Recommendation Concerning Education for International Understanding 114040e

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Records of the General Conference

Eighteenth Session Paris, 1 7 October to 23 Novemb er 19 74

Volume 1

Resolutions

United Nations Educational,

Scientif ic andCu ltu ral Organ ization

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The Records of the eighteenth session of the General Conference are printed in four volumes:The present volume, containing the Resolut ions adopted by the Conference and the l is t of off icers of the GeneralConference and of the Commissions and Committees (Volume 1);

The volume Re ports , which contains the reports of the Programme Commission, the Administrative Commission and theLegal Committee (Volume 2);

The volume Proceedings, which contains the verbatim records of plenary meetings and the list of participants (Volume 3);

The volume Ind ex , containing a subject index to all the documentation of the Conference (including working documentswhich are not reprinted in the Records), an index of speakers in plenary meetings, the time-table of meetings and the listof documents (Volume 4).

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Contents

I Organiza t ion of the sess ion , admiss ion of new Member S ta tes and Assoc ia te Members , appoin tment o f the Di rec tor -Genera l , e lec t ion of members o f the Execu t ive Board , t r ibu tes

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Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Methods of application of paragraphs 8(b) and (c) of Article 1V.C of the Constitution . .Adoption of the agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Composition of the General Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Organization of the work of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Admission of new Member States and Associate Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Appointment of the Director-Genera1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Election of members of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.91 Tribute to Dr Fad Sarrf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.92 Tribute to the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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II P r o g r a m m e

1 E d u c a t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 91 .1 Planning and f inancing of educat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 91.2 Curr i cu la , s t ruc tures and methods of educa t ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11. 3 Higher education and the training of educational personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 61 .41 Co-operat ion with internat ional non-governmental organizat ions act ive in the f ie ld of

educat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.42 Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 A International Bureau of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2 Na t u ra l s ci en ce s a n d t h ei r a p p li ca t io n t o d ev el op m en t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 02.1 Scientific and technological development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.2 Environmental sciences and natural resources research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3 S o c i a l s c i e n c e s , h u m a n i t i e s a n d c u l t u r e . . . . . . . . . . .

3 .1 Philosophy and interdiscipl inary co-operat ion . . . . .3 .2 S oc ia l s cie n ce s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.3 Cultural activities . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . .3.4 Cultural heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 .5 Man in h i s envi ronment -human se t t l ement s . . . . .

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4 C o m m u n i c a t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 34 .1 Free flow of information and development of communication . . . . . . . . . . . 6 34 .2 Documentation, libraries and archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 74 .3 Public information and promotion of international understanding . . . . . . . . . 704 .4 Statistics relating to education, science and technology, culture and communication . 72

5 In t er-s ec t or a l p rog ra m m es on h u m a n r ig h t s a n d p ea ce a n d on p op u la t io n . . . . . . . . . 7 3

5 . 1 Human r ights and peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 35.2 Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5




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6 in te rn a t io n a l s ta n d a rd s , r e la t io n s a n d p ro g ra mmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 .1 In ternational s tandards and copyr ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.2 Co-operation with National Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.3 Participation programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.4 In te rna t iona l programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.5 Relations with international non-governmental organizations . . . . . . . . . . .6 .6 Funds-in-trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.7 European co-operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 Pu b l i c a t i o n s p o l i c y a n d p r o g r a mme s t r u c t u r e s f o r i n f o r ma t i o n , d o c u me n t a t i o n , l i b r a r i e s a n d

a r c h i v e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 .1 Publications policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .2 Programme structures for information, documentation, libraries and archives . . . .

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II I Budget

8 Appropriation resolution for 1975-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8

I v Genera l resolut ions

9 Conclusions of the General Policy Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 0 Analysis of problems and table of objectives to be used as a basis for medium-term planning(1977-82) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 1 Unescos contribution to peace and its tasks with respect to the promotion of human rightsand the elimination of colonialism and racialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 2 Establ ishment of a new internat ional economic order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Access by the populations of the occupied Arab territories to national education and culture . .1 4 Participation of Unesco in the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Second

World War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 5 Return of Portugal to the Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 6 Unescos efforts concerning the improvement of the status of women . . . . . . . . . . .

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V Const i tu t ional and legal ques t ions

1 7 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . .1 8 Amendment to the Regulat ions for the general c lass i f icat ion of the various categories of

meetings convened by Unesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9 Draft amendments to Article V of the Constitution and consequential draft amendments to the

Rules of Procedure of the General Conference, submitted by Sweden . . . . . . . . . . .

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VI Fin an c ia l q u es t io n s

2 0 Financial reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 Contribut ions of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2 Working Capi tal Fund: level and adminis t rat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 3 Amendment to the Financial Regulat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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VII Staff questions

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Staff regulations and rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General long-term plan for the selection and renewal of the staff . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geographical dis t r ibut ion of s taff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Granting of indeterminate appointments to Professional staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Provision to Member States of executive personnel (UNESCOPAS) . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3 1 Headquarters premises--extended medium-term solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 5

32 Remodelling of Headquarters premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363 3 Headquarters premises-long-term solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13634 Head qu ar ters Com m ittee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 7




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IX Repor ts by Member Sta tes

3 5 Initial special reports submitted by Member States on the action taken by them on the Conven-tion for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and on the Recommendationconcerning the Protection, at National Level, of the Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted bythe General Conference at its seventeenth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 6 Initial special reports to be submitted to the General Conference at its nineteenth session on theaction taken by Member States on the Recommendations adopted at the eighteenth session

3 7 Questionnaire for the third consultation of Member States on the Convention and Recommen-dation against Discrimination in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

X R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s

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Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation andPeace and Education relat ing to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms . . . . . . . .Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education . . . . . . . .Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

XI Methods of work of the Organiza t ion

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Examinat ion of the methods of budget ing and budget es t imates . . . . . . . . . . .Bureau of Management and Data Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Working languages of the Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . .Applicat ion to Unesco of the recommendat ions of the United Nat ions Ad Hoc Commit tee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nat ions and the Special ized Agencies . . . .Measures to make the execution of Unescos programme more effective . . . . . . . . . .Definition of regions with a view to the execution by the Organization of regional activities . .Periodicity of the report of the Director-General on the activities of the Organization . . . .Designation of International Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recommendations of the Resolutions Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

XI I Nineteenth sess ion of the Genera l Conference

5 0Place of the nineteenth session

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Malta Portugal

Mauritania Qatar

Mauritius Romania

Mexico Rwanda

Monaco San Marino

Mongolia Saudi Arabia

Morocco SenegalNepal Sierra Leone

Netherlands Singapore

New Zealand Somalia

Nicaragua Spain

Niger Sri Lanka

Nigeria Sudan

Norway Sweden

Oman Switzerland

Pakistan Syrian Arab Republic

Panama Thailand

Paraguay Togo

Peru Trinidad and TobagoPhilippines Tunisia

Poland Turkey

Uganda

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist

Republic

Union of Soviet Socialist

Republics

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern

Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Upper Volta

Uruguay

Venezuela

Republic of Viet-Nam

Yemen

Peoples Democratic

Republic of Yemen

YugoslaviaRepublic of Zaire

Zambia

(b) The delegations of the following Associate Members:

Namibia Papua New Guinea

(c) The observers from the following non-Member State:

Holy See

0.2 Methods of application of paragraphs 8(b) and (c)of Article IV.C of the Constitution

0.21 Report by the Executive Board on communications received fromMember States invoking the provisions of Article IV, paragraph 8(c), ofthe Constitution

At its second plenary meeting on 17 October 1974, the General Conference decided, after

considering the Executive Boards report on communications received from Member States invoking

the provisions of Article IV, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution (doc. 18C/lOl), and in pursuance ofArticle IV, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution, to permit the delegations of the Member States

referred to in that document to take part in the votes at the eighteenth session.

0.22 Communications received from Member States invoking the provisionsof Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution

0.221 The General Conference,1

Having considered the position of the Member States to which, according to the reports submitted

by the Director-General (doc. 18C/ADM/INF.S), the provisions of Article IV.C, para-

graphs 8(b) and (c), of the Constitution might apply,

1. Resolution adopted on the report of the Administrative Commission at the sixth plenary meeting on 21 October 1974.

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Ha ving tak en cogn iz an ce of the situation of these Member States,

Decides , by virtue of the powers conferred on it by Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution,

to permit these Member States to take part in the votes.

0.3 Adoption of the agenda

At its second plenary meeting on 17 October 1974 the General Conference, having considered the

revised provisional agenda prepared by the Executive Board (doc. 18C/l Rev.), adopted the following

amended agenda, with the exception of items 67 and 68, which were adopted at its sixth plenary

meeting on 21 October 1974, and item 69, which was adopted at its twenty-seventh plenary meeting

on 14 November 1974.

I. Organization of the session

1. Opening of the session by the Head of the

Delegation of Japan.2. Establishment of the Credentials Committee andreport of the Committee to the General Confer-ence.

3. Report by the Executive Board on communi-cations received from Member States invokingthe provisions of Article IV, paragraph 8(c), ofthe Constitution.

4. Adoption of the agenda.5. Election of the President and 15 Vice-Presidents

of the Conference.6. Organization of the work of the eighteenth

session of the General Conference: establishmentof commissions and committees and referral of

items to the bodies thus established.7. [Deleted]

II. Admission to Unesco

8. Admission of new Member States:8.1. [Deleted]8.2. Application of the Republic of San Marinofor membership of Unesco.8.3. Application of the Democratic PeoplesRepublic of Korea for membership of Unesco.

9. Admission of an Associate Member.

III. Director-General

10. Appointment of the Director-General.

IV. Reports on the activities of the Organization andgeneral policy questions

11. Reports of the Director-General on the Activi-ties of the Organization in 1972 and 1973.

12. Implementation of resolution 10 adopted by theGeneral Conference at its seventeenth sessionconcerning Unescos contribution to peace and

its tasks with respect to the promotion of hu-man rights and the elimination of colonialism

12.1. Unescos contribution to peace and itstasks with respect to the promotion of humanrights and the elimination of colonialism and

racialism.12.2. Investigation of international non-govern-mental organizations which have branches, sec-tions, affiliates or constituent parts in the Re-public of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia orPortuguese-dominated African territories.12.3. The question of international non-govern-mental organizations maintaining relations withUnesco and having branches, sections or mem-bers linked with Chiang Kai-shek and illegallyusurping the name of China.12.4. Ways and means by which Unesco shouldcontribute, in its fields of competence, to theestablishment of a new international economic

order.12.5. Potential role of Unesco in giving fulleffect to the programmes envisaged in the Char-ter of the Economic Rights and Duties of States(subject to completion of this Charter and itsapproval by the United Nations in time forconsideration by the General Conference).12.6. Intensification of Unescos role in strength-ening universal peace, security and co-operationbetween countries with different socio-economicsystems (item proposed by the Union of SovietSocialist Republics).

13. Report by the Executive Board on its ownactivities.

V. Programme and Budget

14. Consideration of the document entitled Analy-sis of Problems and Table of Objectives to beUsed as a Basis for Medium-term Planning(1977-1982).

15. General consideration of the Programme andBudget for 1975-1976.

16. Adoption of the provisional budget ceilingfor 1975-76.

17. Detailed consideration of the Draft Programmeand Budget for 1975-1976:

17.1. Examination of the methods of budgetingand budget estimates.

and racialism. 17.2. Part I. General Policy.

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17.3 . Pa r t I I . P rogramme Opera t ions and Ser -vices.17.4. Part III . General Administration and Pro-gramme Supporting Services.17.5. Part IV. Publications, Conferences ,Languages and Documents Services.17.6. Part V. Common Services.17.7. Part VI. Appropriation Reserve.17.8. Part VII. Capital Expenditure.

18. Adoption of the Appropriation Resolutionfor 1975-1976.

VI. Const i tu t ional and legal ques t ions

19. Report of the Execut ive Board on the ques t iondeal t wi th in i tem 19 of the agenda of theseventeenth session of the General Conference(draft amendments to Art ic le V of the Const i -tu t ion and consequential d raf t amendments tothe Rules of Procedure of the General Confer-

ence, submitted by Sweden).20. Dra f t amendments to the Rules of P rocedureof the General Conference (use of Arabic as aworking language of the General Conference):report by the Director-General.

21. Draft amendments to the Rules of Procedure ofthe General Conference and to the Regulationsfor the general classification of the various cat-egories of meet ings convened by Unesco anddraft modificat ion of the Rules concerning theProgramme of Participation, in order for Africanliberation movements recognized by the Organ-ization of African Unity to be associated withthe act ivi t ies of Unesco, including those of the

General Conference.21.1 . .Dra f t amendments to the Rules of P ro-cedure of the General Conference and to theregulat ions for the general c lass i f icat ion of thevarious categories of meetings convened byUnesco and draft modificat ion of the rulesconcerning the Participation Programme, in or-der to enable the l iberat ion movements recog-nized by the intergovernmental regional organ-izat ions to be associated with the act ivi t ies of Unesco, including those of the General Confer-ence; the invitation to the Palestine LiberationOrganization (PLO), recognized by the Leagueof Arab States, to attend the eighteenth session

of the General Conference ( i tem proposed byAlgeria, Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait,Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia , Sudan, SyrianArab Republic, Tunisia, Yemen Arab Republic).

VI I . I n t e r na t i ona l c onve n t i ons , r e c omme nda t i ons a ndo t h e r i n s t r u m e n t s

A. Ap p li ca t io n of ex is t in g in s t ru m en t s

22. Convention and Recommendation against Dis-crimination in Education: proposal concerningprocedure for the next consultation of Member

States .23. Ini t ia l special reports submit ted by Member

Sta tes on the ac t ion taken by them on the

Convention for the Protection of the WorldCultural and Natural Heri tage and the Rec-ommendation concerning the Protect ion, atNational Level, of the Cultural and NaturalHeritage, adopted by the General Conference ati ts seventeenth session.

B . Ad op t io n of n ew in s t ru m en t s

24. Draft recommendation concerning education forin ternational unders tanding , co-operat ion andpeace and educa t ion re l a t ing to human r ight sand fundamental f reedoms.

25. Draft revised recommendation concerning tech-nical and vocational education.

26 . Draf t recommendation concern ing the s tatus of scientific research workers.

C. Pr o p o s a l f o r p r e p a r a t i o n o f n e w i n s t r u me n t s

27. Desirability of adopting an international instru-

ment on the development of adult education.28. Desirability of adopting an international in-s t rument on the exchange of original objectsand specimens among ins t i tut ions in differentcoun t r i e s .

29. Desirability of adopting an international instru-ment on the preservat ion of his toric quarters ,ci t ies and si tes and their integrat ion into amodern environment.

30. Desirability of adopting an international instru-ment on ac t ion to ensu re tha t th e people a tlarge have free, democrat ic access to cul tureand part ic ipate act ively in the cul tural l i fe of society.

31. Desirability of adopting one or more additionalprotocols to the agreement on the importat ionof educational, scientific and cultural materials.

32. Desirability of adopting an international instru-ment on the in te rna t iona l s t andard iza t ion of statistics relating to radio and television.

33. Desirability of adopting an international instru-ment for the protection of translators.

VIII . Rela t ions wi th o ther in ternat ional organiza t ions

34. Report by the Director-General on changes inclassification of international non-governmental

organizations.

I X . M e t hods o f w or k o f t he O r ga n i z a t i on

35. Guidel ines concerning the form and content of the Mediu m -term Ou tl ine Plan (doc. C/ 4) an dre la t ionship be tween th i s document and theDraft Program m e and Bud get (doc. C/ S). Rec-ommendations of the Executive Board.

36. Publications policy.37. Application to Unesco of the recommendations

of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee ofExperts to examine the f inances of the United

Nations and the Specialized Agencies.38. Measures to make the execut ion of Unescos

programme more effective.

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39. Definition of the regions with a view to theexecution by the Organization of regional ac-tivities.

40. Periodicity of the Report of the Director-Generalon the Activities of the Organization.

41. Working languages of the Organization:41.1. Progress ive use of Chinese as a working

language of the General Conference and theExecutive Board.41.2. Use of Arabic as a working language of the Executive Board.

X. F inanc ia l ques t ions

42. Financial reports.42.1. Report of the External Auditor, financialreport of the Director-General on the accountsof Unesco for the two-year financial periodended 31 December 1972.42.2. Auditors report and financial report of the

Director-General and f inancial s ta tements inrespect of the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme as at 31 December 1972.42.3. Auditors report and financial report of theDirector-General in respect of the interim ac-counts of Unesco closed on 31 December 1973for the two-year financial period ended31 December 1974.42.4. Auditors report, financial report of theDirector-General and financial statements of theUnited Nations Development Programme as at31 December 1973.

43. Contributions of Member States.43.1. Scale of assessment.

43.2. Currency of contributions.43.3. Collection of contributions.44. Working Capital Fund: level and administration.

XI. Staff quest ions

45. Staff regulations.46. Salaries, allowances and other benefits of staff:

46.1. Professional category and above.46.2. General Service staff at Headquarters.

47. Participation of Unesco in the InternationalCivil Service Commission.

48. Staff policy:

48.1. General long-term plan for the selectionand renewal of the staff.48.2. Long-term recruitment plan.48.3. Geographical distribution of staff.48.3.1. Appl icat ion of decis ions taken by theGeneral Conference at i ts seventeenth sess ionconcerning the equi table geographical dis t r i -bution of posts in the Secretariat ( item proposedby the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic andthe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).48.4. Grant ing of indeterminate appointmentsto Professional staff.

49. Provision to Member States of executive per-sonnel (UNESCOPAS).

50. United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund.50.1. Report by the Director-General.

50.2. Pension rights: liability of the Organizationregarding service performed during the years1947-50.

51. Unesco Staff Pension Committee: election ofrepresentatives of Member States for 1975-76.

XII . Headquar te r s ques t ions

52. Report of Headquarters Commit tee.53. Headquarters premises extended medium-term

solution: report by the Director-General.54. Remodel l ing of Headquarters premises : report

by the Director-General.55. Headquarters premises-long-term solution: re-

port by the Director-General.

XIII . E lec t ions

56. Election of members of the Executive Board.

57. Election of members of committees for thenineteenth session of the General Conference:57.1. Legal Committee.57.2. Headquarters Committee.

58. Election of members of other bodies:58.1. Election of members of the Council of theInternational Bureau of Education.58.2. Election of members of the SteeringCommittee of UNISIST.58.3. Elect ion of members of the Internat ionalCo-ordinating Council of the Programme onMan and the Biosphere.58.4. Election of members of the Intergovern-mental Council for the International Hydrologi-cal Programme (subject to adoption of the Stat-utes by the General Conference).58.5. Election of members of the ExecutiveCommit tee of the Internat ional Campaign toSave the Monuments of Nubia.58.6. Election of three members of the Concili-ation and Good Offices Commission responsiblefor seeking the settlement of any disputes whichmay arise between States Parties to the Conven-tion against Discrimination in Education.58.7. Replacement of a member of the Concili-at ion and Good Offices Commiss ion to be re-sponsible for seeking the settlement of anydisputes which may arise between States Partiesto the Convent ion agains t Discriminat ion inEducation, whose seat has become vacant uponhis death.

XIV. Nine teen th sess ion of the Genera l Confe rence

59. Place and organization of the nineteenth sessionof the General Conference.

X V . O th e r b u s in e s s

60. United Nations University.61. Implementat ion of the resolut ions of the Gen-

eral Conference and decisions of the ExecutiveBoard concerning the protect ion of cul tural

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property in Jerusalem: report of the Director-General.

62. Designation of international years: report of theDirector-General .

63. Ways and means by which Unesco could, underarrangements adopted or planned by the UnitedNations General Assembly or by the Economic

and Social Council, participate in the commoneffort of reflection to improve the working of theUnited Nations System.

i t ia te a world-wide programme from 1975 tomeet the si tuat ion which is threatening theexistence of the p ress, s t ill the m ost p otentmean s of commu nicat ion (item p roposed byIndia).

66. Declarat ion concerning the bas ic principles of the use of the mass communica t ion media to

s trengthen peace and in ternational unders tand-ing and curb war-mongering, racism and apar-theid (item proposed by the Byelorussian SovietSocialist Republic and the Union of SovietSocialist Republics).

XVI. Supplementa ry i t ems

6 4 . Unes cos efforts conce rn ing th e imp rovemen t of XVII. New i t e m s

6 5 .

the status of women (i tem proposed by theUnited States of America). 6 7 .The imbalances in the consumption of newsprintbetween developing and developed countrieshaving been further accentuated by the recent 6 8 .abnormal prices , Unesco is cal led upon to in- 69.

Contribution of Unesco to the return of culturalproperty to countries that have been victims ofde facto expropriat ion.Admission of an Associate Member (Namibia).Tribute to the Director-General.

Composition of the General Committee

On the report of the Nominations Committee, which had before it the proposals of the Executive

Board, the General Conference, a t i t s thi rd plenary meet ing on 18 October 1974, e lected i ts General

Committee1

as follows:

P r e s i d e n t of t h e G e n e r a l C o n f e r e n c e : H.E. Mrs Magda Joboru (Hungary).Vi c e -Pr e s i d e n t s of t h e G e n e r a l C o n f e r e n c e : The heads of the delegations of the following Member

States :

C h i n a J a p a n

C u b a Kenya

F r a n c e L e b a n o n

Gabon Pakis tan

Federal Republic of Germany P a n a m a

India S e n e g a l

Union of Soviet Socialist

Republ i cs

United Kingdom of Great

Bri tain and Northern

I re land

United States of America

C h a i r m a n of t h e C o m m i s s i o n fo r E d u c a t i o n : Dr Aklilu Habte (Ethiopia).

C h a i r m a n of t h e C o m m i s s i o n for S cie nce : Professor Lvy Makany (Congo).

C h a i r m a n of t h e C o m m i s s i o n for S o c i a l S c i e n c e s , H u m a n i t i e s a n d C u l t u r e : H.E. Dr Gabriel Betancur

Mejia (Colombia).

C h a i r m a n of t h e C o m m i s s i o n fo r C o m m u n i c a t i o n : H.E. Dr Josef Grohman (Czechoslovakia).

C h a i r m a n fo r t h e C o m m i s s i o n o n G e n e r a l P r o g r a m m e M a t t e r s : Mr Napolon LeBlanc (Canada).

C h a i r m a n of t h e R e s o l u t i o n s C o m m i t t e e : Mr Bernard J. E. M. de Hoog (Netherlands).

C h a i r m a n of t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i v e C o m m i s s i o n : Senator the Hon. Hector Wynter (Jamaica).

C h a i r m a n of t h e N o m i n a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e : H.E. Mr Ricardo Diez Hochleitner (Spain).

C h a i r m a n of t h e L e g a l C o m m i t t e e : Mr Adnan Nachabe (Syrian Arab Republic).

C h a i r m a n of t h e C r e d e n t i a l s C o m m i t t e e : H.E. Mr Tooryalay Etemadi (Afghanistan).

C h a i r m a n of t h e H e a d q u a r t e r s C o m m i t t e e : H.E. Mr Francisco Cuevas Cancino (Mexico).

1. For complete list of elected officers of the eighteenth session of the General Conference, see th e Annex to th is vo lume.

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0 5 Organ iza tion of th e work of th e s ess ion

0.6 Admission of new Member Statesand Associate Members

0.61 The G e ne r a l Con f e r e nc e , l

0.62 The G e ne r a l Con f e r e nc e ,1


C o n s i d e r i n g Article II, paragraph 3, of the Constitution,

C o n s i d e r i n g the appl ica t ion made on 7 February 1974 by the Government of Aust ra l ia ,

De c id es to admit Papua New Guinea to associate membership of Unesco.

0 .64 At i t s s ixth plenary meet ing on 21 October 1974 the Genera l Conference decided to admit Namibia

to a ssoc i a t e membersh ip .

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0.71

Appointment of the Director-General

The G e ne r a l Con f e r e nc e ,2

At i t s fourth plenary meet ing on 18 October 1974, the Genera l Conference , on the recommendat ion

of the General Committee, approved the revised plan for the organization of the work of the session

su bm itted by the Executive Board (doc. 18C/ 2. Rev.).

Co n s i d er i n g that the Republic of San Marino, on 11 February 1974, applied for membership of

U n e s c o ,

C o n s i d e r i n g likewise that this Republic, in formulating its application, proclaimed its willingness

to abide by Unes cos Cons ti tution, to accept the obligation s conta ined th erein a nd t o

contr ibute to the expenses of the Organiza t ion,Ha v in g n o t e d tha t the Execut ive Board, a t i t s 94th session, recommended tha t the Republ ic of San

Marino should be admitted as a Member State of Unesco,

De cid es to admit the Republic of San Marino as a Member State of Unesco.

C o n s i d e r i n g that the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea applied, on 11 June 1974, for

membership of Unesco,

Co n s i d er i n g likewise that this Republic, in submitting its application, proclaimed its willingness

to abide by the Constitution, accept the obligations contained therein, and contribute to the

expenses of the Organiza t ion,

Ha vin g n o t ed that the Executive Board, at i ts 94th session, recommended that the Democrat ic

Peoples Republic of Korea should be admitted as a Member State of Unesco,De cid es to admit the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea as a Member State of Unesco.

I

C o n s i d e r i n g the nominat ion submit ted to i t by the Execut ive Board,

Ac t in g in accordance with Article VI.2 of the Constitution,

Ap p oin t s Mr Amadou-Mahtar MBow as Director-General of the United Nations Educational,

Scient i f ic and Cul tura l Organiza t ion, for a per iod of s ix years as f rom 15 November 1974.

1. Resolu t ions adopted a t the second p lenary meet ing on 17 October 1974 .2 . Resolu t ion adopted a t the twenty-e igh th p lenary meet ing on 14 November 1974 .

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II

T he Genera l Conf erence , l

Ap p roves the draf t contract submit ted to i t by the Execut ive Board es tabl ishing the terms of

appointment , salary, al lowances and status of the Director-General .

A n n e x . Sta tu te r e la t ing to the D i rec tor -Genera l

A r t ic le I

The Director-General is the Chief AdministrativeOfficer of the Organization. In the discharge of hisduties he shall observe the provisions of the Consti-tution and any rules made by the General Conferenceand by the Executive Board, and shall give effect tothe decisions of these two organs.

If, in the opinion of the General Conference, theincapacity of the Director-General renders it impos-sible for him to continue to exercise his functions, theConference will request the Executive Board tomake a new nominat ion and wil l proceed to a newelection. In such circumstances the Conference maygrant to the former Director-General such indemnityas it deems proper.

Ar t ic le 2 Ar t ic le 4

If the Director-General dies or resigns, the Executive

Board shal l appoint an Act ing Director-General toserve until the following session of the GeneralConference.

Ar t ic le 3

In the event of the Director-General being incapaci-ta ted, the Execut ive Board may grant him leave of absence on such condit ions and for such per iod asthe Board may decide pending the following sessionof the General Conference; in such case, the duties ofthe Director-General shall be exercised by an ActingDirector-General appointed by the Executive Board.

The Executive Board by a vote of two-thirds of

i t s members may suspend the Di rec tor -Genera lon grounds of misconduct, or of violation of theConstitution or Rules of the Conference and of theExecut ive Board; in such case i t may appoint anActing Director-General to exercise the functions ofthe Director-General until the following session ofthe General Conference. If the General Conferenceendorses the decis ion of the Execut ive Board, thecontract of the Director-General shall be terminatedforthwith, and the Executive Board shall be requestedt o make a new nomina t ion for appoin tment to theposition of Director-General.

0 .8 Election of members of the Executive Board

0.81 The General Conference, a t i t s seventeenth plenary meet ing on 26 October 1974, proceeded to the

elect ion, on the report of the Nominat ions Commit tee, of twenty members of the Execut ive Board.

The fol lowing candidates ( l is ted in a lphabet ical order) , having obtained the required majori ty

of the votes cast, were declared elected on the first ballot:

The Hon. Mrs Estefania Aldaba-Lim Mr Leona rd C. J . Martin (United Kin gdom)

(Philippines) Mr Mahmoud Messadi (Tunisia)

Mr Arthur Musisi Katerega Bagunywa H.E. Dr Hassan Muraywid (Syrian Arab

(Uganda) Republic)Ambassador Paulo E. de Berrdo Carneiro Mr Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba (Mauritania)

(Brazil) Professor Hugh Whitelaw Stuart Philp

Prin ce J ea n de Broglie (Fra n ce) (Au s tra lia )

Mr Gunnar Garbo (Norway) H.E. Mr Majid Rahnema (Iran)

Mr Keitaro Hironaga (Japan) Mr Gordon H. Scherer (United States of

Professor J oseph Ki-Zerbo (Upper Volta) America)

H.E. Mr Leonid Nikolaevich Kutakov Professor Dr Rita Schober (German

(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Democratic Republic)

Mr Marcel Ibinga Magwangu (Gabon) Mr Trailokya Nath Upraity (Nepal)

Dr Professor Juan Marinello y Vidaurreta H.E. Mr Michel J . M. M. Gh. Van Ussel

(Cuba) (Belgium)

1. Resolution adopted at the twenty-eighth plenary meeting on 14 November 1974.

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Cons ider ing that s ince the adopt ion, a t i t s seventeenth sess ion, of resolut ion 12.2 dis t r ibut ing among

electoral groups the States having become Members of Unesco s ince the es tabl ishment a t the

fifteenth session of groupings of Member States for the purpose of elections to the Executive

Board, the States whose names are given below have become Members of Unesco:

Gambia P o r t u g a l

German Democratic Republic Democratic Peoples Republic of KoreaC o n s i d e r i n g that these Member States should therefore be dis t r ibuted among the electoral groups

es tabl ished by the said resolut ion,

De c i d e s :

(a) to add to Group I the following Member State: Portugal;

(b) to add to Group II the following Member State: German Democratic Republic;

(c) to add to Group IV the following Member State: Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea;

(d) to add to Group V the following Member State: Gambia.

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0.91

Tributes

Tribute to Dr Fad Sarrf

The GeneraI Conference,2

Noting that Dr Fad Sarrf retires from the office of Chairman of the Executive Board at the end

of the eighteenth sess ion,

Considering that he has been act ively associated with Unescos endeavours for several lus t rums,

Mindful of his valuable contribution to the achievement of Unescos objectives and programmes

at the nat ional , regional and internat ional levels ,

Expresses its high appreciation of his services to the Organization.

0.92 Tribute to the Director-General

The G e ne r a l Con f e r e nc e ,3

C o n s i d e r i n g that the term of office of Mr Ren Maheu, the Director-General, will expire on

14 November 1974,

Co n sc i o u s of the great contribut ion that he has made to the development of Unesco throughout

his associat ion with the Organizat ion,

1 . F u l l y e n d o r s e s the resolut ion adopted by the Execut ive Board at i ts meet ing of 8 October 1974

which s ta tes as fol lows:

T h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d ,1. Reca ll in g tha t Mr Ren Maheu , who joined the Secretariat in 19 46, s erved su ccessively

as Head of the Division of Free Flow of Information, Director of the Executive Office

of the Director-General , Ass is tant Director-General and thereafter , wi th that rank, as the

representat ive of Unesco at the United Nat ions , and that , in November 1961, the Execut ive

Board appointed him Acting Director-General;

2 . F u r t h e r r e c a l l i n g that , on 14 November 1962, he was appointed to the office of Director-

General by the General Conference at i ts twelfth sess ion and that , on 19 October 1968,

his appointment was unanimously renewed by the General Conference at i ts fi fteenth

session for a second term of six years, which will expire on 14 November 1974;

1. Resolu t ion adopted on the report o f the Nominat ions Commit tee a t the seventeenth p lenary meet ing on 26 October 1974 .2. Resolution adopted at the forty-eighth plenary meeting on 23 November 1974.3. Resolu t ion adopted a t the twenty-seventh p lenary meet ing on 14 November 1974 .

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3 . C o n s i d e r i n g that Mr Maheu, in discharging his high responsibi l i t ies , has never ceased to

exert himself to the utmost in the service of the Organizat ion and that , by the clari ty

of his vision of the Organizations mission, his incisive grasp of the problems of the

modern world, and hi s dynamic humanism, he has given Unesco an unprecedented

impetus and range of influence which have enabled the Organizat ion to make sub-

stantial advances in serving its Member States, and to become an effective force in

t he e f for t to promote peace and human r ight s ;4 . Co n s i d e r i n g f u r t h e r his thorough u nders tan ding of the Uni ted Nat ions s ys tem and the

manner in which he has enabled the Organizat ion to contribute to i ts effect iveness , and

to make i ts voice heard and play i ts due part within the system;

5 . Conv inced that the example he has set , which s ignal ly honours the internat ional c ivi l service

and is a source of pride to the Secretariat of which he was a member and which he

has led with such dist inct ion, wil l continue in the future to inspire al l those who, in

whatever capaci ty, endeavour to put into pract ice the Organizat ions ideals ;

6 . A p p r e c i a t i v e of the mutual ly respectful co-operat ion which developed between him and the

Execut ive Board in shouldering the tasks at t r ibuted to them both, by the Const i tut ion

and the General Conference;

7 . P a y s t r i b u t e to Mr Ren Maheu in i ts plenary meet ing of 8 October 1974, and conveys to

him i ts profound grat i tude;8 . E x p r e s s e s the hope that the coming years wil l afford him many sources of sat is fact ion and

will offer him further opportunities of giving the international community the benefit

of his experience an d of his t i reless d evotion to th e great cau ses of hu ma nity;

2 . A p p r e c i a t i v e in i ts turn of the close co-operat ion which has exis ted between Mr Ren Maheu and

the General Conference at success ive sess ions , his percept iveness in interpret ing the wishes

of the Conference, and his devotion in implementing its decisions;

3 . Pa y s t r i b u t e a n d e x p r e s s e s i t s d e e p g r a t i t u d e to Mr Rent Mah eu in this plenary m eeting of

14 November 1974.

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Education 1

1 . 1 Planning and f inancing of education

1 .11 E d u c a t io n a l p o l i c y a n d p l a n n in g

1.111 The Direc tor-Genera l i s authorized to promote internat ional co-opera t ion wi th regard to educat ional

pol ic ies, p lanning and administ ra t ion:

I

By helping Member States to frame educational policies by:

(a) organizing governmental conferences for the various regions of the world or for certain groups

of countries and meetings of officials responsible for implementing the recommendations of the

governmenta l conferences ment ioned above, in par t icular by:

(i) convening, in 1975, a meeting of senior officials of the Ministries of Education of the

twenty-five least-developed countries;

(ii) convening, in 1976, a conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States;

(i i i) organizing meetings of those responsible for the implementation of the recommendations

of the previous regional conferences of Ministers of Education of Latin America and of

the Arab Sta tes;

(b) grant ing assistance for the cr i t ica l appra isa l of na t ional educat ion systems and for the f raming

of na t ional s t ra tegies wi th a view to the development and renewal of these systems, in par t icular

by means of:

(i) the disseminat ion of the recommendat ions of the Internat ional Commission on the Devel-opment of Education, the granting of assis tance for the implementation of these re-

commendations, and the dissemination of qualitative and quantitative data on the education

systems of Member Sta tes;

(ii) advisory services to help Member States to carry out in-depth studies of their education

systems;

(iii) advisory services and studies wi th the a im of improving co-ordinat ion be tween educat ional

pol ic ies and employment and popula t ion pol ic ies;

( iv) assistance in the na t ional programming of internat ional assistance in respect of educat ion,

and sectoral s tudies intended to help towards the framing of programmes and projects ;

1. Resolu t ions adopted on the report o f the Commission for Educat ion a t the th i r ty -s ix th p lenary meet ing on 19 Novem-ber 1974 .

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1.122

1.13

1.13

II

By helping Member States to strengthen their educational planning services and to draw up edu-

cational development plans by means of:

(a) advisory services, studies and meetings of experts, with a view to improving methods and

techniques of educational planning in the framework of national policies;

(b) advisory services and studies aiming to improve the design and planning of educational facilitiesin the context of lifelong education, making the best possible use of national resources;

II I

By helping Member States to modernize the administration and management of educational systems

and establishments by means of:

(a) advisory services and the organizing of national symposia of specialists with a view to improving

the functioning of the administration of education;

(b) the training of educational planners and administrators and of staff specializing in matters

connected with educational facilities in the framework of national projects and of the activities

of the Regional Offices.

International Institute for Educational Planning

Member States are invited to grant or renew voluntary contributions to the International Institute for

Educational Planning, in accordance with Article VIII of its Statutes, so as to enable it, thanks to

additional resources and in the expanded framework of its new headquarters provided by the French

Government, to satisfy as far as possible the growing needs of Member States with regard to training

and research in educational planning.

The Director-General is authorized to ensure the implementation by the International Institute for

Educational Planning of the following activities in the field of education: (a) training; (b) research;

and (c) the dissemination of concepts and techniques in the field of educational planning, and toprovide it for this purpose in 1975-76 with a grant-in-aid not exceeding $1,756,400.

Financing of education

The Director-General is authorized to contribute to the development of international co-operation

in the financing of education:

(a) by assisting Member States, at their request, first, to make more effective use of their own

resources and, second, in the identification, preparation, implementation and evaluation of

investment projects which are capable of contributing to the development and the renewal

of their education systems and which can be financed:

(i) through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International

Development Association;(ii) through the regional development banks;

(iii) through the United Nations Childrens Fund;

(iv) through the World Food Programme;

(v) through funds-in-trust set up by Member States or interested organizations;

(b) by the collection, analysis and dissemination of information concerning:

(i) the external aid required by Member States for the execution of their plans and pro-

grammes;

(ii) sources of finance, amount of aid to education and conditions under which such aid is

granted;

(iii) methods for the estimation of costs and financing.

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1.14 Equality of educational opportunity

1.141 Member States are invited:

(a) to contribute to the financing of the education programme jointly operated by the United

Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and Unesco for Palestine refugees in the Near

East;

(b) to take definite steps to ensure equality of conditions of access to, and opportunities for,education:

(i) for foreign migrant workers, their wives and children;

(ii) for girls and women;

(iii) for other groups suffering from the structural inequalities of society;

(c) to contribute to the Fund-in-Trust administered by Unesco for the financing of education

programmes operated in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity for refugees

and peoples fighting for their independence, for human dignity and human rights ,

and against apartheid and all other forms of colonialism, racialism, oppression or foreign

domination.

1.142 The General Conference,

Recall ing the terms of resolution 31.1 adopted at its seventeenth session concerning periodic reports

by Member States on the implementation of the Convention and Recommendation against

Discrimination in Education,

Hav ing examined document l8C/21 and its annexes,

I. Approv es the draft questionnaire for the third periodic consultation of Member States on their

implementation of the Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education;

2. Again urges all Member States to discharge their constitutional obligations by completing this

questionnaire and returning it by a date which will be specified in the letter transmitting the

questionnaire to them;

3. Reminds Member States of the new provision for financial assistance from the Organization for

the identification and removal of obstacles to equality of educational opportunity (doc. 18C/5,

paragraph 1161).

1.143 The Director-General is authorized to intensify international and regional co-operation with the aim

of promoting equality of opportunity and treatment and the elimination of all discrimination in

education:

(a) by taking steps to strengthen the Organizations standard-setting activities in this field, with

particular emphasis on promotion of equality between the sexes through education;

(b) in the framework of the following work plan, by promoting and conducting studies and

research with a view to finding organizational and pedagogic solutions to the problem of

reaching large groups of the population whose participation in educational programmes is

hampered by the structural inequalities of society;

(c) by providing assistance for the furtherance of the education:

(i) of migrant workers, their wives and children;(ii) of girls and women;

(iii) of refugees and peoples fighting for their independence, for human dignity and human

rights, and against apartheid and all other forms of colonialism, racialism, oppression or

foreign domination.

1.2 Curricula, structures and methods of education

1.21 Methods, materials and techniques

1.21 The Director-General is authorized to continue and strengthen a group of activities designed to

promote the widespread use of modern media, methods and techniques, in order to extend and

improve both the formal and the non-formal educational systems of Member States in the general

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context of lifelong education and, to that end, acting in collaboration with the organizations of the

United Nations system concerned:

(a) to encourage, collect and disseminate studies and the most advanced experience on the contri-

butions of science and educational techniques capable of improving the quality and the organ-

ization of educational processes;

(b) to encourage the development of educational methods and techniques and their adaptation to

the conditions peculiar to the various countries, giving special attention to textbooks and toharmonizing the aims of education with those of communication by radio and television

at all levels of education in the context of lifelong education, particularly for the purposes

of further training for teachers, and in this connexion to give support to the evaluation and

dissemination of the results of the programmes already undertaken to that effect in some

Member States;

(c) to promote the establishment of regional networks of institutions responsible for stimulating

and encouraging educational innovation for development, to continue in this context to support

the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development and to provide the Latin

American Institute for Educational Communication, Mexico City, with financial assistance

and other services to the amount of $141,700;

(d) to support the activities of Member States with a view to promoting the standardization and

appropriate extension of educational methods, techniques and materials, together with the

standardization of equipment;

(e) to continue publication of the quarterly journal Prospects. Quarterly Review of Educationand to

seek ways of increasing the number of editions of the journal in the most widely used languages.

1.22 Structures and content of lifelong education


Bearing in mind the Rules of Procedure concerning recommendations to Member States and Inter-

national Conventions covered by the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution,

Hav ing examined the preliminary study by the Director-General on the desirability of adopting an

international instrument on the development of adult education (doc. 18C/28),1. Considers it desirable that an international instrument should be drawn up on this subject;

2. Decides that this instrument should take the form of a recommendation to Member States within

the meaning of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution;

3. Authorizes the Director-General to convene, under Article 10, paragraph 4, of the above Rules, a

special committee, which will be instructed to prepare a draft recommendation for submission

to the General Conference at its nineteenth session.

1.2221 The Director-General is authorized to pursue or to undertake activities designed to promote the

planning and establishment of structures and curricula for education which will make it possible for

everyone to continue his education throughout life, in accordance with his aspirations and needs, and

in the light of the requirements of the economic, social and cultural development of the community,

and of the principles laid down in the Recommendation concerning Education for InternationalUnderstanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental

Freedoms, paying particular attention:

(a) to the organization of education for age-groups at the pre-school and school stages, aiming at

equality in education and at the establishment of complete, flexible and diversified structures

combining the features of formal and non-formal education so that they interact with each

other;

(b) to the promotion of research into educational structures and curricula, especially in the light

of the new role of educational agents within the framework of a lifelong education aimed at

self instruction; to the formulation and application of methodologies for drawing up and

evaluating curricula, and to the development of institutions to which such tasks are assigned,

(c) to the exchange of ideas and experience concerning certain aspects of lifelong education;

(d) to the promotion and improvement of education for handicapped and socially maladjustedyoung people;

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(e) to the integration in educational activities, and in particular in school curricula, of

(i) physical education;

(ii) aesthetic education;

(f) to the improvement of the teaching of the mother tongue and of foreign languages;

(g) to assistance to Member States in supporting, at their request, efforts to prepare and implement

diversified and endogenous strategies for lifelong education, and in particular to expand and

improve the structure and content of pre-university education.

The Director-General is authorized to pursue or to undertake activities designed to promote and

develop adult education, paying particular attention:

(a) to the establishment and improvement of structures, institutions and services for adult edu-

cation, with a view to diminishing educational inequality and promoting economic and social

development;

(b) to the exchange of ideas and experience concerning certain aspects of adult education, and

particularly to measures calculated to facilitate, in co-operation with the International

Bureau of Education, the operation of an international network of documentation on adult

education;

(c) to assistance to Member States in supporting, at their request, efforts to expand and improve

the structures and content of adult education;(d) to the co-ordination of the adult education activities in the different sectors of the programme,

reporting thereon to the General Conference;

(e) to the carrying out of studies and investigations such as will promote a better knowledge in the

various sectors of adult education, particularly as regards active encouragement of participation

in adult education, training related to the labour market, and the attainment of social equality

through lifelong adult education.

Apprecia t ing that social usage is a very important factor in the formation of social consciousness and

that work is a powerful factor in the development of the personality, in that it promotes a

positive attitude towards labour and, consequently, respect for the property of society, stimu-

lates initiative, tenacity and skill, and is conducive to a just esteem of the producers of consumer

goods and services,

Convinced that it is very desirable that young persons should acquire, at the school stage, the habit of

work as the most natural and elementary duty of every citizen,

Considering that the linking of education to productive activities-in addition to constituting a

valuable element of training-adds a positive factor to economic development plans and

transforms education into a process which is largely self-financing,

Aut horiz es the Director-General to make a study of the experience of countries which apply the

principle of combining study and work in their educational systems, and to inform Member

States, and in particular the developing countries, about this experience.

1.223 The General Conference,Observing that lifelong education is becoming the keystone not only of cultural and educational

policies but of the entire educational system from the primary to the higher level,

N ot in g with satisfaction that lifelong education is given greater prominence than hitherto in the

programme of the Education Sector for the 197.5-76 biennium, and that some aspects of it have

been incorporated into the programmes of the Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities

and Culture and Communication sectors,

Not ing that, in the field of lifelong education, studies and experiments are being carried out by

Member States, and that theoretical studies have been made and papers prepared for inter-

national conferences and symposia, including the Unesco symposium on the role of higher

education in lifelong education, held in Moscow, and the symposium on the school and lifelong

education held in Warsaw,

Bearing in mind that the approach to lifelong education is still sporadic and that there is a risk ofduplication,

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Inv it es the Director-General to:

(a) strengthen the co-ordination of programmes which have a bearing on lifelong education, in all

Unescos fields of activity;

(b) submit to the General Conference at its nineteenth session a report on the results of completed

studies and projects;

(c) on the basis of the findings obtained, continue studies which aim to elaborate and clarify the

over-all conception of lifelong education, covering its various stages and its different aspects,and to examine the conditions for its application, giving particular attention to the programme

activities concerned with the following problems:

(i) the consequences of the principle of lifelong education for the structure, organization,

curricula and methods of formal and non-formal education;

(ii) the tasks of higher education in the context of lifelong education;

(iii) the forms of organization, programmes and methods of the education offered to the adult

throughout his life and while he pursues an occupation, bearing in mind in particular the

role of unions and firms;

(iv) the role of the mass media (publishing, radio, television, etc.) in the lifelong education

process.

1.224 Member States are invited to grant voluntary contributions to the Unesco Institute for Education,Hamburg, complementary to the contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany, in accordance

with Article VII of its Constitution, so as to help it meet the growing demands from Member States

for its services in research, development and dissemination of information in the field of lifelong

education.

1.225 The Director-General is authorized to support the Unesco Institute for Education, Hamburg, for the

purpose of promoting interdisciplinary and developmental research on lifelong education, with

special reference to school curricula, as a contribution to the renovation of education systems, and

to this effect to provide assistance to that Institute in the form of the services of a Director.

1.23 Pre-university science and technology education

1.23 The Director-General is authorized to assist Member States in the expansion and improvement of

their programmes of science and technology education, both within formal systems at the pre-

university level and in non-formal programmes, and in particular:

(a) to foster studies and innovations in particular areas of science and technology education,

especially as regards:

(i) the basic sciences;

(ii) technical and vocational education;

(iii) integrated formal programmes in science and technology; and

(iv) non-formal programmes in these fields;

(b) to promote international and regional co-operation in various activities concerned with the

over-all improvement of science and technology education; and

(c) to assist Member States, upon request, in the design and execution of projects in this field.

1.24 Education for rural development

1.24 Within the framework of the Second Development Decade, the Director-General is authorized to

continue and consolidate a long-term programme of education and training for rural areas, and in

particular:

(a) in the context of lifelong education, to promote, through pilot experiments and studies, the

adoption of measures which will give increased opportunities of access to education to people

in rural areas and offer them facilities both for formal and for non-formal education such as

meet the requirements of their occupational, social and cultural advancement;

(b) to contribute to the development of agricultural education by training suitable scientific andtechnical staff at all levels, particularly by improving and extending the training of teachers,

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organizers and instructors for rural areas and by continuing to organize international and

regional in-service training courses, seminars and symposia for this purpose;

(c) to consolidate the co-operation which, with respect to education and training for rural devel-

opment and agricultural education, has been established with the United Nations Food and

Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and other

international governmental or non-governmental organizations;

(d) to assist Member States, particularly the twenty-five least-developed countries, at their request,to promote education for rural development, including agricultural education, in all its forms.

1.25 Literacy

1.251 Member States are invited to identify the structural causes of illiteracy, to intensify their efforts to

eliminate it and, to this end, to employ, within the context of lifelong education, appropriate strat-

egies, making use of the facilities both of formal and of non-formal education and ensuring the active

participation of the illiterate themselves in the preparation and implementation of literacy training

programmes.

1.252 The Director-General is authorized to put into effect a set of measures designed to intensify the efforts

made by the international community and by the Member States directly involved to eliminate

illiteracy and, to this end:

(a) to strengthen the means of action by which the international community can give effective

support to literacy training programmes and, in particular:

(i) to promote studies and research in literacy work and to disseminate the findings widely;

(ii) to increase international co-operation in literacy work by means of institutions of an

international and regional nature such as the Regional Centre for Functional Literacy

in Rural Areas in the Arab States (ASFEC) at Sirs-el-Layyan (Arab Republic of Egypt),

the Regional Centre for Functional Literacy in Rural Areas in Latin America (CREFAL)

at Patzcuaro (Mexico) and the International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods, Tehran

(Iran), on the understanding that Unescos direct aid to these three institutions will

continue until 1978, and by supporting the activities of the international non-governmental

organizations concerned;

(iii) to replace the International Consultative Liaison Committee for Literacy by an inter-

national and regional structure designed to guide and encourage practical literacy oper-

ations within the framework of concerted action on a world scale;

(iv) to study the possibility of establishing an international literacy foundation;

(b) to assist Member States, at their request, by:

(i) advising them on the selection and framing of strategies for the struggle against illiteracy,

taking into account the economic, social and cultural conditions of the different countries

and based on the principles of lifelong education;

(ii) contributing, more especially by the organization of operational seminars and missions by

mobile teams of specialists, to the training of personnel responsible for preparing and

carrying out literacy programmes;(iii) supporting, by appropriate means, the organization and implementation of national

literacy programmes, special attention being given to measures such as will promote the

optimal use of the different educational resources available and encourage the participation

of young people.

1.26 Special programmes

1.26 The Director-General is authorized:

(a) to pursue interdisciplinary activities designed to strengthen the contribution of education to the

solution of problems calling for concerted efforts on the part of the international community,

and in particular to promote and to implement educational programmes relating to:

(i) peace, international understanding and respect for human rights, by endeavouring in thespirit of resolution 10 adopted by the General Conference at its seventeenth session, to

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place more emphasis on these ideals in syllabuses, curricula and textbooks, in accordance

with the principles of friendly relations between peoples and States having different social

and political systems;

(ii) environmental problems;

(iii) questions of population, and to nutrition, health, home economics and consumer

education;

(iv) prevention of drug abuse;(b) to assist Member States, at their request, in developing their efforts in these directions.

1.3 Higher education and the training of educational personnel

1.31 Training of educational personnel

1.31 The Director-General is authorized to continue and intensify the activities directed towards furthering

the programming and putting into operation of systems and services for the pre-service and in-service

training of educational personnel and, in particular:

(a) to encourage and facilitate the implementation of the Recommendation concerning the Status

of Teachers, to enable the joint ILO/Unesco Committee of Experts set up to supervise its

application to go on functioning, and to study the possibility of extending the Recommen-

dation to cover all full-time and part-time educators;

(b) to promote the formulation and to support the application of policies and plans for the pre-

service and recurrent training of educational personnel at all levels in order that educational

systems may contribute to economic, social and cultural development and may satisfy the

aspirations of individuals in the context of lifelong education;

(c) to encourage and facilitate the carrying out of programmes and activities for the training of

teachers, teacher educators, inspectors, administrators and various specialists required for

improving and developing systems, services and institutions for formal and non-formal

education at all levels and, with this end in view, to continue the preparation, testing, appli-

cation and evaluation of training programmes and structures facilitating the introduction ofappropriate innovations;

(d) to assist Member States, at their request, in organizing and carrying out activities answering

the aforementioned purposes within the framework of country programming, with the assis-

tance of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Childrens Fund,

the World Food Programme and other extra-budgetary sources of aid, and under the Pro-

gramme of Participation in the Activities of Member States.

1.32 Higher education

1.321 The Director-General is authorized:

(a) to undertake, in co-operation with the international governmental or non-governmental

organizations concerned, activities for the development and improvement of higher educationsystems and institutions, so that this branch of education, including post-graduate studies and

short higher education, may be better adapted to the needs of the countries and make a

greater contribution, either directly or indirectly, to the full cultural and scientific development

of society and individuals, and in particular:

(i) to study, evaluate and publicize innovations, experiments and new trends in higher

education, especially as regards its planning and organization within the framework of

the educational system as a whole, as well as its inclusion in an over-all context of lifelong

education;

(ii) to contribute to a better adaptation of post-secondary educational systems and insti-

tutions to the needs of society, particularly in the developing countries, in particular

by encouraging the study of those types of post-secondary education that are best adapted

to the needs of those countries, and to disseminate information on this subject among the

Member States concerned;

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(b) to step up regional co-operation in the field of higher education, and in particular:

(i) to contribute, in conformity with the recommendations made by the second Conference

of Ministers of Education of European Member States (Bucharest, 1973), in particular

with the recommendation II/l on principles and methods of European co-operation in

the field of higher education and through the European Centre for Higher Education

(Bucharest), to the development and regeneration of higher education in Europe, to the

strengthening of European co-operation in this field, especially through the establishmentof a documentation service, the future-oriented evaluation of available data and the

promotion of relevant research;

(ii) to carry out studies prior to the establishment of a Centre for Higher Education in Latin

America and the Caribbean, and to proceed with the establishment of this Centre if such

studies are conclusive;

(iii) to contribute, through co-operation with the Association of African Universities, to the

reinforcing of African co-operation in this field;

(iv) to assist, within the framework of the joint Unesco/IAU Programme of Research in

Higher Education, both the Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization

(ALECSO) and the Association of Arab Universities in the preparation and launching

in 1976 of an Arab Regional Institute for Higher Education to be established jointly by

them;

(c) to step up activities designed to secure the international comparability and recognition of

higher education studies, diplomas and degrees with a view to promoting and encouraging

co-operation in the field of higher education and to increasing the mobility of teachers,

students and research workers, and in particular:

(i) to contribute to the conclusion of an international convention to this effect embracing

the European and Arab countries bordering on the Mediterranean;

(ii) to continue or undertake the preliminary studies required for the conclusion of such

conventions for the Arab States, for Africa and for Europe;

(iii) to contribute to the setting up of regional and national machinery to implement the

conventions referred to above;

(iv) to study what steps could be taken, from 1977 on, to help in carrying on the work of theInternational Baccalaureate Office, and accordingly to submit appropriate proposals to

the General Conference at its nineteenth session;

(d) to assume the responsibilities incumbent upon Unesco with respect to the United Nations

University, as defined in the Charter of that University;

(e) to assist Member States, at their request, in their efforts to develop, diversify and improve

their higher education.

Having regard to the provisions contained in the regulations for the general classification of the

various categories of meetings convened by Unesco (14C/Res. 23)

1. Decides to convene in 1976 an International Conference of States (category I), with a view to

adopting a convention on the recognition of studies and degrees in the European and Arabcountries bordering on the Mediterranean;

2. Requests the Executive Board and the Director-General to take all necessary measures to this

effect, including the convening of a meeting of an intergovernmental preparatory committee

of experts in 1975.

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY


Recal ling resolutions 1.242 and 1.323 adopted at its sixteenth and seventeenth sessions in 1970 and

1972 respectively,

Recal ling decisions 6.1 and 7.1 adopted by the Executive Board at its 94th session in June 1974 and

particularly paragraphs 3 and 4 of decision 7.1,

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N ot ing with appreciation the Director-Generals Report (doc. 18C/76) on the United Nations

University,

R ecogn iz ing that Unesco and the United Nations University share a common viewpoint on

objectives and approaches,

Welcoming the generous contributions which have been made to the University and towards the

University Endowment Fund,

1. Requests Member States to augment this Fund substantially by voluntary contributions and tolend their moral and material support to the University in every manner possible,

2. Invites the Director-General to take all necessary action so that responsibilities devolving on

Unesco in the launching, development and growth of the United Nations University are

adequately fulfilled.

1.33 Training abroad

1.331 The Director-General is authorized, with a view to encouraging the full utilization, in a spirit of

international co-operation, of the study and training facilities available in Member States:

(a) to undertake studies, apply new methods and disseminate information calculated to increase

the effectiveness of training activities abroad, seeing to it that these activities are of the kind

best adapted to the needs of the countries receiving aid;

(b) to promote the training of qualified personnel for developing countries by helping these

countries to prepare, in conformity with the priorities