federation of Popular Travel Organizations;International Radio and Television Organization;International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions;

3. Takes note of the Director-General’s decisions:

to admit the following organizations to category C (mutual informationrelations):

Association des Professionnelles Africaines de la Communication;International Federation of Non-Government Organizations for the

Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse;Sietar Europa;World Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises;

4. Takes note of paragraphs 16 and 17 of document 141 EX/23, in which theDirector-General informs it of the requests submitted by NGOs havingofficial relations with UNESCO for its prior agreement to their admissionof members residing in South Africa, and decides that those requests aresatisfactory;

5. Takes note of the Director-General’s decision, in implementation of the‘Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with foundations and similarinstitutions’, to establish for a period of six years official relations betweenUNESCO and the following organizations:

Centre UNESCO de Catalunya;European Foundation Centre;European Foundation for Library Cooperation;Fondation BMW;European Cultural Foundation;Fondation mondiale recherche et prévention SIDA;Fondation Roi Baudouin;Fondazione Rui;Hamdard Foundation Pakistan;International Foundation for Science;Population Reference Bureau;South-North Solidarity and Culture;Summer Institute of Linguistics;World Monuments Fund;

6. Invites the Director-General, with a view to achieving more balancedgeographical representation in the foundations and NGOs wishing tomaintain official relations with UNESCO, to seek information and advicefrom the National Commissions, especially of the countries of theunderrepresented regions, on the above-mentioned foundations and NGOsoperating in their respective countries;



7.4

7. Requests the Director-General, once he has consulted the NationalCommissions, to inform it at its 144th session of the results obtained withregard to the above-mentioned foundations and NGOs.

(141 EX/SR.16)

Proposals by the Director-General concerning subventions for certaininternational non-governmental organizations in 1994-1995 and the settingup of a special programme for support to NGOs (141 EX/24 and141 EX/44)


1. Referring to Section VI of the ‘Directives concerning UNESCO’srelations with international non-governmental organizations’ and140 EX/Decision 4. 1B,

2. Recalling 135 EX/Decision 6.2, in which it decided to examine theDirector-General’s detailed proposals concerning the granting ofsubventions to international non-governmental organizations at the springsession that precedes each ordinary session of the General Conference,

3. Having examined document 141 EX/24, in which the Director-Generalsubmits to it proposals concerning subventions to certain internationalnon-governmental organizations in 1994-1995 and principles and criteriafor the allocation of funds under the special programme for support toNGOs, and the report of its Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations (141 EX/44),

4. Approves the subventions set out in Annexes 1 to 18 to document141 EX/24, bearing in mind that it will review criteria for the granting ofsubventions, together with other forms of co-operation with NGOs, at its142nd session;

5. Takes note of the Director-General’s decision to convert into contractsthree former subventions of about $25,000 on the basis of the informationpresented in Section IX of the document and to cancel a subvention, asmentioned in Section II, paragraph 8;

6. Also approves the activities proposed for the setting up of the specialprogramme for support to NGOs and the principles and criteria for theallocation of funds earmarked for that programme;

7. Recommends that the General Conference approve, at its twenty-seventhsession, the allocations necessary (Section VIII(1) of 141 EX/24) for thegranting of the subventions in relation to which the Board has approvedthe detailed proposals (Section X of the document) and the provisions forthe implementation of activities under the special programme for supportto NGOs (Section VIII(2) of the document);



8. Requests the Director-General:

(a) with due regard for the amounts approved by the GeneralConference, to pay the subventions in question, in accordance withthe provisions of Section VI of the ‘Directives concerningUNESCO’s relations with international non-governmentalorganizations’;

(b) to execute the activities under the special programme for support toNGOs on the basis of the principles and criteria contained inparagraphs 11 to 13 of document 141 EX/24;

(c) to submit to it at its 142nd session, together with the reportrequested by it in paragraph 3(f) of 140 EX/Decision 4. 1B,proposals for arrangements that could usefully replace the presentsystem of subventions and enable UNESCO to continue to benefitfrom the major contribution made to its programmes by large keyorganizations that are broadly representative, competent andeffective.

(141 EX/SR. 16)

ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

8.1 Report by the Director-General on budget adjustments authorized withinthe Appropriation Resolution for 1992-1993 (141 EX/25 and 141 EX/41)


1. Having examined the transfers proposed by the Director-General withinthe 1992-1993 budget, in accordance with the terms of the AppropriationResolution approved by the General Conference at its twenty-sixthsession (26 C/Resolution 14, para. A(e) and (g)), document 141 EX/25,Part I, and the recommendations of its Finance and AdministrativeCommission thereon (141 EX/41),

2. Approves the following between-line transfers amounting to $8,457,900to cover increases in staff costs and in the costs of goods and services onaccount of inflation and statutoty factors:

I TransfersAppropriation line To I From

$ $PART I -GENERAL POLICY AND

DIRECTION

General Conference 5,200Executive Board 115,700Directorate 52,200Services of the Directorate 466,200United Nations Joint Machinery 103,200

Total, Part I 742,500



I TransfersAppropriation line To From

$ $PART II - PROG RAMME EXECUTION AND

SERVICES

A. Major Programme Areas

Major Programme Area IMajor Programme Area IIMajor Programme Area IIIMajor Programme Area IVMajor Programme Area VMajor Programme Area VIMajor Programme Area VII

B. Transverse Themes and programmes

WomenGeneral Information ProgrammeClearing houseStatistical programmes and servicesFuture-oriented studies —

1,599,9001,086,100

615,900221,800208,900105,000120,900

15,500154,70090,000

126,40012,600

Total, Part II 4,357,700

PART III - SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMME

PART IV -

PART V -

EXECUTION 1,866,800

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVESERVICES 842,400

MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY 648,500

PART VII -ANTICIPATED COSTINCREASES 8,457,900

Total, Parts I-VII 8,457,900 8,457,900

3. Takes note of the discussions and decisions of the Programme andExternal Relations Commission on the programme and policy implicationsof the between-line transfers for the activities listed in paragraph 17 ofdocument 141 EX/25 and approves them:

26 C/5 Redeployment 26 C/5Appropriation line Approved To From Approved

as adjusted¹ as adjusted

$ $ $ $PART I - GENERAL POLICY

AND DIRECTION

General Conference 5,713,000 - 178,000 5,535,000Executive Board 7,346,300 - 78,077 7,268,223Directorate 1,676,200 - 13,557 1,662,643Services of the Directorate 15,587,200 115,991 - 15,703,191United Nations Joint Machinery 1,166,300 - 1,166,300

Total, Part I 31,489,000 115,991 269,634 31,335,357



26 C/5 Redeployment 26 C/5Appropriation line Approved To From Approved

as adjusted¹ as adjusted

$ $ $ $

PART II - PROGRAMMEEXECUTION ANDSERVICES

A. Major Programme Areas

Major Programme Area IMajor Programme Area IIMajor Programme Area IIIMajor Programme Area IVMajor Programme Area VMajor Programme Area VIMajor Programme Area VII

B. Transverse Themes andprogrammes

WomenGeneral Information ProgrammeClearing houseStatistical programmes and

servicesFuture-oriented studies .

80,036,09459,910,83932,213,29410,776,44111,461,5085,272,0756,576,367

576,2008,962,0003,574,800

4,799,700

252,500512,600

12,800

189,800175,00020,300

5,0008,5002,800

79,846,29459,988,33932,705,59410,771,44111,453,0085,269,2756,589,167

576,2008,962,0003,574,800

4,799,7001,052,800 1,052,800

Total, Part II 225,212,118 777,900 401,400 225,588,618

Part III- SUPPORT FORPROGRAMMEEXECUTION 74,551,200 290,000 136,315 74,704,885

Part IV - GENERALADMINISTRATIVESERVICES 35,841,400 - 80,542 35,760,858

Part V - MAINTENANCEAND SECURITY 29,236,300 - 296,000 28,940,300

Part VI - CAPITALEXPENDITURE 4,539,400 - 4,539,400

End-o f-service grants andindemnities 4,315,000 - 4,315,000

Total, Parts I-VI 405,184,418 1,183,891 1,183,891 405,184,418

1. 26 C/5 Approved PIUS between-line transfers and donations approved by the Executive Board at its 139thsession.

4. Having examined the report by the Director-General on donationsreceived since the 139th session of the Board and appropriated to theregular budget (141 EX/25, Part III),

5. Expresses its satisfaction to the donors listed in paragraph 18 of document141 EX/25;

6. Takes note that the Director-General has, in consequence, increased theappropriations to the regular budget by an amount of $728,498 asfollows:



Part II.A - Major Programme Area IPart II.A - Major Programme Area IIPart II.A - Major Programme Area IIIPart II.A - Major Programme Area IVPart II.A - Major Programme Area VPart II.A - Major Programme Area VIPart II.B - Chapter 3Part IV - Chapter 2Part IV - Chapter 3

8.2 Report by the Director-General onand on measures taken to deal withand 141 EX/41)


$158,117231,278169,420

10,00066,743

3,8964,166

24,69360,185

Total 728.498

(141 EX/SR.16)

the cash situation of the Organizationcash-flow problems (141 EX/26 & Add.

1. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the cash situationof the Organization and on measures taken to deal with cash-flowproblems (141 EX/26 & Add.), and taken note of the up-to-dateinformation provided during the debate at the current session of theFinance and Administrative Commission,

2. Having taken note of the Director-General’s report on the list ofprogramme activities deferred and restituted (141 EX/PX/INF.2), whichreports that $14,684,199 was deferred and $11,057,937 has subsequentlybeen restituted,

3. Noting that while many Member States have paid their assessedcontributions for 1993 and previous years, many more Member States arein arrears in the payment of the amounts assessed and that the totalcumulative arrears, as at 30 April 1993, amounted to approximately $215million, owed by 144 Member States, and that as a consequence theOrganization continued to resort to both internal and external borrowingat a total interest cost of $819,920 for the current biennium up to 30 April1993,

4. Noting further that at the same date the unliquidated obligations of theOrganization amounted to $21.2 million over and above the cash deficit of$25.4 million,

5. Expresses its gratitude to Member States that have paid theircontributions for 1993 and to those that have speeded up the payment oftheir contributions in response to appeals;

6. Notes, however, that despite certain encouraging results and favorableindications, the improvement in contribution payments since the 140thsession of the Board has been insufficient to avoid internal and externalborrowing arrangements in order to supplement the resources of the


7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.


Working Capital Fund in the financing of the approved programme asauthorized under 26 C/Resolution 23.31;

Notes that to date no amounts have been received against the $6 millionof voluntary contributions envisaged by the Director-General in option ‘C’referred to in 140 EX/Decision 7.3;

Believing that borrowing to overcome the cash-flow deficit entails interestpayments and should be discouraged, strongly suppo rts the approachesthe Director-General is continuing to make to Member States in arrearswith a view to obtaining timely payment of contributions;

Reiterates that the prompt payment of contributions is an obligationdevolving upon Member States under the Constitution and the FinancialRegulations of the Organization and that it can affect the right to vote atthe General Conference;

Calls upon Member States, in application of 26 C/Resolution 23.31, totake the necessary steps to ensure that their contributions are paid in fullat as early a date as possible;

Urges Member States to inform the Director-General, promptly and as faras possible, of the probable date, amount and method of payment of theforthcoming contribution, in order to facilitate his management of theOrganization’s treasury function;

Expresses deep concern at the significant adverse impact on the approvedprogramme of persistent late payment and non-payment of assessedcontributions;

Recommends that:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

given that $8.4 million has already been released by the Director-General for the financing of activities that had been put into reserve(in addition to $2.6 million stemming from non-implementation of1992 activities), the allotments for the implementation of thoseactivities be subject to the same three-monthly planning rhythm asthat applied to other work-plan components, so as to allow for closemonitoring of the situation;

as already decided by the Director-General, no additional amountsbe released, for the time being and until the cash-flow situationpermits, from the savings envisaged in the option ‘C’ set out in140 EX/Decision 7.3;

the members of the Board be informed monthly of the status ofcontributions, borrowings and cash flows until the end of thepresent biennium;

the Director-General submit to it at its 142nd session an updatedreport on the cash situation of the Organization that includes thestate of implementation of 140 EX/Decision 7.3 and all related



information, taking into account all the observations made in theFinance and Administrative Commission at the 141st session.

(141 EX/SR.16)

8.3 Eighteenth annual report by the International Civil Service Commission(141 EX/27 and 141 EX/41)


1. Having examined document 141 EX/27, containing the Director-General’sreport on the eighteenth annual report of the International Civil ServiceCommission (1992),

I

2. Takes note of:

(a) the content of the said document 141 EX/27;

(b) the eighteenth annual report (1992) of the International CivilService Commission;

(c) resolution 47/216 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly;

II

3. Recognizing the important role that the International Civil ServiceCommission plays in the management of the United Nations commonsystem procedures for determining the salaries, allowances and otherconditions of service of the staff of the system,

4. Invites the Director-General to continue his collaboration with theCommission.

(141 EX/SR.16)

8.4 Personnel policy: replies to the questionnaire sent to Member States(141 EX/28 and 141 EX/41)



2. Thanks the Director-General for the analysis of the replies to thequestionnaire on personnel policy sent to Member States in compliancewith 26 C/Resolution 28.2;

3. Notes with interest the views and opinions expressed on the subject by theMember States that answered the questionnaire but feels that the timeallowed for responses may not have been adequate;

4. Recommends that the Secretariat should make further attempts to solicitreplies thereto from the remaining Member States;



5. Invites the Director-General, on the basis of the Board’s discussions at its141st session, the suggestions made by Member States and experiencealready acquired, to prepare for discussion at the Board’s 142nd session arevised document on personnel policy that also includes broader use ofthe system of recruiting staff on freed-term contracts (lasting two to threeyears) for work on the implementation of specific programmes andprojects;

6. Further invites the Director-General to study the applicability at UNESCOof the secondment principle in accordance with normal recruitmentprocedures and as outlined in General Assembly Resolution 47/226,adopted on 25 March 1993, and to report to it thereon at its 144thsession.

(141 EX/SR.16)

8.5 Geographical distribution of the Secretariat staff, and review of themethod used for calculating the quotas assigned to Member States(141 EX/29 & Corr. & Add.)


1, Recalling 137 EX/Decision 8.1 and 140 EX/Decision 7.6,

2. Having considered document 141 EX/29, particularly the information itcontains concerning revision of the method used for calculating quotas,

3. Aware of the changing situation in regard to geographical distribution,

4. Considering that determining the method of calculating quotas isbecoming a priority objective,

5. Invites the Director-General to continue the study on refinement of themethod of calculation of quotas in line with the United Nations approach,and to report to it on this matter at its 142nd session and to the GeneralConference at its twenty-seventh session, reflecting in his report fouroptions: the three contained in document 141 EX/29 plus the option ofthe United Nations method that takes into account the population factor,accompanied by an evaluation of geographical representation embodyingthe principle of weighting of grades.

(141 EX/SR.16)

8.6 Consultation in accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (141 EX/PRIV.1)

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

(141 EX/SR.14)



ITEM 9 OTHER BUSINESS

9.1 Consideration of the results of the first meeting of the ad hoc Forum ofReflection (141 EX/37)


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Recalling 26 C/Resolution 15, entitled ‘Intellectual co-operation inUNESCO and setting up of an ad hoc Forum of Reflection’,

Referring to 139 EX/Decision 7.3 and 140 EX/Decision 8.1,

Bearing in mind the debate held on this subject at its present session,

Notes the report prepared by the Chairperson of the ad hoc Forum ofReflection on the first meeting of the Forum, held in Paris on 27, 28 and29 January 1993 (141 EX/37);

Invites the Forum to hold a second three-day meeting and to submit itsconclusions to the Board at the latter’s 142nd session so that the Boardcan report to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session;

Accepts the Colombian authorities’ offer to host the second meeting of thead hoc Forum of Reflection at Cartagena on 27, 28 and 29 September1993, bearing any additional costs involved, and thanks them for thatoffer;

Mandates its Chairperson to attend the second meeting of the Forum;

Requests the Director-General to attend the second meeting and tocontinue to provide the Forum with any necessary support.

(141 EX/SR.14 and 15)

9.2 Proposals by Member States for the celebration of anniversaries in 1994-1995 (141 EX/30 & Add. & Corr.)

A


1. Having considered the report by the Director-General entitled ‘Proposalsby Member States for the celebration of anniversaries in 1994-1995’contained in document 141 EX/30 and Add. & Con-.,

2. Noting that, according to the procedure for the selection of anniversarieswith which the Organization should be associated, adopted at its132nd session (132 EX/Decision 9.1), Member States’ proposals shouldbe sent to the Director-General at least one year before the biennium inwhich the anniversary is to be celebrated,



3. Recommends to the General Conference:

(a) that UNESCO associate itself with the following anniversaries in1994-1995:

(i) six-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the astronomerUlugh Beg;

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

(xi)

(xii)

(xiii)

(xiv)

(xv)

(xvi)

tricentenary of the birth of the writer Voltaire;

six-hundredth anniversary of Seoul as a capital city;

centenary of the death of the scientist Louis Pasteur;

centenary of the death of the writer José Martí;

centenary of the birth of the educator Pitter Premysl;

hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the poet AbaiKunanbayev;

four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the poet SaibTabrizi (Mirza Muhammad Ali);

centenary of the birth of Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa;

centenary of the death of Hermann von Helmholtz;

centenary of the birth of Alexander Dovzhenko;

hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of MahatmaGandhi;

bicentenary of the death of Hryhoryi Skovoroda;

four-hundredth anniversary of the death of Gerhard Mercator;

centenary of the deciphering of the Orhon Gol and Yeniseyinscriptions;

four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of BohdanKhmelnytskyi;

(xvii) five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Fuzuli;

(b) that the Organization’s contribution to these commemorations ofpeople and events be financed under the Participation Programme,in accordance with the rules governing that programme.

(141 EX/SR.14)



B

I

T h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d ,

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2 .

3 .

4 .

5.

Considering that the international celebration of the anniversaries of greatpersonalities and events whose impact in the fields of UNESCO’scompetence is universal is a valuable contribution to the fulfilment of theaims of the Organization,

Recalling that Mahatma Gandhi was a world personality of great spiritual,political and cultural dimensions whose thought and action continue toprofoundly influence contemporary society in significant ways,

H a v i n gconsidered the question of UNESCO’s participation in thecelebration in 1993-1995 of the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’sb i r t h ,

Requests the Director-General to provide in the Draft Programme andBudget for 1994-1995 (27 C/5, para. 13304, concerning the Office ofPublic Information) for an international seminar on Gandhian thought, theissue of a commemorative coin, translation of Mahatma Gandhi’s selectedwritings into yet more languages and any other activities the Director-General may deem appropriate;

Recommends to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session theadoption of the following resolution:

‘UNESCO’s participation in the celebration in 1993-1994 of the125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth’

‘The General Conference,

Recalling that Mahatma Gandhi is internationally recognized as a greatworld personality whose thought and creative modes of non-violent actionhave shaped socio-economic and political currents in the twentiethcentury,

Noting his valuable contribution in promoting the emancipation andindependence of peoples under colonial domination,

Recognizing the seminal influence of Mahatma Gandhi’s life and thoughtin the promotion of peace and international understanding, the socio-economic transformation of human society, non-violence, secularism andintercommunal harmony,

Reaffirming the importance of Mahatma Gandhi’s role in promotingfundamental human values and the culture of love, compassion, tolerance,justice, equity, altruism and other ideals without which neither a familynor a society can survive,



Recalling his lifelong advocacy of, and tireless work in the defence of,human dignity and the promotion of human rights, regardless of race,colour, class, caste or creed, and his strong opposition to all forms ofdiscrimination, including discrimination against women,

Recalling further Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership in the fight of theinternational community against apartheid,

1. Calls on Member States of UNESCO to take an active part in thecelebration of the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth;

2. Requests the Director-General to take appropriate steps towardsparticipation by UNESCO in this event through a series of activitiesduring 1994, such as an international seminar on Gandhian thought,the issue of a commemorative coin, and the translation of Gandhi’sselected writings into other UNESCO languages’.

(141 EX/SR.14)

II

The Executive Board.

1.

2.

3.

4,

5.

6.

Recognizing that ‘The Manasmillion verses, has endured asliterature for a millennium,

Epic’, comprising no fewer than half aone of the world’s masterworks of epic

Observing that it embodies most of the principal philosophical andaesthetic themes of the Kyrgyz nation and, through its Kazakh, Tatar,etc., versions as well, has played a dominant role in the culture of CentralAsia in general,

Noting that extensive scholarly work and translation activity have beengenerated since the nineteenth century in many languages (includingRussian, German, English and Turkish) and that in 1965 UNESCOpublished a book (in its Representative Works Series) featuring aselection from ‘The Manas Epic’ (Er-Töshtük, Gallimard/UNESCO),translated into French by Professor Pertev Boratav, with introduction andnotes by Pertev Boratav and Louis Bazin,

Taking note of the decision of the Government of Kyrgyzstan to celebratethe 1000th year of ‘The Manas Epic’ by organizing a broad spectrum ofactivities in Kyrgyzstan and abroad,

Requests Member States to co-operate with the ‘Manas-1000’commemorative activities;

Decides to include ‘Manas-1000’ in the list of commemorations withwhich UNESCO will associate itself in 1994-1995.

(141 EX/SR.14)



III


1. Recalling that the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World Warwill fall in 1995,

2. Requests the Director-General to make provisions in the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1994-1995 (27 C/5) for the activitiesdedicated to the anniversary;

3. Recommends that the General Conference adopt at its twenty-seventhsession the following resolution in the context of the preparations for theUnited Nations Year for Tolerance and the fiftieth anniversaries of theUnited Nations and UNESCO:

‘UNESCO’s participation in the celebration of the fiftiethanniversary of the end of the Second World War’

‘The General Conference,

Considering that the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second WorldWar, a war that caused the heaviest casualties and destructionexperienced in the entire history of humankind, is to be celebrated in1995.

Reaffirming the provisions of the UNESCO Constitution promoting peacein the minds of men,

Referring to 18 C/Resolution 14.1 and 22 C/Resolution 19 on theparticipation of UNESCO in the celebration of the thirtieth and fortiethanniversaries of the end of the Second World War,

Solemnly remembering the colossal human and physical losses caused bythat war, the huge and irreparable damage to education, science andculture, and all the sacrifices needed to reconstruct the countriesdevastated by the war,

Paying tribute to all victims of the war, to those who fell in the strugglefor liberty, independence and world peace,

Strongly condemning all political doctrines and theories inspired by hatredand intolerance,

Concerned at continuous and violent armed conflicts on inter-ethnic andinterreligious grounds, which spare neither innocent people, nor pricelessmonuments of culture, nor educational and scientific institutions,

Convinced of the need to prevent and solve all conflicts by peaceful meansand to promote the efficiency of United Nations activity aimed atsupporting international peace and security,



Confirming the eternal value and universal character of the ideals andnotions of peace, liberty, co-operation, justice and equality of all people,as stipulated in the United Nations Charter,

1. Calls on the Member States to take an active part in the celebrationof the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, inthe spirit of the ideals proclaimed by the UNESCO Constitution;

2 . R e q u e sts the Director-General to take adequate measures to enableUNESCO to participate in the commemoration of this historic eventthrough a series of activities within UNESCO’s spheres ofcompetence in order to pay tribute to the victims of the SecondWorld War, and to study the possibility of undertakingsupplementary steps to increase the efficiency of the preventive andprotective action in cases of armed conflicts taken in accordancewith its mandate’.

(141 EX/SR.14)

IV


1. Considering the universality of the aims and objectives of UNESCO in thearea of the international celebration of anniversaries of great people andevents,

2. Aware of the immense contribution made by Martin Luther King Jr toattainment of the goal of peaceful coexistence of all and affirmation of theinalienable dignity of human beings regardless of race, sex, creed, orstation,

3. Further bearing in mind the wholesome vision of humankind’sindestructible fraternal links and common destiny of this selfless andillustrious giant of our times, as encapsuled in that celebrated utterance ‘Ihave a dream’,

4. Decides to include the 65th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther KingJr. (15 January) in the list of anniversaries with which UNESCO willassociate itself as part of the culture of peace activities.

(141 EX/SR.14)

9.3 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of140 Eli/Decision 8.4 (141 EX/31)


1. Bearing in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, theInternational Covenants on Human Rights, and the InternationalConvention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination,



2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8,

9.

Taking note of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly and the Security Council, and by many other internationalbodies, on Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Recalling its previous decisions on the subject taken at its 139th and140th sessions,

Deeply concerned about the continuing massacres of and aggressionsagainst innocent human beings and destruction of the cultural heritage inBosnia and Herzegovina under the abhorrent policy of ‘ethnic cleansing’,

Endorsing the statement issued by UNESCO’s Director-General FedericoMayor on 13 January 1993 stressing that ‘the atrocities committed inBosnia and Herzegovina are damning and heartrending’, and ‘acts ofsavagery are intolerable’, that ‘when these acts are systematic, when theyform part of a strategy, they arouse universal loathing and disgust’, andthat ‘it is time to defend the dignity of every woman, the integrity of everyman and the security of every child; it is time to arm the humanconscience against such affronts to human worth’,

Expresses its dismay over the damage done to the religious and secularheritage of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (including mosques,churches and synagogues, schools and libraries, archives, cultural andeducational buildings); also expresses its dismay over the blowing up oftwo important historic mosques (Ferhat Pasha, 1583, and Arnaudija,1587) on 6 May 1993 following the demolition of five other mosquessimultaneously in one day in April 1993, and strongly condemns theperpetrators of these heinous acts;

Takes note with satisfaction of resolution 827, adopted unanimously on25 May 1993 by the United Nations Security Council, which sets up theInternational Tribunal of War Crimes empowered ‘to prosecute personsviolating the laws or customs of war’ including but not limited to ‘seizureof, destruction or wilful damage done to institutions dedicated to religion,charity and education, the arts and sciences, historic monuments andworks of art and science’ (Article 3, para. (d) of the annex to theSecretary-General’s report (S/25704));

Requests the Director-General to organize, under the transverse themeWomen’ in document 27 C/5, paragraph 11108 (Major ProgrammeArea V), a UNESCO study on ‘The use of rape as a tool of war - itscauses and consequences’ and that, in view of the situation in Bosnia andHerzegovina, its focus be on a rehabilitation plan to be prepared in co-operation with the WHO and UNICEF for Bosnian women who havebeen the victims of systematic rape and for their children;

Commends the round-table dialogue (in February 1993) amongintellectuals, artists, and religious representatives of the formerYugoslavia at the initiative of the Director-General and the meetingorganized (in March 1993) by ‘Collectif UNESCO solidarity avec laBosnie-Herzegovine’,and requests that such meetings and humanitarianinitiatives be continued and strengthened;



10. Reiterates its 139 EX/Decision 7.5, inviting The Director-General, assoon as the situation permits, to send a mission to Bosnia andHerzegovina to determine the damage to educational, historical,archaeological and cultural property in the region and to explore thefeasibility of sending emergency assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina’,and requests him to report to it at the 142nd session.

(141 EX/SR.14)

9.4 Misrepresentation of historical and geographical facts in Iraqi educationaltextbooks and curricula concerning the State of Kuwait (141 EX/38 and141 EX/INF.6)

The Executive Board noted documents 141 EX/38 and 141 EX/lNF.6 and theexchanges of correspondence between the delegations of Kuwait and Iraq. Itfurther noted the fact that the Director-General’s attention had been drawn tothis matter.

(141 EX/SR.14)

9.5 Election of the Director-General: Statements of objectives andcommitments (141 EX/39)

While the Board did not take a decision on this item, it had an exchange ofviews and reached a conclusion, which is reflected in the summary records of itssecond private meeting.

(141 EX/SR.14)

9.6 Dates of the 142nd sessionl

Special Committee )) 5-7 October 1993

Committee on Conventions and )Recommendations )

Bureau 8 October 1993

Plenties and Commissions 11-22 October 1993

(141 EX/SR.16)

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON 27 AND28 MAY 1993

At the private meetings held on 27 and 28 May 1993 the Executive Board considered items3.2,8.6 and 9.5 of its agenda.

1. As in the past, the Executive Board will remain in session during the General Conference (25 October-16 November 1993).


ULIS



3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:Examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inpursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3 (141 EX/3 PRIV. Draft and Add. andCorr.)

(a) The Executive Board examined the report of its Committee onConventions and Recommendations concerning the communicationsreceived by the Organization on the subject of cases and questions ofalleged violations of human rights in UNESCO’s fields of competence;

(b) The Board took note of the narrative part of the report and endorsed thewishes expressed by the Committee.

(141 EX/SR.16)

8.6 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (141 EX/PRIV.1)

In accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board,the Director-General, having informed the Board of the decisions he had takensince its 140th session concerning appointments, promotions and transfers ofofficials at grade D-1 and above, consulted it concerning a number ofappointments and extension of the contracts of a number of officials at gradeD-1 and above. He also informed it of staff action involving the reclassificationof posts and the transferor promotion of some members of the Secretariat.

(141 EX/SR.14)

9.5 Election of the Director-General: Statements of objectives andcommitments (141 EX/39)

The Executive Board held an exchange of views on this subject.

(141 EX/SR.14)


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