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U N I T E D N A T I O N S E D U C A T I O N A L , S C I E N T I F I C A N D C U L T U R A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N

EXECUTIVE BOARD EXEighty-third Session 83 EX/Decisions

PARIS, 25 October 1969

RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THEEXECUTIVE BOARD AT ITS 83rd SESSION

(Paris, 15 September-10 October 1969)

It was with profound regret that the Executive Board learnedof the death of Mr. Pitty Paul Banda (Zambia), a member ofthe Executive Board, as the result of an accident in Lusaka on10 August 1969.

The Council paid tribute to his memory at the first meet-ing of the 83rd session, on 15 September 1969.

Present:

President of theGeneral Conference: H. E. Mr. William A. Eteki-Mboumoua

Chairman:(l)

-Vice-Chairmen:

H.E. Mr. Gian Franco Pompei (Italy)

H. E. Dr. Josef Grohman (Czechoslovakia)Mr. Prem N. Kirpal (India)H.E. Mr. Alberto Wagner de Reyna (Peru)

Members: H. E. Dr. Manuel Alcala (Mexico), H. E. Dr. Moshe Avidor (Israel),H. E. Mr. Amadou Hampâté Ba (Mali), H. E. Mr. Bernard Barbey(Switzerland), H. E. Professor Paulo E. de Berredo Carneiro (Brazil),Professor Jorge Cash (Chile), Mr. Samuel J. Cookey (Nigeria), Mr.Bernard B. Dadi (Ivory Coast), H. E. Dr. Atilio Dell’Oro Maini(Argentina), Mr. Etienne Dennery (France), H. E. Mr. Frederick E.De Silva (Ceylon), H. E. Mr. Tooryalay Etemadi (Afghanistan), MissLouise Gore (United States of America), Dr. Ilmo Hela (Finland) , Dr.Bernard J. E. M. de Hoog (Netherlands), Dr. Magda Joboru (Hungary),Professor Lévy Makany (Congo-Brazzaville), Mr. William A. C.Mathieson (United Kingdom), H. E. Mr. Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow(Senegal), H. E. Dr. Sarwat Okasha (United Arab Republic), Dr. FuadSaruf (Lebanon), Mr. Qudrat Ullah Shahab (Pakistan), H. E. Dr.Ahmed Taleb El Ibrahimi (Algeria), H. E. Mr. Ydkihisa Tamura(Japan), H. E. Professor Serguei L. Tikhvinsky (Union of SovietSocialist Republics)

Deputies: Mrs. Christiane Casasus de Diaz and Mrs. Maria Roux-Lopez, forH. E. Dr. Manuel Alcala (Mexico), Mrs. Miriam Lambert, for H. E.Dr. Moshe Avidor (Israel), Mr. Francois de Ziegler, for H. E. Mr.Bernard Barbey (Switzerland), H. E. Mr. Carlos Chagas and Mrs.Lourdes de Vincenzi, for H. E. Professor Paulo E. de Berredo Carneiro

(1) The chair was taken temporarily by H. E. Dr. Joseph Grohman and H. E. Mr. Alberto Wagnerde Reyna (Vice-Chairmen), at the 8th and 10th meetings,respectively.

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(Brazil), Dr. Diego Valenzuela, for Professor Jorge Cash (Chile),Mr. Gordon E. E. Umukoro, for Mr. Samuel J. Cookey (Nigeria),H. E. Dr. D. Bonifacio Lastra and Miss Teresa H. I. Flouret, forH. E. Dr. Atilio Dell’Oro Maini (Argentina), H. E. Mr. Jean Fernand-Laurent and Mr. Pierre Grenier for Mr. Etienne Dennery (France),Mr. Nadarajah Balasubramaniam, for H. E. Mr. Frederick E. DeSilva (Ceylon), H. R. H. Prince Zalmay Mahmud-Ghazi, for H. E. Mr.Tooryalay Etemadi (Afghanistan), Mr. Pierre R. Graham, Mr.Rupert Prohme, Mr. Edward T. Brennan, Dr. Annis Sandvos andMr. Richard K. Nobbe, for Miss Louise Gore (United States ofAmerica) (1) , H. E. Professor Vladimir Sedlak, Dr. Vaclav Tylnerand Mr. Jaromir Strnad, for H.E. Dr. Josef Grohman (Czechoslo-vakia) , Dr. Abebe Ambachew and Mr. Haile Michael Misginna, forDr. Aklilu Habte (Ethiopia), Mr. Paavo Rantanen and Mr. PaavoKeisalo, for Dr. Ilmo Hela (Finland), H. E. Mr. Sadi de Gorter andMr. Georges Strasser, for Dr. Bernard J.E. M. de Hoog (Nether-lands), H. E. Dr. Miklos Gergely and Mrs. Iren Berényi, for Dr.Magda Joboru (Hungary), Mr. Emmanuel Pouchpa Dass, for Mr.Prem N. Kirpal (India), H. E. Dr. Virgilio Chaverri-Ugalde and Mrs.Iris Leiva Canales de Billault, for H. E. Dr. Enrique Macaya-Lahmann(Costa Rica), Mr. Lazare Fredéric Maganga, for Professor LévyMakany (Congo-Brazzaville), Mr. William J. Smith, Mr. James A.Burgess, Miss Shirley Guiton, Mr. A. Barry Cozens and Mr. KennethD. Law, for Mr. William A. C. Mathieson (United Kingdom), Mr.Blaise Senghor, for H. E. Mr. Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow (Senegal), Mr.Robert Blackburn, for H. E. Mr. Graham McInnes (Canada), H.E.Mr. Andrew K. Tibandebage, Mr. Matthew G. Kayuza and Mr. JosephA. T. Muwowo, for H. E. Mr. Daniel Mfinanga (United Republic ofTanzania), Mr. William S. Mufana, for Mr. Basile M. Monze (Zam-bia), Dr. Salama Hammad, for H. E. Dr. Sarwat Okasha (United ArabRepublic), H. E. Mr. Giorgio Ciraolo, for H. E. Mr. Gian FrancoPompei (Italy), H. E. Dr. Boutros Dib and Mr. Salah Stetie, for Dr.Fuad Sarruf (Lebanon), H. E. Mr. Samiulla Khan Dehlavi, and Mr.Farooq Sobhan, for Mr. Qudrat Ullah Shahab (Pakistan), Mr. AhmedAnnabi, for H. E. Dr. Ahmed Taleb El Ibrahimi (Algeria), Mr. RyojiIto and Mr. Yosuke Nakae, for H. E. Mr. Yukihisa Tamura (Japan),Professor Vadim K. Sobakin, Mr. Konstantin P. Roubanik and Mr.Mitrophane P. Fedorin, for H. E. Professor Serguei L. Tikhvinsky(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), H.E. Mr. Jorge G. Llosa, forH.E. Mr. Alberto Wagner de Reyna (Peru)

Representativesand observers: United Nations:

Mr. Albert DollingerMr. Paul JankowskiMr. Guy GresfordMrs. Janine Hamel- MinneNawab M. Mir Khan (United Nations Development Programme)Mr. Pierre Coat (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees)Mr. Jean V. E. Guibbert (United Nations Children’s Fund)Miss Monica Hodgson (United Nations Children’s Fund)

International Labour Organisation:Mrs. Léon JouhauxMr. J. H. Laserre-BigorryMr. Yuri P. Chestnoy

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:Mr. Gerald Watterson

(1) On the morning of 15 September 1969, Mr. Pierre R. Graham deputized for The Hon. Katie S.Louchheim (United States of America) until the Board accepted her resignation.



Secretariat:

World Health Organization:Dr. Mohamed Sentici

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development:Mr. George C. WishartMr. Fritz Steuber

Organization of American States:Dr. Gerardo J. Schamis

Ibero-American Bureau of Education:H. E. Mr. Rodolfo Baron CastroMr. Manuel Sito Alba

League of Arab States:Mr. Ramses ChaffeyMr. Ali Mehrez

Latin American Physics Centre:Mr. Roberto Bastos da Costa

Mr. René Maheu (Director-General), Mr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah(Deputy Director-General), Mr. John E. Fobes (Assistant Director-General for Administration), Mr. Tor Gjesdal (Assistant Director-General for Communication), Mr. Mahdi Elmandjra (AssistantDirector-General for Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture),Mr. Hanna Saba (Assistant Director-General for International Stan-dards and Legal Affairs), Mr. Carlos Flexa Ribeiro (AssistantDirector-General for Education), Mr. Adriano Buzzati-Traverso(Assistant Director-General for Science), members of the Secretariat,Mr. Pierre H. Coeytaux (Secretary of the Executive Board)



CONTENTS

ITEM 1.

ITEM 2.

ITEM 3.

ITEM 4.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA . . . . , . . . . . . . .

1.1 Resignation and replacement of a member of the Executive Board

1.2 Replacement of a deceased member , . . . . . . .

APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 82nd SESSION .

METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION . . . . . . .

3.1 Report of the Executive Board’s Special Committee . . . .

3. 2 Reports of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit . . . .

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

4.1 General resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 . 1 . 1 Report by the Director-General on the implementationof resolution 9.11 adopted by the General Conferenceat its fifteenth session . . . . . . . . . .

4.2 Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. 2.1 International Education Year . . . . . . . .

4. 2. 2 Report by the Director-General on the implementationof resolution 1. 113 adopted by the General Conferenceat its fifteenth session concerning the possible estab-lishment of an education fund . . . . . . . .

4. 2. 3 Co-operation with the United Nations Relief and WorksAgency (UNRWA) . . . . . . . . . . .

4. 2. 4 Invitations to the XXXIInd session of the InternationalConference on Public Education . . . . . . .

4. 2.5 Report by the Director-General on the evaluation ofthe aid furnished by Unesco to the Latin AmericanEducational Film Institute (ILCE) . . . . . . .

4. 2. 6 General rules to govern prizes awarded formeritorious work in literacy . . . . . . . .

4. 2. 7 Amendment of the Statutes and Composition of the Inter-national Advisory Committee for Out-of-School Education

4. 2. 8 E x p e r i m e n t a l W o r l d L i t e r a c y P r o g r a m m e . . . . .

4. 3 Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture . . . . . . .

4 . 3 . 1 Report by the Director-General on the implementationof resolutions 3.342 and 3.343 adopted by the GeneralConference at its fifteenth session and on the application,in the occupied territories, of The Hague Convention forthe Protection of Cultural Property in the Event ofArmed Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.3.1.1 Burning of the Aqsa Mosque . . . . . . . . .

4. 3. 2 Unesco Prize for Architecture . . . . . . . .

4.3. 3 Reports by the Director-General and by the Presidentof the International Commissionfor a History of theScientific and Cultural Development of Mankind . . .

4 . 3 . 4 Report by the Director-General on the InternationalCampaign for Florence . . . . . . . . . . .

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4. 3. 5 Report by the Director-General on the InternationalCampaign for Venice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4. 3. 6 Invitations to the meeting of a special committee ofgovernmental experts to prepare a draft convention onthe means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit export,import and transfer of ownership of cultural property . . . . 24

4,4 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4 . 4 . 1 Invitations to the meeting of a special committee ofgovernmental experts to prepare a draft recommendationconcerning the international standardization of librarystatistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ITEM 5. PREPARATION OF THE DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1971-1972 . . 25

5.1 Important changes and innovations proposed by the Director-General with regard to the 1971-1972 biennium and the relevantsignificant budgetary factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ITEM 6. RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMMES . . 32

6. 1 Recent decisions of the organizations of the United Nationssystem of interest to Unesco . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 32

6.2. Co-operation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) . . 33

6. 3 Problems relating to the co-ordination and planning of the SecondDevelopment Decade as seen from the point of view of Unesco . . . . 34

6.4 Subventions to certain international non-governmental organizations _ . 35

ITEM 7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . 35

7. 1 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions and report on thecreation and closure of trust funds, reserve and special accounts . . . 35

7. 2 Proposed transfers within the 1969-1970 budget . . . . . . . . . 36

7. 3 Auditor’s Report on the accounts of Unesco for the two-yearfinancial period ended 31 December 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . 36

7. 4 Auditor’s Report on the accounts of Unesco relating to theTechnical Assistance component of UNDP as at 31 December 1968 . . . 36

7.5 Auditor's Report on the accounts of Unesco relating to theSpecial Fund component of UNDP as at 31 December 1968 . . . . . . 37

7. 6 Report on staff policy, with particular reference to the grantingof indeterminate contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

7.7 Changes in salaries and allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7.8 Consultation on appointments to posts in the Secretariat . . . . . . 38

ITEM 8. OTHER QUESTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

8 . 1 Dates of the 84th session of the Executive Board and of meetingsof the Board’s Commissions and Committees in 1970 . . . . . . . 39

8. 2 Representation allowance of the Chairman of the Executive Board . . . 39



ITEM 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (83 EX/l Rev. and Add. )

The Executive Board approved the Agenda given in document 83 EX/l Rev. and Add.,with the addition of item 1. 2 below.

It decided to refer the following Agenda items to the Commissions:

1. To the Programme and External Relations Commission, items 4. 1. 1,4 . 2 . 1 , 4. 2. 2, 4. 2.4, 4. 2.5, 4.2.6, 4. 2. 7, 4. 2.8, 4. 3. 2, 4 . 3 . 6 , 4 . 4 . 1 ,6. 1, 6. 2 and 6.4.

2. To the Finance and Administrative Commission, items 5. 1II B, paragraphs 162-163 and Part III, paragraphs 164-16683 EX/5, Add. and Corr. ) , 7. 1, 7. 3, 7. 4, 7. 5 and 7. 7.

(83 EX/SR. 1, 2)

(Part I, Partof document

1.1 Resignation and replacement of a member of the Executive Board (83 EX/NOM/l)

The Executive Board accepted the resignation of The Honorable Katie S. Louchheim(United States of America) and, in conformity with Article V. 4 of the Constitution,appointed Miss Louise Gore to replace her until the end of her term.

(83 EX/SR. 1)

1. 2 Replacement of a deceased member (83 EX/NOM/2)

In conformity with Article V. 4 of the Constitution, the Executive Board appointedMr. Basil Mweene Monze to fill the vacancy which has occurred as a result of thedeath of Mr. Pitty Paul Banda (Zambia), for the remainder of the latter’s term.

(83 EX/SR. 2)

ITEM 2. APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 82nd SESSION(82 EX/SR.l-18)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its 82nd session.

(83 EX/SR. 1)

ITEM 3.

3.1

METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

Report of the Executive Board’s Special Committee (83 EX/2 and Annex Corr. )

The Executive Board,

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1. Having examined the report of the Special Committee on the method ofelection and duration of term of office of members of the Executive Board(83 EX/2, Part I),

Method of election

2. Recommends that the General Conference adopt the following resolutionat its sixteenth session:

“The General Conference,

1. Recalling the terms of resolution 11. 2 adopted at its fifteenthsession,



2. Having considered the report submitted to it by the ExecutiveBoard in pursuance of that resolution,

3. Decides to continue for the sixteenth and seventeenth sessions, ona provisional and experimental basis, the system of electoralgroups adopted for the fifteenth session (15 C/Resolution 11. 1,paragraph 1 (c) );

4. Decides to adopt, for the election of members of the ExecutiveBoard at the sixteenth and seventeenth sessions of the GeneralConference, the procedure followed at the fifteenth session, andconsequently decides, in accordance with Rule 108 of the Rulesof Procedure of the General Conference, to suspend, for the pur-poses of those elections, those provisions of Rules 30, 89 and 95of the Rules of Procedure and of Rules, 2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15,16 and 17 of the Rules for the Conduct of Elections by SecretBallot which are incompatible with the special provisions adoptedfor the fifteenth session, as well as those of any other rule ofthese two sets of Rules which may be incompatible with thosespecial provisions”.

Duration of term of office

3. Recommends that the General Conference continue the existing system asestablished when it amended the Constitution at its fifteenth session;

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1. Having studied the report of its Special Committee concerning the methodsof work of the Finance and Administrative Commission of the Board(83 EX/2, Part II),

2. Considering that this Commission has a very important task to performregarding the technical examination of the draft programme and budgetcontained in document C / 5,

3. Recognizing that the Finance and Administrative Commission has beenworking under difficult conditions since it had to meet simultaneouslywith the Programme and External Relations Commission, and that atten-dance at the Finance and Administrative Commission will improve if thetwo Commissions do not, in appropriate cases, meet at the same time,

4. Decides:

( a) To include in Article 16 of its Rules of Procedure a new para-graph (4) as follows: “The Finance and Administrative Commissionis requested by the Executive Board to submit the draft programmeand budget to a technical examination, which shall include a de-tailed study of the advisability of some of the administrativemeasures proposed and of their financial implications, and tomake a detailed report thereon to the Board”;

(b) to make henceforth, for the Spring session of the second year ofthe biennium, the necessary arrangements for the Finance andAdministrative Commission not to meet concurrently with theProgramme and External Relations Commission during one weekin order to enable it to carry out under more satisfactory condi-tions its technical examination of the budget proposals containedin the C/5 document as well as the study of other important itemsof its Agenda.

(83 EX/SR. 19, 20)



3. 2

1. Having examined the reports of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit:

(a) On the organization and proceedings of the General Conference(83 EX/3);

(b) on some aspects of Technical Assistance activities of the UnitedNations (83 EX/26) ;

(c) on the activities of the Joint Inspection Unit (January 1968-June1969) (83 EX/27 and Corr. );

2. Notes the report on the activities of the Joint Inspection Unit (83 EX/27and Corr. ) ;

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3. Notes also the report on some aspects of the Technical Assistance activi-ties of the United Nations (83 EX/26) and the preliminary observations onthis subject submitted by the Director-General (83 EX/26 Add. );

4. Recalls that most of the recommendations set out in document 83 EX/26are already being applied by Unesco, in accordance with previous direc-tives of the Executive Board to the Director-General;

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5. After making a preliminary examination of the report on the organizationand proceedings of the General Conference (83 EX/3),

6. Takes note of the Director-General’s intention to implement the recom-mendations contained in that report where he is competent to do so andinso far as they are consistent with the decisions and directives of the Gen-eral Conference and of the Executive Board and within the approved budgetprovisions, and without prejudice to any decisions the Board might subse-quently take on the recommendation of the Special Committee;

7. Requests its Special Committee to continue its examination of the reportwhen considering the organization of the work of the sixteenth session ofthe General Conference on which it is to report to the 84th session of theExecutive Board, bearing in mind the observations made during the dis-cussion in the Board,

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8. Notes the statement of the Director-General regarding the report of theJoint Inspection Unit on the overhead costs of extrabudgetary programmesand on methods of measuring performance and costs, and invites him tosubmit the report to a future session of the Executive Board indicating thefollow-up action he envisages after consultation with the AdministrativeCommittee on Co-ordination (ACC) .

Reports of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (83 EX/3, 83 EX/26 and Add.,83 EX/27 and Corr.


(83 EX/SR. 2, 3, 5)



ITEM 4. EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

4. 1 General resolutions

4..1.1 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of resolution 9. 11 adoptedby the General Conference at its fifteenth session (83 EX/4 and 83 EX/35)


1. Considering resolution 9. 11 adopted by the General Conference at its fif-teenth session, and the Report by the Director-General on the implemen-tation of that resolution (83 EX/4) in the context of the specific aimsassigned to Unesco in the matter under the terms of the Preamble andArticle I of the Constitution,

2. Having regard to the discussions of the Board on this question, the sug-gestions made by its members and reproduced in the Commission’s re-port, (l) and the statement by the representative of the Director-General,

3. Expresses its satisfaction at the course taken by the Director-Generalincarrying out the above-mentioned resolution, particularly in regard to:

(a) The setting up, within the Secretariat, of a working group to co-ordinate and stimulate, within its terms of reference, the activi-ties on behalf of peace set out in the various chapters of the pro-gramme for 1969-1970;

(b) the publication of a supplement to the programme and budget forthe current period in which these activities are set out systema-tically in accordance with the principles and outline of the propo-sals submitted by the Director-General to the General Conferencein document 15 C/50, which provided the basis for resolution 9.11of the General Conference;

(c) the invitation extended to the international non-governmental or-ganizations in consultative relations with Unesco;

4. Considers that the outline plan for the years 1971-1976 which the Director-General is to submit to the General Conference at its sixteenth sessionshould include, as part and parcel of the group of long-term activities onthe planes of intellectual co-operation, aid to development and ethicalaction, those activities relating more particularly to the problem of peace;and recommends that in selecting these activities, the Director-Generalshould take account of the observations of members of the Board regard-ing documents 83 EX/4 and 15 C/50 and of the intellectual and administra-tive possibilities of the Secretariat;

5. Considers it necessary to urge that provision be made, both in the sphereof education at all its levels and in those of science, culture and communi-cation, to educate man for peace; with regard to questions concerning theinternational community, instruction should be given on the structures ofthe international organizations and the machinery for the prevention orsettlement of disputes, and men’s minds should be imbued with the moti-vations deriving from awareness of the conditions and procedures wherebythose organizations, and more particularly Unesco, carry out their activi-ties in a practical, positive and effective way with regard to intellectualco-operation, aid to development and ethical thought;

(1) Report of the Programme and External Relations Commission, 83 EX/35, Item 4. 1. 1



4. 2

6. Suggests that the Director-General undertake or encourage peace studies,within the bounds of the Organization’s competence, with particular ref-erence to the various economic, social, political and psychological causesof aggression and the determining factors in living peacefully together.An analysis should also be made of the consequences arising from thepresent-day forms of colonialism and racialism, and from the inequali-ties in the domain of development, and of the effects of population problems;

7. Supports the action proposed by the Director-General in regard to betteruse of information media for the promotion of peace, for which purposeit considers it desirable to encourage as far as possible the free flow ofinformation, and stresses the need to counter the steadily increasing cultof violence; the leading members of the professions concerned With com-munication should be associated with such investigations with a view toencouraging and assisting the preparation, adaptation and publicizing of“codes of ethics” to govern the use of communication media - one suchscheme having already been discussed at Strasbourg with Unesco’s CO-operation - which are at present being considered with a view to adoptionby the competent bodies;

8. ___Invites the Director-General to consider, at the appropriate time, thepossibility of starting or continuing talks and negotiations (some of whichhave already borne fruit) with the leaders and most authoritative repre-sentatives of religious, social, political and economic circles, and withinternational associations of women and youth movements which have shownthemselves, and continue to show themselves, constantly concerned withpeace, in the sense both of ensuring its maintenance and of warding offthe dangers threatening it, acting in accordance with the terms of the GeneralConference’s resolution and, where appropriate, appealing to the readi-ness to co-operate of the Member States directly concerned.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

Education

4. 2.1 International Education Year (83 EX/6 and 83 EX/35)


1. Having studied the second progress report of the Director-General onpreparations for the International Education Year (IEY) (83 EX/6),

2. Having examined the resolution on the IEY adopted by the Economic andSocial Council of the United Nations at its 47th session,

3. Expresses to the Director-General its satisfaction on the successful man-ner in which he is promoting and co-ordinating preparations for the IEYand requests him to continue this action, taking into account the commentsof the Executive Board;

4 Notes with satisfaction the measures taken by the organizations of theUnited Nations system with a view to contributing, as far as their resourcespermit, to the achievement of the objectives of the IEY;

5. Stresses the importance of the contribution which the non-governmentalorganizations can make to the success of the Year;

6. Stresses the importance which individual representative action, either bymembers of the Board or senior Secretariat officials, might have forgovernments of Member States, with a view both to emphasizing the natureand importance of the activities of Member States within the frameworkof the IEY and co-ordinating at an international level their contribution tothe objectives of the Year;



7. Urges Member States to establish and announce their national programmesfor the IEY as soon as possible, because only when these are implemented,can the IEY assume its full significance;

8. Welcomes the practical and positive response of a number of MemberStates to the Director-General’s invitation to communicate their nationalprogrammes for the IEY;

9. Invites Member States which have not done so to submit to the Director-General, not later than the end of the year 1969, their national plans forspecial activities during the International Education Year, indicating towhich of the twelve priority themes enumerated in resolution 1. 112 of thefifteenth session of the General Conference, they propose to accord high-est priority during the IEY;

10. Further invites Member States to include in their communications theirplans for special efforts on the occasion of the IEY, through bilateral and/or multilateral programmes, in assisting developing countries in the fieldof education.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

4 . 2 . 2 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of resolution 1.113 adoptedby the General Conference at its fifteenth session concerning the possible estab-lishment of an education fund (83 EX/7 and 83 EX/35)


1. Having examined document 83 EX/7, which contains the report by theDirector-General on the implementation of General Conference resolu-tion 15 C/Resolution 1. 113 concerning the possible establishment of aneducation fund,

2. Expresses its satisfaction at the clarity with which the problem in ques-tion is dealt with in the said report;

3. Invites the Director-General to take into account the suggestions containedin the report of the Programme and External Relations Commission(83 EX/35) during the present session;

4. Authorizes the Director-General to continue, with the help of consultantsif he deems it necessary or in any other manner that he may choose, thestudies designed to ascertain, on the basis of the criteria set out in para-graphs 29 and 30 of document 83 EX/7, the contribution which he mightexpect from certain Member States and to enter into such consultationsas he considers desirable with a view to securing, for the same purpose,donations from industrial and commercial enterprises, private foundationsor international organizations;

5. Requests the Director-General to report the results of his studies to theExecutive Board not later than its 85th session, in order that the estab-lishment of the education fund may, if possible, be one of the actions ac-complished during the International Education Year.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

4. 2.3 Co-operation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)(83 EX/8 and Add. )


1. Having examined the Director-General’s report on co-operation with theUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) (83 EX/8 and Add. ) ,



2. Recalling its previous decisions on this question and in particular decision4. 2.5 adopted at its 82nd session,

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Having heard the debate,

Commends the Director-General on the measures he has taken to imple-ment the said decision:

5. Regrets the failure to import and put to use in the UNRWA/Unesco schoolsin the occupied territories the textbooks approved by the Director-General;

6 Asks the Director-General to request the UNRWA authorities not to usein the UNRWA/Unesco schools the textbooks indicated as unacceptable byhim;

7. Urgently calls upon the Government of Israel to remove immediately anyobstacles to the import and use of the textbooks approved by the Director-General in the UNRWA/Unesco schools in the occupied territories so thatthe textbooks would be in practical use in the said schools as early as pos-sible in the present scholastic year;

8 Asks the Director-General in the event of the Government of Israel failingto comply with paragraph 7 of this resolution to report urgently to theBoard, so that the Board may reconsider the whole situation;

9 Asks the Director-General to report to the Executive Board at its nextsession on the application of this resolution.

(83 EX/SR. 21, 22, 28)

4. 2.4 Invitations to the XXXIInd session of the International Conference on PublicEducation (83 EX/9 and 83 EX/35)


1. Considering resolution 1. 511 adopted by the General Conference at itsfifteenth session,

2. Having examined the proposals of the Director-General regarding invi-tations to the XXXIInd session of the International Conference on PublicEducation which is to be convened in 1970 (83 EX/9),

3. Decides:

(a) To invite to the XXXIInd session of the International Conferenceon Public Education all the Member States and Associate Mem-bers of Unesco, subject to the provisions of resolution 9.12 adoptedby the General Conference at its fifteenth session;

(b) to invite the following non-Member States to send observers tothe Conference:

Botswana Maldive Islands Holy SeeGambia Liechtenstein Western SamoaEquatorial Guinea San Marino Swaziland

(c) to invite the organizations listed in paragraphs 9 and 10 of docu-ment 83 EX/9 to send observers to this Conference, as well asthe following:



Universal Postal Union (UPU)Joint Afro-Malagasy Organization (OCAM)Commonwealth SecretariatWomen’s International Democratic Federation.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

4. 2.5 Report by the Director-General on the evaluation of the aid furnished by Unescoto the Latin American Educational Film Institute (ILCE) (83 EX/lO and 83 EX/35)


1. Having examined document 83 EX/lO: Report by the Director-General onthe evaluation of the aid furnished by Unesco to the Latin American Edu-cational Film Institute (ILCE) and the report of the Special EvaluationCommission annexed thereto,

2. Notes with satisfaction the Report of the Special Evaluation Commissionto which it expresses its thanks and appreciation;

3. Authorizes the Director-General to carry out his proposal contained inparagraph 9 concerning the fresh and more determined effort to be made,in close collaboration with the Mexican Government, in order to endowILCE with the effectiveness and regional character which are its raisond’être:

4. Authorizes the Director-General to take the necessary measures to makethis effort effective until 1972, in accordance with his proposals set outin sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 10;

5. Looks forward to the further proposals of the Director-General for theperiod after 1972, upon the basis of considerations contained in para-graphs 11, 12 and 13 of document 83 EX/lO.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

4. 2.6 General rules to govern prizes awarded for meritorious work in literacy(83 EX/ll and 83 EX/35)


1. Having examined the Director-General’s proposal to draw up standardrules to govern the award of prizes, existing and future, for meritoriouswork in literacy (83 EX/ll),

2. Cognizant of the offer by the Government of the USSR of an annual prizeworth 5, 000 roubles, to be known as the Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize,for meritorious work in literacy,

3.

4.

Authorizes the Director-General to accept this generous offer;

Extends its sincere gratitude to the Government of the USSR for this ges-ture, which will help to stimulate the fight against illiteracy;

5. Expresses once again its gratitude to H. I. 111. the Shahinshah of Iran, whomade it possible to found the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize in 1967;

6. Approves the revised General Rules annexed hereto, which will take effectas from 1970 and will replace the General Rules of the Mohammad RezaPahlavi Prize approved by the Executive Board at its 82nd session(82 EX/Decisions, 4. 2. 3).

(83 EX/SR. 25)



ANNEX

GENERAL RULES GOVERNING THE AWARD OF PRIZESFOR MERITORIOUS WORK IN LITERACY

_ ‘ .

1. Purpose

The purpose of these prizes is to reward the services of institutions, or-ganizations or individuals displaying outstanding merit and achieving special suc-cess in contributing to the fight against illiteracy. The award of these prizes alsohas the object of securing and maintaining the sympathy and support of public opinionfor literacy programmes in progress.

2. Official name of each prize

Each prize will be given an official name, to be settled by mutual agree-ment between the donor and the Directory-General.

3. Prizes and honourable mentions

Such prizes, the amounts of which will be fixed by the donors, may beawarded each year. The amount of a prize not awarded in a particular year maybe attributed the following year as an additional prize. A few candidates may alsobe awarded honourable mentions in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 6.

4. Selection of prize-winners

The selection of institutions, organizations and individuals to whom prizeswill be awarded shall be made by a jury of at least five persons of different nation-alities, appointed by the Director-General for a minimum period of two years. Thejury may adopt its own Rules of Procedure. A staff member of Unesco may be ap-pointed by the Director-General to serve as secretary of the jury.

Eligibility

The prizes are open to institutions, organizations or individuals display-ing outstanding merit and achieving special success in contributing to literacy.

6. Criteria for award of prizes

The prizes, which will be indivisible, will be awarded in conformity withthe following criteria:

(a) Institutions, organizations or individuals must have carried out literacyactivities:

(i) By direct teaching, or

(ii) by organizing literacy programmes at the national or locallevel,or

(iii)

(iv)

by promoting support from the public, or

by producing teaching materials or special media for literacyprogrammes, or

(v)

(vi)

by carrying out research in fields related to literacy (methods,languages, evaluation, social sciences, etc. ), or

by carrying out special surveys of primary importance for literacyplanning, or



(vii) by offering youth the possibility of taking part in literacyactivities;

(b) in addition, the following criteria will be considered:

(i) The duration of the activity, which must be sufficient to permitan assessment of results and proof of success obtained;

(ii) the contribution to the basic objectives of the educational systemof the country;

(iii) the contribution to local and national development;

(iv) the value of the activities as an example to stimulate furthersimilar action;

(v) the impact of the action carried out with a view to mobilizingnew resources for literacy programmes;

(vi) the contribution to the understanding and development of the na-tional society and culture;

(vii) the contribution to the appreciation of other cultures and to inter-national understanding.

7. Selection and submission of candidatures

Candidates for the prizes will be proposed to the Director-General ofUnesco by governments of Member States, in consultation with their National Com-missions and by international non-governmental organizations specializing in edu-cation, which have consultative status with Unesco, and each of which may nomin-ate one candidate.

Arrangements for selection, suited to national conditions, may include:

(i) The announcement of the prizes;

(ii) the establishment of a committee or committees for the selectionof candidates at the national level;

(iii) the submission of candidatures to the Director-General of Unesco.

8. Submission of candidatures

Governments and international non-governmental organizations shallsupply, in support of each candidature, a recommendation covering not more thanfive standard pages and including:

(i) A description of the activities carried out;

(ii)

(iii)

an account of the results achieved;

an evaluation on the basis of the criteria mentioned above; and

(iv) the appraisal of the committee responsible for the final selectionat the national level.

9. The last date for submission of candidatures to the Director-Generalshall be 31 May of each year.

10. The winners of the prizes and honourable mentions willusually be announcedevery year on International Literacy Day (8 September).



4. 2. 7 Amendment of the Statutes and Composition of the International Advisory Committeefor Out-of-School Education (83 EX/25 and 83 EX/35)


1.

2.

Having examined document 83 EX/25,

Noting that the General Conference, at its fifteenth session, restrictedthe terms of reference of the International Advisory Committee for Out-of-School Education to the related fields of adult education and adultliteracy,

3. Noting also that, on account of this, the initial appointments of membersof the Committee no longer correspond to the objectives assigned to thelatter by the General Conference,

4. Decides to amend the Statutes of the said Committee as follows:

Article II

Add at the end of the article the following words:

" . . . . in the related fields of adult education and adult literacy. ”

Article III

Paragraph 1

Replace the figure 24 by the figure 16.

Paragraph 3

Delete the last sentence.

Article V

Paragraph 2

New text:

At each of its sessions, the Committee shall elect a chairman, one vice-chairman (or possibly more according to the number of sub-committeesthat may be set up) and a rapporteur-general, who shall remain in officeuntil the following session of the Committee.

Paragraph 3

Replace the words ". . . thevice-chairmen . . . “by ". . . thevice-chairmanor vice-chairmen . . . ".

New article

Add after Article XI a new Article XII as follows:

1.

Transitional provisions

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article III, paragraph 3, ofthe present Statutes, the term of office of the 24 members appointedby the Director-General before the first session of the Committeewill end on 31 October 1969.



2. After this date, the Director-General will proceed, in accor-dance with the provisions of Article III of the present Statutes,to appoint 16 members of the Committee; the term of office ofeight of these members will end two years after their appointment.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

ANNEX

STATUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEFOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL EDUCATION

Article I

An “International Advisory Committee for Out-of-School Education”hereinafter referred to as the Committee, is hereby established.

Article II

The function of the Committee will be to advise the Director-General indrawing up and implementing Unesco’s programme in the field of out-of-schooleducation, in the related fields of adult education and adult literacy.

Article III

1. The Committee shall be composed of 16 members serving in a personalcapacity. The members shall be appointed by the Director-General on the basis oftheir competence in the field of out-of-school education and bearing in mind theneed to ensure wide geographical distribution.

2. The Committee may divide into an appropriate number of sub-committeesconcerned broadly with the main aspects of the programme of out-of-school educa-tion as established by the General Conference. The Director-General will havethese considerations in mind when appointing members of the Advisory Committee.

3. The term of office of members of the Committee shall be four years.Terms of office may be renewable.

4. In the event of the resignation, incapacity or death of a member of theCommittee, the Director-General shall appoint a replacement for the remainderof the term.

Article IV

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 V

1. The Committee and any sub-committee it may set up shall meet at leastonce every two years.

2. At each of its sessions, the Committee shall elect a chairman, one vice-chairman (or possibly more according to the number of sub-committees that maybe set up) and a rapporteur-general, who shall remain in office until the follow-ing session of the Committee.



3. The chairman of the Committee, the vice-chairman or vice-chairmen ofthe Committee and the rapporteur-general shall constitute the Bureau of theCommittee.

4. Each vice-chairman of the Committee shall be chairman of any sub-committee that may be set up. Sub-committees may, as necessary, elect a vice-chairman and a rapporteur.

5. All sessions of the Committee and of any sub-committee that may be setup shall be convened by the Director-General. The Director-General may alsoconvene the Bureau.

Article VI

The travel and subsistence expenses of the members and of the expertsreferred to in Article IX shall be borne by Unesco, in accordance with the pro-visions of the “Travel Rules”.

Article VII

1. Member States and Associate Members of Unesco may send observers tomeetings of the Committee.

2. The United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations systemwith which Unesco has concluded mutual representation agreements may send re-presentatives to meetings of the Committee.

Article VIII

The Director-General may extend invitations to send observers to meet-ings of the Committee, etc

1. Organizations of the United Nations system with which Unesco has notconcluded mutual representation agreements;

2. intergovernmental organizations; and

3. international non-governmental organizations, in accordance with theDirectivies concerning Unesco’s relations with international non-governmentalorganizations.

Article IX

The Director-General may invite one or more experts when their adviceis considered essential with respect to particular subjects, to attend meetings ofthe Committee, in a temporary capacity. Such experts shall receive the sameallowance as the members of the Committee, but will have no voting rights.

Article X

1. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure, which shall be sub-mitted to the Director-General for approval.

2. The Agenda of the sessions of the Committee will be drawn up by theDirector-General.

3. After each session, the Committee or sub-committees shall present areport of their work and recommendations to the Director-General. The Director-General shall inform the Executive Board of the results of the Committee’sproceedings.


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Article XI

These Statutes may be amended by the Executive Board on its own initia-tive or following proposals of the Director-General.

Article XII

Transitional provisions

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article III, paragraph 3, of the presentStatutes, the term of office of the 24 members appointed by the Director-Generalbefore the first session of the Committee will end on 31 October 1969.

2. After this date, the Director-General will proceed, in accordance withthe provisions of Article III of the present Statutes, to appoint 16 members of theCommittee; the term of office of eight of these members will end two years aftertheir appointment.

4. 2.8 Experimental World Literacy Programme (83 EX/32 and 83 EX/35)


1. Having examined document 83 EX/32,

2. Specially commends the Director-General on the penetration, clarity andobjectivity of his report on the Experimental World Literacy Programme;

3. Approves, in general, the Director-General’s conclusions and proposalsset out in Part IV of this document;

4. Draws the Director-General’s attention to the comments made during theCommission’s discussions(l) and requests that they shall be taken intoaccount during future operations.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

4. 3 Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture

4 . 3 . 1 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of resolutions 3.342 and3. 343 adopted by the General Conference at its fifteenth session and on the appli-cation, in the occupied territories, of The Hague Convention for the Protection ofCultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (83 EX/12)


1. Recalling the provisions of The Hague Convention for the Protection ofCultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,

2. Recalling resolutions 3. 342 and 3. 343 adopted by the General Conferenceat its fifteenth session and decision 4.4. 2 adopted by the Executive Boardat its 82nd session,

3. Recalling the Security Councilresolutions 252 (1968) of 21 May 1969 and 267(1969) of 3 July 1969 and the United Nations General Assembly resolu-tions 2253 and 2254 of 4 and 14 July 1967 respectively, concerning mea-sures and actions affecting the status of the City of Jerusalem,

4. Noting the report of the Director-General (33 EX/l2) and the observationssubmitted by the Commissioners-General in their recent reports (AnnexesI, II and III to document 83 EX/l2) ,

(1) Report of the Programme and External Relations Commission, 83 EX/35, Item 4. 2. 8



5. Expresses its deep concern at the violations by Israel of The Hague Con-vention, of resolutions 3. 342 and 3. 343 of the fifteenth session of theGeneral Conference and of decision 82 EX/Decisions 4. 4. 2 of the Execu-tive Board and at the disregard of the Recommendation on ArchaeologicalEx vacations which emerge from the reports of the Commissioners-General;

6. Invites Israel:

(a) To preserve scrupulously all the sites, buildings and othercultural properties, especially in the old city of Jerusalem;

(b) to desist from any archaeological excavations, the transfer ofsuch properties and any change of their features or their cul-tural and historical character; and

(c) to adhere scrupulously to the provisions of the above-mentionedConvention, Recommendation, resolutions and decision;

7. Invites the Director-General, in agreement with the legally sovereignState concerned and in conformity with the United Nations resolutionsmentioned in paragraph 3 of this resolution:

(a) To assist the parties concerned, both public and private, bytechnical advice relating either to questions of general importor to particular, specific problems and to supplement such ad-vice by technical assistance designed to facilitate its application;

(b) to seek the means of ensuring the rigorous and effective appli-cation of the said Convention, Recommendation, resolutions anddecision;

(c) to provide world public opinion with objective information onthese matters with a view to enlightening its judgement and alsoto promote, in connexion with the preservation of Jerusalem, avast movement of understanding and mutual respect between thecultures whose historical roots are there;

8. Requests the Director-General to consult the Governments Parties to TheHague Convention on the advisability of calling, as soon as possible, ameeting of the High Contracting Parties with a view to studying meanswhereby the scope of the said Convention can be made clear and its effi-cacy enhanced and to report to the Board at its next session on the appli-cation of this decision.

(83 EX/SR. 23, 24, 28, 29)

4 . 3 . 1 . 1 Burning of the Aqsa Mosque (83 EX/34 and Add. )


1. Profoundly distressed by the extensive damage which an act of arsoncaused, on 21 August 1969, to the Sacred Mosque of Aqsa, in Jerusalem,under Israel military occupation,

2. Aware of the loss which the cultural heritage of mankind has therebysustained,

3. Having heard the statements made to the Board, which bear witness tothe universal indignation aroused by this sacrilegious act,

4. Condemns the criminal burning of the Aqsa Mosque as well as all thosewho are responsible for it.

(83 EX/SR. 23, 24, 28, 29)



4 . 3 . 2 . Unesco Prize for Architecture (83 EX/13 and 83 EX/35)


1. Having considered document 83 EX/13 concerning the “Unesco Prize” forarchitecture to be awarded every three years to a winner of the internationacontest between architectural students, for a work inspired specifically bythe ideals of humanism and development,

2. Takes note of the General Rules of the Prize as given below.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

ANNEX

RULES OF THE “UNESCO PRIZE” FOR ARCHITECTURE

1. Purpose

The “Unesco Prize” for architecture is to be awarded to an architect, whois the author of a work inspired specifically by the aims of the Organization.

2. Periodicity

Unless otherwise decided by the General Conference, the Prize shall beawarded every three years on the occasion of the triennial congresses of the Inter-national Union of Architects (IUA) .

3. Choice of winner

The winner of the “Unesco Prize” for architecture shall be selected by theDirector-General, on the recommendation of the Jury, from the winners of theinternational contest between architectural students organized by the InternationalUnion of Architects, in accordance with the Rules laid down by the Union in thismatter.

4 Jury

The Jury for the “Unesco Prize” shall be the same as that for the contest.

5. Value of the Prize

The Prize shall be worth US $3, 000 subject to any alteration in this amountdecided by the General Conference.

6. Method of awarding the Prize

The Prize shall be awarded to the winner at the IUA Congress, or at UnescoHeadquarters, or in the home country of the winner by a representative of theDirector-General.

7.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

Criteria for award of the Prize

The prize-winner must be a national of a Member State of Unesco;

the project must be inspired by the aims of the Organization;

it must as far as possible be relevant to the aims of Unesco’s approvedprogramme;

it must effectively contribute to improving the average standard of dwell-ings or town planning;



4 . 3 . 3

4 . 3 . 4

(v) it must reflect the winner’s interest in environmental problems;

(vi) it must take into account both the practical features of the work proposedand the aesthetic requirements which it must satisfy.

Reports by the Director-General and by the President of the International Com-mission for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind(83 EX/24 and Corr. and Add. )


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Having examined the reports by the President of the International Commis-sion for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind andby the Director-General (83 EX/24 and Corr. and Add. ),

Pays tribute to the members of the International Commission for the re-markable way in which they discharged their responsibilities under thestimulus and guidance of the President of the Commission, Professor PauloE. de Berredo Carneiro;

Notes with keen satisfaction that, thanks to the International Commission,an original collective work inspired by the principles of international cul-tural co-operation has been conceived and produced under the auspices ofUnesco;

Takes note of the dissolution of the International Commission, which becameeffective on 8 September 1969, and of the responsibilities devolvingupon theDirector-General in consequence of this dissolution;

Authorizes the Director-General to administer the patrimony transferred toUnesco as a result of the dissolution of the Commission, on the understand-ing that Unesco’s responsibility will be limited to the legal and financial as-pects of the contracts already concluded or to be concluded in future and willnot in any way extend to the content of the work, which shall not be subjectto modification;

Authorizes the Director-General to continue the publication of the Journalof World History up to 31 December 1970, using it to make known the workbeing done under the programme for the study of cultures, and more especi-ally the project for a General History of Africa;

Invites the Director-General to include proposals in the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1971-1972 (16 C/5) for continuing, for this new purpose, thepublication of the Journal of World History.

(83 EX/SR. 6, 9)

Report by the Director-General on the International Campaign for Florence(83 EX/28)


1. Noting with satisfaction the report by the Director-General on the first ses-sion of the Advisory Committee for Florence (83 EX/28),

2. Approves the new line which the Advisory Committee has recommended( Recommendation 7) should be followed in the International Campaign forFlorence, namely that Unesco should concentrate in future on the moderni-zation of the cultural institutions of Florence which were damaged by the1966 floods so that they may better serve as model instruments of cultureof international scope;

3. Notes that the important Recommendations 1, 2, 8 and 9 are addressedmainly to the Italian authorities;



4. Once more urgently appeals to Member States to place the Director-Generalin a position to assemble the necessary outside contributions and assistanceto meet the priority needs defined in Recommendations 3, 4, 5 and 6 of theCommittee’s report.

(83 EX/SR. 4, 5)

4. 3.5 Report by the Director-General on the International Campaign for Venice(83 EX/29 and Add. )


1. Having examined the report by the Director-General (83 EX/29), taking intoaccount resolution 3. 345 adopted by the General Conference at its fourteenthsession, decision 3. 5. 1 taken by the Board at its 79th session and, moreparticularly, paragraphs 8 and 9 of this decision and resolution 3.351 adoptedby the General Conference at its fifteenth session,

2. Congratulates the Director-General on the publication of the Rapporto suVenezia which it would like to see published, at the earliest opportunity, inother languages;

3. Expresses its satisfaction at the work accomplished by the Advisory Com-mittee for Venice at its first session; and invites it when continuing its im-portant work to use all available technical and other expertise;

4. Requests the Director-General to be prepared to co-operate with the ItalianGovernment in drawing up a general plan for the protection of Venice, whichcould be submitted to the Advisory Committee at its session in November1970;

5 Notes that it is the Director-General’s intention to set up an operationaloffice in Venice in 1970 which will work under the authority of the officeestablished in Rome in 1967 and maintain liaison with the programmingauthorities of the Italian Government;

6. Again calls urgently upon Member States to make it possible for theDirector-General to assemble the outside assistance required to meet, asfar as possible, the requests that the Italian authorities may submit to theOrganization for assistance in saving Venice.

(83 EX/SR. 4, 5)

4’. 3. 6 Invitations to the meeting of a special committee of governmental experts to pre-pare a draft convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit ex-port, import and transfer of ownership of cultural property (83 EX/30 and83 EX/35)


1. Having considered the proposals of the Director-General regarding invita-tions to the meeting of the Special Committee of Governmental Experts toprepare a draft convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing theillicit export, import and transfer of ownership of cultural property, whichwill be convened in 1970 (83 EX/30),

2. Decides:

( i ) that invitations to participate in the meeting shall be extended to theMember States of Unesco referred to in paragraph 4 of document83 EX/30;



(ii)

(iii)

that invitations to send observers to the meeting shall be extended tothe States which are not members of Unesco listed in paragraph 5 ofdocument 83 EX/30;

that invitations to send observers to the meeting shall be extended tothe organizations listed in paragraphs 6(a) and (b) of document83 EX/30 and also to the Joint Afro-Malagasy Organization (OCAM).

(83 EX/SR. 25)

4 . 4

4 . 4 . 1

Communication

Invitations to the meeting of a Special Committee of Governmental Experts toprepare a draft recommendation concerning the international standardization oflibrary statistics (83 EX/31 and 83 EX/35)


1. Having considered the proposals of the Director-General regarding invita-tions to the meeting of the Special Committee of Governmental Experts whichwill be convened in 1970 to prepare a draft recommendation concerning theinternational standardization of library statistics (83 EX/31),

2. Decides:

(i) That invitations to participate in the meeting shall be extended to theMember States of Unesco referred to in paragraph 4 of document83 EX/31;

(ii) that invitations to send observers to the meeting shall be extended tothe States which are not members of Unesco listed in paragraph 5 ofdocument 83 EX/31;

(iii) that invitations to send observers to the meeting shall be extended tothe organizations listed in paragraph 6(b) of document 83 EX/31 andalso the League of Arab States.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

ITEM 5 PREPARATION OF THE DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1971-19’72

5. 1 Important changes and innovations proposed by the Director-General with regardto the 1971-1972 biennium and the relevant significant budgetary factors (83 EX/5and Corr. and Add., and 83 EX/19 Part I)


1. Having examined the Director-General’s proposals concerning importantchanges and innovations and relevant significant budgetary factors for 1971-1972, in document 83 EX/5 and its Corrigendum and Addendum, and the com-ments thereon made by the Finance and Administrative Commission(83 EX/19, Part I),

I

Relevant significant budgetary factorsaffecting the Programme and Budget for 1971-1972

2. Recalling resolution 7. 2 adopted by the General Conference at its fifteenthsession, which states, inter alia,



“1. Considers that the methods of budgeting, including those relating tothe recasting of the 1967-1968 budget, and the fixing of the ‘Appro-priation Reserve’, are reasonable in the light of the current trendsin increases of prices and staff salaries and allowances;

2. Invites the Director-General to continue to apply, in establishing the1971-1972 Draft Programme and Budget, the same principles andtechniques as used for 1969-1970, bearing in mind the views expres-sed by delegates at the Administrative Commission of the GeneralConference at its fifteenth session”;

A. Recasting of the 1969-1970 budget

3. Considers that the amount of $5, 190,500 estimated for recasting the 1969-1970 budget, taking into consideration the budgetary economies resultingfrom the changes of parity of the French franc and other currencies, vis-à-vis the United States dollar, was calculated in conformity with the recom-mendations of the General Conference at its fifteenth session; it takes accountalso of the movements that had occurred prior to 30 June 1969 in prices forgoods and services and in the cost-of-living and wage indices as well aspresent projections of future developments in these fields;

4. Takes note of the Director-General’s intention to keep under review anysignificant changes in trends of prices and staff salaries and allowances,which may occur between now and finalization of his Draft Programme andBudget for 1971-1972, and prior to its consideration by the GeneralConference;

B. Projection of requirements for 1971-1972 to cover price and salary andallowances increases

5. Recalling the decision taken by the Executive Board at its 77th session(77 EX/Decisions 5.1) that the inclusion in the 1969-1970 budget of aseparate appropriation line entitled “Appropriation Reserve” should bemade on an experimental basis,

6. Noting the Director-General’s proposal to continue this experiment into1971-1972,

7. Recognizes that the Director-General’s estimate of $416, 238 to be added tothe existing provision of $1, 937, 662 for the “Appropriation Reserve”, is inapplication of the General Conference resolution cited above and is subjectto further review by the Executive Board when it examines the Director-General’s Draft Programme and Budget for 1971-1972 (16 C/5);

C. Other relevant significant factors

8. Noting paragraphs 31 and 32 of document 83 EX/5 as amended by paragraph4 of document 83 EX/5 Corr., from which it appears that an increase of$445, 000 should be provided for in respect of common services (Part V),

9. Having noted paragraphs 33 to 45 of document 83 EX/5, paragraph 5 of docu-ment 83 EX/5 Corr. and document 83 EX/5 Add.,

10. Recalling that, under the terms of 15 C/Resolutions 26. 2 and 26. 3, theDirector-General is authorized by the General Conference to include inPart VI of the draft programme and budget an initial amortization appro-priation for the implementation of the extended medium-term solution(sixth building and remodelling of Headquarters premises),

11. Notes the decision of the Director-General to prepare for the carrying outof the extended medium-term solution in accordance with the time-tablesubmitted to the General Conference at its fifteenth session;



12. Notes the Director-General’s suggested timing of amortization over theforthcoming five biennia,, without prejudging the decisions to be made bythe General Conference at its sixteenth session;

13. Observes, how-ever, that the Board will not be able to take a position con-cerning the exact amount of the amortization appropriations until the Head-quarters Committee has made a recommendation in that respect;

14. Notes the Director-General’s statements concerning the presentation ofcapital expenditure and the improvements which might be made in it;

II

Important changes and innovations

A. In terms of programme substance

15. Having examined the important changes and innovations proposed by theDirector-General with regard to the 1971-1972 biennium in document83 EX/5, Part II,

16. Noting that the proposed appropriations for the projects described in PartII. A indicate an order of magnitude and do not necessarily represent a netincrease over the level of the current programme,

17. Taking note of the interpretation stricto sensu placed by the Director-General on the word “innovation” in document 83 EX/5, and of his state-ment that the changes and innovations contained in that document representonly part of the changes and modifications that will be submitted in the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1971-1972 (16 C/5),

18. Bearing in mind the resolution on the Future Programme (15 C/Resolution 10)adopted by the General Conference at its fifteenth session, which includessuggestions calling for an effort of imagination, acceleration and expansionin fact requiring initiative and change and drawing attention to the communi-cations addressed by Member States to the Director-General with a view tothe preparation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1971-1972,

19. Invites the Director-General if, after considering the said communicationsfrom Member States, he deems it advisable, to prepare and present in docu-ment 16 C/5 the projects outlined in document 83 EX/5, in the light of therelevant observations and suggestions made by members of the Board duringthe debate, and of the following general conclusions;

Education

20. Recognizing the importance and present relevance of the idea of life-longintegrated education as a factor in the adaptation of education and the edu-cational system to the requirements of individuals and of changing societies,both in the developing and in the developed countries,

21. Invites the Director-General to present in document 16 C/5 a programme ofpractical activities, differentiated at national and at international level, anddirected to the following ends:

(a) Clarification of the idea of life-long integrated education and of theconditions for putting it into practice, more especially by makinguse, on a world-wide scale, of the research that has already beencarried out and by undertakingnew experiments in order to form asolid basis for Unesco’s future work in this respect;



(b) on this basis, promotion of the idea of such education as an integrat-ing factor in the Organization’s programme in education and in thefields of science, culture and communication;

22. Invites the Director-General to present in document 16 C/5 a project con-cerning the regeneration of secondary education, with the purpose of pro-posing various approaches and policies for the creation of more flexiblestructures, a reform of curricula and the content of education, the moder-nization of methods and the introduction of new techniques at national andregional level;

23. Emphasizes the importance of urgent measures to increase facilities forproviding an adequate supply of the trained middle-level manpower requiredfor national development;

Natural sciences and their application to development

24. Considering that science and technology constitute a major factor of devel-opment, and that it is desirable to intensify the part played by Unesco inresearch and science education and in the application of science in develop-ment, more especially by increasingly associating the international scien-tific community in Unesco’s work, and by assisting Member States in theplanning or strengthening of their science policy,

25. Invites the Director-General to include in the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1971-1972 the four innovations for this sector set out in document83 EX/5, it being understood:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

That the programme of the Science Policy Division will be extendedto the social and human sciences and that, so far as the studies men-tioned in paragraph 86 (c) are concerned, it will not deal with thesociological aspects of science in general but solely with problemsrelating to the status and career of scientific workers;

that, in view of the growth and rapid progress of scientific knowledge,the programme concerning science education as an aid to develop-ment implies, especially in the initial stage, close participation byscientists in educational renovation in this domain; that this factjustifies the continuation, for a certain period, of the policy of en-trusting responsibility for it to the Natural Sciences Sector, whileensuring that there will be close-co-operation between this Sectorand the Education Sector in implementing this programme;

that activities in the programme concerning science education atuniversity level should be integrated into those dealing with researchin the same disciplines, so that the vital r6le of research in highereducation may be given stronger emphasis;

that developments in the environmental sciences programme, whichis, at the moment, essentially world-wide in its scope, shouldgradually take on a regional character;

that the launching and execution of a long-term intergovernmentalprogramme on man and the biosphere should fit into the wider frame-work of a major international programme relating to Man and hisEnvironment, as outlined by the General Conference in its resolu-tions 15 C/Res. 10, Section III;

that the preparation and implementation of a long-term and expandedprogramme of oceanic exploration and research should be conceivedin the light of the resolutions adopted by the Intergovernmental OceanicCommission (IOC) at its sixth session ( Paris, September 1969)) and



that Unesco should increase its financial support to the IOC and en-large its Professional and other staff, including that for the IOC tomeet the requirements of this expanded programme;

(g) that activities for the promotion of science and technology as aids todevelopment in Asia, particularly the multidisciplinary researchcentres, will be conceived on an adequate scale and will constitutepilot projects providing experience which may be useful to otherregions;

Social sciences, human sciences and culture

26. Considering that the emphasis for 1971-1972 should be on the consolidation,strengthening and reorientation of the programme in the field of the socialsciences with particular reference to the application of those sciences todevelopment,

27. Invites the Director-General to propose in document 16 C/5 a strengthenedprogramme for the application of the social sciences including, on the onehand, a research programme of its own and, on the other hand, participa-tion in appropriate studies and activities in the fields of education, the na-tural sciences, culture and communication (83 EX/5 paragraphs 105(a) and(b)) . This strengthened programme would be implemented by an Office ofSocial Analysis created on the basis of the existing Division for the Appli-cation of the Social Sciences;

28. Stresses the importance of demographic studies in this connexion;

29. Considers it desirable to develop activities in the field of culture, especiallythose designed to stimulate artistic creation through any original and newforms of expression, in particular by encouraging the creation of works andby establishing audio-visual archives;

30. Stresses the general scope of the tasks of critical reflection entrusted to theDivision of Philosophy, and invites the Director-General to consider how,whether and if so, in what framework and at what level these tasks might beextended to pre-programming(l) activities;

31. Recognizes that, in order to arrive at valid conclusions regarding the struc-ture of the sector as a whole, it is advisable to continue during the 1971-1972financial period the experiment concerning it at present in progress;

Communication

32. Recalling that the activities of the sector are designed in large measure tobenefit the whole programme of the Organization,

33. Commends the proposed innovation, “Communication and Society”, andinvites the Director-General to include in 16 C/5 provisions for thelaunchingof a long-term co-ordinated international research programme, while en-trusting to the Sector of Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture thoseaspects of a sociological nature and those relating to artistic creation and thedissemination of the works of culture through the mass media, notably thecinema and television;

34. Commends the proposal to make preparations for assisting Member Statesin the formulation of their communication policies;

(1) Translated from the French “prospective”.



35. Considers that both the Department of Documentation, Libraries and Archivesand the Office of Statistics are called upon to play an increasingly importantrole, in providing the necessary basis for the planning and the execution ofthe Unesco programme and, particularly with the use of a computer, to bringthe Secretariat services concerned up to date;

3 Invites the Director-General to present in 16 C/5 a strengthened programmefor documentation, libraries and archives which should maintain a balanceamong the wide range of techniques designed to serve the varying needs ofMember States and continue to give priority to vital question of training;

37. Invites the Director-General to provide in 16 C/5 for an increase in the re-sources of the Office of Statistics which will take into account the growingstatistical requirements of Unesco’s programme, particularly in the plan-ning of education and science, as well as the need for adequate training ofeducational statisticians;

3 Invites the Director-General to include in 16 C/5 suggestions as to activi-ties that might be carried out by Member States and interested internationaland national organizations concerning the promotion of books, libraries andthe reading habit, and recommends that the General Conference be invited toconsider the desirability of proclaiming 1972 as an “International Book Year”;

International standards, relations and programmes

39. Noting that the proposed innovation concerning the establishment of a Copy-right Information Centre is designed to implement resolutions 5. 121 and5. 122 adopted by the General Conference at its fifteenth session,

4 Invites the Director-General to formulate this project, if appropriate, indocument 16 C/5 on the basis of the conclusions of the survey now in pro-gress and the recommendations of the International Copyright Joint StudyGroup, which met at Washington from 29 September to 3 October 1969;

Study on the regional integration of Latin America

41. Considers that the study on the regional integration of Latin America in thespheres of education, science, culture and information referred to inSection VII of the conclusions of the discussions on the Future Programmeappended to resolution 10 adopted by the General Conference at its fifteenthsession, constitutes an important innovation in the programme of Unesco;

42. Suggests that in carrying out the study and the above-mentioned consultations,the Director-General should take into account the following observations:

(a) Regional integration in the spheres of education, science, cultureand communication constitutes a process closely linked to the eco-nomic development of Latin America;

(b) regional integration does not necessarily presuppose the continuationor expansion of all the regional centres and institutes - a matterwhich will require to be carefully studied within the general frame-work of the evaluation of Unesco’s regional centres and institutes inLatin America that is planned for 1971-1972;

(c) consideration should be given to the most appropriate measures toenable the “centres of excellence” of the Latin American countriesto make an effective contribution to the development of the entire re-gion; this approach may lead to a major transformation of the sys-tem of regional centres and institutes;



43.

B.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

(d) certain new departures which have occurred during the presentbiennium, such as the development of cultural tourism in the Andeanregion, the use of telecommunication satellites for educational pro-grammes or the regional centre for book promotion, could be incor-porated in the regional integration programme;

(e) a high-level group of experts could be set up to carry out during thebiennium 1971-1972 a study of the possibilities which the movementfor Latin American integration is opening up for integration in thespheres of education, science, culture and communication. Such astudy should lead to specific proposals relating both to goals and ob-jectives and to the methods and instruments for action, and shouldprovide a basis for a large-scale regional integration plan to be sub-mitted to the Latin American Member States;

Requests the Director-General to include in the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1971-1972 and in the six-year plan of the Organization’s activities a sys-tematic body of proposals designed to satisfy the wish expressed by the LatinAmerican Member States for the integration of such of the region’s activitiesas fall within the competence of Unesco;

Means and modalities of the execution of the Programme

Welcomes the Director-General’s efforts to rationalize, inter alia throughlong-term planning, the number, frequency and purpose of the conferencesand meetings falling under categories I and II;

Invites the Director-General to proceed with the policy of joint conferencesof ministers of education and ministers responsible for the application ofscience and technology to development in the developing regions, and to con-sider organizing regional conferences on culture and communication, moreparticularly in 1973, in Africa;

Expresses the hope that, to follow up international conferences in the waythat is necessary to enable Unesco’s work to become firmly implanted inthe life of their countries, the governments and National Commissions ofMember States and other relevant organizations will, in future, increas-ingly make it their practice to organize national conferences, in the fieldsof education, science, culture and communication, for which Unesco couldprovide some assistance;

Takes note with satisfaction of the Director-General’s analysis of measuresneeded to increase the quality and effectiveness of the Organization’s publi-cations and, in particular, the suggestions regarding a series of publica-tions on subjects of wide interest aimed at the broad, educated public;

Welcomes the Director-General’s proposals relating to the elaboration, forinclusion in the proposed Programme and Budget for 1971-1972 (and ensuingbiennia), of an integrated publications plan that will reflect, in a balancedmanner, the Organization’s various activities and objectives and be realisticin terms of the Secretariat’s administrative capacities and financialresources;

Invites the Director-General to include, in his next annual report on theactivities of the Organization, more detailed information on the volume of,and income from, the sale of Unesco publications;

Notes the Director-General’s intention to endeavour to stabilize the strengthof the staff at Headquarters and to reinforce the structure of the Secretariatin the field by means of the transfer or creation of posts;



51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

III

Noting that both the current programme and the suggestions of the GeneralConference concerning the Future Programme contain several types of acti-vities which, by their nature, relate to more than one sector of theprogramme,

Considering that, in future, such cases will occur more and morefrequently,

Invites the Director-General to continue his studies to determine what struc-tures would be most appropriate for dealing with problems of this type;

IV

Having found that the time-table for the preparation of document 16 C/5(15 C/47 Add. ) made it impossible for the suggestions of Member Statesconcerning the programme for 1971-1972 to be obtained in time for them tobe taken into account in the document on “Important Changes and Innovations”(83 EX/5),

Invites the Special Committee to consider this problem and to propose tothe Board, at a future session, such changes in the time-table for the 1971-1972 biennium as may be necessary to remedy this shortcoming in future;

V

Presentation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1971-1972

56. Commends the Director-General’s proposals for simplification of the pres-entation of the Draft Programme and Budget document for 1971-1972 (83 EX/5,Part III).

(83 EX/SR. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 29)

ITEM 6 RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMMES

6. 1 Recent decisions of the organizations of the United Nations system of interest toUnesco (83 EX/14 and Add. and 83 EX/35)


1. Having reviewed the report of the Director-General on recent decisions ofthe organizations of the United Nations system of interest to Unesco(83 EX/14 and Add. ),

2. Takes note of the recent decisions of the organizations of the United Nationssystem as set forth in those documents;

3. Expresses the hope that ways can be found to avoid in the future the possi-bility of the duplication of decisions within the United Nations system in thefields of education, science and culture, generally resulting from inade-quate co-ordination between the various specialized organs of the UnitedNations system or between delegates representing the same Member Statein the various organizations;

4. Invites Member States and these organizations to take this wish intoconsideration;



6 . 2

5. Invites the Director-General, when submitting future reports on “Recentdecisions”, to include his comments on such decisions whenever appropriate.

(83 EX/SR. 25, 29)

Co-operation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(83 EX/15 and 83 EX/35)


1.

2.

6. Having discussed the final reports for:

7.

a.

9.

A

Having reviewed the Director-General’s report on co-operation with theUNDP (83 EX/15),

Noting the serious decline since 1966 on the number of Special Fund projectsentrusted to Unesco and the amounts earmarked for these projects, whilethe needs of Member States in the fields of Education and Science have beenon the increase in the corresponding years,

Draws the attention of Member States to this situation;

Requests Member States to consider giving higher priority to requests forSpecial Fund assistance in the fields of Education and Science;

Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts in his discussions withthe UNDP Administrator with a view to improving the Special Fund assis-tance to Member States in the fields of Education and Science;

B

Training of Engineers in West PakistanFaculty of Engineering, University of the West IndiesCollege of Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Expresses its satisfaction at the successful manner in which the three proj-ects on which final reports have been presented were executed;

Notes the particular importance for teacher training in Africa of the experi-ence acquired in the planning and operation of the College of Education, at theUniversity of Lagos, Nigeria;

Invites the Director-General to take into consideration the following com-ments in the planning and implementation of projects:

(a) The need to reduce yet further delays in starting operations onapproved projects;

(b) the desirability of ensuring an adequate output of graduates from theassisted training institutions;

(c) the importance of the co-ordinated use of various sources of aid tosuch institutions.

(83 E’X/SR. 25)



6. 3 Problems relating to the co-ordination and planning of the Second DevelopmentDecade as seen from the point of view of Unesco (83 EX/16 and Corr. )


1. Having reviewed the report of the Director-General on problems relating tothe co-ordination and planning of the Second Development Decade as seenfrom the point of view of Unesco (83 EX/16 and Corr. ),

2. Recalling resolution 5. 531 adopted by the General Conference at its fif-teenth session and noting the particular importance attached in discussionat the 83rd session of the Board to the concepts contained in the followingpassages from resolution 12 C/Resolution 8.1 (c), 15 C/Resolution 8.2.3and 15 C/Resolution 8. 2. 4, namely:

(a) “The concept of development should include economic and socialfactors as well as the moral and cultural values on which dependthe full development of the human personality and the dignity of manin society. ",

(b) “Not only is man at the origin of development, not only is he itsinstrument and beneficiary, but above all he must be regarded asits justification and its end. ",

(c) “The success of the Second Decade will depend on the quality of theaid provided for the developing countries and on increasing theamount of the resources whose insufficiency has been deplored. Anyprogress made towards consolidating peace will help to release re-sources which could be used to increase such aid. “,

3. Noting that the activities inspired by the International Education Year willbe one of the important preparations by Unesco and its Member States forparticipation in the Second United Nations Development Decade,

4. Notes with satisfaction and endorses the statements made by the Director-General to the Economic and Social Council at its forty-seventh session andby the Deputy Director-General to the Preparatory Committee for theSecond Development Decade at its third session, more particularly with re-gard to the twofold necessity of bearing in mind, in establishing the overallstrategy of development, the needs expressed in the various sectors of ac-tivity and submitted by the participating organizations and to consider thesatisfaction of these needs from the point of view of the harmonization of theobjectives of that strategy;

5. Requests the Director-General to draw the attention of the PreparatoryCommittee for the Second United Nations Development Decade to the objec-tives which, in the opinion of Unesco, should be assigned to the Decade inconformity with paragraph 2 above;

6. Invites the Director-General to take into account, in further preparing thedraft programme of the Organization’s contribution to the Second UnitedNations Development Decade, the elements provided in the decisions andrecommendations of the General Conference, particularly as contained inresolutions 15 C/Resolution 1. 241 and 15 C/Resolution 3. 251, the viewsexpressed at the Regional Conferences of Ministers concerning the futureprogrammes of Member States and of Unesco and the comments made onthis item of the Agenda at the 83rd session of the Board;

7. Requests the Director-General, on the basis of his further studies, withthe help of consultants as appropriate, and the advice and comments of theAdministrative Committee on Co-ordination, the Committee for Develop-ment Planning and the Preparatory Committee for the Second United Nations



6 . 4

Development Decade, to report to the sixteenth session of the General Con-ference on the evaluation of the results of the present decade in Unesco’sfield of competence and the Organization’s draft programme for the secondDecade.

(83 EX/SR. 18, 19, 27)

Subventions to certain international non-governmental organizations(83 EX/17 and 83 EX/35)


1. Approves the proposed subventions to non-governmental organizations for1970 contained in document 83 EX/17 (Annexes 1 to 35);

2. Takes note of paragraph 3 and Annexes A and B of the document concerningmodifications in the use of subventions granted to non-governmentalorganizations.

(83 EX/SR. 25)

ITEM 7 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

7.1 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions, and report on the creation andclosure of trust funds, reserve and special accounts (83 EX/18 and 83 EX/19,Part II)


1. Having examined the Director-General’s proposals contained in document83 EX/18, and the report of the Finance and Administrative Commissionthereon (83 EX/19, Part II),

I

2. Authorizes the Director-General to accept and add to the appropriationaccounts for 1969-1970 the following special contribution for activitieswhich fall within the approved Programme:

To Appropriation Line III - General Administration andProgramme Supporting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,020

From the Republic of the Congo towards the maintenance costs of the Officeof the Unesco Chief of Mission in Brazzaville - 250, 000 CFA francs equiva-lent to US $1,020;

II

3. Authorizes the Director-General to transfer the balance of $5, 102 in theSpecial Account for the Implementation of the Unesco Programme to theTrust Fund for saving the Monuments of Philae;

III

4. Recommends to the General Conference that the net budget surplus in theSpecial Account for the Emergency Programme of Financial Aid to MemberStates and Associate Members in Africa be transferred to the Trust Fundfor saving the Monuments of Philae.

(83 EX/SR. 22)



7. 2 Proposed transfers within the 1969-1970 budget

This item was withdrawn from the Agenda.

(83 EX/SR. 1)

7.3 Auditor’s Report on the accounts of Unesco for the two-year financial periodended 31 December 1968 (83 EX/20 and 83 EX/19, Part II)



2. Having noted the observations relating to subsistence allowances paid tomembers of the Executive Board (paragraphs 5-8),

3. Confirming that the Chairman of the Executive Board has rightly made useof the powers given him under Article 7. 3 of the Annex to the Rules of Pro-cedure of the Executive Board,

4. Approving the interpretation that he has given to the relevant provisions ofthis Annex, whereby:

(i) The Executive Board is alone competent to establish or change theRules applicable to it under the Rules of Procedure and in the Annexthereto,

(ii) no provision governing the Secretariat shall apply by analogy to theconstitutional organs, unless these shall have explicitly decidedotherwise,

5, Considers, consequently, that Article 3. 2 of the said Annex concerning thesubsistence allowances payable to members of the Executive Board refersonly to the fixing of the rates themselves, which vary according to the placeand not according to the modes of payment, which are laid down in otherArticles;

6. Asks that, in future, the Auditor’s report include more substantive commentson the administration and management of the Organization;

7. Decides to transmit the Auditor’s report on the accounts of Unesco for thebiennium ending 31 December 1968, and the financial report of the Director-General to the General Conference, without further observations.

(83 EX/SR. 22)

7. 4 Auditor’s Report on the accounts of Unesco relating to the Technical Assistancecomponent of UNDP as at 31 December 1968 (83 EX/21 and 83 EX/19, Part II)



2. Approves, on behalf of the General Conference as authorized under15 C/Resolution 16. 4, the report of the External Auditor, the report of theDirector-General and the financial statement relating to the Technical Assis-tance component of UNDP as at 31 December 1968.

(83 EX/SR. 22)



7. 5

7. 6

Auditor’s Report on the accounts of Unesco relating to the Special Fund componentof UNDP as at 31 December 1968 (83 EX/22 and 83 EX/19, Part II)



2. Approves, on behalf of the General Conference as authorized under15 C/Resolution 16. 6, the report of the External Auditor, the report of theDirector-General and the financial statements relating to the Special FundComponent of UNDP as at 31 December 1968.

(83 EX/SR. 22)

Report on staff policy, with particular reference to the granting of indeterminatecontracts (83 EX/23 and Add. )


1. Having examined documents 83 EX/23 and 83 EX/23 Add. concerning staffpolicy, with particular reference to the granting of indeterminate contracts,

2. Invites the Director-General to continue his studies concerning:

(a) The establishment, for the staff in the Professional category andabove, of a career staff and a contract staff, on the basis of thegeneral principles contained in the Staff regulations, particularlythat of geographical distribution;

(b) the conditions and procedures by which the granting of indeterminateappointments should be governed; and

(c) the promotion systems which should be applicable to the career staffand to the contract staff;

3. Requests the Director-General to present to the General Conference, ifpossible at its sixteenth session, recommendations concerning the abovepoints (a), (b) and (c), with the comments of the Executive Board.

II


1. Having examined documents 83 EX/23 and 83 EX/23 Add. relating to staffpolicy,

2. Invites the Director-General to pursue his consultations with the otherinstitutions forming part of the common system, as well as with the inter-national Civil Service Advisory Board and the Joint Staff Pensions Board,so as to study the revision of the conditions of termination applicable tointernational civil servants, including the consequences of termination.Such an inquiry would bear particularly on:

(a)

(b)

The payment of appropriate indemnities on separation from service;

the introduction of a certain flexibility in the conditions of retire-ment, especially as regards age;



3. Requests the Director-General to present to the General Conference, if pos-sible at its sixteenth session, recommendations concerning the above points(a) and (b), with the comments of the Executive Board.

(83 EX/SR. 26, 27, 29)

7.7 Changes in salaries and allowances (83 EX/33 and 83 EX/19, Part II)



2. Having received additional information from the Secretariat concerningchanges in salaries and allowances resulting from the devaluation of theFrench franc on 8 August 1969, as well as certain other effects thereof,

3. Considering the resolution of the twelfth session of the General Conference(12 C/Resolution 29. 2) and those of the fifteenth session of the GeneralConference (15 C/Resolution 21.1 and 15 C/Resolution 21. 2))

4. Takes note of the Director-General’s decision to change, with effect from1 August 1969, the classification of the Organization’s Headquarters forthe purposes of post allowance for staff in the Professional category andabove, in accordance with the system adopted by the United Nations;

5. Takes note that, following an increase in the general quarterly index ofhourly rates published by the French Ministry of Labour, Employment andPopulation, a pensionable adjustment of five per cent in General Servicesalaries became due on 1 September 1969, and that the adjustment waseffected accordingly by the Director-General;

6. Invites the Director-General to study, in consultation with the competentbodies of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the repercussions ofdevaluation on the benefits granted by the Fund.

(83 EX/SR. 22)

7. 8 Consultation on appointments to posts in the Secretariat (private meeting)

(a) Generalpolicy and structure of the Secretariat (Rule 54 (3) of the Board’sRules of Procedure) ;

(b) appointments to certain posts in the Secretariat.

Communique on the private meeting of 29 September 1969

In accordance with Rule 54, paragraph 3, of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board, the Director-General consulted the Board on the questions ofprinciple arising in connexion with appointments to higher posts in the Secretariat.On this occasion the Board reviewed the appointments and extensions of contractsdecided on by the Director-General since the previous consultation of the Boardin private meeting.

Communique on the private meetings of 30 September 1969

In accordance with Rule 54, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board, the Director-General consulted the Board on appointments tohigher posts in the Secretariat.

(83 EX/SR. 12)



ITEM 8 OTHER QUESTIONS

8 . 1

8. 2

Dates of the 84th session of the Executive Board and of meetings of the Board’sCommissions and Committees in 1970

1. The Executive Board adopted the following time-table for the 84th session:

4 May - 19 June 84th session (seven weeks)

4-8 May Plenaries(one week) mainly for the presentation of 16 C/5 and discus-

sion of the Introduction

11-29 May(three weeks)

Programme and External Relations Commission(PX) for the examination of Part II of 16 C/5 andany other items referred to the Commission

1-5 June(one week)

Finance and Administrative Commission (FA)for examination of the financial and administrativeaspects of 16 C/5(For consideration of the other items referred tothe Commission, meetings of the FA and PX Com-missions may be held simultaneously. )

8-19 June(two weeks)

Continuation of plenaries

N. B. The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations will be convenedduring the session.

2. The Executive Board also fixed the following dates for committee meetingsto be held before the 84th session:

2- 10 February Special Committee

l0-13 March Committee on Conventions and Recommendationsin Education

27-30 April Special Committee.

(83 EX/SR. 29)

Representation allowance of the Chairman of the Executive Board

The Executive Board considered in a private meeting the question of therepresentation allowance of the Chairman of the Board and then unanimouslyadopted the following resolution:


1. Considering that the representation allowance of the Chairman of the Execu-tive Board, fixed at $3, 000 in 1959, has never been adjusted despite the in-crease in the cost of living,

2. Decides to raise this allowance to $5, 000 a year as from 1971.

(Communique on the private meetings of 30 September 1969)

(83 EX/SR. 12)


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