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Hundred and forty-sixth Session

146 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 29 June 1995

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAT ITS 146th SESSION

(Paris, 16 May-2 June 1995;Fez, 3-4 June 1995)

United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization

Executive Board ex

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LIST OF MEMBERS(REPRESENTATIVES AND ALTERNATES)

President of the General Conference1 Mr Ahmed Saleh Sayyad (Yemen)

Members

Algeria (Vice-Chairperson)

Representative Mr Abdellatif Rahal

Alternates Mr Saâd NasriMr Ali Benaissa

Angola

Representative Mr Pedro Domingos Peterson

Alternates Mr Domingos Van-DunemMr Manuel Teodoro QuartaMr Miguel K. Nsingui

Australia

Representative Mr Barry Owen Jones

Alternates Mr Alan BrownMr Jonathan BrownMr Peter WhitneyMr Michael FrugtnietMs Anne Siwicki

Bahrain

Representative Mr Ali Mohamed Fakhro

Alternates Mr Hamad SulaitiMr Rashid SulaybikhMr Ebrahim Al-AbdullaMr Nasser Al-Shaikh

Benin

Representative Mr Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos

Alternates Mr Ayouba BabioMr Isidore MonsiMs Raïmatou Tingbo

1 The President of the General Conference sits ex officio on the Executive Board in an advisory capacity.

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Botswana

Representative Mr Thomas Tlou

Alternates Mr Mustaq MooradMr Lloyd G. Mothusi

Brazil

Representative Mr Jeronimo Moscardo

Alternates Mr Ricardo CarvalhoMr Marcus Rouanet Machado de MelloMr Alessandro CandeasMr Isnard de Freitas

Bulgaria

Representative Mr Simeon Anguelov

Alternates Mr Stoyan RalevMs Stanislava Raditcheva

Chile

Representative Mr Jorge Edwards Valdés

Alternates Mr Jaime ContrerasMr Fernando LabraMs Ana María Maza

China

Representative Mr Yu Fuzeng

Alternates Mr Cao YuanjuMr Zhang XuezhongMr Yuan KeweiMr Liu JinkeMr Ma YanshengMr Li JiangangMr Liu Wanliang

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Colombia (Vice-Chairperson)

Representative Ms Gloria Pachón de Galán

Alternates Mr Pablo Gabriel ObregónMs Nancy de LaraMs Isabel VernazaMr Henry QuinteroMs Ana María Upegui

Costa Rica

Representative Ms Aída de Fishman

Alternates Ms María Sancho BarqueroMs Iris Leiva de BillaultMs Gabriela Castillo GarcíaMs Marianne Kopper OrlichMr Juan Porras ZúñigaMs Leda Meléndez Howell

Cote d’Ivoire (Vice-Chairperson)

Representative Mr Balla Keita

Alternates Mr Bakary Tio-TouréMs Anna ManouanMr Pierre AkaMr Kouassi Balo

Denmark

Representative Mr Torben Krogh

Alternates Mr Uffe AndreasenMr Niels Erik RafnMr Finn OvesenMr Sven Poulsen-HansenMs Suzanne NiemannMs Anne Paliakara

Egypt

Representative Mr Hussein Kamel Baha-El-Dine

Alternates Mr Mohsen TawfikMs Soad AbdelrassoulMr Elsayed Halima

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El Salvador

Representative Mr David Escobar Galindo

Alternates Mr José Ramiro Zepeda RoldánMs Rosa Ester Moreira de LemoineMs Nanette Viaud Desroches

Ethiopa

Representative Ms Gennet Zewide

Alternates Mr Iyassu MengeshaMr Mulatu Keffelew

France

Representative Mr Claude Harel

Alternates Mr Jean SirinelliMs Josyane CouratierMr Yves BrunsvickMr Emmanuel de CalanMr François RivasseauMr Georges PoussinMr Michel BenardMs Marie-Françoise CarbonMr Thierry GuignardMs Anne Lewis-LoubignacMs Renée ClairMs Catherine DumesnilMs Corinne MatrasMs Anne ConstantyMr Jean-Pierre Régnier

Germany

Representative Mr Christoph Derix

Alternates Ms Rose LässingMr Heiner ModelMr Peter P. CanisiusMr Lothar KochMr Traugott SchöfthalerMr Thilo KöhlerMr Hans Houben

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Ghana

Representative Mr Keli Nordor

Alternates Mr Miguel RibeiroMr Kingsley Karimu

Guyana

Representative Mr David Dabydeen

Alternates Mr Laleshwar SinghMs Carmen JarvisMs Lilawatie Gajraj

India (Vice-Chairperson)

Representative Mr Ram Niwas Mirdha

Alternates Ms Nina SibalMr G. Sankaranarayan IyerMr Gollerkery V. RaoMr Jagdish RaiMs Nagma M. Mallick

Italy

Representative Mr Giancarlo Leo

Alternates Ms Tullia CarettoniMr Umberto LeanzaMr Francesco Margiotta-BroglioMr Vincenzo PalladinoMr Giovanni ArmentoMs Margherita Sabatini

Jamaica

Representative Mr Rex Nettleford

Alternates Ms Sybil Eileene CampbellMr Henry Fowler

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Japan

Representative Mr Azusa Hayashi

Alternates Mr Toshio MochizukiMr Yasuaki OnoMr Shinichiro HorieMr Yukuto MurataMr Hiroshi YoshimotoMr Shinji NagashimaMr Akira TakedaMs Tokuko Nabeshima

Jordan

Representative Mr Abdur-Ra’uf Rawabdeh

Alternates Ms Janette BermametMr Mohammad HamdanMr Michel DababnehMr Wajed MustakimMr Wasfi Ayyad

Madagascar

Representative Mr Hery-Zo Ralambomahay

Alternates Mr Jacob ImbeMs Robertine RaonimaharyMs Ravaomalala Rasoanaivo

Malaysia

Representative Mr Sulaiman Daud

Alternates Mr Osman JaffarMr Hussain AhmadMr Alex RajakumarMr Mohamed Mukhtar Boerhannoeddin

Mali

Representative Mr Baba Akhib Haïdara

Alternates Ms Madina Ly-TallMr Klena SanogoMr Samuel Sidibe

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Mexico

Representative Mr Luis Eugenio Todd(Chairperson, Special Committee)

Alternates Ms Zadalinda González y ReyneroMr José Chanes NietoMs Socorro Rovirosa PriegoMr José Manuel Cuevas

Morocco

Representative Mr Mohamed Allal Sinaceur

Alternates Mr Driss AmorMs Naïma SedratiMr M’Hand MezianeMr Abdellah StoukyMs Najia Guedira

Namibia

Representative Mr Peter H. Katjavivi

Alternates Mr Leonard Nangolo IipumbuMr Salmaan D. Jacobs

Netherlands

Representative Mr Justus J. de Visser

Alternates Mr W.A. van HeldenMr Gotfried LeibbrandtMr Roderik WolsMr Dick LagewegMr Peter van DijkMs Maria E. van der Meer

Niger

Representative Mr Lambert Messan

Alternate Mr Boubacar Issa Tankari

Nigeria

Representative Mr Emmanuel O. Akinluyi

Alternates Mr Yemi LijaduMr Oladejo Adeleye

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Oman

Representative Mr Musa Hassan(Chairperson, Committee onNon-Governmental Organizations)

Alternates Mr Kamal MackiMr Abdel Rahman Bachi El-Rufaai

Pakistan

Representative Ms Attiya Inayatullah(Chairperson)

Alternates Mr Khawaja Shahid HosainMr M. Saeed KhalidMr Roshan Ali SiyalMs Drissia Chouit-Nfissi

Philippines

Representative Ms Lourdes R. Quisumbing

Alternates Ms Rora Navarro TolentinoMs Celia Anna M. Feria

Poland

Representative Mr Jerzy Kloczowski

Alternates Ms Jolanta RostworowskaMr Wojciech FalkowskiMs Krystyna ZurekMr Grzegorz Walinski

Portugal

Representatives Mr José Antonio Moya Ribera

Alternates Mr Mario RuivoMr Joaquim José Ferreira MarquesMr Joao Estevao Lopes Serrado

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Republic of Korea

Representative Mr Hyun-Gon Kim

Alternates Mr In-Suk ChaMs Kyung Im KimMr Jae Hong LimMr Kyung-Jae ParkMr Sun-Bok BaikMr Jong-Seop Lee

Romania (Vice-Chairperson)

Representative Mr Dan Haulica

Alternates Ms Laura BranzaruMr Dumitru Constantinescu

Russian Federation

Representative Mr Alexei Joukov(Chairperson, Finance andAdministrative Commission)

Alternates Mr Mikhail FedotovMr Igor DanilovMr Teimuraz RamishviliMr Albert RoganovMr Alexandre KouznetzovMr Boris BorissovMr Anatoli EgochkineMr Evgueni IagodkineMr Vladimir KorotkovMr Valeri SakharovMs Natela LaguidzeMr Grigori OrdjonikidzeMr Vladimir Entine

Seychelles

Representative Mr Gilles Nageon de Lestang

Alternates Mr Callixte d’OffayMs Irène AugerMs Jacqueline Prud’homme

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Spain (Vice-Chairperson)

Representative Mr Félix Fernández-Shaw

Alternates Mr Salvador Bermúdez de CastroMr Manuel Pérez del ArcoMr Manuel BenavidesMr Juan Antonio Menéndez-PidalMr Agostín Gangoso

Switzerland

Representative Ms Doris Morf

Alternates Mr Edouard BrunnerMr Anton GreberMs Sylvie MatteucciMr Jean-Daniel VignyMr Claude André BarbeyMr Bernard TheurillatMr Claude AltermattMr Markus BörlinMr Robert Müggler

Tonga

Representative Mr Senipisi Langi Kavaliku

Alternate Mr Tevita Kolokihakaufisi

Trinidad and Tobago

Representative Mr Lawrence D. Carrington

Alternates Ms Annette GonzalesMr Trevor SpencerMr Rabindranath PermanandMs Sandra Gift

Tunisia

Representative Mr Mongi Chemli

Alternates Mr Abdelbaki HermassiMs Radhia Jaouada MoussaMr Romdhane Rebai

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Turkey

Representative Mr Talat S. Halman(Chairperson, Programme andExternal Relations Commission)

Alternates Mr Pulat TacarMr Taner KarakasMr Hifzi TopuzMr Ahmet Ulker

Zambia

Representative Mr Mwindaace Siamwiza(Chairperson, Committee onConventions and Recommendations)

Alternates Ms Lily A.W. MonzeMr Winston K. Mwewa

Representatives and observers

Organizations of the United Nations system

Mr Evlogui Bonev United Nations Development Programme

Mr Peter Könz United Nations UniversityMs Caterina Casullo

Mr Roushdi El-Heneidi United Nations Population Fund

Intergovernmental organizations

Ms Graziella Brianzoni Council of Europe

Mr Mohamed Trabelsi League of Arab StatesMr Moounir GaijiMs Souhir HafezMs Nébila Mzali

Mr Felipe Montilla Andean Parliament

Ms Lil Despradel Latin UnionMr Ernesto BerjolajaMr Daniel Prado

Mr Dominique Borel International Committee of the Red Cross

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Mr Hassan Seoud Arab Centre for the Study of Arid Zones andMr Jean Khouri Dry Lands

Mr Pier-Giorgio Mazzocchi European CommissionMr Hubert Petit

Mr Wagdi Abbas Mahmoud Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization

Secretariat

Mr Federico Mayor (Director-General), Mr Adnan Badran (Acting Deputy Director-Generaland Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences), Mr Henri Lopes (Assistant Director-General for External Relations), 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 Relations with Extra-Budgetary Funding Sources), Mr AlbertSasson (Assistant Director-General, Director of the Bureau of Studies, Programming andEvaluation), Mr Daniel Janicot (Assistant Director-General for the Directorate), Ms LourdesArizpe (Assistant Director-General for Culture), Mr Nobuaki Tanaka (Assistant Director-General for Management and Administration), Mr Jacques Hallak (Assistant Director-General,Director of the International Institute for Educational Planning), Mr Solomon Hailu (Directorof the Executive Office), Mr Georges Malempré (Director in the Executive Office of theDirector-General), Mr Mieczyslaw Paszkowski (Legal Adviser), Mr Pío Rodríguez (AssistantDirector-General, Secretary of the Executive Board) and other members of the Secretariat.

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CONTENTS

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ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND OF THETIMETABLE OF WORK........................................................................... 1

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE145th SESSION ........................................................................................ 1

ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION................................. 1

3.1 General Conference and Executive Board.......................................... 1

3.1.1 Methods of work of the General Conference and theExecutive Board, including measures to be taken to implementPart III, paragraph 6(b), of 26 C/Resolution 19.3...................... 1

3.1.2 Draft amendment to the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board....................................................................... 2

3.1.3 In-depth study on ways of improving the quality of theworking documents of the General Conference and theExecutive Board....................................................................... 3

3.1.4 Report by the Bureau on questions that do not appear torequire debate........................................................................... 4

3.2 Examination of the communications transmitted to theCommittee on Conventions and Recommendations in pursuanceof 104 EX/Decision 3.3, and report of the Committee thereon........... 4

3.3 Questions relating to the methods of work of the Committee onConventions and Recommendations................................................... 4

3.4 Reports by the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit of interestto UNESCO ...................................................................................... 5

3.4.1 United Nations system support for science and technologyin Africa (JIU/REP/94/1).......................................................... 5

3.4.2 Communication for development programmes in the UnitedNations system (JIU/REP/94/4)................................................ 5

3.4.3 Staff turnover and delays in recruitment (lapse factor)(JIU/REP/94/7) ........................................................................ 6

3.4.4 National execution of projects (JIU/REP/94/9)......................... 6

3.4.5 Report of the Joint Inspection Unit (1 July 1993 to 30 June1994) (A/49/34) ....................................................................... 6

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ITEM 4 DRAFT MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY FOR 1996-2001, AND DRAFTPROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1996-1997 ...................................... 7

4.1 Consideration of the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001(28 C/4), and recommendations of the Executive Board..................... 7

4.2 Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997(28 C/5), and recommendations of the Executive Board..................... 15

ITEM 5 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME..................................................... 30

5.1 Report by the Director-General on the execution of the programmeadopted by the General Conference.................................................... 30

5.2 Education.......................................................................................... 39

5.2.1 Application of 145 EX/Decision 5.2.1, concerning educationaland cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories............ 39

5.2.2 Amendment to the Statutes of the Advisory Committee onEducation for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy................. 40

5.2.3 Draft Statutes of the Regional Committee on Educationin Asia and the Pacific............................................................... 41

5.2.4 Report of the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Expertson the Application of the Recommendation concerning theStatus of Teachers (CEART) on its sixth ordinary session......... 44

5.2.5 Contribution to poverty eradication and human resourcedevelopment............................................................................. 45

5.3 Sciences............................................................................................. 47

5.3.1 New arrangements for the Intergovernmental OceanographicCommission.............................................................................. 47

5.4 Social and human sciences................................................................. 48

5.4.1 Report by the Director-General on the development of ajoint programme of action for youth.......................................... 48

5.4.2 Draft proposals by the Director-General concerning afollow-up programme of action for the United NationsYear for Tolerance................................................................... 48

5.4.3 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion ofTolerance and Non-Violence.................................................... 49

5.4.4 Amendments to the Regulations of the UNESCO Prizefor the Teaching of Human Rights............................................ 52

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5.5 Culture.............................................................................................. 55

5.5.1 Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding andManagement of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)......... 55

5.5.2 UNESCO Fund for the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage........ 58

5.5.3 Feasibility study for the drafting of a new instrument for theprotection of the underwater cultural heritage........................... 64

5.5.4 UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literaturein the Service of Tolerance....................................................... 64

5.5.5 Draft Convention of UNIDROIT on the International Returnof Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects........................ 66

5.5.6 The conservation of old cities as part of the cultural heritage,seen within the context of modern urbanization......................... 66

ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE....................................................................... 69

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda for the twenty-eighth sessionof the General Conference................................................................. 69

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of the twenty-eighthsession of the General Conference...................................................... 69

6.3 Invitations to the twenty-eighth session of the General Conference..... 72

6.4 Form of the Executive Board’s report on its activities in 1994-1995,to be submitted to the General Conference at its twenty-eighthsession............................................................................................... 72

ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS.................................................................................... 73

7.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the UnitedNations system of relevance to the work of UNESCO........................ 73

7.1.1 Implementation of the Programme of Action for theLeast-Developed Countries for the 1990s: High-LevelIntergovernmental Meeting, and Mid-Term Global Reviewof the Implementation of the Programme of Action for theLeast-Developed Countries for the 1990s ................................. 73

7.1.2 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education................ 73

7.1.3 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People............ 74

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7.1.4 Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environmentand Development...................................................................... 75

7.1.5 International Year of the Ocean................................................ 76

7.2 Proposals by the Director-General concerning the implementationof new forms of co-operation with international non-governmentalorganizations within the framework of the Draft Medium-TermStrategy for 1996-2001 and the Draft Programme and Budget for1996-1997......................................................................................... 77

7.3 Proposals by the Director-General for revision of the Directivesconcerning UNESCO’s relations with international non-governmentalorganizations..................................................................................... 77

7.4 Sexennial report by the Executive Board to the General Conferenceon the contribution made to UNESCO’s activities by internationalnon-governmental organizations (1988-1993).................................... 90

7.5 Relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States................... 95

7.6 Representation of Member States in subsidiary organs....................... 95

ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS............................. 96

8.1 Report by the Director-General on budget adjustments authorizedwithin the Appropriation Resolution for 1994-1995........................... 96

8.2 Report by the Director-General on the cash situation and onborrowing authority, including proposals for the dispositionof funds carried over from 1992-1993 (Option C) and apossible innovative contribution incentive scheme.............................. 99

8.3 Recommendations by the Director-General concerning possiblereforms in the procedures to be followed in considerationof requests from Member States to vote at sessions of theGeneral Conference invoking the terms of Article IV.C,paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution .................................................... 103

8.4 Ways and means of appointing an external auditor to theOrganization...................................................................................... 105

8.5 Twentieth annual report (1994) of the International Civil ServiceCommission: report by the Director-General...................................... 106

8.6 Report by the Director-General on the use by the Secretariat andfinancing of special advisers and outside consultants.......................... 106

8.7 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of personnelpolicy ................................................................................................ 107

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8.8 Report by the Director-General on the implementation and financingof the Renovation Plan for Headquarters Buildings............................ 108

8.9 Consultation in pursuance of Rule 57 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board................................................................................ 108

ITEM 9 GENERAL MATTERS.............................................................................. 109

9.1 Report by the Director-General on the possible forms of UNESCO’sparticipation in the international community’s endeavours to promoteco-operation in combating the danger of terrorism............................. 109

9.2 Proposals by Member States for the celebration of anniversaries withwhich UNESCO should be associated in 1996-1997.......................... 109

9.3 The situation of the cultural and architectural heritage and ofeducational and cultural institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina......... 111

9.4 Dates of the 147th session................................................................. 112

9.5 Thanks to the Moroccan authorities ................................................... 112

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON31 MAY 1995............................................................................................................... 113

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ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND OF THE TIMETABLE OF WORK(146 EX/1 and 146 EX/INF.1)

At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda and timetable ofwork as set out in documents 146 EX/1 and 146 EX/INF.1.

The Executive Board decided to refer to the commissions and committeesspecified below the following items of its agenda:

1. Programme and External Relations Commission (PX): items 3.4.1,3.4.2, 3.4.4, 4.2, 5.1 (Part I), 5.2.1, 5.2.5, 5.4.1, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.5.1, 5.5.3to 5.5.5, 7.1, 7.1.1 to 7.1.5, 7.5, 8.2 (list containing priority programmerequirements) and 9.1 to 9.3.

2. Finance and Administrative Commission (FA): items 3.4.3, 4.2, 5.1(Parts II and III) and 8.2 to 8.8.

3. FA and PX Commissions joint meeting: items 5.3.1, 5.5.2 and 8.1.

4. Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations:items 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4.

(146 EX/SR.1)

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 145th SESSION(145 EX/SR.1-18)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its 145th session.

(146 EX/SR.1)

ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

3.1 General Conference and Executive Board

3.1.1 Methods of work of the General Conference and the Executive Board,including measures to be taken to implement Part III, paragraph 6(b), of26 C/Resolution 19.3 (146 EX/4 and 146 EX/50)

The Executive Board,

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1. Having examined document 146 EX/4, together with documents145 EX/4 and 145 EX/39 concerning the methods of work of the GeneralConference,

2. Decides to submit to the General Conference for examination and fordecision the proposals contained in Part I of document 145 EX/39, with aview to clarifying and simplifying the categories of draft resolutions andthe deadlines for their submission, and in Part II of this document, with a

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view to harmonizing procedures in elections conducted during theGeneral Conference;

3. Invites the Director-General to make these proposals available to theGeneral Conference in the appropriate form;

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4. Having examined the report of the working group on the establishment ofan intersessional mechanism, set up by the Executive Board within theSpecial Committee at its 144th session,

5. Thanks the members of this working group for the efforts they have madeto take account of the points of view of all the Members of the ExecutiveBoard;

6. Considers that the intersessional work of the Executive Board should bebased on Rule 17 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, inaccordance with the following procedure:

(a) the Executive Board shall identify the issues and topics on whichintersessional work would be desirable and may then establish an adhoc working group with specific terms of reference and thenecessary means, to be dissolved automatically upon completion ofits work;

(b) the group shall be composed of 12 Members of the Board, two fromeach electoral group, to be appointed by the Board on the proposalof the respective electoral groups; any other Member States mayattend its meetings as observers;

(c) the ad hoc group shall adopt its recommendations by consensus; inthe absence of such consensus its report shall incorporate thevarious views expressed in the course of the debate;

(d) the report shall be submitted to the Special Committee.

(146 EX/SR.13)

3.1.2 Draft amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board(146 EX/6)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/6,

2. Adopts the amendment to the Annex of its Rules of Procedure containedin that document.

(146 EX/SR.11)


3.1.3 In-depth study on ways of improving the quality of the workingdocuments of the General Conference and the Executive Board(146 EX/SP/RAP and Corr. and 146 EX/50)


1. Recalling 145 EX/Decision 3.1.1, III,

2. Taking into account the Special Committee’s report on its considerationof document 146 EX/SP/RAP and Corr., presented by Denmark,

3. Thanks Denmark for the work it has accomplished;

4. Requests the Director-General to strictly observe the articles concerningtime-limits for the distribution of documents contained in the Rules ofProcedure of the General Conference and those of the Executive Board,so as to facilitate preliminary studies on the agenda items by the variousbodies of each Member State and Board Members;

5. Invites the Director-General, in applying the existing criteria forclassification of working documents for future sessions of the GeneralConference and of the Executive Board as main series documents or INF-series documents, to continue to regard as a matter of high priority theirimportance to the governing bodies;

6. Recommends to the General Conference that, for the sake ofharmonization, the following amendments be made to its Rules ofProcedure:

(a) Rule 10A.1:

Present wording to be deleted and replaced by the following:

All documentation required for consideration of the various itemson the provisional agenda shall normally be distributed to MemberStates and to Associate Members at least 30 days before theopening of the session.

(b) Rule 11.5:

Present wording to be deleted and replaced by the following:

Documentation required for the consideration of supplementaryitems shall normally be distributed to Member States and AssociateMembers at least ten days before the opening of the session.Exceptions to this rule may be made only if the permission of thePresident of the General Conference has previously been obtained.


(c) Rule 14.2:

A new paragraph should be added at the end of the presentformulation:

No discussion on the inclusion of such new items may take placeuntil 48 hours after distribution of the relevant documentation.

7. Invites the Director-General to conduct a feasibility study on theelectronic transfer of documents from Headquarters to Member States,taking into account the experience of other international organizations,the options outlined in document 146 EX/SP/RAP, pages 7-8, and theideas put forward during the deliberations of the Executive Board at its146th session;

8. Further invites the Director-General to report to it at its 147th session onthe results of the feasibility study.

(146 EX/SR.13)

3.1.4 Report by the Bureau on questions that do not appear to require debate(146 EX/2)

The Executive Board approved the proposal by the Bureau contained indocument 146 EX/2 concerning items 5.2.2 - Amendment to the Statutes of theAdvisory Committee on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy;and 5.2.3 - Draft Statutes of the Regional Committee on Education in Asia andthe Pacific.

(146 EX/SR.1)

3.2 Examination of the communications transmitted to the Committee onConventions and Recommendations in pursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3,and report of the Committee thereon (146 EX/CR/HR and Add. and146 EX/3 PRIV.)

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

(146 EX/SR.12)

3.3 Questions relating to the methods of work of the Committee onConventions and Recommendations (146 EX/7 and 146 EX/51)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/7, and having heard the report by theChairperson of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations onitem 3.3 concerning questions relating to the methods of work of theCommittee,

2. Invites the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations to continueexamining this item at its next session, and invites those Members that


wish to make comments or suggestions on this item and have not yet doneso to send them in writing to the Secretariat before the end of July 1995;

3. Invites the Secretariat to bring those comments or suggestions, togetherwith its own comments, to the attention of the Committee;

4. Decides to grant two additional days to the Committee to complete theexamination of this item, so as to enable the Executive Board to take adecision on the subject at its 147th session.

(146 EX/SR.12)

3.4 Reports by the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit of interest toUNESCO

3.4.1 United Nations system support for science and technology in Africa(JIU/REP/94/1) (146 EX/8 and 146 EX/52)



2. Thanks the Joint Inspection Unit for its report entitled ‘United Nationssystem support for science and technology in Africa’ (JIU/REP/94/1);

3. Expresses concern at the findings and recommendations contained in thisreport and takes note of the Director-General’s comments thereon.

(146 EX/SR.14)

3.4.2 Communication for development programmes in the United Nationssystem (JIU/REP/94/4) (146 EX/9 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/9, containing the comments by theDirector-General on the JIU report entitled ‘Communication fordevelopment programmes in the United Nations system’ and the attachedJIU report (JIU/REP/94/4),

2. Expresses its gratitude to the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit forhaving carried out a thorough and comprehensive study on this issue ofconcern to several Specialized Agencies;

3. Recommends to the Director-General that the Organization take intoaccount the recommendations of the report in carrying out programmes incommunication for development and for peace-building.

(146 EX/SR.14)


3.4.3 Staff turnover and delays in recruitment (lapse factor) (JIU/REP/94/7)(146 EX/10 and 146 EX/54)



2. Thanks the Joint Inspection Unit for its report entitled ‘Staff turnover anddelays in recruitment (lapse factor)’ (JIU/REP/94/7);

3. Takes note of the conclusions and recommendations contained in thatreport and of the Director-General's comments thereon.

(146 EX/SR.14)

3.4.4 National execution of projects (JIU/REP/94/9) (146 EX/11 and 146 EX/52)



2. Thanks the Joint Inspection Unit for its report entitled ‘National executionof projects’ (JIU/REP/94/9);

3. Takes note of the conclusions and recommendations contained in thisreport, and of the Director-General’s comments thereon.

(146 EX/SR.14)

3.4.5 Report of the Joint Inspection Unit (1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994) (A/49/34)(146 EX/12 and 146 EX/50)



2. Thanks the Joint Inspection Unit for its report covering the period from1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 (A/49/34);

3. Takes note of the above-mentioned Joint Inspection Unit report.

(146 EX/SR.13)


ITEM 4 DRAFT MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY FOR 1996-2001, AND DRAFTPROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1996-1997

4.1 Consideration of the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001 (28 C/4),and recommendations of the Executive Board

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1. Having examined the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001(28 C/4),

2. Noting that this document was prepared on the basis of the results of avast consultation process that resulted in a fruitful debate betweenMember States themselves, through their National Commissions, andbetween the Member States and the Secretariat and made a valuablecontribution to its preparation,

3. Taking into account the recommendations it made concerning thepreparation of the Medium-Term Strategy at its previous session(145 EX/Decision 4.1),

4. Notes with satisfaction the innovation this strategy represents, comparedto the previous planning documents;

5. Welcomes this forward-looking document, which presents in a clear andconcise manner and in easily accessible language the general policy of theOrganization, setting forth its mission and priorities and the overallstrategies it intends to implement in its fields of competence;

6. Reaffirms the importance of the Organization's ethical mission and its rolein strengthening international intellectual co-operation in its fields ofcompetence;

7. Reiterates its conviction that the Organization should contribute to thepromotion of development and peace, the twin objectives common to theUnited Nations system;

8. Notes with satisfaction the emphasis that the Director-General, in hisforeword to the document, places on the human being as the centre of theprocesses of development and peace;

9. Recommends that, in the final version, the strategies provide for follow-up to the relevant recommendations of the World Summit on SocialDevelopment (Copenhagen, March 1995), the Fourth World Conferenceon Women (Beijing, September 1995), the International Commission onEducation for the Twenty-First Century, and the World Commission onCulture and Development;


10. Recommends also that, throughout the strategic document, clear goals beset out with a view to facilitating goal assessment at the twenty-ninthsession of the General Conference;

11. Transmits to the General Conference the following recommendations sothat they may be taken into account in the final version of the Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001:

PREPARING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Looking back over 50 years of existence (paras. 1-16)1

12. The text of paragraph 13 should be modified with reference to the NewWorld Information and Communication Order, where the word'misunderstanding' is inappropriate;

Problems and challenges of the twenty-first century (paras. 17-27)

13. Appropriate emphasis should be placed in this chapter and in otherrelevant sections of the Medium-Term Strategy on consideration of all thesocial and cultural implications, both beneficial and harmful, of the newinformation and communication technologies and on the potential theyrepresent for the development of educational methods, the circulation ofdata and the growth of intercultural exchanges;

14. The threats that the current globalization process can pose to ‘the fruitfuldiversity of cultures' should be highlighted (para. 24);

THE PURPOSES OF UNESCO

Rereading the Constitution (paras. 28-35)

15. It would be preferable to entitle this section 'Contemporary relevance ofthe Constitution';

16. It should be more clearly highlighted that it is through its fields ofcompetence - education, science, culture and communication - thatUNESCO is called upon today, as it was 50 years ago, to contribute todevelopment and peace;

17. Major emphasis should be placed on the contribution that UNESCO iscalled upon to make, by strengthening the intellectual and moral solidarityof humankind, to its 'common welfare', to respect for human rights, to thestruggle against discrimination and inequalities and to the establishment ofdemocracy and justice;

UNESCO and international intellectual co-operation (paras. 42-50)

18. The role of UNESCO is not limited to 'forging a community of ideas,knowledge and purpose' (para. 42). It should contribute to the progressive

1 The paragraph numbers in parentheses refer to document 28 C/4.


forging of a universal vision reflecting, and drawing benefit from, the sumof the differences;

19. The function of 'calling upon political leaders' should be made moreexplicit, in that it calls for action aimed at building awareness of newchallenges and innovative approaches in UNESCO's fields of competenceand for a contribution to the formulation of national and internationalstrategies in those fields (para. 44);

20. The importance of UNESCO's standard-setting function should beemphasized, as should the assistance it can give to Member States, in co-operation with other competent intergovernmental organizations, in themodernization of their legislation in the Organization's fields ofcompetence, by preparing legal texts based on a comparative study ofnational legislations (para. 45);

21. It should be clearly stated that UNESCO's function of providing expertiseand advice as regards both standard-setting activities (para. 45) and co-operation for development (para. 48) should be carried out only within itsfields of competence;

UNESCO'S STRATEGIES

22. The central purpose of the United Nations system is development not onlyfor peace but also for social progress, a better standard of living andlarger freedom (para. 53);

23. The rejection of violence should obviously include the rejection ofterrorism in all its forms (para. 59);

STRATEGIES FOR CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPMENT

Towards lifelong education for all (paras. 62-90)

24. It is indispensable to highlight the top priority that should be given tobasic education in this strategy, the title of which could be reviewed;

25. Therefore basic education, as stated in the Jomtien Declaration, willcontinue to be given the highest priority; in this context, the decisivecontribution that UNESCO should make to the progress of literacy needsto be reaffirmed;

26. With reference to the application of information and communicationtechnologies to educational purposes (audio-visual productions, televisionprogrammes, electronic media, etc.) in the context of the Learningwithout Frontiers (LWF) initiative, importance should be attached toensuring that the cultural content of education is relevant to the particularsocio-cultural circumstances of each society and that such applicationdoes not promote the use of imported products and services that areinappropriate to the cultural specificity of the user community (para. 65);


27. The text should make it clear that the education process cannot bereduced to mere access to information (para. 66);

28. A coherent education policy should be developed by UNESCO from theconclusions of the Executive Board's Forum of Reflection on the conceptof a 'global and comprehensive' education and on the basis, inter alia, ofan assessment of the report by the International Commission on Educationfor the Twenty-First Century, taking also into account the follow-up tothe Jomtien Conference and the New Delhi Summit on Education for Allof the Nine High-Population Countries;

Assisting in the advancement, transfer and sharing of knowledge(paras. 91-117)

29. The strategy should make explicit the way in which the project on 'Cities:management of social transformations and the environment' does notduplicate the activities of MOST (paras. 103-104);

30. A coherent vision should be presented of the role of cultural factors indevelopment processes, on the basis, inter alia, of an assessment of thereport of the World Commission on Culture and Development; andprovision should be made for the inclusion of cultural factors in theplanning of the interdisciplinary projects on cities and coastal zones/smallislands (paras. 102 and 107);

31. It should be clearly stated that the drug problem is also an ethicalproblem, which requires from the Organization - as an intellectual forum -a comprehensive approach involving all its fields of competence(para. 115);

Enhancing the heritage and promoting creativity (paras. 118-137)

32. The title of this strategy should be as follows: 'To enhance culturalheritage, promote living cultures and encourage creativity';

33. The second aim of this strategy should be devoted to the promotion ofliving cultures (paras. 121 and 133);

34. The proposals for the monitoring of the World Heritage Sites should bereformulated in accordance with the relevant decisions of the 1995General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention(para. 124);

35. The importance of cultural tourism as a factor contributing todevelopment and international understanding should be emphasized, andUNESCO's strategy in this domain should be made clear (para. 130);

36. Emphasis should be placed on the close links between preserving andrevitalizing the variety of forms of cultural expression and between theOrganization's efforts to promote cultural pluralism and its efforts torevitalize endangered intangible heritage (paras. 131 and 175);


37. Stress should be laid, in particular, on the close links that exist betweenthe conservation and protection of tangible and intangible culturalheritage, the need to assemble and provide access to information aboutthem, and the need for scientific description and analysis of them(paras. 131 and 148);

38. As regards copyright, protection of the moral rights of authors (para. 131)should be mentioned;

39. Mention should also be made in this chapter of the role that UNESCO canplay in encouraging and improving the training of cultural developmentagents;

Promoting the free flow of information and the development of communication(paras. 138-151)

40. The importance of communication as a factor for development and for thesocial welfare of humankind should be highlighted (para. 138);

41. With respect to new information and communication technologies,importance should be attached to the role that UNESCO is called upon toplay in promoting reflection on the impact - both beneficial and harmful -of these technologies and in fostering the access to the possibilities theyoffer for educational, scientific and cultural development. The strategyproposed in this area should adopt a global approach to these issues(paras. 142-145);

STRATEGIES FOR CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE-BUILDING

42. It should be underlined in an explicit manner that the five strategies for theconsolidation of peace-building should be implemented exclusively withinthe fields of competence of the Organization;

Encouraging education for peace, human rights and democracy, tolerance andinternational understanding (paras. 152-160)

43. Emphasis should be placed on the importance of the IntegratedFramework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights andDemocracy, proposed by the International Conference on Education at its44th session, once it is adopted by the General Conference (para. 154);

44. The importance of education for tolerance, non-violence and internationalunderstanding and that of reflection on the concept of education onethical and moral values should be underscored (paras. 155 and 159);

45. The importance of the teaching of history - which can be an excellentvector of mutual understanding, particularly among neighbouringcountries - should be emphasized, as should that of fostering historicalresearch and the sharing of historical knowledge (paras. 156-157);


46. Emphasis should be placed on the importance of multilingualism and theteaching of foreign languages with a view to opening up possibilities forunderstanding between cultures and dialogue between people (para. 158);

47. Among the partners who play an active role in the promotion of educationfor peace, human rights and democracy, tolerance, non-violence andinternational understanding, mention should be made of UNESCO Clubs(para. 159);

48. With regard to the contribution that the media can make to the promotionof non-violence and international understanding, importance should beattached to encouragement of the production and dissemination ofprogrammes that promote understanding of other cultures (para. 160);

Promoting human rights and the fight against discrimination (paras. 161-169)

49. The production of, traffic in and consumption of drugs should also beconsidered factors that hamper the full exercise of human rights(para. 163);

50. It is acknowledged that the Organization, by virtue of its ethical mission,has to denounce acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its formsand manifestations and acts of violence perpetrated against the membersof intellectual communities related to its fields of competence.Nevertheless, as regards the proposal of creating a human rightsobservatory, the Director-General is invited to provide more informationon the subject to the Executive Board at its 147th session. Thisinformation should clarify the tasks, functions, meanings and compositionof the 'observatory' and its specificity in relation to other United Nationsinstitutions and organs and to the Executive Board's Committee onConventions and Recommendations. The Executive Board will formulateits recommendations to the General Conference in the light of thatinformation. Meanwhile, the proposal should be held in abeyance(para. 166);

51. The Organization should pursue its activities aimed at disseminating thebasic charters and texts on human rights and international humanitarianlaw, as part of its clearing-house function and its contribution to thepromotion of human rights. It is considered, however, that the GeneralConference need not adopt proposals on the development of humanitarianlaw, except in the specific fields of UNESCO's competence, nor on theright to humanitarian assistance, nor on the follow-up to the LagunaDeclaration of the Rights of Future Generations (para. 169);

Supporting the consolidation of democratic processes (paras. 170-174)

52. It should be clearly stated that it is up to each society taking into accountits own cultural and historical context to find its path towards democracyon the basis of universally recognized principles;


Encouraging cultural pluralism and dialogue between cultures(paras. 175-184)

53. This aspect of the strategy should be implemented in liaison with thestrategy aimed at enhancing cultural heritage, promoting living culturesand encouraging creativity;

Contributing to conflict prevention and post-conflict peace-building(paras. 185-193)

54. The concept of the 'houses of culture of peace' should be clarified(para. 187);

55. While acknowledging the role that the Organization might play in thepromotion of research on the peaceful settlement of conflicts, in close co-operation with other specialized institutions, it is considered that theproposed networking of defence and strategic studies institutes does notcome within the Organization's fields of competence (para. 187);

UNESCO AND ITS PARTNERS

UNESCO in its Member States (paras. 194-201)

56. Greater emphasis should be placed on the fostering of twinningarrangements between National Commissions, both within and across theregions (para. 196);

57. It should be clearly stated that it is through co-operation with the NationalCommissions that new partnerships with competent representative bodiesof civil society and with private bodies will be forged (paras. 200and 208);

58. It should be stressed that, while National Commissions are the focalpoints for UNESCO's activities in Member States, contacts between theUNESCO Secretariat and the various national government authoritiesplay an important role in strengthening co-operation with Member States;

59. The reference to goodwill ambassadors should be made in this sectionrather than in the section devoted to UNESCO and its internationalpartners;

60. The importance of co-operation with UNESCO Clubs and Associationsshould be stressed (para. 200);

UNESCO and its international partners (paras. 202-209)

61. Emphasis should be placed on the need to further develop the strategy ofpolicy co-ordination, division of labour and project co-operation withUNESCO's partners in the United Nations system and with otherinternational and regional intergovernmental organizations;


GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Principles guiding the choice of activities (paras. 210-220)

62. Systematic evaluation of UNESCO's programmes, projects and activitiesshould be strengthened with a view to improving programme design andimplementation, but also bearing in mind the cost-effectiveness of theevaluation process. Monitoring of activities should become an integralpart of programme implementation. The preparation of a biennialevaluation plan is commended, and it is recommended that it contain alsothe overall evaluation of field units and Regional Offices. A globalevaluation at the end of the sexennial period could be considered;

63. Specific strategies to respond to the special and urgent needs of certaingroups of countries with common characteristics (e.g. countries intransition, small island countries and the nine high-population countries)should be worked out (para. 214);

Priority groups (paras. 221-245)

64. Particular attention should be given to problems of violence againstchildren and the extreme forms of discrimination that women experience,notably in situations of conflict. Emphasis should also be placed on theimportance of the initiatives taken by professional media organizationswith a view to eliminating a portrayal of women that provokes violenceand to promoting a more positive image of women in the media(para. 228);

65. It is essential that the young themselves participate in the preparation ofprogrammes and actions that concern them. This principle should beclearly reaffirmed (paras. 232-235);

Decentralization (paras. 246-253)

66. The issue of the effectiveness and accountability of small field units oroffices should be re-examined in the light of the relevant decisions of theGeneral Conference and the Executive Board on this matter, starting with136 EX/Decision 3.3, which was based on an in-depth study ondecentralization. In addition, the decision concerning the creation of newsmall offices should be taken only after a careful assessment of the cost-effectiveness of such offices;

Functioning of the Organization (paras. 260-269)

67. A coherent approach should be developed to all information anddissemination services, including advisory services to Member States(paras. 254-269);

68. The initiative taken of setting up special teams for the implementation ofcertain projects should be strongly encouraged (para. 262);


69. The proposals relating to the 'functional autonomy' of theIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World HeritageCentre will have to be reviewed in the light of the resolutions adopted bythe General Conference on this issue at its twenty-eighth session, afterconsideration of the recommendations made by the Executive Board at its147th session.

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1. Having examined the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001(28 C/4),

2. Invites the Director-General to prepare a proposed resolution for theapproval of this Medium-Term Strategy, taking into account therecommendations of the Executive Board contained in document 28 C/9.

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4.2 Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997 (28 C/5),and recommendations of the Executive Board


1. Having examined the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997(28 C/5),

2. Taking into account the recommendations it made at its 145th session(145 EX/Decision 4.1) concerning medium-term planning from 1996 andthe Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997,

3. Taking into account also the recommendations it formulated at its presentsession concerning the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001(contained in document 28 C/9),

4. Notes with satisfaction the progress achieved in the presentation andreadability of document 28 C/5 and the innovation represented by thepresentation of a series of projects addressing the key issues of the four'priority groups': women, youth, Africa and LDCs;

5. Transmits to the General Conference the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1996-1997 with the following recommendations:

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Major Programme I - Towards lifelong education for all

6. Reaffirms that the highest priority should be given to basic education, asaffirmed at the Jomtien Conference on Education for All;


7. Welcomes the importance given to the follow-up to the Education for AllSummit of Nine High-Population Countries (New Delhi, December1993);

8. Recognizing the importance of education as a lifelong experience, stressesthe need to develop education for all with lifelong education in view;

9. Appreciates that this major programme draws inspiration from theproposals of the Executive Board's Ad Hoc Forum of Reflection, such as'Learning without Frontiers', stresses the contribution distance and openlearning approaches can make to the promotion of equitable access tohigh quality formal and non-formal education at all levels; andrecommends that the activities aimed at the reform of education be guidedby the objective of transmitting the spirit of cultural pluralism to theyoung, as advocated by the conclusions of the Forum in their reference toa 'global and comprehensive education';

10. Reaffirms in this context the importance of fostering values education,which includes civic and moral education, and education for tolerance andinternational understanding, as an integral part of education for all, andemphasizes the need to strengthen regional networks in this area;

11. Recommends that activities in the field of basic non-formal education forout-of-school youth and adults be strengthened;

12. Stresses the importance that should be attached to the education ofmigrants and refugees and, in particular, to the reduction of obstacles totheir access to lifelong education;

13. Recommends that Member States be invited to organize discussions onthe recommendations of the International Commission on Education forthe Twenty-First Century and that UNESCO make available a roster ofexperts to assist them in such reflection, without, however, setting up aformal panel of commission's members for that purpose;

14. Recalls the importance of Project 2000+ in promoting scientific andtechnological literacy and science education for all;

15. Reaffirms the importance of the contribution that education could make tosolving the whole problem of drugs;

16. Reaffirms the importance of technical and vocational education and thepriority to be given in this regard by the Organization to furtherdevelopment of the International Project on Technical and VocationalEducation (UNEVOC), in co-operation with the ILO, on the basis of anassessment of the results obtained by the project, the report on whichshould be submitted to the General Conference at its twenty-ninth session;

17. Recommends that emphasis be placed on the strengthening of networkingamong national UNEVOC centres and the fostering of closer linkagesbetween UNEVOC and relevant regional programmes;


18. Welcomes the emphasis placed on the renewal of higher-educationpolicies and on the promotion of co-operative links between highereducation and the world of work, and reaffirms the importance thatshould be attached to research in higher education;

19. Considers that the possibility of holding a world conference on highereducation in 1998 should be examined by the International Conference onEducation at its forthcoming session;

20. Reaffirms the importance of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programmein fostering inter-university co-operation and the transfer of knowledge atthe highest level;

21. Recommends that in the development of the UNITWIN/UNESCO ChairsProgramme greater attention be given to ensuring a better balanceddistribution of UNESCO Chairs between the different regions; a betterbalance in the subjects or disciplines covered; a high quality so that theyeventually function as centres of excellence and cater for the priorityneeds of Member States, particularly developing countries; and thesustainability of UNESCO Chairs over a long-term period; recommendsalso that an appropriate mechanism of intersectoral co-ordination beestablished;

22. Recommends further that the provisions of 27 C/Resolution 1.12 be fullyapplied, in particular that the criteria for the creation of UNESCO Chairsand the mechanism for monitoring their implementation be further refinedwith a view to ensuring the satisfactory functioning of the programme;

23. Emphasizes the importance of developing UNESCO Chairs on studiesrelating to the status of women;

24. Stresses the importance that should be attached to ensuring anappropriate and effective follow-up to the recommendations of 'AudienceAfrica' relating to education and training, notably the priority to be givento this sector during the negotiations on structural adjustmentprogrammes, the regionalization of higher education and the creation ofregional centres of excellence, and the use of new technologies in thedevelopment of distance education;

25. Recalls that particular attention should be given to co-operation with thePalestinian authorities and to support for their efforts in the areas ofreform and reconstruction of education systems and theUNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme;

Major Programme II - The sciences in the service of development

26. Recommends that the identity and autonomy of a major programme in thesocial and human sciences be preserved and that the budgetary resourcesallocated to it not be less than the current allocation;


27. Recognizes that the proposals contained in document 28 C/5, notablywith respect to the social and human sciences, are but a first step towardsthe realization of the strategies and objectives set out in document 28 C/4;

28. Recommends also that the natural and exact sciences and the social andhuman sciences be brought closer in the form of interdisciplinary projects;

29. Recommends further that efforts be made to prepare an in-depth study ofboth positive and negative experiences of co-operation between the socialand human sciences and the natural and exact sciences, notably through anevaluation of the projects on cities and coastal zones and throughcontractual arrangements with competent NGOs, in co-operation with thefive international scientific programmes;

30. Recommends that an interdisciplinary and intersectoral programme on'Science and technology in society' be established;

31. Recommends that the means of implementing the UNISPAR project, theobject of which is to contribute to the strengthening of the relationsbetween the university, research and industry, be highlighted;

32. Recalls the importance that should be given to the activities relating torenewable energies and to the preparation of the Solar Summit andrecommends that, in addition to Africa, they be extended to othergeographical areas, in particular Latin America and the Caribbean, Asiaand the Pacific, the Mediterranean countries, and central and easternEurope;

33. Recommends that the activities relating to higher education, training andresearch in the social and human sciences (Programme II.2) includeprovisions relating to the strengthening of disciplines, in particular history,and to the development of new analytical tools;

34. Considers that the activities relating to philosophy and ethics should behighlighted and that, by virtue of their very nature and scope, they shouldbe distinguished from teaching, research and co-operation in the socialand human sciences (Programme II.2);

35. Recommends that, as part of this programme, an in-depth study inUNESCO’s fields of competence be carried out on the nature ofunderdevelopment and its tendencies in recent decades, with emphasis onthe threat that underdevelopment poses to peace;

36. Considers that the proposal that 'functional autonomy' be given to theIOC requires clarification of the reasons behind it, of its political, legal,administrative and financial feasibility, of its content, methods ofimplementation and limits, and of the ways in which the necessary controlwould be exercised, both within UNESCO and by the IOC ExecutiveCouncil and Assembly; considers therefore that it cannot formulate arecommendation to the General Conference on this issue before an in-depth discussion of the report to be submitted to it by the Director-General at its 147th session;


37. Recommends that research on the long-term impacts and effects ofmigration flows in both sending and receiving countries be carried outunder the Management and Social Transformations (MOST) Programme;

38. Underlines the need to make a clear distinction between the objectives andthe nature of the activities planned under the project on 'Cities:management of social transformations and the environment' and theobjectives and nature of those to be carried out under the MOSTprogramme;

39. Considers it desirable to encourage links with competent scientificinstitutions, as appropriate, in the international MOST programme and tofurther reinforce the interdisciplinary nature of this programme byinvolving the economic sciences;

40. Recommends that the special projects devoted to youth be implemented ina dynamic and coherent manner and supported by an appropriateintersectoral co-ordination mechanism;

41. Recommends further that in the design and implementation of all theOrganization's programmes active participation by young people and oftheir organizations be sought and facilitated;

42. Recommends that, under the activities relating to physical education andsport, stress be put on the need for games to promote a spirit of peace,tolerance and international understanding;

43. Stresses the importance that should be attached to ensuring appropriateand effective follow-up to the relevant recommendations of 'AudienceAfrica', in particular the promotion of science and technology teaching,the training of teachers and researchers, and research; the creationthrough the use of satellite link of an African university aimed at thedevelopment of science and technology, in co-operation, as appropriate,with extra-budgetary funding sources; and the continuation of efforts tomobilize resources in the framework of the African Fund for Science andTechnology Development;

44. Considers that some of the projects proposed for the benefit of the maingroups designated priority targets of the Organization's action, inparticular women and Africa, should be reviewed in order to improvetheir content and aims;

45. Considers that great importance should be attached to the 'Women,science and technology' project from the point of view both of its contentand of its proposed method;

Major Programme III - Cultural development:the heritage and creativity

46. Stresses the need to enhance cultural pluralism and intercultural dialogueas a means of cultural development;


47. Considers that a coherent vision should be presented of the role ofcultural factors in development processes, on the basis, inter alia, of astudy of the report of the World Commission on Culture andDevelopment; and that provision should be made for the inclusion ofcultural factors in the planning of the interdisciplinary projects on citiesand coastal zones/small islands;

48. Recognizes that the proposals contained in document 28 C/5, notablywith respect to culture, are but a first step towards the realization of thestrategies and objectives set out in document 28 C/4;

49. Recommends that all appropriate measures be taken to complete, inaccordance with General Conference resolutions, the publication andtranslation of the general and regional histories;

50. Stresses the importance of concentrating the activities of the WorldDecade for Cultural Development on a limited number of projects, in thelight of the mid-term evaluation of the Decade and taking into account therecommendations of its Intergovernmental Committee, while reinforcingco-operation with other international partners;

51. Notes that the 'Baroque World' and 'Integral Study of the Silk Roads -Roads of Dialogue' intercultural projects will be concluded in 1997, andrecommends that in the last phase of these two projects priority be givento the publication and dissemination of their results, and that, with respectto the second project, emphasis also be placed on implementation of the'Buddhist Routes' expedition and on the establishment of the InternationalInstitute of Central Asian Studies in Samarkand;

52. Stresses the need to give greater visibility to the 'Iron Roads' project andto give it the necessary support on the basis of the feasibility study alreadycarried out and the recommendations of its International ScientificCommittee;

53. Considers that the intercultural projects relating to the World Decade forCultural Development should be subject to approval by theIntergovernmental Committee for the Decade and should be able tointegrate the cultural aspects of different civilizations;

54. Considers that the proposal that 'functional autonomy' be given to theWorld Heritage Centre requires clarification of the reasons behind it, of itspolitical, legal, administrative and financial feasibility, of its content,methods of implementation and limits, and of the ways in which thenecessary monitoring would be carried out within UNESCO and by theWorld Heritage Committee;

55. Considers therefore that it cannot formulate a recommendation to theGeneral Conference on this issue before an in-depth discussion of thereport to be submitted to it by the Director-General at its 147th session;

56. Considers that the proposals concerning the new monitoring activitiesrelating to the world heritage sites should be the subject of consultation


among States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and be submittedfor approval to the General Assembly of the States Parties, to be held in1995; in the meanwhile, the activities should be held in abeyance;

57. Takes note of the efforts to give a new impulse to internationalsafeguarding campaigns and considers that priority should be given to thecompletion of the Moenjodaro (Pakistan) campaign;

58. Notes with satisfaction that local populations will be associated with theheritage safeguarding activities and considers, in this connection, thatefforts should be made to preserve and enhance their cultural traditions;

59. Considers that in the field of 'cultural tourism' UNESCO's action, takinginto consideration differences in national situations, should be aimed at thepromotion of those forms of cultural tourism that are respectful of therequirements for safeguarding the heritage and the cultural identities ofthe local populations concerned and conducive to the reinforcement ofinternational understanding;

60. Stresses the need to take into account the recommendations formulated,at its last session, by the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting theReturn of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution inCase of Illicit Appropriation, in particular concerning the creation of afund in this field;

61. Stresses the need to contribute to the development of museums, to thestreamlining of their management and to the improvement of legislationconcerning them;

62. Recommends that an appropriate place be given, in interested MemberStates, to the activities relating to 'Living Human Treasures';

63. Stresses the importance of establishing or strengthening associativenetworks of craftworkers for the preservation and development of localcrafts and of giving support to vocational training institutions in crafts;

64. Considers that activities relating to the training of cultural developmentagents should be planned;

65. Considers that in the field of artistic creation greater importance should begiven to the training of young talent;

66. Stresses the need to take into account in the copyright programme themoral rights of creators;

67. Considers that increased interdisciplinary co-operation will be necessaryto safeguard the perishable cultural heritage and make it accessible forcontemporary creation, through, inter alia, collaboration betweenactivities aimed at safeguarding the film heritage and the GeneralInformation Programme, particularly the ‘Memory of the World’programme;


Major Programme IV - Communicationand information

68. Reaffirms the validity of the communication strategy adopted in 1989,which consists, on the one hand, in encouraging the free flow ofinformation at both international and national level and its wider andbetter balanced dissemination, without any obstacle to freedom ofexpression, and, on the other hand, in strengthening communicationcapacities, particularly in developing countries;

69. Reaffirms the importance of the role UNESCO is called upon to play toaddress the new developments in the field of information andcommunication, in particular through its General Information Programme(PGI), and the need for it to adopt a global approach to these issues;

70. Recommends that a broad-based study be carried out on the futurepriorities in the fields covered by the PGI, on the basis of a wideconsultation of Member States, the Intergovernmental Council of the PGI,the non-governmental organizations concerned and independent experts;

71. Recommends furthermore that the results of this consultation process,accompanied by corresponding proposals on a new structure for the PGI,be submitted, through the Executive Board, to the General Conference atits twenty-ninth session;

72. Stresses the need to take into account, while evaluating the proposals onthe future of the PGI, the relevant General Conference resolutions oncloser collaboration and co-ordination of the intergovernmentalprogrammes in communication and information and to establish newsynergies and arrangements for division of labour betweenintergovernmental and expert bodies working in this field;

73. Recommends that sufficient funds be allotted for a meeting, during the1996-1997 biennium, of the Intergovernmental Council of the PGI;

74. Recommends furthermore that the activities relating to the legal andethical aspects of the new information and communication technologiestake into account the work carried out by other organizations in this field;

75. Recommends that in-house information services be streamlined,modernized and made accessible on-line, which is a prerequisite for theimprovement of external advisory services in this field;

76. Reaffirms the importance of pursuing reflection on the role and missionsof public broadcasting in the new context;

77. Stresses the importance of activities to promote a reduction of violenceon the screen and considers that the action planned should continue thework already carried out in this field in collaboration with the NationalCommissions;


78. Stresses the importance that should be given to follow-up of therecommendations of 'Audience Africa' relating to communication anddevelopment in rural areas, particularly as regards the reform of trainingprogrammes for professional journalists and the setting up of a mechanismto promote reflection on the development of rural communication inAfrica;

Transdisciplinary projects and activities

Environment and population educationand information for development

79. Considers that it is necessary to better define the objectives assigned tothis project during the 1996-1997 biennium;

80. Recommends that the project's educational component be reinforced andthat the planned collaboration with private initiatives in this field lendsupport to the educational activities rather than replace them;

81. Recommends further that the need to convene a third internationalconference on environmental education be reassessed, in the light of theother international conferences and congresses and the relevantdocuments and strategies;

Towards a culture of peace

82. Considers that in the approved version of document 28 C/5 this projectshould be presented in the form of a double-entry table, so as to show thelinks between each of the units and the major programmes with whichthey are most closely related;

83. Considers that at an appropriate date during the next biennium theExecutive Board should evaluate the efficiency of the programmestructure proposed in document 28 C/5, on the basis of an in-depth studysubmitted to it by the Director-General, with a view to formulating itsdecisions concerning the preparation of document 29 C/5;

84. Welcomes the fact that the 'Towards a culture of peace' transdisciplinaryproject emphasizes education for peace, human rights and democracy, thepromotion of human rights and the struggle against discrimination inUNESCO's fields of competence and the fostering of interculturaldialogue and free access to information through support for non-partisan,independent and pluralistic media; and considers such types of preventiveaction to be the Organization's strength in international collaborationtowards a culture of peace;

85. Recommends that in this project more importance be given to educationfor tolerance, non-violence and international understanding;

86. Recommends that the necessary measures be taken (appropriation limit,structure and staff) to ensure that the ‘Peace games’ transdisciplinary


project, which should contribute to peace-building, be implemented asfrom the 1996-1997 biennium;

87. Stresses the importance of bilateral and multilateral co-operation in thefields of the teaching of history and historical research, for thepreparation, inter alia, of teaching materials aimed at encouraging a spiritof peace, tolerance, non-violence and international understanding;

88. Considers that mention should be made, among the active promoters ofeducation for peace, human rights, democracy, tolerance, non-violenceand international understanding of the UNESCO Clubs, Centres andAssociations;

89. Considers that a guide providing information on all the existingprocedures for the protection of human rights should be prepared for useby the general public;

90. Recommends that stress be put, in the framework of the efforts aimed atimproving the protection of human rights, on violations of human rightsdue to terrorism and on violence arising from the overall problem causedby drugs;

91. Considers that the proposal for the creation of a human rights observatoryneeds further clarification as regards the tasks, functions, meaning andcomposition of this 'observatory' as well as its specificity in relation toother United Nations institutions or organs and to the Executive Board'sCommittee on Conventions and Recommendations; considers thereforethat it will be able to formulate a recommendation to the GeneralConference concerning this observatory only after having examined thereport on this matter to be submitted to it by the Director-General at its147th session;

92. Considers that it is not necessary for the General Conference to adoptproposals relating either to the development of humanitarian law, exceptin the specific fields of UNESCO's competence, or to the right tohumanitarian assistance;

93. Considers that it would be necessary to include in the action to combatviolence against women, in particular in situations linked to migration,activities aimed at strengthening preventive action against the exploitationof migrant women workers;

94. Recommends that activities relating to the follow-up to the UnitedNations Year for Tolerance be strengthened;

95. Welcomes the emphasis placed on the promotion of plurilingualeducation;

96. Considers that the action proposed under Unit 4 of this project should befocused on the efforts aimed at providing emergency assistance duringconflicts and at post-conflict peace-building, through activities clearlypertaining to the Organization's fields of competence;


97. Stresses the importance that should be given to the appropriateimplementation of and effective follow-up to the relevantrecommendations of 'Audience Africa', particularly those relating to'democracy in daily life';

Co-ordination of activities for priority target groupsand specific clusters of countries

98. Recommends highlighting of the strategies for priority target groups andspecific clusters of countries; reinforced co-ordination, throughappropriate means, of the activities for these groups; and a clear statementof the resources allocated to each of the co-ordination units;

99. Considers it important that the interdisciplinary nature of the UNESCOChernobyl project be strengthened by close collaboration between thesectors responsible for the design and implementation of activities andappropriate co-ordination mechanisms;

Information and dissemination services

100. Welcomes the proposed new structure grouping together most of theOrganization's information and dissemination services, and recommendsthat further steps be taken to implement the relevant resolutions of theGeneral Conference on this matter, through, inter alia, pooling of thehuman, audio-visual, documentation and financial resources, and close co-ordination between these services and the relevant services of theprogramme sectors, with a view to enhancing the visibility and coherenceof all activities aiming at putting UNESCO's message across to specializedcircles and to the public at large;

Participation Programme

101. Considers that it is important to strengthen the staff of the ParticipationProgramme and Emergency Assistance Co-ordination Unit and tocontinue to improve the processing of the requests submitted by MemberStates, with a view to greater rapidity, efficiency and transparency;

102. Recommends that the number of funding requests per Member State bemaintained at 15, including two requests for projects relating to the WorldDecade for Cultural Development;

103. Recommends, for the approval of requests, that account be taken, interalia, of the overall appropriation approved by the General Conferenceunder this programme, including the sum of $1.5 million earmarked forprojects relating to the World Decade for Cultural Development;

104. Recommends furthermore that Member States be requested once again, inconformity with 27 C/Resolution 11.1, to submit an adequate number ofwomen-specific projects under this programme;


Evaluation

105. Stresses the importance of evaluation, which should be considered anintegral part of programme implementation, and recommends that a moreappropriate part of direct programme costs be earmarked for thesystematic evaluation of programmes, projects and activities, with dueparticipation by the beneficiaries, in particular through diversification ofthe evaluation methods, the use of new forms of rapid evaluation in theearly stages of new programme activities, high-quality monitoring andreporting procedures, external evaluation by independent experts and goalassessment, account being taken of the cost/benefit ratio for this process;

106. Recommends, furthermore, that the biennial evaluation plan include globalevaluation of the Regional Offices and field units with a view to re-examining the effectiveness and accountability of those offices and units,especially small offices;

Bureau for External Relations

107. Reaffirms the high priority attached to the strengthening of UNESCO'srelations with the National Commissions, which are the constitutionallyrecognized partners of the Organization in the Member States, andconsiders that the funds allocated for staff training and equipment for theNational Commissions should be increased;

108. Stresses the essential role National Commissions play in thedecentralization process, and underlines the need for collaborationbetween the National Commissions and the Regional Offices and fieldunits and the importance of co-operation among National Commissionsthemselves;

109. Considers that the proposal for the establishment of a UNESCOVoluntary Service needs further clarification as regards its tasks andfunctions and the danger of its duplicating the work of the United NationsVolunteers (UNV) and the Co-ordinating Committee for InternationalVoluntary Service (CCIVS), the independent NGO status of which shouldnot be put in doubt by new UNESCO activities;

110. Considers also that it will be able to formulate a recommendation to theGeneral Conference concerning this proposal only after examining thereport the Director-General will submit to it, at its 147th session, on theneed to establish such a new UNESCO service;

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Budgeting techniques

111. Notes that the budgeting techniques decided on by the Board at its145th session (decision 4.1) have been applied by the Director-General forthe establishment of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997(28 C/5), namely:


(a) the constant dollar principle - for document 28 C/5 the constantdollar rate has been fixed at 5.70 French francs and 1.45 Swissfrancs to one United States dollar, and the budget base has beenrevalued accordingly;

(b) treatment of inflation through:

recosting;

anticipated cost increases;

(c) description of the effects of currency fluctuation;

(d) zero-base budgeting;

(e) application of realistic budget standard costs;

(f) adjustment for staff turnover and recruitment delays (lapse factor)(see paragraphs below);

(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;

Adjustment for staff turnover and recruitment delays

112. Recalling 27 C/Resolution 37, which invited it to propose a more realisticlapse factor in document 28 C/5, and 145 EX/Decision 4.1, paragraph 12,on this subject,

113. Having taken note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit and of detailsprovided by the Secretariat of the experience of the application of thelapse factor in 1994-1995 and in previous biennia, during whichsubstantial reductions in posts were effected, and regretting the fact thatthere will be a substantial deficit under staff costs in the current biennium,

114. Noting that the difficulties encountered in the application of a lapse factorof 5 per cent are due largely to the fact that staff costs have increased as aresult of the considerable number of temporary staff recruited and thepromotions that have taken place during this biennium,

115. Considering that the practice of the lapse factor should be maintained as auseful instrument to reflect a natural phenomenon producing fortuitoussavings as a result of varying recruitment practices and constraints,

116. Having taken note of the Director-General’s proposal in document 28 C/5to apply a 2 per cent lapse factor, which he has revised to 3 per cent,


117. Considers that it may be possible to consider applying a different lapsefactor, and consequently recommends that the General Conference adoptfor 1996-1997 the 3 per cent lapse factor rate proposed by the Director-General, it being understood that it will be applied also to staff receivingfinancial allocations;

118. Recommends that it further review this matter in the course of the nextbiennium to determine whether the 3 per cent rate should be maintainedfor the Programme and Budget for 1998-1999 or whether, on the basis ofexperience in 1996-1997, any change in that rate should be considered;

119. Also urges that staff costs be rigorously controlled so that they do notexceed the approved amount and apply exclusively to established posts;

120. Notes also that:

(a) the budget base for 1996-1997 for Parts I to VI of the budget is$502,741,000, which includes $33,335,000 for revaluationfollowing the change in constant dollar rate from 6.45 French francsto 5.70 French francs to one United States dollar and $32,556,000for recosting;

(b) the nominal increase of $62,955,000 for 1996-1997 is due entirelyto the application of the budgeting techniques. This estimate will beupdated regularly until the eve of the General Conference aftercareful examination of all data available;

(c) a provision of $290,000 for obligatory expenditure (the last of thethree instalments scheduled for the second phase of the amortizationof the Account for End-of-Service Grants and Indemnities) has beenmade within the overall budget for 1996-1997, in accordance with25 C/Resolution 37, and restituted to Miscellaneous Income;

(d) a reserve for draft resolutions from Member States amounting to$1.5 million has been provided for within the budget base for 1996-1997;

Working Capital Fund

121. Noting paragraph 59 of document 28 C/5, submitted to it by the Director-General,

122. Taking the view that consideration might be given to the possibility ofincreasing the amount of the Working Capital Fund to $25 million for1996-1997,

123. Invites the Director-General to study the possibility of financing thisincrease by drawing on the following sources:

(a) surplus of ‘Other Income’ over the amount estimated under thatheading for 1992-1993 plus the balance under Part VIII - Currency


Fluctuation - for that biennium, of which a total of $3,990,627remains available;

(b) miscellaneous income estimated for the next biennium from UNDPcontributions under the heading of support costs, totalling$2 million;

(c) any unobligated sums remaining from the appropriations votedunder Part VII of the budget for 1994-1995;

(d) any other possible sources;

124. Requests the Director-General to include all relevant information in thedocument intended for the General Conference and to submit it to theExecutive Board at its 147th session so as to enable it to formulaterecommendations to the Conference on this matter;

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

125. Takes note of the budget estimates proposed in Parts I, III, IV, V, VI andVII of the budget and in Appendices I to XVI to document 28 C/5;

126. Stresses the importance of the information note on the possible impact ofcurrency fluctuation in 1996-1997 (28 C/5, paras. 18001-18004);

Draft Appropriation Resolution for 1996-1997

127. Takes note of the form and text of the amended Draft AppropriationResolution for 1996-1997, as it appears in document 146 EX/54 Corr., itbeing understood that the figures contained therein will be revised by theDirector-General in the light of the change in the lapse factor rate from2 per cent to 3 per cent;

128. Submits to the General Conference, with approval, the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1996-1997, subject to the submission by the Director-General of revised estimates taking acount of the change in the lapsefactor from 2 to 3 per cent, for examination in the light of the aboveobservations and recommendations and subject to the finalrecommendations on the proposed budget to be made by the Board at its147th session;

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New forms of co-operation with non-governmental organizations

129. Bearing in mind that all co-operation between UNESCO and the manynon-governmental organizations will enter a new phase in 1996-1997 andthat some adaptation, based on the new Directives, will certainly benecessary in the light of experience,


130. Recommends:

(a) with regard to the Director-General’s proposals concerning theNGOs with which he proposes to conclude framework agreements:

(i) that the list not be considered closed, and that those NGOsthat so request and can justify their request be likewise eligiblefor inclusion, as appropriate, bearing in mind the criteria laiddown by the General Conference in 27 C/Resolution 13.141,the main points of which are contained in the Directives,whose revised version was considered by the Executive Boardat its 146th session with a view to its submission to theGeneral Conference;

(ii) that better harmonization in that regard be achieved in thevarious programme sectors’ approach to co-operation withNGOs;

(b) with regard to the proposals under the Special NGO SupportProgramme, which should enable NGOs in developing countries andcountries in transition to receive greater attention:

(i) that, in accordance with the provisions adopted by theGeneral Conference (27 C/Resolution 13.141), no mention bemade at this stage of individual organizations with which it isintended to conclude contracts under this programme;

(ii) that attempts be made to achieve a better balance among theproposals emanating from different sectors;

(iii) that further efforts be made gradually to increase, as far aspossible, the funds available for this programme, withoutdetriment, however, to the other forms of financial co-operation open to NGOs by virtue of their relations withUNESCO.

(146 EX/SR.15)

ITEM 5 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

5.1 Report by the Director-General on the execution of the programmeadopted by the General Conference (146 EX/5, Parts I, II and III;146 EX/INF.3, 146 EX/52 and 146 EX/54 and Corr.)

I

Report by the Director-General on the executionof the programme


1. Recalling that according to Article V.B(6b) of the Constitution it is‘responsible for the execution of the programme adopted by the General


Conference (...) and shall take all necessary measures to ensure theeffective and rational execution of the programme by the Director-General’,

2. Taking note of document 146 EX/5, which the Director-Generalsubmitted to it at its present session in pursuance of 145 EX/Decision 5.1,Part I,

3. Recognizing that the introduction of this new agenda item and publicationof the Director-General’s report on the execution of the programme as adocument in the main series in the six working languages well in advanceof its sessions enable it better to fulfil the above-mentioned centralresponsibility,

4. Expresses its appreciation to the Director-General for the new form ofreport he submitted to it at its present session and for the spirit of co-operation in which he has implemented its decision;

5. Welcomes this improvement in its working methods;

6. Further welcomes the Director-General’s proposal that once a year infuture his report contain a section detailing the action taken by MemberStates to follow up the resolutions approved by the General Conference;to this end, requests Member States and their National Commissions toprovide the Director-General with the relevant information;

7. Invites the Director-General to continue to improve the content andformat of his report, taking into account the concrete suggestions madeby Board Members during the debate on this document, particularly thoseconcerning the inclusion of a synoptic table giving a coherent view of theactivities on which he reports.

(146 EX/SR.15)

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Priority: Women


1. Recalling 144 EX/Decision 5.1.4, concerning, among other things, theOrganization’s contribution to the Fourth World Conference on Women:Action for Equality, Development and Peace (Beijing, 1995),

2. Stressing the importance of the conclusions of the internationalsymposium entitled ‘Women and the media’, which took place in Torontofrom 28 February to 3 March 1995 and whose main aim was to draw uprecommendations for the Beijing Conference (146 EX/5, Part I,para. 165),

3. Congratulates the Director-General for having ensured that the prioritynature of activities benefiting women continues to be asserted clearly inboth document 28 C/4 (paras. 225-231) and document 28 C/5;


4. Expresses its satisfaction at the inclusion in each of the major programmesin document 28 C/5 of specific projects organized around a limitednumber of themes, each with its own objectives, budget, structure andduration;

5. Expresses the wish, however, that such programming continue to bebased on an interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach;

6. Welcomes, in addition, the Director-General’s proposals for strengtheningthe Co-ordinating Unit for Activities Relating to Women by giving it thestructural means to co-ordinate and encourage the specific projectsdeveloped by the sectors, both at the initial planning stage and duringproject implementation;

7. Affirms its desire to give due consideration in the Draft Programme andBudget (28 C/5) to the Platform for Action to be adopted by the FourthWorld Conference on Women;

8. Stresses the importance for the planning and implementation of projectsconcerning women of co-ordination between UNESCO, the focal pointsset up in many Member States for the Beijing Conference, other UnitedNations bodies and non-governmental organizations;

9. Recalls paragraph 16 of 27 C/Resolution 11.1, urges Member States tomake a priority of the submission of projects for women for inclusion inthe Participation Programme, and requests the Director-General toproduce a report on the implementation of the above-mentionedresolution;

10. Requests the Director-General to help to give work done by women,including housework, a higher profile and, bearing in mind its social andeconomic importance, to consider ways of increasing awareness of thatwork.

(146 EX/SR.14)

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Young Professionals’ Programme


1. Having considered documents 146 EX/5, Part II (para. 31) and146 EX/42 (para. 22), which provided useful information on theimplementation of the Young Professionals’ Programme,

2. Recalling that the programme was started in 1961 in pursuance of11 C/Resolution 26 with two main objectives, namely ‘equitablegeographical distribution, especially with respect to non- or under-represented Member States’ and ‘continuity and efficiency in theadministrative services of the Secretariat’,


3. Stresses the importance it attaches to the Young Professionals’Programme as a means of contributing not only to improved geographicaldistribution but also to rejuvenation of the Secretariat through therecruitment of young professionals while strictly applying the conditionsset out in Article VI.4 of the Constitution;

4. Thanks the Director-General for the efforts he has made in theimplementation of that programme and the results he has obtained, whilerequesting him to bear in mind the concern to promote a bettergeographical balance;

5. Also thanks its Chairperson for having organized, in co-operation with theDirector-General, an interactive session of the Board with UNESCO’syoung professionals, which not only proved to be very instructive but alsoconfirmed that this programme is an essential element in the long-termpolicy of the Organization regarding staff renewal and careerdevelopment;

6. Invites the Director-General to facilitate the incorporation of youngprofessionals and to improve the system of training in order to ensure thesmooth professional integration of recently recruited staff within theSecretariat, both at and away from Headquarters;

7. Also invites the Director-General to give his full support to the continuingimplementation and regular evaluation of this programme, notably byensuring that the necessary resources are available;

8. Suggests that the Director-General establish an informal system for theperiodic consultation of young professionals by the Executive Board, inorder to encourage them to contribute to the promotion of UNESCO’sideals and objectives.

(146 EX/SR.14)

IV

Audience Africa


1. Having examined document 146 EX/5, containing the report by theDirector-General on the execution of the programme adopted by theGeneral Conference, and document 146 EX/INF.3 as it relates toAudience Africa,

2. Considering that Audience Africa, held at UNESCO from 6 to10 February 1995, afforded an opportunity for a comprehensive review ofdevelopment issues and priorities on the African continent,


3. Convinced of the imperative need to give effect to the pertinentrecommendations of that international meeting with a view to promotingsustainable and human development in Africa,

4. Thanks the Director-General of UNESCO for taking the initiative oforganizing Audience Africa;

5. Takes note of the Director-General’s establishment of a committee tofollow up Audience Africa and be responsible for monitoring andevaluating the execution of its recommendations;

6. Requests the Director-General to consult, as necessary, therepresentatives of the African Regional Group concerning the work of thiscommittee.

(146 EX/SR.15)

V

Cultural industries



2. Bearing in mind the wealth and the resources that African creativity andculture bring to economic development and to regional integration andsolidarity,

3. Considering that the modern cultural industries are an essential tool forthe preservation, enhancement and dissemination of African cultures andendogenous capacities,

4. Recalling the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community(Abuja, Nigeria, 1991) envisaging, inter alia, the establishment of anAfrican cultural common market,

5. Recalling CM/Resolution 1411 (LVI), which adopted the Plan of Actionfor the promotion of cultural industries, factors of development in Africa,known as the Dakar Plan of Action and submitted to the Council ofMinisters of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Dakar, Senegal,in June 1992,

6. Welcoming the efforts made by UNESCO in this field in conjunction withthe OAU,

7. Invites the Director-General to continue to support the efforts made byAfrican Member States to develop cultural industries in Africa, inaccordance with the Dakar Plan of Action, in particular their efforts:


(a) to co-operate with the private sector with a view to establishingcultural industries as a means of promoting cultural development,creating employment and enhancing the tourist industry;

(b) to establish a system of small-scale loans in order to promotecraftwork;

(c) to pursue the preparation and implementation of subregional andregional projects in this field;

(d) to develop African cultural markets by seeking, in conjunction withlocal authorities, the funding necessary to establish theinfrastructures required by local communities;

(e) to devise, apply and enforce a genuine policy for the circulation ofgoods and persons, particularly in the cultural field and with a viewto the establishment of an African cultural common market;

(f) to pursue an active and concerted policy to combat the illegal tradein cultural goods;

(g) to set up an ‘Afrosat’ programme with a view to promotingexchanges of cultural goods;

(h) to pool their resources within the framework of a regionalintegration policy with a view to concluding subregional agreementson cultural tourism and producing films and other cultural goods;

(i) to highlight the role of African music, which has become anextremely important cultural and economic activity;

8. Requests the Director-General to submit to it at its 149th session a reporton the implementation of this decision.

(146 EX/SR.14)

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Cultural development policies



2. Recognizing the vital importance of the preservation and promotion ofAfrican cultures for the development of Member States and for the self-fulfilment of local communities and individuals,

3. Convinced that African cultures have an essential contribution to make toworld civilization,


4. Invites the Director-General to continue to provide support fromUNESCO to assist African Member States with the planning andimplementation of strategies for integrated cultural development thatanswer the needs of their people, in particular by:

(a) stimulating, promoting and facilitating participation in culturaldevelopment by the private sector, banks, insurance companies andprivate patrons, by the adoption of appropriate measures;

(b) encouraging the development of a form of cultural pluralismconducive to the culture of democracy and peace, by involving allsectors of society in the planning, implementation and evaluation ofcultural policies, programmes and projects;

(c) adopting policies and concrete measures that encourageparticipation in cultural life, including participation by prioritygroups, in particular women, who play a strategic role as vectors ineducation and the transmission of culture;

(d) developing institutions, mechanisms and networks for research,information and training in the sphere of cultural development;

(e) promptly adopting effective concrete measures aimed at protectingand promoting archives, libraries, museums and music institutions;

(f) securing a high standard of cultural investment and of culturaldevelopment programmes;


(146 EX/SR.14)

VII

The cultural dimension in development


1. Having examined document 146 EX/5 containing the report by theDirector-General on the execution of the programme adopted by theGeneral Conference, and document 146 EX/INF.3 as it relates toAudience Africa,

2. Bearing in mind the interactions between culture and development and thecrucial importance of taking the cultural dimension into account in thequest for autonomous and endogenous development,

3. Requests the Director-General to lead UNESCO’s support for the effortsundertaken by African Member States to:

(a) take account of the cultural dimension in development at the level ofdevelopment policies and strategies and in the planning,


implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes andprojects;

(b) ensure the effective participation of the people at all stages of thisprocess;

(c) support the efforts of Africans in promoting research centres inorder to identify more clearly the dynamics of African cultures so asto place them in a context of development conducive to democracyand peace;

(d) further the role of research institutes and universities in redefiningpolicies and strategies geared to development and peace;

4. Also requests the Director-General to:

(a) explore the desirability of including in UNESCO’s programme thesetting up of an African college for culture and development for thepurpose of building and strengthening African human andinstitutional potential as regards the cultural dimension ofdevelopment;

(b) study the possibility of drawing up a general agreement on cultureand development;

(c) carry out a rigorous evaluation of the impact of economic reformsand their cultural consequences for young people and women;


(146 EX/SR.14)

VIII

Regional integration



2. Recalling that the international setting is increasingly being affected by thetrend towards the establishment of major regional blocs,

3. Aware of the need to strive, within UNESCO’s fields of competence, topromote regional integration in Africa in order to provide the continentwith the endogenous capacities necessary for maintaining peace andstability and for sustainable development,


4. Takes note of the recommendations of Audience Africa on regionalintegration;

5. Hopes that the General Conference will urge African States, the OAU, thevarious agencies of the United Nations system, international governmentaland non-governmental organizations and all other partners in Africandevelopment to attach particular importance to those recommendations;

6. Invites the Director-General to give appropriate support to African Statesin their efforts to:

(a) pursue the preparation and execution of subregional and regionalprojects in the fields of education, science, culture, communicationand social development;

(b) update, in the context of the improved management ofregionalization, the data bank and the directory of African trainingand research institutes and networks, and elevate the most effectiveof them to the status of regional centres of excellence;

(c) seek the financial support necessary for the African centres ofexcellence;

(d) ensure the widespread publication and use of the findings ofresearch into cross-border languages and the major African regionallanguages;

7. Also invites the Director-General to intensify the policy of networks inUNESCO’s fields of competence;


(146 EX/SR.14)

IX

Pilot project to encourage the disseminationof international humanitarian law


1. Pursuant to 145 EX/Decision 5.4.2, entitled ‘Follow-up withinUNESCO’s fields of competence to the International Conference for theProtection of War Victims’, in which it ‘considers it necessary, in view ofcurrent international developments and the grave prejudice caused tointernational humanitarian law during recent conflicts, to bring togetherthe activities undertaken by UNESCO in its fields of competence on thebasis of 18 C/Resolution 5.12, ... and to develop a pilot project toencourage the dissemination of international humanitarian law through itshuman rights education programmes, without losing sight of the


importance of distinctive national and regional characteristics and historic,cultural and religious diversity’,

2. Recalling that, in 145 EX/Decision 5.4.2, it stressed the need for close co-ordination of UNESCO’s action to promote international humanitarianlaw with that of other institutions, ‘bearing in mind the need to avoidduplication and recognizing that the primary responsibility for thedissemination of international humanitarian law lies with governments andthe International Committee of the Red Cross’,

3. Thanking the Director-General for the work undertaken in pursuance ofthat decision,

4. Having taken cognizance of the ‘proposal concerning a pilot project toencourage the dissemination of international humanitarian law(145 EX/Decision 5.4.2)’ submitted in document 146 EX/INF.3,

5. Invites the Director-General to make the following changes to the text ofthe proposal:

(a) use the title ‘Pilot project to encourage the dissemination ofinternational humanitarian law’, which is the title of the proposalitself, and not that given in paragraph 1 of document 146 EX/INF.3,namely: ‘Pilot project on the protection of victims of internationaland non-international armed conflicts’;

(b) delete the last sentence in paragraph 3;

(c) delete subparagraph 5(d);

(d) add the following sentence at the end of paragraph 4: ‘TheInternational Committee of the Red Cross and the San RemoInternational Institute of Humanitarian Law will be closelyassociated with the implementation of the project’;

6. Further invites the Director-General to implement during the nextbiennium the first phase of the pilot project, as amended in accordancewith paragraph 5 above.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.2 Education

5.2.1 Application of 145 EX/Decision 5.2.1, concerning educational and culturalinstitutions in the occupied Arab territories (146 EX/13 and 146 EX/52)


1. Convinced that peace is the basis for the democratic values of justice,freedom and the equal dignity of all peoples,

2. Aware that lasting peace cannot be achieved solely by political andeconomic solutions but must also be based on justice and the promotion


of education, science and culture, which are the true guardians of peaceand co-operation,

3. Recalling 27 C/Resolution 18 and 145 EX/Decision 5.2.1,

4. Having examined the Director-General’s report on the implementation ofthe above-mentioned resolution and decision (146 EX/13),

5. Expresses its appreciation and thanks to the Director-General for hisefforts to ensure the implementation of the UNESCO resolutions anddecisions;

6. Expresses its gratitude to and thanks the Member States that have alreadycontributed or have pledged themselves to contribute financially andtechnically to the implementation of the Programme of Assistance to thePalestinian People (PAPP), in particular Italy and Saudi Arabia;

7. Invites the Director-General to facilitate the submission to Member Statesand funding sources of the UNESCO/PAPP projects endorsed by theJoint UNESCO/Palestinian Co-ordinating Committee;

8. Invites Member States, public and private organizations and individuals tofinance the projects of PAPP through voluntary contributions;

9. Also invites the Director-General to provide the rapid assistance requiredby the schools, including study grants for students in the occupied SyrianGolan;

10. Further invites the Director-General to submit to it at its 147th session,for consideration by the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session,further proposals based on evolving requirements and in the light of theimplementation of this decision.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.2.2 Amendment to the Statutes of the Advisory Committee on Education forPeace, Human Rights and Democracy (146 EX/14 and 146 EX/2)



2. Takes note of the recommendations of the 44th session of theInternational Conference on Education;

3. Decides to consider the necessary amendments to the Statutes of theAdvisory Committee on Education for Peace, Human Rights andDemocracy at its 149th session.

(146 EX/SR.1)


5.2.3 Draft Statutes of the Regional Committee on Education in Asia and thePacific (146 EX/15 and 146 EX/2)



2. Approves the Statutes of the Regional Committee on Education in Asiaand the Pacific, annexed hereto;

3. Recommends to the General Conference that it adopt the said Statutesand establish a Regional Committee on Education in Asia and the Pacific(category II) in replacement of the existing Advisory Committee(category V).

Annex

Statutes of the Regional Committeeon Education in Asia and the Pacific

Article I

A UNESCO Regional Committee on Education in Asia and the Pacific(category II) is hereby established (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).

Article II

The principal function of the Committee shall be to reinforce regional co-operation in education in Asia and the Pacific, and to this end:

1. assist the Director-General to prepare and follow up regional conferencesof ministers of education in Asia and the Pacific;

2. participate in the planning and implementation of regional and inter-country programmes in education, with particular attention to educationalinnovation for development programmes (APEID) and basic education forall programmes (APPEAL);

3. where possible, assist in the implementation of the regional programmesat subregional and national levels, and in monitoring and assessing theimpact of these programmes and their programme activities;

4. facilitate horizontal technical co-operation between countries and betweengroups of countries in the region, United Nations institutions andorganizations, non-governmental organizations, foundations and otherbodies engaged in providing technical or financial assistance;

5. advise the Director-General of UNESCO on the educational programmesand projects for the region that are to be decided on by the GeneralConference, thus providing a more active input to the General Conferencefrom the Member States.


Article III

1. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of all the MemberStates of the Asia and the Pacific region, as defined in 13 C/Resolution 5.91,18 C/Resolution 46.1, 19 C/Resolution 37.1, 20 C/Resolution 50.2, 25 C/Reso-lution 48, 26 C/Resolution 35, 27 C/Resolution 44 and such other resolutions asmay be adopted from time to time by the General Conference.

2. The Committee may, with the approval of the Executive Board, invite aterritory that is not an Associate Member of UNESCO but is self-governing inthe field of education to be represented at its meetings.

3. The Committee may also invite to its sessions, as non-voting participants,experts who by reason of their special knowledge and experience can assist theCommittee in its work and representatives of international non-governmentalorganizations or foundations or bodies that have official relations withUNESCO and that can assist, technically or financially, in implementing regionalprogramme activities in the field of education. The Committee shall also specifythe conditions under which certain particularly well-qualified individuals mightbe invited to attend and consulted on matters within their competence.

4. The three agencies and bodies of the United Nations system that, alongwith UNESCO, sponsored the World Conference on Education for All(Jomtien, 5-9 March l990), that is to say the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and theWorld Bank, will be invited to participate in the sessions of the Committee in anadvisory capacity.

5. The Director-General of UNESCO or his or her representative shallparticipate in all the work of the Committee in an advisory capacity.

Article IV

1. The Committee shall meet in ordinary session once every two years.These sessions shall be scheduled so as to ensure a more effective input toUNESCO's programme activities at each session of the General Conference.The Director-General of UNESCO, in consultation with the Committee'sBureau, may convene extraordinary sessions of the Committee, either on his orher own initiative or at the request of a majority of its members, and subject tothe availability of appropriate resources.

2. At both ordinary and extraordinary sessions, each State member of theCommittee shall have the right to one vote but may send to the sessions suchexperts or advisers as it considers necessary.

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

4. Within the framework of its rules of procedure, the Committee may set upwhatever subsidiary organs it deems necessary, subject to the availability of thenecessary financial provision.

5. The Committee shall adopt its agenda at each of its sessions.


Article V

1. At each of its ordinary sessions, the Committee shall elect a chairperson,three vice-chairpersons and a rapporteur, who shall constitute the Bureau of theCommittee.

2. The Bureau shall carry out the functions assigned to it by the Committee.

3. The Bureau may be convened between ordinary sessions of theCommittee by the Director-General of UNESCO, either on his or her owninitiative or at the request of the Chairperson of the Committee or of a majorityof the members of the Bureau. In any case, the Bureau may be convened only inagreement with the Director-General.

Article VI

1. Representatives of the United Nations and other organizations in theUnited Nations system with which UNESCO has concluded mutualrepresentation agreements (other than those mentioned in Article III.4) mayparticipate, as observers, in all ordinary sessions of the Committee.

2. The Committee may specify the conditions under which observers,representatives of organizations of the United Nations system with whichUNESCO has not concluded mutual representation agreements, andrepresentatives of non-governmental organizations and institutions andfoundations, religious or social institutions and teachers' associations, may beinvited.

Article VII

1. The Secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the Director-General of UNESCO, who shall make available to the Committee the staff andresources needed for its operation.

2. The Secretariat of the Committee shall be responsible for the preparationof the sessions and the implementation of the Committee's decisions.

Article VIII

1. Members and Associate Members of UNESCO and other participantsshall be responsible for the expenses occasioned by their representatives'participation in sessions of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies. However,funding shall be made available by UNESCO to ensure the participation ofrepresentatives of the Member States of the region that are unable to affordparticipation at their own expense. Such funding may be provided from theregular programme budget or from voluntary contributions of the countries ofthe region.

2. The current expenditure of the Committee and of its subsidiary bodies(such as the operating costs of the Secretariat of the Committee) shall befinanced from funds made available for that purpose by the General Conference.


3. Voluntary contributions may be accepted to constitute a trust fund inaccordance with the Financial Regulations of UNESCO. Such a fund shall beadministered by the Director-General of UNESCO. The Committee shall makerecommendations to the Director-General concerning the allocation of thesecontributions to subregional or regional projects monitored by the Committee,bearing in mind any conditions attached to the voluntary contributions received.

Article IX

The Committee shall submit to the General Conference of UNESCO at eachordinary session of that Conference a report on its activities and the results ofits work.

(146 EX/SR.1)

5.2.4 Report of the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on theApplication of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers(CEART) on its sixth ordinary session (146 EX/16 and 146 EX/51)


1. Recalling 138 EX/Decision 7.1.1, 140 EX/Decision 5.2.3, 25 C/Resol-ution 1.23, paragraph 6, and 27 C/Resolution 1.16,

2. Having examined the report submitted by the Joint ILO/UNESCOCommittee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendationconcerning the Status of Teachers (CEART) on its sixth ordinary session(CEART/VI/1994/12) in the light of document 146 EX/16,

3. Agrees with the assessment made by CEART of the activities carried outunder its revised mandate and methods of work, and concurs withCEART's proposals that its next cycle of work (1995-2000) comprise acombination of training activities, in-depth national case studies,comparative research studies and the collection of data through short jointor separate questionnaires focusing on specific trends emerging from thevarious case studies carried out by UNESCO and the ILO on the status ofteachers;

4. Supports the views expressed by CEART in response to the ExecutiveBoard's request that it examine ‘ways and means of updating andpromoting further implementation of the 1966 Recommendation’(140 EX/Decision 5.2.3), notably that the Recommendation's basicprinciples remain valid and that UNESCO in co-operation with ILOundertake, as a priority action, the publication of a revised version of thebooklet ‘The Status of Teachers’ (1984) with updated jointUNESCO/ILO comments on the provisions of the Recommendation,made in the light of major current trends and contemporary issuesaffecting education and society and consequently the teaching profession;

5. Agrees with CEART's suggestion in paragraph 110 of its report regardingUNESCO’s initiative for the preparation of an internationalrecommendation on higher education teaching personnel, to wit that ‘it


might include subjects within the competence of both the ILO andUNESCO and that close collaboration be continued to ensure that it bedrafted in a manner consistent with the principles expressed in the 1966Recommendation and related international standards’;

6. Agrees with the Director-General's comments on CEART's report, andhereby invites the Director-General, in consultation with the Director-General of the ILO, to develop an enhanced programme of co-operationwith the ILO on the status of teachers and to reinforce the education draftprogramme and budget for the biennium (1996-1997) to accommodatesome of the proposals for future action (CEART/VI/1994/12, paras. 96-110) and to arrange for the preparation of a document outlining aframework for action to improve educational standards and the status ofteachers through partnership-building, based on the ILO proposalcontained in Annex 2 of CEART's report;

7. Supports the Director-General’s proposal regarding examination, inconsultation with the Director-General of the ILO and the InternationalBureau of Education (IBE), the feasibility of the attendance of membersof CEART at the 45th session of the ICE, together with the possibility ofadvancing CEART's special session from 1997 to 1996 at the time of the45th session of the ICE and of shifting its venue from Paris to Geneva,and takes note that, as a consequence, the seventh ordinary session ofCEART (scheduled for 2000) will be held in Paris;

8. Greatly appreciates the valuable suggestions and enhanced role ofCEART in stimulating action to promote greater awareness and betterapplication of the Recommendation concerning the status of teachers, andrequests the Director-General to support CEART in the carrying out of itsnext six-year cycle of work and the drafting of its interim report on itsspecial session, for submission in due course to the Executive Board, and,furthermore, to invite the Chairperson of CEART to present its next six-year report, which is scheduled for 2000, to the Executive Board;

9. Invites the Director-General to bring CEART’s report, together with theExecutive Board’s comments, to the attention of Member States and theirNational Commissions, international teachers’ organizations and otherrelevant international organizations having relations with UNESCO, andthe United Nations;

10. Transmits CEART’s report, together with the Executive Board’scomments, to the General Conference.

(146 EX/SR.12)

5.2.5 Contribution to poverty eradication and human resource development(146 EX/49 and 146 EX/52)


1. Recognizing the need to find ways to achieve the goal of eradicatingpoverty in the world,


2. Noting that the uncontrolled growth of or even the persistence of povertyis detrimental to social development and international stability,

3. Noting that over 1 billion persons in the world are living in unacceptableconditions of poverty, mostly in developing countries, while lackingneither creativity nor productive capacity, and that countries’ specificprogrammes to tackle poverty, international efforts supporting nationalefforts and the parallel process of creating a supportive internationalsetting are crucial for a solution to this problem,

4. Stressing the urgent need to strengthen and expand existing financialnetworks, to build community networks and to establish new types ofinstitutions that can enable the most economically underprivilegedsections of the world’s population to gain access to credit, giving specialattention to the needs of women and disadvantaged and vulnerablegroups,

5. Emphasizing the urgency of the need to explore the possibilities of thefinancing of activities within the fields of competence of UNESCO, with aview to combating poverty, that are opened up by the new types offinancial institutions designed to ensure access to credit for the poorestsegments of the world population, which the existing institutions havefailed to accomplish,

6. Considering that financial institutions of this new type already operatesuccessfully in a number of countries: in Bangladesh the Grameen Bankof Bangladesh; in Bolivia the Foundation for the Promotion andDevelopment of Microenterprises (PRODEM); in the Dominican Republicthe Association for the Development of Microenterprises (ADEMI); inEgypt the Productive Families Projects (PFP) and the Special Social Fundfor the Poor and Unemployed (SFPU); in India the Self-EmployedWomen’s Association and the Working Women’s Forum (SEWA andWWF); in Indonesia Badan Kredit Kecamatan (BKK),

7. Highlighting the achievements of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh,which, by providing microcredits to the rural population, especiallywomen, confirms the reliability and creditworthiness of less-favouredpopulations, besides providing returns also in the socio-economic field byhelping integrate this sector into society as a whole,

8. Recalling that recently the Brazilian Government, in line with this newworld trend, launched through its Solidarity Community Programme anew project aimed at helping finance small rural ventures and micro-industries and at creating new jobs in the rural area,

9. Thanking the Director-General for having invited Professor MohammedYunus, Director of the Grameen Bank, to UNESCO on 3 March 1995, toinform delegates of Member States about the activities of his bank,

10. Invites the Director-General to take concrete measures, within the fieldsof competence of UNESCO, to assist in the struggle to eradicate povertyby:


(a) encouraging discussions among the Grameen Bank, similarinstitutions with proven success in the encouragement and thecreation of microenterprises, and interested Member States, with aview to mobilizing the capacity of these institutions and UNESCO’sknow-how and thus promoting action within the fields ofcompetence of the Organization that is likely to help eradicatepoverty;

(b) laying down, in conjunction with other institutions of the UnitedNations, an approach regarding recourse to credit facilities andother services for people living in poverty - especially women - inorder to allow them to benefit from these experiences to cope withthe problem of poverty;

(c) putting at the disposal of Member States the information necessaryto set up institutions along the lines of the Grameen Bank and othersuccessful similar bodies performing the functions necessary toprovide credit to the disadvantaged elements of their populations;

(d) encouraging Member States to promote innovative and creativemethods of financing activities within UNESCO’s fields ofcompetence; and

(e) ensuring that UNESCO’s programmes in its fields of competenceemphasize the eradication of absolute poverty and human resourcedevelopment as a priority area for development and peace;

11. Further invites the Director-General to facilitate South-South co-operation and the sharing of experience regarding the eradication ofpoverty and to present a report on this subject to it at its next sessionunder an item entitled ‘Contribution to poverty eradication and humanresource development within UNESCO’s fields of competence’.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.3 Sciences

5.3.1 New arrangements for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(146 EX/20 and Add. and 146 EX/55)


1. Having examined documents 28 C/4, 28 C/5 and 146 EX/20 and Add.,

2. Considering that the functional, administrative and financial autonomycontemplated for UNESCO’s Intergovernmental OceanographicCommission still raises political, legal, administrative and financial queries,

3. Considering, therefore, that the proposals in paragraph 263 of the DraftMedium-Term Strategy and those in Major Programme II of the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1996-1997 should be held in abeyance untilthe competent bodies have stated their position,


4. Observing that the Assembly of UNESCO’s IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission has not yet expressed its final views,

5. Requests the Director-General to submit to it at its 147th session a reportclarifying the reasons behind his proposals and their political, legal,administrative and financial feasibility, while at the same time specifyingtheir content, methods of implementation and limits, together with theways in which the necessary monitoring would be carried out both withinUNESCO and by the IOC Executive Council and Assembly;

6. Decides, pending receipt of that information, to defer to its 147th sessionthe decision concerning the adoption of the Financial Regulationsapplicable to the Special Account of the IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.4 Social and human sciences

5.4.1 Report by the Director-General on the development of a joint programmeof action for youth (146 EX/21 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having considered document 146 EX/21,

2. Takes note of its content.(146 EX/SR.14)

5.4.2 Draft proposals by the Director-General concerning a follow-upprogramme of action for the United Nations Year for Tolerance(146 EX/22)


1. Recalling the action undertaken for the preparation and observance of theUnited Nations Year for Tolerance,

2. Noting that UNESCO has been designated lead agency for the year andthat the General Assembly, by its resolution 49/213, calls upon UNESCOfor a draft declaration of principles on tolerance and a draft follow-up planof action, to be submitted to it at its fifty-first session,

3. Further noting the preliminary draft of the declaration on toleranceprepared by a meeting of international experts in Istanbul, Turkey, on16 and 17 April 1993,

4. Noting with appreciation the efforts made by the Director-General inpreparing document 146 EX/22, which was drawn up with due accounttaken of the recommendations of the regional seminars on tolerancealready held, further to 27 C/Resolution 5.14, in Rio de Janeiro(12-16 September 1994), Seoul (27-30 September 1994), Siena(8-10 April 1995), Carthage (20-21 April 1995) and New Delhi


(1-4 May 1995), and the consultations with Member States and otherUNESCO partners,

5. Recognizing that two more meetings on tolerance organized under27 C/Resolution 5.14 are still to be held: a regional seminar in Moscowand Yakutsk (16-25 June 1995) and a symposium in Istanbul(September/October 1995),

6. Invites all States Members of the Executive Board, should they so desire,to prepare written comments on the Director-General’s draft proposalscontained in document 146 EX/22 and submit them to him by 30 June1995;

7. Requests the Director-General to continue the process of consultationwith Member States, notably through their Permanent Delegations, with aview to the preparation for the General Assembly of a draft declaration ofprinciples on tolerance, together with proposals for follow-up to the Year,taking into account the recommendations of all the regional conferences,including those still to be held, the comments and proposals forwarded tohim by Member States following implementation of their activities inpromotion of the Year and Member States’ written contributions, and tosubmit his proposals, in accordance with the established transmissiondeadlines, to the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session;

8. Decides to schedule the debate on this question, during the twenty-eighthsession of the General Conference, in a plenary meeting and to arrange, ifpossible, for the formal adoption of the text of the Declaration ofPrinciples and Follow-up Plan of Action on Tolerance at a ceremony on16 November 1995, the date of the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption ofthe Constitution of the Organization and proposed as the date for theannual celebration of International Day for Tolerance;

9. Further decides to examine, at its 147th session, the document to besubmitted by the Director-General to the General Conference and tosubmit as an addendum such comments as it may have thereon to theGeneral Conference.

(146 EX/SR.10)

5.4.3 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance andNon-Violence (146 EX/23 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having considered document 146 EX/23, concerning the creation of theUNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance andNon-Violence,

2. Considering that the creation of this prize will contribute significantly tothe development of new efforts to spread a spirit of tolerance and non-violence and the culture of peace,


3. Considering also that the creation and the award of the prize every twoyears on the occasion of International Day for Tolerance constitute animportant contribution to the programme to follow up United NationsYear for Tolerance (145 EX/Decision 5.1) and to the spreading ofMahatma Gandhi’s ideas of non-violence,

4. Decides to create the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotionof Tolerance and Non-Violence;

5. Invites the Director-General to convey to Mr Singh the Organization’sgratitude for this generous gift;

6. Approves the draft rules governing the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prizefor the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, as annexed to thepresent decision.

Annex

Rules governing the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prizefor the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

1. Purpose

The purpose of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion ofTolerance and Non-Violence is to honour significant activities in the scientific,artistic, cultural or communication field aimed at the promotion of a spirit oftolerance and non-violence. The prize, which was established in 1995 on theoccasion of United Nations Year for Tolerance and the hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi and will be awarded for thefirst time in 1996, may be awarded to institutions, organizations or persons whohave contributed in a particularly meritorious and effective manner to toleranceand non-violence, and to the families of intellectuals who have fallen victim tointolerance, in keeping with the spirit of the United Nations Charter andUNESCO’s Constitution, in the light of the principles set forth in the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights and of the International Covenants on HumanRights and with due account taken of the relevant resolutions and decisionsadopted by the General Conference and Executive Board of UNESCO and theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations. The prize shall be awarded with theobject of encouraging or eliciting new efforts to spread the spirit of toleranceand non-violence.

2. Frequency

The prize shall be awarded on International Day for Tolerance.

3. Amount

The prize shall consist of a sum of US $40,000 (forty thousand United Statesdollars), that sum having been set by the Director-General in agreement with thedonor (Mr Madanjeet Singh). Every two years as from 1996 the donor shall paythe amount of the prize into a special UNESCO account.


4. Selection of the prizewinner(s)

The prizewinner(s) shall be selected by the Director-General on the proposal ofan international jury.

5. Jury

The jury, which shall consist of five eminent persons belonging to differentnationalities and coming from different regions of the world, shall be appointedby the Director-General of UNESCO for a period of four years. The jury mayadopt its own rules of procedure and shall be assisted in the performance of itsduties by a member of the Secretariat appointed by the Director-General.

6. Criteria for the award of the prize

(a) The prizewinners shall be nationals of Member States of UNESCO orinstitutions or organizations having their headquarters in those States. Theyshall be required to have taken one or more particularly remarkable initiatives topromote the development of tolerance and non-violence, namely:

by directly carrying out an educational activity;

by implementing international, national, regional or local programmesaimed at the promotion of tolerance and non-violence;

by mobilizing initiatives and/or means likely to contribute to theimplementation of such programmes;

by producing teaching materials or other special aids designed for thedevelopment of programmes to teach tolerance and non-violence;

by undertaking, co-ordinating or encouraging research in those fields orfields related to specific aspects of tolerance;

by conducting special surveys or launching original undertakings that havemade for significant development in the promotion of tolerance and non-violence.

(b) In addition, the criteria below shall be taken into consideration:

the activity must have lasted long enough for its results to be evaluatedand its effectiveness verified;

it must represent an outstanding contribution to the fundamentalobjectives of UNESCO and the United Nations in the fields of toleranceand non-violence;

the work accomplished must be exemplary and likely to instigate similarinitiatives;

it must have shown itself to be effective in mobilizing new intellectual andmaterial resources;


it must represent a contribution to the understanding and solution ofinternational or national problems in a spirit of tolerance and non-violence.

7. Selection and submission of nominations

Nominations may be made to the Director-General of UNESCO by MemberStates, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations thatmaintain consultative and mutual information relations with UNESCO andeminent persons considered competent by the Director-General in the field oftolerance and non-violence. Each nomination shall be supported by arecommendation no more than five standard pages long comprising inparticular:

(a) a description of the work accomplished;

(b) an account of the results obtained;

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

Only one nomination may be submitted in each case.

The deadline for the submission of nominations to the Director-General shall be31 May.

8. Procedure for the award of the prize

The names of the prizewinner(s) and candidates who receive an honourablemention shall normally be announced every two years as from 1996 onInternational Day for Tolerance. An official ceremony for the presentation ofthe prize by the Director-General or his representative shall be held on that date.

9. Duration

The prize is created for an indeterminate period. Should the donor or UNESCOdecide to stop awarding it, the amounts remaining in the prize account shall bereturned to the donor, after deduction of all charges outstanding at the timewhen the prize is terminated.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.4.4 Amendments to the Regulations of the UNESCO Prize for the Teaching ofHuman Rights (146 EX/24 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having considered document 146 EX/24,

2. Approves the annexed amendments to the Regulations of the UNESCOPrize for the Teaching of Human Rights, which is henceforth entitled ‘theUNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education’.


Annex

Regulations of the UNESCO Prizefor Human Rights Education

1. Object

The UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education shall be awarded inrecognition of activity aimed at developing human rights education. The prizeshall be open to educational and training institutions, organizations andindividuals that have made a particularly deserving and effective contribution tothe development of human rights education, in keeping with the spirit of theCharter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO and in the lightof the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ofthe International Covenants on Human Rights and with due account taken ofthe provisions of the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for InternationalUnderstanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to HumanRights and Fundamental Freedoms. The prize shall be awarded for the purposeof encouraging or stimulating new educational initiatives in human rightseducation.

6. Criteria for award of the prize

(a) The prizewinners shall be nationals of, or institutions or organizationshaving their headquarters in, Member States of UNESCO. They shall berequired to have taken one or more particularly noteworthy initiatives for thedevelopment of human rights education, namely:

by undertaking direct teaching activities;

by carrying out programmes of human rights education at theinternational, national, regional or local level;

by organizing efforts and/or facilities to contribute to the implementationof such programmes;

by producing teaching materials or other special aids for the developmentof human rights education programmes;

by undertaking, co-ordinating or encouraging research in such fields orrelated fields (improvement of teaching methods or assessmentprocedures, advancement of educational theory, etc.), relevant to thespecific problems of human rights education;

by carrying out special surveys or by launching original ventures that haveled to a significant development in human rights education;

by fostering human rights among the general public through educationalmeans;

by giving particular socio-occupational categories the opportunity tobenefit from specialized courses in human rights;


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

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

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

the duration of the activity must be sufficient to permit its results to beassessed and its effectiveness to be proved;

it should make a notable contribution to the basic objectives of the UnitedNations and of UNESCO in the field of human rights;

the work accomplished should serve as an example and be such as toinstigate further similar initiatives;

it should have proved effective in mobilizing new resources, intellectualand physical, for human rights education;

it should contribute to the understanding and solution of international ornational human rights problems;

it should contribute to the improvement of understanding among nations,peoples and individuals, to the promotion of peace, relaxation ofinternational tensions and international understanding and to action tocombat racism and racial discrimination.

7. Selection and submission of nominations

Nominations shall be made to the Director-General of UNESCO bygovernments of Member States, which shall, if they so wish, consult NationalCommissions and regional and international intergovernmental organizations.Each nomination shall be accompanied by a recommendation not more than fivestandard pages in length, comprising in particular:

(a) a description of the activity carried out;

(b) an account of the results obtained;

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

International non-governmental organizations, especially those concerned withhuman rights, that have consultative and mutual information relations withUNESCO may, following a decision by their governing bodies, submitnominations according to the same procedures.

National and international institutions providing education and training in humanrights may submit nominations according to the same procedures. Suchnominations should be forwarded to UNESCO through the NationalCommissions of the States where the above-mentioned institutions have theirheadquarters.


The deadline for submission of nominations to the Director-General shall be31 May of each year.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.5 Culture

5.5.1 Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding andManagement of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece) (146 EX/25 and146 EX/52)



2. Considering that the objectives of the prize are such as to promoteUNESCO's action in the field of integrated conservation and sustainabledevelopment,

3. Authorizes the Director-General to establish a prize known as the 'MelinaMercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management ofCultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)', financed partly by the GreekGovernment and partly with funds from the Organization's regularprogramme;

4. Invites the Director-General to inform the Greek Government and toconvey to it his satisfaction and that of the Executive Board;

5. Approves the Statutes for the Melina Mercouri International Prize(UNESCO-Greece) annexed to this decision.

Annex

Statutes of the Melina MercouriInternational Prize for the Safeguarding and

Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)

1. Purpose

The purpose of the Melina Mercouri International Prize (UNESCO-Greece) isto reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world'smajor cultural landscapes. It is to bear the name of Melina Mercouri, aprecursor of integrated conservation and sustainable development, a memorableactress and Minister of Culture of Greece. It meets a new need, clearlyidentified by the World Heritage Committee, which, at its sixteenth session, heldin Santa Fe in December 1992, recognized that the protection of culturallandscapes, a richer concept than the conventional one of 'monuments' or 'sites',is one of the main priorities of the present time.

2. Name and value of the prize

The prize shall be entitled the ‘Melina Mercouri International Prize for theSafeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)’.


This prize shall consist of a certificate and a sum of money, the amount of whichshall be decided on every biennium on the basis of the funds available, accountbeing taken of essential management costs.

3. Frequency

The prize shall be presented every two years by the Director-General ofUNESCO at a public ceremony to be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris oraway from Headquarters, preferably in conjunction with the GeneralConference. The prize shall be awarded for the first time in 1997.

4. Eligibility

The prize may be awarded either to an individual or to a group of persons,working in a personal capacity or as staff member(s) of a private or publicinstitution.

5. Selection of the prizewinner

The prizewinner shall be selected by the Director-General of UNESCO on therecommendation of an international jury, the membership of which shall be inaccordance with the provisions of Article 6 below.

6. The jury

The jury shall be composed of five members, as follows:

three eminent specialists in the environmental sciences and the heritage,appointed in a personal and honorary capacity by the Director-General ofUNESCO, with due regard for the balanced representation of differentcultural outlooks;

the Permanent Delegate of Greece to UNESCO, representing the GreekGovernment; and

a representative of the Director-General.

The Director-General shall appoint a member of the Secretariat to act assecretary to the jury. The jury shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

7. Nomination of candidates

(a) Candidates for the prize may be nominated either by the governments ofMember States, preferably in consultation with their National Commissions, orby relevant NGOs having official relations with UNESCO. Only one candidatemay be nominated in each case.

(b) The nomination papers shall include a biographical statement for eachcandidate in the case of private individuals, or a description of the organizationresponsible in the case of a legal entity.

(c) They shall also include a detailed and illustrated statement justifying theproposal of the cultural landscape in respect of which the candidate is being


nominated, and an assessment of achievements. The deadline for the submissionof nominations and nomination papers to the Director-General shall be1 November of the year prior to the award of the prize, i.e. 1 November 1996 inthe case of the first award of the prize.

8. Criteria

(a) The landscapes proposed in connection with the nomination must fit thedefinition of at least one of the three categories of cultural landscapes decidedon by the World Heritage Committee at its sixteenth session (Santa Fe, 1992,see appendix).

(b) Nevertheless, since the concept of cultural landscapes corresponds to newperceptions, nominations in respect of landscapes not fitting exactly into thistypology may be considered in exceptional cases, provided that such landscapesillustrate exemplary achievements in respect of research, education or thepromotion of public awareness.

9. Duration

The prize shall be established for an indefinite period. In the event of thefounders deciding by mutual agreement no longer to award the prize, thebalance outstanding shall remain at UNESCO's disposal after deduction of allobligations already incurred at the time that it is decided to discontinue theprize.

Appendix

Cultural landscapes fall into three main categories, namely:

(i) The most easily identifiable is the clearly defined landscape designed andcreated intentionally by human beings. This embraces garden and parklandlandscapes constructed for aesthetic reasons, which are often (but not always)associated with religious buildings and ensembles.

(ii) The second category is the organically evolved landscape, a landscapethat results from an initial social, economic, administrative, and/or religiousimperative and has developed its present form by association with and inresponse to its natural environment. Such landscapes reflect that process ofevolution in their form and component features. They fall into twosubcategories:

a relic (or fossil) landscape is one in which an evolutionary process cameto an end at some time in the past, either abruptly or over a period. Itssignificant distinguishing features are, however, still visible in materialform;

a living landscape is one that retains an active social role in contemporarysociety closely associated with the traditional way of life and in which theevolutionary process is still in progress. At the same time it exhibitssignificant material evidence of its evolution over time.


(iii) The final category is the associative cultural landscape. The inclusion ofsuch landscapes on the World Heritage List is justifiable by virtue of thepowerful religious, artistic or cultural associations of the natural element ratherthan material cultural evidence, which may be insignificant or even absent.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.5.2 UNESCO Fund for the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage (146 EX/26 Rev.and 146 EX/55)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/26 Rev., entitled ‘UNESCO Fundfor the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage’, which relates to a funddesigned to save the cinematic memory of the twentieth century with aview to promoting and strengthening UNESCO’s ideals and objectives,

2. Expresses its satisfaction with the new scale of co-operation betweenUNESCO and the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF),which, on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the cinema,have decided to combine their efforts in order to save and enhance theworld film heritage, in particular under the ‘Memory of the World’programme;

3. Takes note of the Financial Regulations of the UNESCO Special Accountfor the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage, and recommends amendingthem as proposed in Annex I of the present decision;

4. Approves the Statutes of the Consultative Committee for theSafeguarding of the Film Heritage, in Annex II of the decision;

5. Invites the Director-General to provide for appropriate co-ordination andco-operation between the Consultative Committee for the Safeguarding ofthe Film Heritage and the General Information Programme, itsIntergovernmental Council and other advisory bodies.

Annex I

Financial Regulations of the special accountfor the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage

Article 1. Creation of a special account

1. In accordance with Articles 6.6 and 6.7 of the Financial Regulations ofUNESCO there is hereby created a special account of the UNESCO Fund forthe Safeguarding of the Film Heritage, hereafter referred to as ‘the SpecialAccount’. The following regulations shall govern the operation of this account,which will be operated under the guidance of the Consultative Committee forthe Safeguarding of the Film Heritage.


Article 2. Aims

2.1 The resources received by the fund for allocation to this Special Accountare to be used to promote:

(a) the safeguarding of the national, regional and international film heritage,with a view to promoting and strengthening UNESCO’s ideals andobjectives;

(b) the training of specialists in the various fields of the conservation,safeguarding, protection and dissemination of the heritage;

(c) the constitution of expertise in film archive management and in the variousforms of protection of intellectual property;

(d) study and research relating to national and regional filmographies;

(e) the donation of works of art or films that may be accepted, in particularby UNESCO.

2.2 To achieve these aims, the resources of the Special Account shall be usedto support States and their specialized public or private national institutions insuch activities as:

(a) restoring films forming part of the national, regional or international filmheritage;

(b) carrying out research into national or regional filmographies;

(c) providing appropriate training for future specialists in the various fields ofthe archiving, restoration, conservation and dissemination of the heritageand complementary disciplines such as film criticism and history,education in the audio-visual image, etc.;

(d) encouraging the purchase of equipment and the provision of consultantsor experts to create or modernize centres for the archiving anddissemination of the heritage;

(e) promoting exchanges among specialists through study tours andspecialized symposia and seminars;

(f) encouraging the development of research and studies on the cinema as anoutstanding historical source;

(g) disseminating in schools films forming part of the world film heritage.

2.3 The beneficiaries of the Special Account shall be national or regionalpublic or private bodies with specific responsibility for the archiving,conservation, restoration, safeguarding, dissemination and study of the filmheritage and those responsible for training in one of these fields, which theSpecial Account could provide with additional resources of an intellectual,financial or technical kind.


Article 3. Income

3.1 The Special Account shall be credited with income from:

(a) voluntary contributions, gifts or bequests made by governments,organizations of the United Nations system, institutions constituted underpublic, private, national or international law, public or privateorganizations or private individuals;

(b) fees collected for special purposes and returns from promotionalactivities;

(c) income resulting from investment of the fund’s resources;

(d) royalties from copyright made over to the fund;

(e) any resource authorized by resolution of the General Conference.

3.2 Should the acceptance of contributions, gifts or bequests involveadditional liability for the fund, the Director-General shall request the priorapproval of the Executive Board of UNESCO.

3.3 Contributions or payments may be earmarked by the donor for specifiedprojects, provided that these fall within the purpose defined in Article 2.1.

Article 4. Expenditure

4. Within the resources available in the Special Account, expenditure may beincurred for:

(a) intellectual and technical assistance;

(b) various forms of financial aid;

(c) any other form of activity that the Consultative Committee for theSafeguarding of the Film Heritage may regard as being in conformity withthe fundamental aims of the fund and with its operational and fund-raisingpolicy;

(d) covering administrative expenses of extra-budgetary funds within a limitof 13 per cent, unless otherwise expressly agreed by the donor.

Article 5. The accounts

5.1 The financial period shall be the same as that of UNESCO’s regularprogramme.

5.2 Separate accounting records shall be maintained for the operations of theSpecial Account, and the Director-General shall include information thereon inhis financial report.

5.3 Any unexpended balance at the end of a financial period shall be carriedover to the following period.


5.4 The accounting records relating to the Special Account shall be submittedto the External Auditor of UNESCO for examination.

5.5 The accounts shall be maintained in United States dollars. Subsidiaryrecords may be maintained in such other currencies as may be necessary.

5.6 The Director-General shall designate the banks into which revenuereceived for the fund shall be deposited.

Article 6. Investments

6. In accordance with the provisions of Articles 9.1 and 9.2 of the FinancialRegulations of UNESCO, the Director-General may make investments of sumsstanding to the credit of the Special Account. Interest earned on theseinvestments shall be credited to the Special Account in accordance withUNESCO’s procedures.

Article 7. Closing of the Special Account

7. When the operation of the Special Account no longer seems necessary,the Director-General shall consult the Executive Board immediately on thedesirability of closing the account and on the use to be made of any unspentbalance.

Article 8. General provisions

8.1 Unless otherwise provided in the present regulations, the Special Accountshall be administered in accordance with UNESCO’s Financial Regulations.

8.2 In assigning funds from the Special Account to the projects presented byMember States, national archives and film archives, the Director-General shallduly take into consideration the recommendations of the ConsultativeCommittee for the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage.

Annex II

Statutes of the Consultative Committeefor the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage

Article 1

A Consultative Committee for the Safeguarding of the Film Heritage(category V), hereinafter termed ‘the Committee’, is hereby established.

Article 2

The Committee shall be responsible for advising the Organization on:

(a) its programme of protection, training, research, information exchange andsafeguarding activities in connection with the national, regional andinternational film heritage;


(b) the application of the resolutions of the General Conference since theadoption of the Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservationof Moving Images (21 C/Resolutions, Annex I) and 27 C/Resolution 3.16:Safeguarding of the cinematographic heritage;

(c) requests for the funding of projects relating to the safeguarding of thecinematographic heritage submitted to the Secretariat by Member States,their archives or film archives in the framework of the UNESCO Fund forthe Safeguarding of the Film Heritage, and the conformity of thoseprojects with UNESCO ideals and objectives.

Article 3

1. The Committee shall be composed of 11 members appointed by theDirector-General after consultation with the International Federation of FilmArchives (FIAF) and serving in a personal capacity.

2. The term of office of members of the Committee shall be four years. Itshall be renewable once. In the event of the resignation or death of a member ofthe Committee, the Director-General shall appoint a replacement for theremainder of the term.

3. Every two years half the membership of the Committee shall be renewed.Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 above, when appointing theinitial members of the Committee the Director-General shall designate the sixwhose term of office will expire on 31 December 1997, it being understood thatthe term of office of the other members will expire on 31 December 1999.

4. The members of the Committee shall be chosen for their authority in thefield of studies relating to the safeguarding of the film heritage, due accountbeing taken of geographical representation, and in such a way as to representthe various disciplines and schools of thought prevalent in this field withinMember States.

Article 4

The Director-General shall convene the Committee in ordinary session onceevery two years. He may convene extraordinary sessions.

Article 5

1. At each of its ordinary sessions the Committee shall elect a chairperson,three vice-chairpersons and a rapporteur, who shall constitute the Bureau of theCommittee and shall remain in office until the following ordinary session.

2. The Director-General shall convene the Bureau and be represented at itsmeetings.

Article 6

1. The Director-General shall designate members of the Secretariat ofUNESCO to represent him on the Committee without the right to vote.


2. The secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the Secretariat ofUNESCO.

Article 7

The travel and subsistence expenses of the members of the Committee to attendits sessions shall be met from the fund’s resources.

Article 8

1. Member States and Associate Members of UNESCO may send observersto meetings of the Committee.

2. The United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations systemwith which UNESCO has concluded mutual representation agreements may berepresented at meetings of the Committee.

3. The Director-General may extend invitations to send observers tomeetings of the Committee to:

(a) organizations of the United Nations system with which UNESCO has notconcluded mutual representation agreements;

(b) intergovernmental organizations;

(c) international non-governmental organizations, in accordance with thedirectives concerning UNESCO’s relations with international non-governmental organizations.

Article 9

1. The Committee shall establish its rules of procedure, which shall besubmitted to the Director-General for approval.

2. The Director-General shall draw up the agenda for each session of theCommittee after consultation with the Chairperson of the Committee.

3. After each session the Committee shall present a report on its work andrecommendations to the Director-General. The Director-General shall informthe Executive Board at its next session of the results of the Committee’sproceedings.

Article 10

These Statutes may be amended by the Executive Board on its own initiative oron the proposal of the Director-General.

(146 EX/SR.14)


5.5.3 Feasibility study for the drafting of a new instrument for the protection ofthe underwater cultural heritage (146 EX/27 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having examined the feasibility study submitted by the Director-Generalon the drafting of an international standard-setting instrument concerningthe protection of the underwater cultural heritage (146 EX/27),

2. Appreciating the importance of protecting the underwater culturalheritage and the need to reflect carefully on the issues raised in the study,

3. Considers that the jurisdictional aspects of the proposal, in particular itspossible implications for the provisions about national jurisdictioncontained in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS), require further examination;

4. Recommends that the Director-General convene a group of experts todiscuss all aspects of the proposal, with emphasis on jurisdictionalmatters, and to report on the group’s findings to the General Conferenceat its twenty-eighth session.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.5.4 UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature in theService of Tolerance (146 EX/28 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/28, entitled ‘UNESCO Prize forChildren’s and Young People’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance’,concerning a prize to be awarded in recognition of works for children andyoung people that best embody the concepts and ideals of tolerance andpeace and promote mutual understanding among all peoples and allcultures,

2. Expresses its gratitude to the Fundación Santamaría/Ediciones S.M. forits generous donation in favour of tolerance and peace;

3. Approves the Statutes of the Prize annexed hereto.

Annex

Statutes of the UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’sLiterature in the Service of Tolerance

Purpose

1. The UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature in theService of Tolerance (hereinafter called ‘the Prize’) shall be awarded by theDirector-General of UNESCO in recognition of works for children and youngpeople that best embody the concepts and ideals of tolerance and peace andpromote mutual understanding among all peoples and all cultures. Particular


emphasis shall be placed on the context in which such books have beenpublished in a world where intolerance is the cause of so much human misery.

Characteristics of the Prize: frequency and categories

2. The Prize, launched during the United Nations Year for Tolerance (1995),shall be awarded every two years in order to carry forward the ideals oftolerance beyond the Year itself, in line with UNESCO’s prime objective ofpromoting a culture of peace.

3. It will reward works such as novels, short stories, illustrated picturebooks, strip cartoons and works of non-fiction, in two categories: books forchildren up to the age of 12, and books for young people aged 13 to 18. Onlyworks published during the two-year period preceding the closing date fornominations shall be accepted.

4. The Prize may be awarded to an individual or group of individuals,working in a private capacity or as staff members of a public or privateinstitution.

Value of the Prize

5. The prizewinner in each of the two categories, i.e. books for children upto the age of 12 and books for young people aged 13 to 18, will receive anaward of US $8,000. A limited number of entries may receive honourablementions.

Nominations

6. Nominations for the Prize shall be submitted by publishers, through theircountry’s National Commission for UNESCO where there is one, or throughtheir national and governmental professional bodies. Works shall also besubmitted by publishers through their non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and by interested intergovernmental organizations such as the Asia/PacificCultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), the Regional Centre for BookDevelopment in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC), the Agence decoopération culturelle et technique (ACCT), the Council of Europe, etc.

7. The works submitted by any one body shall be in one or both categories,and the number shall not exceed one per category.

8. Submission may be received for a period of six months following theopening date for nominations.

Selection of prizewinners

9. The prizewinners shall be chosen by the Director-General of UNESCO onthe recommendation of an international jury.

Jury

10. The international jury shall be composed of eminent writers, publishers,illustrators, translators, reading specialists and figures actively working for the


promotion of tolerance and peace, of different nationalities and from differentregions of the world. They shall be appointed by the Director-General ofUNESCO. A representative of the Fundación Santamaría/Ediciones S.M.,together with representatives of one or more children’s NGOs, such as theInternational Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), and of UNICEF shallbe invited to sit on the jury.

11. The jury, which shall meet at the convocation of the Director-General,may adopt its own rules of procedure. It shall be assisted by a member of theSecretariat designated by the Director-General.

12. The jury’s task shall be facilitated by a reading committee responsible formaking an initial selection of works and drawing up a short list during the fourmonths following the closing of nominations.

Awarding of the Prize, and duration

13. The Prize shall be awarded every two years at the Bologna Children’sBook Fair in Italy, and is established for an unlimited duration.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.5.5 Draft Convention of UNIDROIT on the International Return of Stolen orIllegally Exported Cultural Objects (146 EX/17; 146 EX/48 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having examined documents 146 EX/17 and 146 EX/48,

2. Considering the fact that the Draft Convention of UNIDROIT(International Institute for the Unification of Private Law) may be a usefuladdition to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibitingand Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership ofCultural Property,

3. Thanks the Director-General for the information provided in 146 EX/48.

(146 EX/SR.14)

5.5.6 The conservation of old cities as part of the cultural heritage, seen withinthe context of modern urbanization (146 EX/18)


1. Gathered in the historic city of Fez for the concluding meetings of its146th session, at the kind invitation of His Majesty King Hassan II, theGovernment and the people of Morocco,


3. Recalling that the city of Fez is renowned not only for the harmoniousrelation between its site and its surroundings, the balanced manner inwhich its urban space is fashioned and the placing of its monuments,


which have for centuries beautified the city and given it its identity, butalso for its steadfast religious function, its unrivalled cultural influence andits thousand-year tradition as a centre for learning and the arts,

4. Noting that the problems for the physical conservation, internalequilibrium and smooth functioning of the city of Fez that are associatedwith adequate incorporation of the advantages of modern civilization havebeen analysed in an exemplary manner by the national institutions andspecialized agencies of the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, inclose co-operation with UNESCO and other international organizations,

5. Stresses that the safeguarding and preservation of historic old cities andquarters depend to a very large extent on their specific pattern of housing,trade and social life;

6. Endorses the recommendations for preserving and restoring the medina ofFez put forward by the international seminar on ‘Heritage and townplanning: towards new strategies’;

7. Notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the Moroccan authorities andthe contributions made by other Member States to safeguard the medinaof Fez, in particular the progress achieved in starting restoration worksunder the international safeguarding campaign;

8. Welcomes the contribution made by UNESCO to the campaign tosafeguard historic old cities and quarters, and thanks the Director-Generalfor the action taken by UNESCO to safeguard the medina of Fez;

9. Urges all States to take account of the need to know and highlight thepast and the spirit of historic old cities and the social and demographicaspects of their history;

10. Congratulates Member States, local authorities, NGOs, the private sectorand individuals for the efforts they have made hitherto, and encouragesthem to continue to safeguard and preserve historic old cities andquarters;

11. Adopts the following declaration, which shall be known as the Declarationof Fez:

‘For more than 30 years UNESCO has been contributing significantly toactivities designed to safeguard historic old cities, endeavouring to linkthe restoration of monuments to the revitalization of historic urbancentres.

Fez, like other historic urban complexes, is today faced with acuteproblems of physical conservation, internal equilibrium and functioning.

The studies and research carried out thus far have highlighted theindissoluble link, at both the stage of design and planning and that ofimplementation, between two fundamental tasks: preservation of theurban and architectural heritage and development of the economic and


social life of the city, in order to help facilitate the balanced managementof the built area and ensure not only the material foundations of a decentstandard of living for the population but also the integrity of the historicalfabric.

As specified in the ICOMOS Charter of Toledo-Washington of 1987,there should be an urban master plan to preserve the historic character ofthe city and the aggregate of material and spiritual elements that expressits image. Any attack on these values would jeopardize the authenticity ofthe historic city.

Action in a historic old quarter or city should be taken carefully,methodically and rigorously. In this regard, the new functions and theinfrastructure networks demanded by contemporary life should be inkeeping with the specific features of the historic old city; in particular,major road networks should not penetrate into historic old cities butmerely ease traffic flow in the approaches to them and facilitate access tothem.

Reconciling the vocation of historic old cities or quarters with thedemands of urban development therefore represents today a gravechallenge.

Pending and following the adoption of a safeguarding plan, any necessaryaction should be taken in due compliance with the principles and methodslaid down in the various international instruments adopted in this regard,such as the Venice Charter, the Toledo-Washington Charter, the QuebecCity Declaration on the safeguarding of historic urban areas at a time ofevolution, and the UNESCO Recommendation concerning thesafeguarding and contemporary role of historic areas.

Whatever their size or status, historic old cities and quarters, more or lessall round the world, are facing acute problems of internal equilibrium andintegration; most of these problems are neither new nor insoluble, andnumerous local authorities have very successfully taken up the dualchallenge of development and conservation.

Despite the magnitude of the requirements in terms of human and financialresources and the many obstacles of all kinds that must be overcome, it isin the interests of all humankind - of the generations of today and of thoseto come - that these efforts bear fruit, and all States are encouraged tosupport them to the maximum extent possible and to mount campaigns tosafeguard historic old cities.

Fez, Morocco, 4 June 1995

12. Invites the Director-General to take whatever steps he deems necessary tohave this Declaration of Fez widely distributed.

(146 EX/SR.16, 17 and 18)


ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda for the twenty-eighth session of theGeneral Conference (146 EX/29)


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


3. Decides:

(a) that the provisional agenda for the twenty-eighth session of theGeneral Conference shall comprise the items proposed inparagraph 9 of document 146 EX/29;

(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 1995), 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 (i.e. 27 July 1995).

(146 EX/SR.10)

6.2 Draft plan for the organization of the work of the twenty-eighth session ofthe General Conference (146 EX/30 Rev. and Corr. and 146 EX/50)


1. Recalling that, having been requested by the General Conference to studythe means of improving the efficiency of the methods of work of theGeneral Conference, it invited the Director-General to submit to itproposals to that end, notably with regard to the organization and timingof the general policy debate,

2. Having examined document 146 EX/30 Rev. and Corr.,

3. Approves the suggestions contained in that document, subject to thefollowing amendments and observations:

(a) in paragraph 8, delete the second subparagraph;

(b) in paragraph 29, after the words ‘no speaker has stated his or heropposition to a proposal’, add the following words ‘or hasexpressed a wish to amend it’;

(c) paragraph 58 should be replaced by the following text: ‘TheExecutive Board draws the attention of the General Conference tothe particular features of the twenty-eighth session. In addition to


examining the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997(28 C/5), the General Conference, on the basis of document 28 C/4,will have to determine the Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001,which is a major decision that will commit the Organization for aperiod of six years. Likewise, the twenty-eighth session will markthe beginning of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary ofUNESCO, which is also an event of great importance. TheExecutive Board considers that these two questions, together withall their implications, should receive the full attention of the GeneralConference, particularly in the general policy debate’;

(d) the final sentence of paragraph 59 should be deleted;

(e) the provisional budgetary ceiling should be adopted at the verybeginning of the session (para. 63);

(f) the commissions should, as far as possible, be organized by subjectmatter;

(g) the programme commissions’ reports should be transmitted to theConference within two or three days of their adoption by thecommissions so that they can be considered by it in plenary meetingas soon as possible;

(h) rather than arrange for a discussion on an intersectoral theme ineach programme commission (para. 74), a joint meeting of theprogramme commissions should be devoted to discussion of thefollowing theme: ‘The educational, scientific and cultural challengesof the new information and communication technologies’;

(i) add the name of Portugal to paragraph 7;

4. Decides that when drawing up, at its 147th session, its finalrecommendations on the budget proposed for 1996-1997, it will resumeexamination of the criteria it will recommend the General Conference toapply to the distribution among the commissions of the Reserve for DraftResolutions submitted by Member States;

5. Recommends that the twenty-eighth session of the General Conferencetake place from 25 October to 16 November 1995, following broadly theoutline timetable annexed to this decision;

6. Invites the Director-General to draw up on this basis the documentcontaining the Executive Board’s recommendations concerning theorganization of the work of the twenty-eighth session of the GeneralConference (28 C/2).

(146 EX/SR.13)


6.3 Invitations to the twenty-eighth session of the General Conference(146 EX/31)



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-eighth session ofthe General Conference:

BruneiFederated States of

MicronesiaHoly SeeLiechtenstein

Marshall IslandsNauruUnited Kingdom of

Great Britain andNorthern Ireland

United States ofAmerica

Singapore

5. 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;

6. Notes that the Director-General intends to send invitations to theSovereign Order of Malta and the International Committee of the RedCross;

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

(146 EX/SR.10)

6.4 Form of the Executive Board’s report on its activities in 1994-1995, to besubmitted to the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session

The Executive Board decided that the report on its activities in 1994-1995would be made orally to the General Conference by the Chairperson of theBoard.

(146 EX/SR.10)


ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS

7.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the United Nationssystem of relevance to the work of UNESCO (146 EX/32 and 146 EX/52)

7.1.1 Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least-DevelopedCountries for the 1990s: High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting, andMid-Term Global Review of the Implementation of the Programme ofAction for the Least-Developed Countries for the 1990s (146 EX/32 and146 EX/52)


1. Having taken note with satisfaction of the report by the Director-Generalon recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the UnitedNations system of relevance to the work of UNESCO (146 EX/32,Part I.A),

2. Underlines the importance of the high-level intergovernmental meeting tobe held in New York from 26 September to 6 October 1995 to conduct,in accordance with paragraph 140 of the United Nations Programme ofAction for the LDCs for the 1990s, a mid-term global review of theimplementation of the Programme of Action;

3. Requests the Director-General to arrange in due time for appropriate in-depth participation by UNESCO in the preparation and carrying out of themid-term global review;

4. Encourages the Director-General to pursue and enhance co-operationwith UNCTAD, in particular with a view to undertaking activities relatingto the sectoral appraisal by UNESCO of the implementation of theProgramme of Action for the LDCs;

5. Requests the Director-General to submit to it, at its 149th session, areport on the progress made in the application of this decision.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.1.2 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (146 EX/32 and146 EX/52)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/32 (Part I.B),

2. Recalling 144 EX/Decision 5.1.2, relating to the implementation of andfollowing up of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,

3. Noting the contribution made by UNESCO to the formulation of the Planof Action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education(1995-2005) in compliance with the above-mentioned decision,


4. Expressing its appreciation to the United Nations High Commissioner forHuman Rights and the United Nations Centre for Human Rights for thepreparation of the Plan of Action for the Decade, especially for theconsideration given to the proposals made by UNESCO,

5. Takes note of the key role assigned to UNESCO in the Plan of Action forthe Decade;

6. Urges Member States to extend full support to the Secretariat in thedesign, implementation, evaluation and review of programmes ofeducation for human rights, peace and democracy, as provided for in thePlan of Action for the United Nations Decade for Human RightsEducation (1995-2005), and in particular to encourage the NationalCommissions for UNESCO to participate actively in the development, asappropriate, of national plans of action for human rights education, foreffective implementation of the activities of the Organization, as providedfor in the Plan of Action for the Decade;

7. Invites the Director-General to ensure the fullest possible fulfilment of theobligations and responsibilities devolving upon the Organization under thePlan of Action for the Decade; in particular, to undertake all theeducational activities provided for in the Plan and for that purpose toensure full utilization of the services of the Advisory Committee onEducation for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy;

8. Appreciates the voluntary contributions made by certain Member Statesto the UNESCO Voluntary Fund for the Development of the Knowledgeof Human Rights through Education and Information, and requests theDirector-General to take further steps aimed at the reinforcement of thefund, notably through voluntary contributions;

9. Requests the Director-General to report to it at a future session on theimplementation of this decision.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.1.3 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (146 EX/32 and146 EX/52)


1. Recalling United Nations General Assembly resolution 48/163proclaiming the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People(1994-2004), and resolution 49/214, on the programme of action for theDecade,

2. Bearing in mind 145 EX/Decision 5.1, which expressed UNESCO's deepconcern for intercultural dialogue among people,

3. Recognizing the inestimable value and the diversity of cultures among theworld's indigenous people,


4. Inspired by the message of tolerance and peace conveyed by NobelPrizewinner Rigoberta Menchú Tum during the second Assembly of theIndigenous Initiative for Peace, convened at UNESCO Headquarters inFebruary 1995,

5. Invites Member States to ensure that activities for the Decade receiveadequate funding and are planned and implemented on the basis of fullconsultation and collaboration with indigenous organizations;

6. Requests the Director-General:

(a) to encourage international co-operation for the solution of problemsfaced by indigenous people within UNESCO's fields of competencewith a view to the development of their endogenous capacities;

(b) to promote and support activities carried out by the SpecializedAgencies of the United Nations system, co-ordinated by the Centrefor Human Rights, and to work with other intergovernmental andnon-governmental organizations, such as the Fund for theDevelopment of Indigenous People in Latin America and theCaribbean (La Paz), to ensure that the Decade makes a positivecontribution to a culture of peace and tolerance.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.1.4 Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment andDevelopment (146 EX/32 and 146 EX/52)


1. Taking note of the content of document 146 EX/32, Part I.D, dealingwith UNESCO's contribution to the follow-up to the United NationsConference on Environment and Development (UNCED),

2. Recalling 141 EX/Decision 7.2.1, 142 EX/Decision 7.2 (paras. 14 and 15)and 144 EX/Decision 5.1.3,

3. Invites Member States:

(a) to continue to support UNESCO's action in response to UNCED,including implementation of the relevant United NationsConventions and the Programme of Action for the SustainableDevelopment of Small Island Developing States (Barbados, 1994),by ensuring an enhanced role for the sciences, including the socialsciences, and education in national action aimed at achievingsustainable development, with the involvement of the national focalpoints of UNESCO's global programmes of research on andobservation of terrestrial and marine environments, and by ensuringappropriate inter-institutional and cross-sectoral co-ordination andco-operation at the national level, which are consideredindispensable for the effective implementation of Agenda 21;


(b) to continue to promote and enhance further, within the governingbodies of financing institutions such as the UNDP and mechanismssuch as the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a policy ofappropriate involvement by Specialized Agencies such as UNESCO;

4. Invites the Director-General:

(a) to continue to ensure that UNESCO's relevant programmescontribute fully to the United Nations system-wide mechanisms forimplementing Agenda 21, the United Nations Conventions resultingfrom the UNCED process and the Programme of Action for theSustainable Development of Small Island Developing States;

(b) to ensure in particular UNESCO's active co-operation in theprogramme of work of the Commission on SustainableDevelopment, in particular by assuming fully UNESCO's role asinter-agency Task Manager for the Agenda 21 Chapter 35, onscience for sustainable development, and Chapter 36, on education,awareness raising and training, taking fully into account the co-ordination role of the Inter-Agency Committee on SustainableDevelopment;

(c) to continue to devote particular attention to the enhanced role ofUNESCO's intergovernmental and international scientificprogrammes (the IGCP, the IHP, the IOC and MAB) in the follow-up to UNCED and to implementation of the joint UNESCO/UNEPInternational Environmental Education Programme (IEEP) as partof the transdisciplinary and inter-agency co-operation project onenvironment and population education and information for humandevelopment (EPD);

(d) to pursue efforts to seek funds from appropriate funding agenciesand mechanisms, including GEF, the UNDP's ‘Capacity 21’ andUNEP, for the implementation of Agenda 21 and to assist MemberStates, particularly developing countries, in their national efforts toobtain extra-budgetary funds;

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

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.1.5 International Year of the Ocean (146 EX/32 and 146 EX/52)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/32, Part I.E,

2. Recalling that in 27 C/Resolution 2.5 the General Conference initiated thesubmission to the United Nations of the proposal that 1998 be declaredInternational Year of the Ocean,


3. Noting with satisfaction resolution 49/131 adopted by the GeneralAssembly, proclaiming 1998 International Year of the Ocean,

4. Invites the Director-General to take all measures likely to ensure thesuccess of this activity, during its preparatory phase likewise, and,accordingly, to prepare for the attention of the General Assembly at itsfifty-first session practical proposals for celebration of the Year on thebasis of consultations with Member States, the organizations of theUnited Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmentalorganizations.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.2 Proposals by the Director-General concerning the implementation of newforms of co-operation with international non-governmental organizationswithin the framework of the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001and the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997 (146 EX/33 and146 EX/53)

(See paragraphs 129 and 130 of decision 4.2)

(146 EX/SR.15)

7.3 Proposals by the Director-General for revision of the Directives concerningUNESCO’s relations with international non-governmental organizations(146 EX/34 and 146 EX/53)


1. Having examined and amended the proposals made by the Director-General for the revision of the Directives concerning UNESCO’s relationswith international non-governmental organizations,

2. Recommends that the General Conference adopt the revised Directivesthat follow:

Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations withnon-governmental organizations

PREAMBLE

1. In implementation of the provisions of Article XI of its Constitution,UNESCO has built up over the years a valuable network of co-operativerelations in its fields of competence with non-governmental organizationsrepresenting civil society. Given the pre-eminent role that the founders ofUNESCO intended non-governmental organizations to play, this partnershipbears witness to the importance of the work of those organizations alongsidegovernment-sponsored action in international co-operation in the service ofpeoples for development, equality, international understanding and peace.

2. Fifty years after its foundation, and on the threshold of the thirdmillennium, UNESCO notes with satisfaction the increasingly active role being


played by organizations representing civil society in international co-operation,and wishes to define a new framework within which the relations it desires tomaintain with such organizations may develop under the most favourableconditions.

3. These relations are designed, on the one hand, to enable UNESCO tosecure advice, technical co-operation and documentation from non-governmental organizations, and, on the other, to enable such organizations,which represent important sections of public opinion, to express the views oftheir members. Since UNESCO is not a funding institution, these relations willbe essentially of an intellectual nature.

4. The following provisions1 are designed to further the aims of UNESCOby securing the broadest possible assistance from competent non-governmentalorganizations2 representing civil society in the preparation and in the executionof its programme, and thus increasing international co-operation in the fields ofeducation, science, culture and communication. In addition, they shouldpromote the emergence of new organizations that are representative of civilsociety in those regions of the world where such organizations, for historical,cultural or geographical reasons, are isolated or weak, and help to integratesuch organizations into the network.

5. Taking into account the non-governmental organization’s own objectivesand the type of collaboration that is possible with UNESCO, two main types ofrelations will be established: the first will involve sustained co-operation bothupstream and downstream from UNESCO’s programming and priorities (formalrelations); the second will consist of a flexible and dynamic partnership in theimplementation of UNESCO’s programmes (operational relations).

I. FORMAL RELATIONS

1. General principles

1.1 UNESCO may establish formal relations with international3 non-governmental organizations. According to the structure and aims of suchorganizations, the nature of their co-operation with UNESCO and the scale ofthe contribution they are able to make, such relations shall come under one oftwo different categories: consultative relations and associate relations. Relationsshall be established for renewable periods of six years.

1 These Directives have been drawn up in such a way as to ensure that they are, as far as possible, fully

consistent with the principles and practices of the United Nations, as laid down by the relevantresolutions of the Economic and Social Council.

2 The co-operation relations that UNESCO may maintain with foundations is governed by a separate set ofDirectives adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-sixth session, in November 1991.

3 An ‘international’ non-governmental organization is defined as a body that may be either interregionalor regional, in both the geographical and the cultural sense of the term.


2. Conditions

2.1 An international organization shall qualify as an organization that maymaintain formal relations with UNESCO provided that it has not beenestablished by intergovernmental agreement and that its purposes, functions andoperation are non-governmental and non-profit-making in character.

2.2 Such an organization shall fulfil the following conditions:

(a) it shall be engaged in activities in one or more specific fields ofUNESCO’s competence, and it shall be able and willing to make aneffective contribution to the achievement of UNESCO’s objectives,in conformity with the principles proclaimed in UNESCO’sConstitution;

(b) it shall be effectively engaged in activities at the international level ina spirit of co-operation, tolerance and solidarity in the interests ofhumankind and with respect for cultural identities;

(c) its regular active membership (consisting of groups and/or persons)shall be international, permitting it, as far as possible, to ensuresignificant representation of the various cultural regions its vocationis to serve;

(d) it shall form, through its membership, a community linked by adesire to pursue the objectives for which it was established;

(e) it shall have a recognized legal status;

(f) it shall have an established headquarters and be governed bydemocratically adopted statutes stipulating, in particular, that itsgeneral policy shall be determined by a conference, congress orother representative body. Those statutes shall also stipulate that itshall have a permanent, representative and regularly renewedgoverning body, representatives who are duly elected by the mainbody of the organization, and basic resources, deriving chiefly frommembers’ contributions, that enable it to function and tocommunicate regularly with its members in various countries;

(g) it shall have been in existence and have been carrying out activitiesfor at least four years at the time of its requesting the establishmentof formal relations.

3. Consultative relations

3.1 If it deems such a decision to be useful for the achievement of theobjectives of UNESCO, the Executive Board may, either on the proposal of theDirector-General or at the request of the non-governmental organization itself,admit a non-governmental organization fulfilling the conditions defined inArticle 2 above and wishing to co-operate with UNESCO to the category offormal relations known as ‘consultative relations’.


3.2 Such organizations must have given proof of their ability to supplyUNESCO, at its request, with competent advice on questions coming withintheir purview and to contribute effectively by their activities to theimplementation of UNESCO’s programme.

3.3 The Executive Board shall apply the following principles:

(a) where an organization’s primary objectives are related to those ofanother Specialized Agency of the United Nations system thanUNESCO, that agency must be consulted;

(b) admission to the category of consultative relations (i) shall not begranted on an individual basis to organizations belonging to a largerbody already admitted and authorized to represent thoseorganizations in respect of the whole of their functions; and (ii) shallbe possible only once the organization has maintained continuousand effective operational relations with UNESCO for a period of atleast two years;

(c) where a number of separate organizations exist in any particularfield of UNESCO’s activity, their admission to the category ofconsultative relations on an individual basis may be deferred withthe object of encouraging the establishment of umbrellaorganizations or co-ordinating bodies that are better able to furtherUNESCO’s aims by bringing all these organizations together andmay be entitled to request the establishment of associate relations,as defined in Article 4 below. The application of this principle shallnot, however, deprive UNESCO of the direct co-operation oforganizations whose assistance in one of the fields that are within itscompetence would be especially desirable.

3.4 In addition, the Director-General may decide to broaden the scope of theconditions for admission to formal consultative relations to include internationalnetworks or similar institutions of a non-governmental nature that meet thecriteria set out in paragraph 2.2 above and, in addition to the mere exchange ofinformation, may make a significant contribution to the implementation ofconcrete projects in UNESCO’s fields of competence, but whose structure andgoverning bodies are not of an international nature owing to their legal statusand the legal framework within which they conduct their activities. In suchcases, before taking a decision the Director-General shall consult the competentauthorities of the Member State in which the headquarters of the institutionconcerned is located. He shall keep the Executive Board informed of anydecisions he may take under the terms of this paragraph.1

4. Associate relations

4.1 A very small number of umbrella organizations that are broadlyinternational in membership, bring together specialist international professional

1 The Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with foundations and similar institutions, approved by

the General Conference at its twenty-sixth session, will be revised so as to take account of the inclusionof this provision in these Directives.


associations, have proven competence in an important field of education,science, culture or communication, and have a record of regular majorcontributions to UNESCO’s work may, at their request and on therecommendation of the Director-General, be admitted by the Executive Boardto the category of formal relations known as ‘associate relations’.

4.2 In addition to the co-operation referred to in Article 3 above, close andcontinuous working relations shall be maintained with these organizations,which will be invited by the Director-General to advise him regularly on thepreparation and execution of UNESCO’s programme and to participate inUNESCO’s activities.

5. Admission

5.1 The Director-General shall acquaint each organization admitted to eitherof the categories of formal relations with the corresponding obligations andadvantages. UNESCO’s relations with these organizations shall not becomeeffective until the competent body of the organization concerned has signifiedits acceptance of those obligations and advantages. Requests rejected by theExecutive Board may not be resubmitted to the Board until at least four yearshave elapsed since its decision.

6. Modification, termination and suspension of relations

6.1 Where the Director-General considers that circumstances make itnecessary to downgrade an organization to the other category, he shall refer thematter to the Executive Board for a decision. Before doing so, he shall informthe organization concerned of the grounds for his proposal and shallcommunicate any observations the organization may wish to make to theExecutive Board before any final decision is taken.

6.2 The same provisions shall apply if the Director-General deems it necessaryto terminate UNESCO’s formal relations with an international non-governmental organization. Furthermore, a complete absence of collaborationfor a period of four years between UNESCO and an organization maintainingformal relations with UNESCO shall result in the automatic termination of thoserelations.

6.3 As an interim measure, the Director-General may, if circumstances sorequire, suspend relations with an organization until such time as the ExecutiveBoard is able to take a decision. This provision shall also apply in cases wherean organization’s relations with the United Nations have been suspended orterminated.


7. Obligations of international non-governmental organizationsmaintaining formal relations with UNESCO

7.1 (a) Consultative relations

Organizations maintaining formal consultative relations shall:

(i) keep the Director-General regularly informed of those of theiractivities that are relevant to UNESCO’s programme and ofthe assistance given by them to the achievement ofUNESCO’s objectives;

(ii) acquaint their members, by all the means at their command,with those UNESCO programme activities and achievementsthat are likely to interest them;

(iii) at the Director-General’s request, give advice and provideassistance in connection with consultations on the preparationof UNESCO’s programmes, and in connection withUNESCO’s inquiries, studies or publications falling withintheir competence;

(iv) contribute, by their activities, to the execution of UNESCO’sprogramme and, as far as possible, include in the agenda oftheir meetings specific items relating to UNESCO’sprogramme;

(v) invite UNESCO to be represented at those of their meetingswhose agenda is of interest to UNESCO;

(vi) submit to the Director-General periodic reports on theiractivities, their statutory meetings and the support they havegiven to UNESCO’s action;

(vii) contribute substantially to the preparation of the sexennialreport by the Executive Board to the General Conference onthe contributions made to UNESCO’s activities by non-governmental organizations, in accordance with Section V,paragraph 3, below;

(viii) send representatives, as far as possible at the highest level, tothe Conference of International Non-GovernmentalOrganizations provided for in Section III, Article 1, below.

(b) Associate relations

In addition to the obligations contained in (a) above, organizationsmaintaining formal associate relations shall:

(i) collaborate closely with UNESCO in expanding those of theirown activities that come within UNESCO’s fields ofcompetence;


(ii) assist UNESCO in its efforts to promote international co-ordination of the activities of non-governmental organizationsworking in a common field and to bring them together underumbrella organizations;

(iii) send representatives at the most appropriate level to thevarious types of consultation in which the Director-Generalinvites them to take part and for which their expertise isessential;

(iv) maintain, through their networks and regional and nationalrepresentatives, effective co-ordination with UNESCO’s fieldunits and with the National Commissions for UNESCO in thevarious countries.

8. Advantages granted to international non-governmentalorganizations maintaining formal relations with UNESCO

8.1 In accordance with the provisions of Article IV, paragraph 14, of theConstitution, organizations maintaining formal consultative or associaterelations with UNESCO shall be invited by the Director-General to sendobservers to sessions of the General Conference and its commissions. Boththese observers and those referred to in Article IV, paragraph 13, of theConstitution may make statements on matters within their respectivecompetence in the commissions, committees and subsidiary bodies of theGeneral Conference, with the consent of the presiding officer.

8.2 Organizations maintaining formal consultative or associate relations withUNESCO may, under the authority of their governing body, submit writtenstatements to the Director-General on UNESCO programme matters withintheir competence. The Director-General shall communicate the substance ofthese statements to the Executive Board, or, if appropriate, to the GeneralConference.

8.3 In addition, the following advantages shall be granted to organizationsmaintaining formal consultative or associate relations:

(a) Consultative relations

(i) they shall receive, after agreement with the Secretariat, allappropriate documentation relating to the programmeactivities corresponding to the aims proclaimed in theirconstitutions;

(ii) they shall be consulted by the Director-General onUNESCO’s proposed programme;

(iii) they may address plenary meetings of the General Conferenceon particular matters of major importance that fall within theircompetence, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules ofProcedure of the General Conference;


(iv) they may be invited by the Director-General to send observersto meetings organized by UNESCO on matters within theircompetence; if unable to be represented at those meetings,they may forward their views in writing;

(v) they shall be invited to attend periodic conferences of non-governmental organizations;

(vi) with a view to encouraging the emergence of organizationsthat are representative of civil society in those regions of theworld where such organizations are still weak or isolated, andtheir inclusion in the network of international co-operation,the Director-General may propose the conclusion of co-operation agreements or plans of action concerningUNESCO’s programme priorities in the region concerned,subject to the same provisions as those contained inparagraph (b) (iv) below, with regional non-governmentalorganizations that are competent, effective and representativein those regions and maintain consultative relations withUNESCO.

(b) Associate relations

In addition to the advantages described in paragraph (a) above:

(i) as a general principle, these organizations shall be associatedas closely and regularly as possible with the various stages ofthe planning and execution of UNESCO’s activities withintheir own particular field;

(ii) they may address plenary meetings of the General Conference,in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedureof the General Conference;

(iii) as far as is possible, office accommodation may be providedon the most favourable terms for those organizations withwhich it is particularly necessary for the Secretariat to keep inconstant touch for the implementation of UNESCO’sprogramme;

(iv) framework agreements for co-operation may be concluded fora renewable period of six years with such organizations,setting the joint priorities they and UNESCO undertake topursue during that period;

(v) international associations/federations that are members ofumbrella organizations maintaining associate relations withUNESCO may receive directly, upon request, thedocumentation that UNESCO sends to organizationsmaintaining formal relations with it.


II. OPERATIONAL RELATIONS


1.1 The Director-General may, if he deems it useful for the implementation ofUNESCO’s programmes, co-operate with any non-governmental organizationin a type of relations known as ‘operational relations’.

1.2 These relations are designed to enable UNESCO to establish and maintainflexible and dynamic partnerships with any organization of civil society that isactive in UNESCO’s fields of competence at whatever level, and to benefit fromthat organization’s operational capacities in the field and its networks for thedissemination of information. Furthermore, these relations should make itpossible to encourage the emergence of organizations representative of civilsociety, and their interaction at the international level, in those parts of theworld in which they are weak or isolated. Finally, these relations should make itpossible to gauge the competence and operational effectiveness of internationalnon-governmental organizations with which UNESCO has previously had norelations whatsoever and which are desirous of establishing formal relationswith it.

2. Conditions

2.1 Non-governmental organizations wishing to establish operational relationsmust meet the following conditions:

(a) organizations of an international nature that only partially meet theconditions laid down in Section I for the establishment of formalrelations must have the operational capacity and the competence toimplement, in the best possible manner, the activities provided for inUNESCO’s programme;

(b) organizations of a national, local or field nature must have the sameoperational capacity. All co-operation with such organizations mustbe conducted in consultation with the National Commission forUNESCO of the Member State concerned and, if appropriate, inliaison with UNESCO’s field units. Such organizations may not beadmitted to formal relations.

3. Obligations

3.1 Organizations maintaining operational relations with UNESCO shallundertake to keep the Director-General informed of their activities concerningUNESCO’s fields of competence and to contribute to the sexennial reportdrawn up by the Executive Board, in accordance with Section V, paragraph 3,below, on the assistance given by such organizations to the achievement ofUNESCO’s objectives.

3.2 They shall further undertake to acquaint their members, by all the meansat their disposal, with those of UNESCO’s programme activities andachievements that may be of interest to them.


4. Advantages

4.1 International organizations maintaining operational relations withUNESCO shall enjoy the following advantages:

(a) the Director-General shall take all necessary measures to ensure theappropriate exchange of information and documents with them onmatters of joint interest;

(b) in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, paragraph 13, ofthe Constitution, the General Conference, on the recommendationof the Executive Board and by a two-thirds majority, may invitethem to be represented as observers at specified plenary meetings ofthe Conference and meetings of its commissions. Requests fromthese organizations, indicating those items of the Conference’sagenda in the discussion of which their representatives would like totake part, must reach the Director-General at least one monthbefore the opening of the General Conference session;

(c) they may be invited to send observers to certain UNESCO meetingsif, in the opinion of the Director-General, they are in a position tomake a significant contribution to the work of those meetings;

(d) they may be invited to participate as observers in various collectiveconsultations of NGOs organized by UNESCO in connection withthe implementation of its programme;

(e) they may have access to some of the financial procedures for co-operation described in Section IV of these Directives, if theDirector-General considers that they are the most competent toassist in the execution of certain tasks scheduled in UNESCO’sprogramme;

(f) they may be invited to send observers to the Conference ofInternational Non-Governmental Organizations provided for inSection III, Article 1 below; they may attend meetings of theStanding Committee provided for in paragraph 1.3.1 of Section IIIbelow, in the same capacity.

4.2 Contracts may be concluded with organizations of a national or localnature maintaining operational relations with UNESCO, if the Director-Generaldeems them to be the most competent to contribute to the execution of certaintasks scheduled in UNESCO’s programme, due allowance being made for theprovisions of Section II, paragraph 2.1(b). They may also be invited to attendcertain meetings organized by UNESCO if it is felt that they may make anappropriate contribution.

5. Termination of relations

5.1 A complete absence of collaboration for a period of four years shall resultin the automatic termination of relations.


III. COLLECTIVE CONSULTATIONS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

1. Conferences of non-governmental organizations

1.1 International conference

International non-governmental organizations maintaining formal relations withUNESCO may, with the approval of the Director-General, hold a conferenceevery two years, with a view to reviewing the state of co-operation withUNESCO, conducting collective consultations on the main lines of UNESCO’sprogramme and facilitating co-operation between organizations having commoninterests. This global forum shall enable the Director-General to gather adviceand suggestions from international non-governmental organizations that areUNESCO’s partners in the priority fields of its programme.

1.2 Regional conferences

Non-governmental organizations maintaining formal or operational relationswith UNESCO may, with the approval of the Director-General, holdconferences in the various regions at regular intervals, with a view to examiningthe state of co-operation with UNESCO, holding collective consultations onUNESCO’s programmes and regional priorities, and facilitating co-operationamong organizations having common interests. Such conferences shall bringtogether, as a matter of priority, the organizations of the region concerned andthe regional or national representatives or members of internationalorganizations maintaining formal relations with UNESCO.

1.3 Follow-up and evaluation machinery

These conferences shall make provision for appropriate follow-up andevaluation machinery (networks), in co-operation with the field units andNational Commissions.

1.3.1Standing Committee

The Conference of International Non-Governmental Organizations shall elect aStanding Committee that reflects the geocultural diversity of the Member Statesof UNESCO, at least one-third of whose members shall be organizationsmaintaining formal associate relations with UNESCO. The Conference shall alsoadopt the Committee’s rules of procedure, which shall be proposed in draftform by the Committee and approved by the Director-General. The StandingCommittee’s role between meetings of the Conference shall be to:

(a) represent the interests of all the organizations with regard toUNESCO;

(b) co-operate with the Director-General;

(c) implement the resolutions adopted by the Conference;


(d) ensure the appropriate exchange of information with the non-governmental community it represents and, in this connection,promote consultation among NGOs at all levels;

(e) make preparations, in consultation with the Director-General, forthe next session of the Conference;

(f) ensure that the interests and opinions of NGOs taken collectivelyare reflected by UNESCO in the preparation of major worldconferences organized by the United Nations;

(g) take all possible steps to inform non-governmental organizations ofthe possibilities open to them for participation in an individualcapacity in these conferences and in their preparation, in accordancewith the rules laid down by the United Nations.

The premises and secretariat facilities necessary for the meetings of theConference and for the work of the Standing Committee shall, as far aspossible, be provided free of charge by the Director-General.

2. Collective consultations on specific subjects

2.1 All non-governmental organizations maintaining formal or operationalrelations with UNESCO may be invited to send representatives to the variouscollective consultations regularly held by UNESCO for the implementation ofits various programmes, if such organizations can make a specific contributionto the subjects examined in these consultations. These arrangements shall servethe purpose of ensuring the best possible co-operation in the pursuit of theshared priority objectives.

IV. FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ARRANGEMENTS FORCO-OPERATION

1. UNESCO may grant various forms of financial and material contributionsto non-governmental organizations likely to make a particularly effectivecontribution to the achievement of UNESCO’s objectives as defined in itsConstitution and to the implementation of its programme.


2.1 Financial and material contributions granted by UNESCO to non-governmental organizations shall be governed as appropriate by the followingprinciples:

(a) they shall be granted in accordance with the relevant rules currentlyin force;

(b) they shall be granted for programmes and activities that have abearing on UNESCO’s priorities or constitute a useful addition toUNESCO’s programmes and activities;


(c) in no circumstances shall they constitute a permanent commitmenton the part of the Organization;

(d) financial contributions shall be granted solely for the purpose ofsupplementing the revenue that the beneficiary organization derivesfrom other sources;

(e) an organization receiving financial contributions shall have madeappropriate arrangements for regular evaluation of the activities sofinanced and the submission of reports on the implementation ofthose activities.

3. Forms of contribution

3.1 The various forms of financial contribution shall comprise (i) the awardingof various types of contract (contracts for the implementation of frameworkagreements; other contracts for the implementation of UNESCO’s regularprogrammes; contracts under the special programme of support to non-governmental entities for activities in developing countries); (ii) contributionsunder the Participation Programme; and (iii) subventions.

3.2 Material contributions may include office accommodation, in accordancewith the terms of Section I, paragraph 8.3(b)(iii); use of UNESCO’s conferencefacilities, and the granting of UNESCO’s patronage.

4. Conditions for the granting of financial and materialcontributions and for the submission of reports

4.1 The conditions for the granting of financial and material contributions andfor the submission of the corresponding reports shall be considered and adoptedby the Executive Board, on the proposal of the Director-General. They may berevised as needed.

V. PERIODIC REVIEW OF RELATIONS

1. The Director-General shall include in his periodic reports information onthe main aspects of co-operation between UNESCO and non-governmentalorganizations.

2. At each ordinary session of the General Conference the Director-Generalshall present a concise report on any changes that have taken place by decisionof the Executive Board in the classification of international organizationsadmitted to the various categories of formal relations with UNESCO. Thisreport shall also contain the list of organizations that maintain operationalrelations with UNESCO, together with those that have submitted requests foradmission to the two categories of formal relations or to the category ofoperational relations and whose requests have not been accepted.

3. The General Conference shall receive, every six years, a report by theExecutive Board on the contribution made to UNESCO’s activities byorganizations maintaining formal relations with it. The report shall include anevaluation of the results of co-operation with organizations maintaining


operational relations with UNESCO. It shall also indicate the results of co-operation implemented under framework agreements concluded with certainorganizations, and make recommendations on the renewal of such frameworkagreements. Finally, it shall contain a list of those organizations whose lack ofcollaboration has resulted in the automatic termination of formal or operationalrelations with UNESCO, in accordance with these Directives (Section I,paragraph 6.2 and Section II, paragraph 5.1).

VI. REQUESTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT ORMODIFICATION OF RELATIONS

1. The Executive Board shall rule once a year on matters within its mandaterelating to the establishment of relations between UNESCO and non-governmental organizations, as defined in these Directives.

2. The Director-General shall ensure that the Executive Board is informed ofevery decision taken by him under the terms of these Directives.

3. Requests for the establishment or modification of formal relations shall besubmitted no later than 31 December of each year.

4. Requests for the establishment of operational relations may be submittedat any time. They shall be accompanied by a copy of the statutes and of theinstrument of legal recognition of the organization, a list of members, with theirnationalities, a recent report covering at least two years of activities and a briefdescription of the projects that the organization hopes to implement in co-operation with UNESCO.

VII. INFORMAL RELATIONS

1. UNESCO may maintain informal relations with other non-governmentalorganizations.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.4 Sexennial report by the Executive Board to the General Conference on thecontribution made to UNESCO’s activities by international non-governmental organizations (1988-1993) (146 EX/35 and 146 EX/53)


1. Having examined and amended document 146 EX/35,

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

‘The General Conference,

Having examined the sexennial report submitted to it by the ExecutiveBoard on the contribution made to UNESCO’s activities by internationalnon-governmental organizations (categories A, B and C) from 1988 to1993, in application of Section VIII.3 of the Directives adopted at itseleventh session and amended at its fourteenth session,


Considering that participation by international non-governmentalorganizations in UNESCO’s task is an ideal means of associating peopleeverywhere with its work, particularly the appropriate scientific andintellectual communities and movements reflecting public opinion that areconcerned with the development of education, science, culture andcommunication in the world,

Recalling that such co-operation is based on Article XI of UNESCO’sConstitution and is governed by Directives that constitute the frameworkfor its implementation,

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the clear and concise presentation ofthe report, with the evaluation it contains and with the proposals forthe improvement of co-operation between UNESCO and NGOsthat emerge from it;

2. Thanks the Executive Board, the Director-General and the NGOStanding Committee for the contribution they have made to thepreparation of this report;

3. Stresses the efforts made by the NGOs themselves in thecontribution they were asked to provide to the preparation of thisreport;

4. Welcomes the useful dialogue and mutual confidence established onthis occasion, which have created a climate conducive to thecontinuation in the future of relations of constructive collaborationbetween UNESCO and NGOs;

5. Expresses the hope that this dialogue may continue and becomemore rewarding within the Executive Board, especially as a result ofthe work done by its NGO Committee;

6. Considers that 25 C/Resolution 37, adopted by the GeneralConference following its examination of the report covering theprevious period, has been carefully implemented by the Director-General and that co-operation with NGOs has been maintained at ahigh level despite the low level of the Organization’s resourcesduring the period now ending;

7. Thanks those international non-governmental organizations thathave in an efficient manner combined their own resources with themeans made available to them by UNESCO, especially in the formof subventions and contracts, enabling them to associate the variousscientific, cultural and educational communities they represent withthe implementation of UNESCO’s programme;

8. Also thanks the many organizations that, despite having received nofinancial assistance from UNESCO during the six-year period nowending, have nevertheless taken part in UNESCO’s activities and inthe extension of its influence in the world;


9. Stresses the importance of improving and strengthening co-operation between UNESCO and NGOs so that UNESCO, inaccordance with its terms of reference, may develop, as regardsboth numbers and quality, the networks of experts from which itmust necessarily draw its support;

10. Also stresses the need, in improving such co-operation, to bear inmind the elements determined in its Medium-Term Strategy for1996-2001;

11. Expresses the wish that, in the development of this co-operation,account be taken at the same time of the diversity of NGOs and ofthe role UNESCO must necessarily play as regards co-ordinationand follow-up, at headquarters and through its decentralized units;

12. Welcomes the establishment of a data base within the Secretariat soas to ensure greater transparency in regard to informationconcerning NGOs and to promote better knowledge of the servicesthey are capable of rendering to international co-operation;

13. Reminds NGOs of the obligations entailed by their acceptance ofthe revised Directives, which are indissociable from admission to orcontinuation in the status of organizations maintaining relations withUNESCO;

14. Requests the Director-General to do everything possible to providethe Standing Committee of NGOs with the secretariat services itneeds in order to operate, the provision of such services being inaccordance with the Directives;

15. Invites the Director-General, in so far as is possible, to build up thestrength of the various Secretariat sectors of the staff withresponsibility for co-ordinating and following up UNESCO’s co-operation with NGOs, so that greater use and the best possibleutilization may be made of the networks these organizationsconstitute by developing communication between NGOs andUNESCO;

16. Recommends, with respect to programme preparation:

(a) that NGOs reply more promptly, and in greater numbers, tothe consultations undertaken by the Director-General,particularly concerning the preparation of UNESCO’smedium-term strategy and programme and budget;

(b) that the Director-General:

(i) modify the procedures for consulting NGOs,individually and collectively, on the preparation offuture draft biennial programmes and medium-termstrategies so that they yield fuller and better results;


(ii) intensify formal and informal sectoral consultationsbetween the Secretariat and NGOs in order to increasethe complementarity of their respective efforts in thepreparation and implementation of UNESCO’sactivities;

(iii) decentralize, to the greatest possible extent, the sectoraland intersectoral NGO collective consultations;

17. Recommends, with respect to programme execution, that theDirector-General:

(a) encourage joint projects undertaken by NGOs that reflectUNESCO’s interdisciplinary programmes, adopted by itsMember States;

(b) support the creation of regional networks specializing inUNESCO’s fields of competence in co-operation with NGOs,in so far as these meet a demand;

(c) associate the largest possible number of NGOs withUNESCO’s Co-Action Programme;

(d) invite NGOs, on as broad a basis as possible, to attendconferences on specialized subjects as observers and,whenever UNESCO’s resources allow, invite eminent personsand representatives of NGOs to participate in these meetingsas experts;

(e) conclude framework agreements with key umbrella NGOsthat are representative, effective and competent, so as toassociate them effectively with UNESCO’s activities, in thespirit of 27 C/Resolution 13.141;

(f) draw on existing procedures and investigate the possibility ofadding new ones to extend co-operation with NGOs in theexecution of UNESCO’s programme and make full use of thefindings of review and assessment documents;

(g) take all necessary steps to ensure that contributions by NGOsmaintaining relations with UNESCO to United Nations worldsummits are taken into account;

18. Recommends, with regard to decentralization and geographicalextension:

(a) that Member States and their National Commissions co-operate more closely with the members and nationalcommittees of NGOs;

(b) that the Director-General make appropriate provision for:


(i) strengthening the Regional Offices’ role of stimulationand co-ordination in developing activity by voluntaryorganizations, at the regional and subregional levels, inUNESCO’s various fields of competence;

(ii) contributing to the setting up, especially in the poorestregions, of regional and subregional NGOs working inUNESCO’s fields of competence and to thestrengthening of existing organizations, in the context ofthe new arrangements approved by the GeneralConference at the present session;

(c) that NGOs:

(i) intensify their efforts to achieve broad geographicalcoverage, in terms of their composition and of theiractivities, by associating with their work regional andnational bodies that are representative of civil society indeveloping countries and countries in transition;

(ii) with the same aim, establish closer co-operation withNational Commissions, particularly through increasedparticipation by their national sections in Commissions’activities;

19. Recommends to the Executive Board, with regard to theclassification of NGOs:

(a) that, when admitting NGOs, it take account both of thedesirability of the best possible geographical balance, payingparticular attention to requests from developing countries -according to the priorities defined within the framework of theMedium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001 -, and of the nature ofthe desired co-operation with UNESCO;

(b) that it review all admissions in the light of the revisedDirectives and the commitment undertaken by NGOs thathave confirmed their desire for co-operation;

20. Instructs the Executive Board to provide for the introduction offinancial and material co-operation arrangements corresponding tothe Directives revised at this session, and for the possible lateradaptation of those financial arrangements;

21. Recommends, lastly, that a joint study be carried out by theExecutive Board and the Director-General to prepare foramendment of the provisions approved by the General Conferenceat its twenty-sixth session concerning relations between UNESCOand foundations and similar institutions, with a view to adapting


them to the Directives concerning relations between UNESCO andNGOs as revised at this session’.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.5 Relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States (146 EX/19 andAdd. and 146 EX/52)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/19, submitted by the Director-General, concerning the relations that may be established between theCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and UNESCO, and havingtaken note of the letter of 24 April 1995 sent to the Director-General bythe Permanent Delegate to UNESCO of Ukraine, which is reproduced indocument 146 EX/19 Add.,

2. Authorizes the Director-General to undertake negotiations with theExecutive Secretary of the CIS, in accordance with Article XI,paragraph 1, of the Constitution, with a view to the preparation of a draftagreement between UNESCO and the CIS concerning the establishmentof formal relations between them;

3. Requests the Director-General to submit the draft agreement to it at asubsequent session for approval.

(146 EX/SR.14)

7.6 Representation of Member States in subsidiary organs (146 EX/47)



2. Takes note of its contents;

3. Decides to place this question on the agenda of its 147th session, in orderthat, following intersessional consultations conducted by the Chairpersonsof the Electoral Groups within and between these groups, on the basis ofa careful and detailed analysis of the situation of each of the subsidiaryorgans, consensus proposals can be transmitted to the General Conferenceat its twenty-eighth session.

(146 EX/SR.10)


ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

8.1 Report by the Director-General on budget adjustments authorized withinthe Appropriation Resolution for 1994-1995 (146 EX/36 and 146 EX/55)


1. Having examined the transfers proposed by the Director-General withinthe 1994-1995 budget, in accordance with the terms of the AppropriationResolution adopted by the General Conference in 27 C/Resolution 14,para. A(d) and (e), (146 EX/36, Parts I and II) and the recommendationsof the joint meeting of its Programme and External Relations and Financeand Administrative Commissions thereon (146 EX/55),

2. Approves the following between-line transfers amounting to $4,918,900to cover increases in staff costs and in goods and services on account ofinflation and statutory factors:

TransfersAppropriation line

To From

$ $PART I - GENERAL POLICY AND DIRECTIONØ General ConferenceØ Executive BoardØ DirectorateØ Services of the DirectorateØ Participation in the Joint Machinery of the

United Nations System

Total, Part I

6,90047,20022,600

297,400

- ________

374,100

----

-________

-

PART II - PROGRAMME EXECUTION ANDSERVICES

A. Major Programme AreasØ Major Programme Area IØ Major Programme Area IIØ Major Programme Area IIIØ Major Programme Area IVØ Major Programme Area V

Subtotal, Part II.A

1,046,700539,100418,900254,900250,200

_________2,509,800

-----

________-


B. Transverse Themes, Programmes andActivitiesØ 'Priority: Africa' programmeØ Programme for Central and Eastern European

DevelopmentØ Clearing houseØ Statistical programmes and servicesØ UNESCO Publishing OfficeØ UNESCO Courier Office

Subtotal, Part II.B

Total, Part II

17,100

6,50064,30077,10070,60045,400

_________281,000

_________2,790,800

-

-----

________-

________-

PART III - SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMMEEXECUTIONPART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVESERVICESPART V - MAINTENANCE AND SECURITYPART VII - ANTICIPATED COST INCREASES

Total, Parts I to VII

980,200

524,200249,600

-_________

4,918,900

-

--

4,918,900________

4,918,900

3. Approves the following transfers for the activities listed in paragraph 18of document 146 EX/36, Part II:

Appropriation line

27 C/5Approved

asRedeployment

27 C/5Approved

as adjustedadjusted1

To From

$ $ $ $

PART I - GENERAL POLICYAND DIRECTIONØ General ConferenceØ Executive BoardØ DirectorateØ Services of the DirectorateØ Participation in the Joint

Machinery of the UnitedNations System

Total, Part I

6,015,3007,534,9001,534,300

17,121,400

1,328,800__________33,534,700

----

-_______

-

----

-________

-

6,015,3007,534,9001,534,300

17,121,400

1,328,800__________

33,534,700

PART II - PROGRAMMEEXECUTION AND SERVICES

A. Major Programme AreasØ Major Programme Area IØ Major Programme Area IIØ Major Programme Area IIIØ Major Programme Area IVØ Major Programme Area V

Subtotal, Part II.A

98,362,76658,944,14443,438,33528,777,30026,269,959

__________255,792,504

----

805,200_______805,200

-----

________-

98,362,76658,944,14443,438,33528,777,30027,075,159

__________256,597,704

1. 27 C/5 Approved plus between-line transfers and donations approved by the Executive

Board at its 144th and 145th sessions.


B. Transverse Themes,Programmes and ActivitiesØ 'Priority: Africa' programmeØ Programme for Central and

Eastern EuropeanDevelopment

Ø Clearing houseØ Statistical programmes and

servicesØ UNESCO Publishing OfficeØ UNESCO Courier Office

Subtotal, Part II.B

Total, Part II

1,194,100

589,1005,011,600

5,492,6004,671,2004,022,700

__________20,981,300

__________276,773,804

-

--

---

_______-

_______805,200

-

--

---

________-

________-

1,194,100

589,1005,011,600

5,492,6004,671,2004,022,700

__________20,981,300

__________277,579,004

PART III - SUPPORT FORPROGRAMME EXECUTIONPART IV - GENERALADMINISTRATIVESERVICESPART V - MAINTENANCEAND SECURITYPART VI - CAPITALEXPENDITURE Provision for obligatory expenditure

PART VII - ANTICIPATEDCOST INCREASES

Total, Parts I to VII

65,981,800

39,368,086

30,866,600

1,348,400

290,000

7,816,800__________455,980,190

-

-

-

-

-

-_______805,200

405,200

100,000

300,000

-

-

-________805,200

65,576,600

39,268,086

30,566,600

1,348,400

290,000

7,816,800__________455,980,190

4. Having examined the report by the Director-General on donations andspecial contributions received since the 145th session of the ExecutiveBoard and appropriated to the regular budget (146 EX/36, Part III),

5. Expresses its appreciation to the donors listed in paragraph 20 ofdocument 146 EX/36;

6. Takes notes that the Director-General has, as a consequence of thesedonations and special contributions, adjusted the appropriations to theregular budget by increasing it by an amount of $1,094,946 as follows:

$Part II.A - Major Programme Area I 293,983Part II.A - Major Programme Area II 350,363Part II.A - Major Programme Area III 405,488Part II.A - Major Programme Area IV 20,000Part II.A - Major Programme Area V 25,112

_________Total 1,094,946

7. Invites the Director-General, in future transfer reports, to make a cleardistinction between transfers that require prior approval by the ExecutiveBoard and those that are allocated in the case of urgent and specialactivities;


8. Recommends further that for all transfers between appropriation linesamounting to more than $50,000 more details be provided in his report,and that transfers that significantly change the priorities approved by theGeneral Conference be submitted to the Programme and ExternalRelations Commission before approval by the Executive Board;

9. Invites the Director-General to report to it on this matter at its147th session.

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.2 Report by the Director-General on the cash situation and on borrowingauthority, including proposals for the disposition of funds carried overfrom 1992-1993 (Option C) and a possible innovative contributionincentive scheme (146 EX/37 and Add.; 146 EX/52 and 146 EX/54)

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1. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the cash situationand on borrowing authority, including proposals for the disposition offunds carried over from 1992-1993 (Option C) and a possible innovativecontribution incentive scheme (146 EX/37 and Add.), and having takennote of the up-to-date information provided in the debate in the Financeand Administrative Commission during the current session,

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2. Expresses its gratitude to Member States that have paid theircontributions for 1995 and to those that have speeded up the payment oftheir contributions in response to appeals;

3. Noting that while many Member States have paid their assessedcontributions for 1995 and previous years many more Member States arein arrears in the payment of the amounts assessed, with the result that at30 April 1995 contributions due totalled $237,430,850, includingcumulative arrears for previous years totalling $94,133,498,

4. Expresses deep concern at the possible adverse impact on the approvedprogramme of work of persistent late payment and non-payment ofcontributions assessed;

5. Regrets that there has been an insufficient improvement in contributionpayments since the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference,with the result that the Director-General, on the basis of27 C/Resolution 26.41, has entered into internal and external borrowingarrangements in order to supplement the resources of the Working CapitalFund;

6. Believing that borrowing to overcome the cash flow deficit entails a heavyburden of interest payments and should be discouraged, strongly supports


the approaches that the Director-General is continuing to make toMember States in arrears with a view to obtaining timely payment ofcontributions;

7. Recalls that the prompt payment of contributions is an obligationdevolving upon Member States under the Constitution and the FinancialRegulations of the Organization and that it determines the right to vote atthe General Conference;

8. Calls upon Member States, in application of 27 C/Resolution 26.41, totake the necessary steps to ensure that their contributions are paid in fullat as early a date as possible;

9. Urges Member States to inform the Director-General promptly, as far aspossible, of the probable date, amount and method of payment of theforthcoming contribution, in order to facilitate his management of theOrganization's treasury function;

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10. Taking note of the information provided by the Director-General on theuse of borrowing authority during the current financial period and of hisproposal that borrowing authority be renewed under similar conditions forthe forthcoming financial period,

11. Recommends to the General Conference that the Director-General beauthorized to negotiate and contract, as an exceptional measure, short-term external loans with lenders of his choice, when it becomes necessary,up to the strict minimum required, to enable the Organization to meet itsfinancial commitments during 1996-1997, and that he be requested toreport thereon to the Executive Board at its earliest subsequent session;

12. Invites the Director-General to report to it at its 147th session on theimplementation of the Contingency Planning Mechanism established byhim to ensure rational execution of the programme, having regard to thecash situation;

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13. Having considered the proposals made by the Director-General, in answerto 145 EX/Decision 7.3, on a possible innovative positive incentivescheme to encourage prompt payment of contributions,

14. Noting that the existing incentive scheme introduced with effect from1 January 1988 for a trial period of four years was extended by theGeneral Conference for a further four-year period, which is due to expireon 31 December 1995,

15. Considering that the results obtained from the operation of the existingincentive scheme to date have been inadequate, inter alia because theresources available for distribution to Member States have not beensufficient to encourage the prompt payment of contributions due,


16. Noting further the additional resources identified in document 146 EX/37that could be utilized for incentive measures should the GeneralConference so decide,

17. Recommends to the General Conference that the existing positiveincentive scheme be modified and continued in a new form for anexperimental six-year period with effect from 1 January 1996, as follows:

(a) the resources to be distributed to eligible Member States shallconsist of:

(i) all other income classified as miscellaneous income within thedefinition of Financial Regulation 7.1 except UNDP supportcosts, net of exchange adjustments and interest costs onborrowing, and taking into account the balance on thecurrency fluctuation account of the split-level assessmentsystem;

(ii) interest on investments of the Working Capital Fund;

(iii) contributions resulting from the assessment on new MemberStates under the provisions of Financial Regulation 5.9,exclusive of contributions that may be assessed on any of thethree States that withdrew from the Organization in 1984-1985 should they rejoin;

(iv) any unobligated or unspent balances of appropriationsavailable for apportionment to Member States as defined inFinancial Regulations 4.3 and 4.4, after deducting therefromany contributions relating to the appropriation of eachfinancial period that remain unpaid;

(v) subject to the decision to be taken on financing the increase inthe level of the Working Capital Fund, the above-mentionedresources shall include for 1996-1997 the other income,Part VIII and budget surpluses for 1992-1993 and previousfinancial periods that have not already been distributed,together with miscellaneous income of the 1996-1997financial period; in this connection no deduction shall be madefrom the appropriation voted for 1996-1997, in respect ofestimated miscellaneous income of that biennium, for thepurpose of determining the assessments on Member States;

(b) incentive points of eligible Member States shall be calculated byreference to the weighted scale shown in Annex VI of document126 EX/35, taking into account dates and amounts of contributionspaid, rounded to the nearest thousand dollars;

(c) the funds available from the sources defined above at the end of thefinancial period shall be prorated to Member States that have paid infull their contributions assessed by the end of each year of thefinancial period concerned; if a Member State that has not paid in


full for the first year pays the amount assessed for both years of thefinancial period before the end of the second year, that MemberState will qualify for incentive points in the second year on the basisof contributions paid in respect of the amount assessed for thatsecond year;

(d) the share of resources to be distributed to each Member State shallbe calculated in the proportion of the incentive points accumulatedby the Member State to the total pool of incentive points for theentire financial period;

(e) the appropriate share of each eligible Member State shall bededucted from the contribution assessed on it for the second year ofthe subsequent financial period;

18. Further recommends to the General Conference that the relevantprovisions of Financial Regulations 4.3, 4.4, 5.2 and 7.1 be suspendedover the six-year experimental period commencing 1 January 1996 inorder to facilitate implementation of the modified incentive scheme herebyproposed;

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19. Having considered the Director-General’s proposals on the future use andfinal disposition of the unobligated balance of appropriations amountingto $8,568,899 carried forward from the 1992-1993 financial period,

20. Authorizes the Director-General to use $1,500,000 for theimplementation and financing of the Renovation Plan (27 C/Res-olution 36, Part I, para. 3);

21. Authorizes the Director-General to use $4,186,000 for the execution ofprogrammes approved at this session, drawing on the unobligated balanceof appropriations for 1992-1993 carried forward from that biennium;

22. Decides to review the Director-General’s proposal on the remaining$2.88 million of Option C at its 147th session;

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23. Requests the Director-General to report to it at its 147th session on themeasures taken to implement this decision;

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24. Recalling the Draft Programme and Budget for 1996-1997 (28 C/5),paragraph 02412, concerning the contribution of UNESCO to thepreparation and follow-up of the second United Nations Conference onHuman Settlements (Habitat II),


25. Bearing in mind the importance of Habitat II, to take place in June 1996in Istanbul, given that questions of cities and human settlements in ruralareas are among the major problems in all regions of the world,

26. Also bearing in mind the necessity of fostering co-operation between theorganizations of the United Nations system,

27. Considering that UNESCO should make a significant, high-levelcontribution to the preparation of Habitat II in its major fields ofcompetence,

28. Given the fact that such a contribution should start already in 1995,

29. Invites the Director-General to add $60,000 for the activities representingUNESCO’s contribution to the preparation of Habitat II to the fundsalready proposed for allocation under the social and human sciencesprogramme, as part of the priority activities to be financed underOption C;

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30. Invites the Director-General to report to it in detail at its 147th session onthe final allocation of the amount of $4.2 million to priority programmes(Option C).

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.3 Recommendations by the Director-General concerning possible reforms inthe procedures to be followed in consideration of requests from MemberStates to vote at sessions of the General Conference invoking the terms ofArticle IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution (146 EX/38 and146 EX/54)


1. Taking into account the Director-General’s recommendations on possiblereforms in the procedures to be followed by governing bodies inconsideration of requests from Member States to vote at sessions of theGeneral Conference invoking the terms of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c),of the Constitution (146 EX/38),

2. Considering that the Executive Board should no longer considercommunications received from Member States invoking the provisions ofArticle IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution after the twenty-eighthsession of the General Conference,

3. Recommends to the General Conference that paragraphs 3 and 4 ofRule 79 of its Rules of Procedure be deleted and replaced by thefollowing paragraphs:


(a) before each ordinary session of the General Conference theDirector-General shall notify Member States in danger of losingvoting rights of the relevant provisions of the Constitution at leastsix months before the General Conference session is due to open;

(b) any communication invoking the provisions of Article IV.C,paragraph 8(c), shall be referred to the Administrative Commissionof the General Conference, which shall take up the matter at thecommencement of its work and issue a report thereon to theConference in plenary meeting as a matter of priority; in the absenceof such a communication the right to vote cannot be granted;

(c) the deadline for submission of requests to be considered by theAdministrative Commission shall be the day prior to thecommencement of its work;

(d) pending a decision on the communications by the GeneralConference in plenary meeting, any Member State that hassubmitted a communication requesting the right to vote shall beentitled to vote at the Conference and on any of its committees orcommissions;

(e) in its report to the General Conference on cases where it is invitedto make a recommendation, the Administrative Commission shall:

(i) explain the nature of the conditions that render failure to paybeyond the Member State's control;

(ii) give information on the Member State’s history of payment ofits contributions in preceding years and on request(s) forvoting rights under Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of theConstitution;

(iii) state the measures that should be taken to settle the arrears -normally a payment plan for settlement of such arrears inannual instalments over a period of three biennia, with anundertaking to settle future annual assessed contributions ontime;

(f) any decision that may be taken by the Conference to permit aMember State in arrears in the payment of its contribution to voteshall be made conditional upon the Member State’s complying withany recommendations for settlement of the arrears made by theConference;

(g) resolutions adopted by the General Conference to permit a MemberState to vote will require a two-thirds majority of the Memberspresent and voting;

(h) after the Conference has approved an arrangement under which thearrears of a Member State are consolidated and are payable inannual instalments over a period of years, any decision by the


Conference permitting that Member State to vote shall be valid aslong as the Member concerned pays both its assessed contributionsand the instalments payable on its consolidated arrears during theyears in respect of which they are due;

4. Further recommends to the General Conference that it amend in a suitablefashion Rule 81 of its Rules of Procedure;

5. Invites the Director-General to transmit these recommendations to theGeneral Conference at its twenty-eighth session;

6. Further invites the Director-General to bring to the attention of allMember States in danger of losing voting rights at the twenty-eighthsession of the General Conference the text of paragraph 12 of26 C/Resolution 23.31, at least three months before the opening of thetwenty-eighth session.

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.4 Ways and means of appointing an external auditor to the Organization(146 EX/39 and 146 EX/54)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/39, relating to the procedure forappointing an external auditor to the Organization,

2. Requests the Director-General to prepare proposals on precise ways andmeans of doing so in a document, to be submitted to the GeneralConference at its twenty-eighth session, that will be examined first by theExecutive Board at its 147th session, taking into consideration thefollowing guidelines:

(a) modification of Article 12.1 of UNESCO’s Financial Regulations assuggested in paragraph 11 of document 146 EX/39 in order toensure a cost-effective term of office of (six) years combined with aperiodic rotation of this important service among Auditors-Generalof different Member States;

(b) as regards the Director-General’s circular letter inviting applicationsfor appointment as External Auditor, it should be dispatched at least(ten) months prior to the session of the General Conference atwhich the appointment is to be made, and applications should bereceived not later than (four) months before the session.Applications received after this deadline should not be taken intoconsideration. Furthermore, the circular letter, in addition torequesting the information requested in the past concerning theproposed candidates, should also request that the text of any letterof engagement a future external auditor might address to theGeneral Conference be included in the information supplied bycandidates;


(c) the External Auditor shall be chosen by the General Conference bymeans of a secret ballot;

(d) the General Conference resolution recording the appointment of anexternal auditor shall include the fee requested by her/him inpresenting her/his application for appointment.

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.5 Twentieth annual report (1994) of the International Civil ServiceCommission: report by the Director-General (146 EX/40 and 146 EX/54)


1. Having examined document 146 EX/40, containing the Director-General'sreport on the twentieth annual report of the International Civil ServiceCommission (1994),

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2. Takes note of:

(a) the twentieth annual report (1994) by the International Civil ServiceCommission;

(b) resolution 49/223 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly;

(c) the request by the United Nations General Assembly, in Section II,paragraph 5, of its resolution 49/223, for staff bodies, theorganizations and the International Civil Service Commission toexamine with all urgency the best ways of improving theCommission’s consultation procedures;

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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 theInternational Civil Service Commission.

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.6 Report by the Director-General on the use by the Secretariat andfinancing of special advisers and outside consultants (146 EX/41 and146 EX/54)


1. Recalling 144 EX/Decision 6.6 and 145 EX/Decision 5.1, Part VI,


2. Recalling also the discussion at its 144th and 145th sessions,

3. Having examined document 146 EX/41 and other information documentson this subject, which contain, in particular, the additional informationrequested on consultants and special advisers,

4. Aware that an appropriate balance between permanent staff, comprisingcompetent programme managers and specialists, and short-term outsideexperts is important for cost-effective programme implementation,bearing in mind that interdisciplinarity requires more particularly the useof professional staff;

5. Reaffirming the necessity that those outside experts be recruited from allregions of the world and of regularly updating the roster of consultants,

6. Invites the Director-General to ensure the optimal use of consultants andto have recourse only to highly specialized experts for specific missions ofvery limited duration;

7. Invites the Director-General to ensure that all UNESCO’s criteria andprocedures are applied in the appointment of UNESCO consultants andstaff;

8. Also stresses that recourse to consultants, if not budgeted for in theApproved Budget, should not be financed by curtailment of approvedprogrammes.

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.7 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of personnel policy(146 EX/42 and 146 EX/54)


1. Recalling 27 C/Resolution 32.2,

2. Takes note of the report by the Director-General on the implementationof personnel policy (146 EX/42);

3. Also notes that, in accordance with 27 C/Resolution 32.2, the Director-General will report to the General Conference at its twenty-eighth sessionon the implementation of this personnel policy;

4. Invites the Director-General, in preparing his report on personnel policyto the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session, to take intoaccount the discussions on this subject at the 146th session of theExecutive Board.

(146 EX/SR.14)


8.8 Report by the Director-General on the implementation and financing ofthe Renovation Plan for Headquarters Buildings (146 EX/43 and Add. and146 EX/54)


1. Having examined documents 146 EX/43 and Add., containing,respectively, the report by the Director-General and the HeadquartersCommittee’s recommendations on the implementation and financing ofthe Renovation Plan for Headquarters Buildings,

2. Takes note of the work carried out since the 145th session in connectionwith the implementation of the Renovation Plan for HeadquartersBuildings;

3. Welcomes the establishment by the Director-General and theHeadquarters Committee of a group to monitor the Board’s appeal(144 EX/Decision 6.8, Part II, and 145 EX/Decision 7.7) for voluntarycontributions to finance the renovation work in connection with thefiftieth anniversary of the Organization;

4. Notes with satisfaction the establishment by the Director-General of aspecial account for the receipt of voluntary contributions;

5. Appeals again to all Member States to contribute on the occasion of thefiftieth anniversary to the renovation of the Headquarters buildings, andinvites the Headquarters Committee to continue its work on theimplementation of the Renovation Plan, on the basis of the mandate issuedto it by the General Conference and the Executive Board;

6. Decides to earmark $1.5 million from Option C, as decided by the GeneralConference in 27 C/Resolution 36;

7. Requests the Director-General to report to it at its 147th session, afterconsulting the Headquarters Committee, on the implementation of theRenovation Plan.

(146 EX/SR.14)

8.9 Consultation in pursuance of Rule 57 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (146 EX/PRIV.1)

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

(146 EX/SR.12)


ITEM 9 GENERAL MATTERS

9.1 Report by the Director-General on the possible forms of UNESCO’sparticipation in the international community’s endeavours to promote co-operation in combating the danger of terrorism (146 EX/44 and 146 EX/52)



2. Takes note of its content.

(146 EX/SR.14)

9.2 Proposals by Member States for the celebration of anniversaries withwhich UNESCO should be associated in 1996-1997 (146 EX/45 and Add.and Corr. and 146 EX/52)


1. Having considered the report by the Director-General contained indocument 146 EX/45,

2. Noting that, according to the procedure for the selection of anniversarieswith which the Organization should be associated, adopted at its 132ndsession (132 EX/Decision 9.1), Member States’ proposals are sent to theDirector-General at least one year before the biennium in which thecelebrations are to be held,

3. Recommends to the General Conference:

(a) that UNESCO associate itself with the following celebrations in1996-1997:

(i) hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Cuban painterAmelia Peláez del Casal;

(ii) hundredth anniversary of the death of the Cuban literarycritic Manuel de la Cruz Fernández;

(iii) hundredth anniversary of the death of the Cuban naturalistJuan Cristóbal Gundlach;

(iv) seven-hundredth anniversary of the city of Chiang Mai inThailand;

(v) hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Russian chemistNikolai Nikolaevich Semenov;

(vi) four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Frenchphilosopher René Descartes;


(vii) two-hundredth anniversary of the invention of lithography inthe Czech Republic;

(viii) hundredth anniversary of the death of the Bulgarian writerAleko Konstantinov;

(ix) thousandth anniversary of the death of the Czech writerAldabert (Vojtech) Slavnikovec;

(x) two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Cubanphilosopher José Antonio Saco;

(xi) hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Belgian painterPaul Delvaux;

(xii) two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the poet MirzaAsadullah Khan Ghalib;

(xiii) one-thousand-three-hundred-and-fifth anniversary of thebuilding of the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra);

(xiv) hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of NikolaiNikolaevich Niklukho-Maklai;

(xv) eight-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the foundation ofthe city of Moscow;

(xvi) hundredth anniversary of the rebirth of the Olympic Games;

(xvii) hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jean Piaget;

(xviii) hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mukhtar Auezov;

(xix) hundredth anniversary of the death of the Braziliancomposer Carlos Gomes;

(xx) fiftieth anniversary of the accession of His Majesty the Kingof Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej to the throne;

(xxi) five-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the creation andproclamation of the Korean alphabet (Han-gul);

(xxii) two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Frenchlandscape painter Jean-Baptiste Corot;

(xxiii) three-hundredth anniversary of the completion of Bayle’sHistorical and Critical Dictionary;

(xxiv) hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Turkish poet andwriter Hasan Ali Yücel;

(xxv) seven-hundredth anniversary of the death of the Turkishhumorist Nasreddin Hoca (Mulla Nasruddin, Goha);


(b) that the Organization’s contribution to these celebrations be, as ageneral rule, financed under the Participation Programme, inaccordance with the rules governing that programme;

4. Requests the Director-General to keep the list open until its 147th session.

(146 EX/SR.14)

9.3 The situation of the cultural and architectural heritage and of educationaland cultural institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina (146 EX/46 and146 EX/52)



2. Thanks the Director-General and Member States for their efforts topreserve the cultural and architectural heritage and improve the situationof educational institutions and communication in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

3. Recalling 27 C/Resolution 4.8, 139 EX/Decision 7.5, 140 EX/Deci-sion 8.4, 141 EX/Decision 9.3, 142 EX/Decision 9.2, 144 EX/Deci-sion 7.3 and 145 EX/Decision 8.2, on the situation of the cultural andarchitectural heritage and of educational and cultural institutions in Bosniaand Herzegovina,

4. Taking note of the action plan that comprises the establishment of abranch of the UNESCO Sarajevo Office in Mostar and financial andtechnical support for the emergency works to consolidate the monumentsof Mostar,

5. Requests the Director-General to carry out all UNESCO’s activities in thefields of education, culture and communication through the UNESCOOffice in Sarajevo, in close co-operation with the responsible authoritiesof the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;

6. Requests the Director-General to take the measures needed to provideprotection by UNESCO for the cultural and architectural heritage of thecity of Mostar and its educational institutions and, in particular, to assistthe authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at their request, to prepare anapplication for the inclusion of Mostar in the World Heritage List;

7. Also requests the Director-General to take into account the urgent needsof the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina inpreparing projects in the field of education, in particular the restoration ofschool buildings and supply of educational material and books;

8. Also requests the Director-General to review the resolution and decisionsadopted by the General Conference and the Executive Board respectivelywith a view to giving impetus to the full implementation of them;


9. Further requests the Director-General to submit to it, at its 147th session,a report on the follow-up and implementation of this decision, to besubmitted to the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session.

(146 EX/SR.14)

9.4 Dates of the 147th session1

Special Committee 2-4 October 1995

Committee on Conventionsand Recommendations 2-4, 5 (p.m.) and 7 October 1995

Bureau 5 October 1995

Plenary and commission meetings 6-20 October 1995

(146 EX/SR.15)

9.5 Thanks to the Moroccan authorities


1. Recalling the kind invitation of His Majesty King Hassan II and of theGovernment of Morocco to hold the concluding meetings of its146th session in Fez, Morocco, on 3 and 4 June 1995,

2. Welcoming the opportunity thus afforded it to examine, upon thesuggestion of Morocco, the question of the conservation of old cities aspart of the cultural heritage, seen within the context of modernurbanization, in the highly relevant setting of Fez,

3. Further welcoming the possibility this visit provided to enhanceUNESCO’s activities in one of its Member States, and the deep interestshown in the Organization and its programmes,

4. Having greatly appreciated the cultural programme organized for it onthis occasion, including notably visits to the Medina of Fez, UniversityAlahawayne of Ifrane and the King Hassan II Mosque of Casablanca,

5. Noting with pleasure the signing of a memorandum of understandingbetween the Kingdom of Morocco and UNESCO concerning the creationof an international craft centre,

6. Recalling the audience that His Majesty King Hassan II of Moroccograciously granted to the Members of the Executive Board and to theDirector-General, and emphasizing Morocco’s role in international co-operation and the furtherance of mutual understanding, especially inUNESCO’s areas of competence,

1 As in the past, the Executive Board will remain in session during the session of the General Conference

(25 October-16 November 1995).


7. Noting with deep satisfaction the warm hospitality and many facilitiesmade available to it during its stay in Morocco,

8. Aware of the efforts made by the authorities and people of the Kingdomto preserve their magnificent cultural and architectural heritage,

9. Pays tribute, while in this city of Fez, to the memory of one of its greatsons, Mohamed El Fasi, an eminent intellectual and man of culture who,at the same time as serving his King and his country, made a seminalcontribution to the work of UNESCO and particularly of its ExecutiveBoard;

10. Expresses its profound gratitude to His Majesty King Hassan II and to theGovernment and people of Morocco, and to the authorities and citizens ofFez, for their generous welcome.

(146 EX/SR.18)

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON31 MAY 1995

At the private meetings held on 31 May 1995 the Executive Board considered items 3.2and 8.9 of its agenda.

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: examination ofcommunications transmitted to the Committee in pursuance of104 EX/Decision 3.3 (146 EX/3 PRIV.)

1. The Executive Board examined the report by its Committee on Conventions andRecommendations concerning the communications received by the Organizationon the subject of cases and questions of alleged violations of human rights inUNESCO’s fields of competence;

2. It took note of the narrative part of the report, and endorsed the wishesexpressed by the Committee.

8.9 Consultation in pursuance of Rule 57 of the Rules of Procedure of the ExecutiveBoard (146 EX/PRIV.1)

In accordance with Rule 57 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, theDirector-General, having informed it of the decisions he had taken since its 145thsession and was intending to take concerning personnel policies, appointments, postreclassifications and promotions of officials at grade D-1 and above, consulted itconcerning appointments and extension of the contracts of a number of officials atgrade D-1 and above.

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