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Hundred-and-fourteenth Session

114 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 16 June 1982

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAT ITS 114th SESSION

(Paris, 5-21 May 1982)

The Executive Board learned with deep emotion of the death of Mr Paulo E.de Berredo Carneiro (Brazil), which occurred on 17 February 1982.

The Board paid tribute to his memory at the second meeting of its114th session, on 5 May 1982.

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United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex

Hundred-and-fourteenth Session

114 EX/Decisions Corr.PARIS, 6 July 1982

CORRIGENDUM

Decision 6.3 - Invitations to the fourth extraordinary session of theGeneral Conference (114 EX/23)

Paragraph 4 should read as follows:

4. Decides in accordance with paragraph 4 of Rule 6, that the following statesshall be invited to send observers to the fourth extraordinary session ofthe General Conference:

Antigua and Barbuda, Djibouti, Fiji, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Nauru,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Salomon Islands, Vanuatu.


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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

President of the General Conference Mr Ivo MARGAN

Members

Mr Daniel ARANGO (absent)(Colombia)

Deputies

Mr Ramiro ZAMBRANO CARDENASMiss Lilia SANCHEZ TORRESMiss Neda EL KHAZEN AKLMrs Carmiña JARAMILLO VELEZ

Mr Mario CABRAL(Guinea-Bissau)

Mr Francisco BENANTE

Mrs Estrella Z. de CARAZO(Costa Rica)

Mr CU-HUY-CAN(Socialist Republic of Viet Nam)

Mr Jorge ARIAS SOBRADOMrs Désirée SEGOVIA-AUGIER

Mr VU TRONG KINH

Mr Georges-Henri DUMONT(Belgium)

Mr Mohammad EL FASI(Morocco)

Mr Hubert DE SCHRYVERMr Roger BRULARD

Mr Abdelkader EL JAIMr Driss AMORMr Abdeslam BENSOUDA KORAICHI

Mr Dafalla EL HAG YOUSIF(Sudan)

Mr Beshir BAKRIMr Omar Mohamed ALI

Mr Salvador GARCIA de PRUNEDA(Spain)

Mr Juan de LUIS CAMBLOR

Mrs Jean B.S. GERARD’(United States of America)

Mr T. Elkin TAYLORMr Richard SHIFTERMr John FOXMr David ROWEMr John GRANGERMr Judson GOODINGMr Raymond E. WANNERMr John KRIENDLER

Mr Alfredo GUEVARA(Cuba)

Miss Maria Elena PEREZMrs Maria DIAZMrs Rita SOLIS FERREIROMr Julio HEREDIA PEREZ

Mr Aziz Al-Hajj Ali HAIDAR(Vice-Chairman)(Iraq)

Mr Osamah AL-MALLAHMr Kamal AL JARRAH

Mr Erdal INONU Mr Ozden SANBERK(Turkey) Mrs Veka INAL

Mr Barnabé KARORERO(Vice-Chairman)(Burundi)

Mr Lazare NZORUBARAMr Alphonse BARANCIRA

Mr Triloki Nath KAUL(India)

Mr Narendra SINGHMr Inam RAHMANMr Gollerkery Vishwanath RAO

1. Mrs Jean B.S. GERARD was appointed a member of the Executive Board at the first meet-ing on 5 May 1982, to replace Mrs Barbara W. NEWELL whose resignation had previouslybeen accepted by the Board. .-


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Members Deputies

Mr Mumtaz Ali KAZI(Pakistan)

Mr Mamadi KEITA( Guinea)

Mr Donald J. KIRKNESS(United Kingdom of Great Britainand Northern Ireland)

Mr Donald M. KUSENHA(United Republic of Tanzania)

Mr Jean-Felix LOUNG(United Republic of Cameroon)

Mr Victor MASSUH(Chairman)(Argentina)

Mr Mahmoud MESSADI(Tunisia)

Mr Peter MOD(Hungary)

Mr Karl MOERSCH(Federal Republic of Germany)

Mr A. Bola OLANIYAN(Nigeria)

Mr Masami OTA(Japan)

Mr Demodetdo Y. PENDJE(Zaire)

Mr Gian Franco POMPEI(Italy)

Mr Guillermo PUTZEYS ALVAREZ(Vice-Chairman)(Guatemala)

Mr Abdellatif RAHAL(Algeria)

Mr Mir Abad HUSSAINMr Mustafa Kamal KAZI

Mr Youssouf DIAREMr Kaba CONDE

Mrs Veronica E. BECKETT-SUTHERLANDMr Kenneth G. FRYMr David J. CHURCHMr Robert O. KIERNANMr Henry MACKAYMrs Edna B. PIDDEN

Mr Louis TSOUNGUI OLAMAMr Jean-Simplice NDJEMBA ENDEZOUMOU

Mr Javier FERNANDEZMr Guillermo JACOVELLA

Mr Azzedine GUELLOUZMr Hedi Moussa DJARRARAMiss Hayet BOUSSOFFARA

Mrs Judit NOLIPAMr Andras LAKATOS

Mr Alfred B. VESTRINGMr Wolfgang TIDTENMr Karl-Josef PARTSCHMr Hans MEINELMr Lothar KOCHMiss Gisela WESSEL

Miss Judith S. ATTAHMr Mohammed M. MUSAMr Joseph O. OLARINMOYEMr Babatnunde O. ODUGBOSE

Mr Yoichi YAMAGUCHIMr Noboru NOGUCHIMr Ichita ITABASHIMiss Mayuko KATSUMOTOMiss Mayuri JIBIKI

Mr Makeli BOGUOMr Chuma KASHAMURA

Mr Guglielmo FOLCHIMrs Lola POGGI GOUJON

Mr Rachid TOURIMr Khelifa ABDICHEMrs Amina BOUDJELTIMr Ali BENAISSAMr Mohamed GUENANE



Members

Mr Hubert de RONCERAY(Haiti)

Deputies

Mr Saeed Abdullah SALMAN(United Arab Emirates)

Mr Patrick K. SEDDOH(Ghana)

Mr Ladislav SMID(Czechoslovakia)

Mr Nikolaï I. SMIRNOV(Vice-Chairman)(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Mr SULAIMAN Haji Daud(Malaysia)

Mr Kaw SWASDI PANICH(Vice-Chairman)(Thailand)

Mrs Hanne SONDERGAARD(Denmark)

Mr Thomas Sohl THELEJANE(Lesotho)

Mr Iba Der THIAM(Senegal)

Mr Gleb N. TSVETKOV(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)

Mr Fred TURNOVSKY(New Zealand)

Mr François VALERY(Vice-Chairman)(France)

Mr Jose Israel VARGAS1(Brazil)

Mr Hector WYNTER(Jamaica)

Mr Joseph Antoine Emmanuel GUERRIER

Mr Khalifa AL MUBARAKMr Zuhdi AL KHATIB

Mr Joseph Quao CLELANDMr Joseph ADUSEIMrs Difie KUSI

Mr Jaroslav PATEKMr Jozef JANKOVIC

Mr Yakov A. OSTROVSKYMr Guennadi A. MOJAEVMr Samuel L. ZIVSMr Serguef KRIOUTCHKOVMr Vladilen F. GORYATCHEVMr Piotr G. OLMEZOVMr Yuri KOTCHETKOV

Mr LOKMAN MUSAMr YUSOF JUSOH

Mr Vichai TUNSIRIMr Asda JAYANAMAMr Ar-Nuwat KONGTAWORN

Mr Hans GRUNNETMr Jorgen V. LARSENMr Michael BENDIX

Mr Lamine DIAKHATEMr Henry MENDY

Mr Anatoli M. ZLENKOMr Vladimir I. NIKOLAIKO

Mrs Krystyna D. DOWNEYMr John R. Te R. BARRETT

Mrs Jacqueline BAUDRIERMr Jean-Louis MARFAINGMr Francis BRIQUETMiss Christiane AVELINEMr Yves BRUNSVICKMrs Jacqueline CHATELMr Pierre LEBARMiss Annie GRUOT

Mr Antonio Augusto DAYRELL de LIMAMr Isnard G. de FREITAS

Miss Elaine MELBOURNE

1. Mr Jose Israel VARGAS was appointed a member of the Executive Board at the first meet-ing on 5 May 1982, to replace Mr Paulo E. de Berredo CARNEIRO, deceased.



Members

Mr YANG Bozhen(China)

Deputies

Mr SU LinMr TAO JunMr QIAN Cun-xueMr CAO QifengMr ZHAO YongkuiMr QIN GuangdaoMr ZHANG XuezhongMr TSAI Jung-sheng

Representatives and observers

United Nations:

Mr Wahid H. TARZIMr Gunter SCHUTZEMrs Henrietta TAVIANI (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

International Labour Organisation:

Mrs Micheline GALABERT

Ibero-American Bureau of Education:

Mr Remolo BOTTO

Council of Europe:

Mrs Graziella BRIANZONI

Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization:

Mr Ahmed DERRADJI



TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM 1 Adoption of the agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1 Replacement of members during their term of office . . . . . . . .

ITEM 2 Approval of the summary records of the 113th session . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 3 Methods of work of the Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1 Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1.1 Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

3.2. 1 Thirteenth report on the activities of the JointInspection Unit (July 1980-June 1981) . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.2.2 Reports of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit . . . . . .

3. 2. 2.1 Assistance by the United Nations systemto regional intercountry technical co-operation institutions (JIU/REP/80/10) . . . . . .

3 . 2 .2 .2 Control and limitation of documentationin the United Nations system (JIU/REP/80/12) . . .

3. 2. 2. 3 Methods of determining staff requirements(JIU/REP/81/1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.2. 2.4 Co-ordination in the field of publicinformation activities among the members ofthe United Nations system (JIU/REP/81/2) . .

3 . 2 .2 .5 Management services in the United Nationssystem (JIU/REP/81/3) . . . . . . . . . .

3. 2. 2.6 Status of internal evaluationin the United Nationssystem organizations (JIU/REP/81/5) andSecond report on evaluation in the UnitedNations system (JIU/REP/81/6) . . . . . . .

3. 2. 2.7 Application by the United Nations system ofthe Mar del Plata Action Plan on waterdevelopment and administration (JIU /REP /81/ 8)

ITEM 4 Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4.1 Consideration of the Draft Medium-Term Plan . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 5 Execution of the programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1 Reports of the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. 1. 1 Oral report on the activities of the Organizationsince the 113th session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.2 Implementation of 21 C/Resolution 14.1 concerningeducational and cultural institutions in the occupiedArab territories: report of the Director-General . . . . . . .

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Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. 2. 1 Additional invitations to the Fifth Conference ofMinisters of Education and Those Responsible forEconomic Planning in African Member States . .

Natural Sciences and their Application to Development .

5. 3.1 Second Intergovernmental Conference on Strategiesand Policies for Informatics . . . . . . . . . .

5. 3. 2 Modification of the regulations governing the awardof the Kalinga Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4. 1 Additional invitations to the World Conference onCultural Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4. 2 Jerusalem and the implementation of2 1 C/Resolution 4/ 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4. 3 Fourth report of the Director-General on thepreparation of projects for the protection,preservation, restoration and presentation ofthe cultural heritage with a view to their promotionas international campaigns . . . . . . . . . . .

Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.5.1 Invitations to the Intergovernmental Conference onCommunication Policies in the Arab States . . . .

Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.6. 1 Invitations to the Meeting of the Committee ofGovernmental Experts on the Safeguarding ofWorks in the Public Domain . . . . . . . . . . .

Social Sciences and their Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.7.1 Amendment to the Regulations of the Unesco Prizefor the Teaching of Human Rights . . . . . . .

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ITEM 6 General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the fourthextraordinary session of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . .

6. 2 Draft plan for organization of the work of the fourthextraordinary session of the General Conference . . . . . . . . .

6.3 Invitations to the fourth extraordinary session of theGeneral Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 7 Relations with Member States and international organizations . . . . . . .

7.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations ofthe United Nations system of relevance to the work ofUnesco . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. 1.1 United Nations Conference on the LeastDeveloped Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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International Year of Disabled Persons , . . . . . . . . . .

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The right to education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

United Nations Conference on New and RenewableSources of Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Second special session of the General Assemblydevoted to disarmament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Channels of communication between the UnitedNations and youth and youth organizations . . . . . . . . .

Return or restitution of cultural property to thecountries of origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Questions relating to information . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Respect for the privileges and immunities ofofficials of the United Nations and the specializedand related agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Assistance for refugees in Asia: report of the Director-General on the implementation of resolution 7105 adoptedby the General Conference at its twenty-first session . . . . . . . .

Classification of international non-governmentalorganizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Director -General’s proposals regarding the form andcontent of the Executive Board’s septennial report tothe General Conference on international non-governmentalorganizations in categories A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Relations with the Conference of Ministers of Youth andSport of French-speaking countries (CONFEJES) . . . . . . . . . .

Relations with the Economic Community of West AfricanStates (ECOWAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Draft agreement between Unesco and the Central AfricanCustoms and Economic Union (UDEAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Draft agreement between Unesco and the Arab Federationfor Technical Education (AFTE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Activities conducted by Unesco in its fields of competencein the light of the decisions taken by the United NationsGeneral Assembly at its first special session devoted todisarmament (1978) and the contribution of theOrganization to the preparation and work of the nextspecial session of the United Nations General Assemblydevoted to disarmament (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.10 Relations with the African Development Bank (ADB) Group . . . . .

ITEM 8 Administrative and financial questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.1 Proposed transfers between appropriation lines withinthe budget for 1981-1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.2 Gifts, bequests and subventions and report on theestablishment and closure of trust funds, reserve andspecial accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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8.3 Review of budgeting techniques . . . . . . . . . , . , . . .

8.4 Amendments to the Financial Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.5 Annual report of the International Civil Service Commission:report of the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.6 Consultations pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedureof the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 9 Other business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.1 Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inaccordance with 104 EX/Decision 3. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.2 Celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Simon Bolivar . .

9.3 Changes in the timetable originally envisaged forconsideration of the Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989 .

9.4 Tribute to the memory of Luther H. Evans . . . . . . . . . .

9.5 Change in the membership of the Committee on InternationalNon-Governmental Organizations and of the Special Committee

9.6 Tribute to Mr Vladimir Stepanek . . . . . . , . . . . . . .

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ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (114 EX/ 1 Rev. and Add. )


At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda set out in docu-ment 114 EX/1 Rev. At its seventh and twelfth meetings respectively the Boarddecided to include in its agenda items 9.5 and 9.6, which are contained in docu-ment 114 EX/1 Rev. and Add.

The Board decided to refer to the Commissions the following items of its agenda:

1. to the Programme and External Relations Commission: items 5. 1. 2, 5.3.1,5 .4 .2 , 5 . 4 .3 , 7 . 1 , 7 .1 .1 , 7 . 1 .2 , 7 . 1 .3 , 7 .1 .4 , 7 . 1 .5 , 7 . 1 .6 , 7 .1 .7 ,7 .1 .8 , 7 .1 .9 , 7 .2 , 7 .8 , 7 .9 and 9.2.

2. to the Finance and Administrative Commission: items 8.1, 8. 2, 8. 3, 8.4and 8.5.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7 and 12)

1. 1 Replacement of members during their term of office (114 EX/NOM. 1 and 2)

1. The Executive Board took note of the resignation of Mrs Barbara W.Newell (United States of America) and, in accordance with Article V,paragraph 4 (a), of the Constitution, appointed Mrs Jean Broward ShevlinGerard to replace her for the remainder of her term.

2. In accordance with Article V, paragraph 4 (a), of the Constitution, theExecutive Board appointed Mr Jose Israel Vargas (Brazil) to occupy theseat left vacant by the decease of Mr Paulo E. de Berredo Carneiro forthe remainder of the latter’s term.

(114 EX/SR. 1)

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 113th SESSION(113 EX/SR. 1-21)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its 113th session.

(114 EX/SR. 1)

ITEM 3

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METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

Executive Board

3.1.1 Organization of the session (114 EX/2)

The Executive Board approved the Bureau’s proposals contained in document114 EX/2, except with regard to item 7.8, ‘Draft agreement between Unescoand the Arab Federation for Technical Education (AFTE)‘, which it decidedshould be referred to the Programme and External Relations Commission.

(114 EX/SR. 1 and 7)

3.2 United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

3 .2 .1 Thirteenth report on the activities of the Joint Inspection Unit(July 1980-June 1981) (114 EX/3 and 114 EX/4)

The Executive Board,

1. Having examined and extensively discussed the thirteenth report on theactivities of the Joint Inspection Unit presented in document 114 EX/3, andthe report of the Special Committee thereon (114 EX/4),

2. Takes note with appreciation of the content of the report;



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3. Having noted with interest that the thirteenth report on the activities of theJoint Inspection Unit contains summaries of three reports addressed toother organizations, namely ‘Third report on the implementation of thepersonnel policy reforms approved by the General Assembly in 1974’(JIU/REP/80/9), ‘Building construction procedures of United Nationsorganizations’ (JIU/REP/81/4) and ‘Report on the setting of prioritiesand the identification of obsolete activities in the United Nations’(JIU/REP/81/7), which may be of interest to the Executive Board,

4. Requests that the follow-up action taken on the decisions of the ExecutiveBoard on the reports listed in document 114 EX/3 and presented to its114th session be brought to its notice at the 115th session.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

Reports of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

Assistance by the United Nations system to regional intercountry technicalco-operation institutions (JIU/REP/80/10) (114 EX/5 and 114 EX/4)


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Having examined document 114 EX/5 and the report of its Special Com-mittee thereon (114 EX/4),

Takes note with appreciation of the Joint Inspection Unit report ‘Assistanceby the United Nations system to regional intercountry technical co-operationinstitutions’ (JIU/REP/80/10) and of the comments of the Director-Generalthereon;

Invites the Director-General to continue, in co-operation with other organ-izations of the United Nations system, to take the necessary measures,within the framework of Unesco’s approved programme and budget, tofurther improve regional intercountry technical co-operation activities,with due regard both lo the relevant recommendations and observations inthe Joint Inspection Unit report as well as to the comments of the SpecialCommittee, especially in connection with the concept of endogenous devel-opment as the most appropriate framework for such activities.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

Control and limitation of documentation in the United Nations system(JIU/REP/80/12) (114 EX/6 and 114 EX/4)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/6 and the report of its Special Com-mittee thereon (114 EX/4),

2. Takes note of the Joint Inspection Unit report ‘Control and limitation ofdocumentation in the United Nations system’ (JIU/REP/80/12) and thecomments of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and theobservations by the Director -General thereon;

3. Welcomes the measures already taken by the Director-General at theSecretariat level to reduce, control and improve the documentation ofUnesco;

4. Recognizes the need to reduce its own documentation as well as that of theGeneral Conference, while not diminishing the frequency of the sessions ofthe Executive Board and the General Conference, and without neglectingthe need of members of the governing organs of the Organization to havefull information on all issues submitted for their consideration;

5 . Invites the Director -General:



(a) to continue the efforts at the Secretariat level, putting particularemphasis on the reduction in the number of programme meetings in thenext draft programme and budget of the Organization and on the improve-ment of the quality of documents;

(b) to prepare proposals for submission to the Executive Board and theGeneral Conference to reduce the volume of the documentation preparedfor these organs, giving special attention to the limitation of the lengthof certain documents and the discontinuation or less frequent publica-tion of some periodic reports;

6. Requests the Special Committee to examine regularly, and at least once ayear, the questions related to the control and limitation of documentation.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

3. 2. 2. 3 Methods of determining staff requirements (JIU/REP/81/1) (114 EX/7 and114 EX/4)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/7 and the report of its Special Com-mittee thereon (114 EX/4),

2. Takes note with appreciation of the Joint Inspection Unit report ‘Methodsof determining staff requirements’ (JIU/REP/81/1) and the comments ofthe Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and the observations ofthe Director-General thereon;

3 - Notes the various methods which have been used in previous Unesco draftprogramme and budget documents in order to provide information on staffrequirements submitted to the Executive Board and the General Conferenceas the basis for their decisions on proposals relating thereto;

4. Invites the Director-General, when preparing future draft programme andbudget documents, to bear in mind the relevant recommendations containedin the Joint Inspection Unit report as well as the comments made by variousmembers of the Special Committee during the debate on this item.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

3. 2. 2. 4 Co-ordination in the field of public information activities among the membersof the United Nations system (JIU/REP/81/2) (114 EX/8 and 114 EX/4)


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Takes note of the Joint Inspection Unit report ‘Co-ordination in the field ofpublic information activities among the members of the United Nationssystem (JIU/REP/81/2);

Regrets that the larger goals of the United Nations and its SpecializedAgencies have not been kept in mind by the Joint Inspection Unit whilepreparing this report;

Endorses the observations of the Director-General on the report;

Invites the Director-General to continue, in the light of the observationsof the members of the Special Committee, to take such steps as he con-siders desirable in this connection, including, in particular, makinggreater use of publication possibilities available in the developing countries.

(114 EX/SR. 13)



3.2. 2.5 Management services in the United Nations system (JIU/REP/81/3) (114 EX/9and 114 EX/4)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/9 and the report of the Special Com-mittee thereon (114 EX/4),

2. Welcomes the Joint Inspection Unit report ‘Management services in theUnited Nations system’ (JIU/REP/81/3), the summary of the commentsprovided by various United Nations organizations which has been sub-mitted to the General Assembly by the Secretary-General, and theobservations of the Director-General;

3. Takes note of the measures already taken by the Director-General in orderto enhance the efficiency of Unesco’s central management services;

4 Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts to strengthen theOrganization’s central management services, taking fully into account therelevant recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit report and the com-ments and observations of the Special Committee.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

3. 2. 2. 6 Status of internal evaluation in the United Nations system organizations(JIU/REP/81/5) and Second report on evaluation in the United Nations system(JIU/REP/81/6) (114 EX/10 and 114 EX/4)


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Having considered document 114 EX/10 containing the reports of the JointInspection Unit entitled ‘Status of internal evaluation in the United Nationssystem organizations’ (JIU/REP/81/5) and Second report on evaluation inthe United Nations system’ (JIU/REP/81/6) and the observations of theDirector-General and the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination onthese two reports,

Expresses its appreciation of the continued attention that the Joint InspectionUnit is giving to evaluation in the United Nations system;

Takes note with interest of the comprehensive information contained in thereports of the Joint Inspection Unit in document 114 EX/10, which gives anoverall view of the situation with regard to evaluation in the United Nationssystem and makes a number of significant recommendations for the future;

Takes special note of the passages which in one of these reports specificallyconcern the status of evaluation in Unesco;

Appreciates the efforts that the Director-General has made, as noted inthese two reports of the Joint Inspection Unit, to establish a sound found-ation for a comprehensive internal evaluation system;

Underlines the importance that the governing bodies attach to their role inevaluation;

Emphasizes that the evaluation of Unesco’s programme makes a significantcontinuing contribution to the attainment of Unesco’s aims and purposes andis particularly crucial for medium-term planning, for the enhancement ofthe quality and effectiveness of Unesco’s efforts and for the maintenance ofMember States’ participation and their support for its programme;

Considers that the observations by the Director-General on these tworeports provide the essential orientation for the further development ofUnesco’s evaluation activities;



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Desirous of responding to the Director-General’s wish to receive from theExecutive Board indications as to the measures which might suitably betaken when preparing the Draft Programme and Budget for 1984-1985(22 C/5) to further develop Unesco's evaluation activities,

Invites the Director-General to increase as appropriate the material andhuman resources required in order to continue to improve and developinternal evaluation activities.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

3. 2. 2. 7 Application by the United Nations system of the Mar del Plata Action Plan onwater development and administration (JIU/REP/81/8) (114 EX/11 and 114 EX/4)


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Takes note of the Joint Inspection Unit report ‘Application by the UnitedNations system of the Mar del Plata Action Plan on water development andadministration’ (JIU/REP/81/8) and of the observations by the Director-General;

Commends the active role played by Unesco in the fields of water resourcesassessment, research, education, training and public information, in theimplementation of the Mar del Plata Action Plan;

Invites the Director-General to continue, in particular within the frameworkof the second Medium-Term Plan, this contribution to the Action Plan alongthe specific lines of competence of the Organization, with due regard to thedevelopment of an integrated approach to water resources management;

Requests the Director-General to continue supporting the efforts for jointplanning and co-ordination ofUnited Nations system withinfor Water Resources.

programmes among the organizationsthe framework of the Intersecretariat

of theGroup

(114 EX/SR. 13)

DRAFT MEDIUM-TERM PLAN FOR 1984-1989 (4 XC/4)

Consideration of the Draft Medium-Term Plan

See decision 9. 3, whereby the Executive Board decided to defer considerationof this item to its 115th session.

ITEM 5 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

5.1 Reports of the Director -General

5 .1 .1 Oral report on the activities of the Organization since the 113th session

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1. Having heard the Director-General’s oral report on the activities of theOrganization since the 113th session of the Executive Board,

2. Thanks the Director-General for having provided it with a detailed andlucid account of the major aspects of the Organization’s activities;

3. Notes with interest and satisfaction the progress made during the lastseven months in the execution of the programme for 1981-1983;



4. Particularly appreciates the Director-General’s unceasing efforts to givean impetus to the Secretariat’s activities at all levels and the carefulattention he gives to the various problems with which Unesco has to concernitself in the fulfilment of its mission.

(114 EX/SR. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 12 and 13)

International Bureau of Education


1. Recalling decision 5.1. 1, II, adopted at its 113th session concerning thepremises of the International Bureau of Education and, in particular, thefollowing paragraphs:

‘2. Recalling that at the time of the IBE’s attachment to Unesco in 1969premises were made available to it free of charge by the Swissauthorities,

3. Recalling further that all the permanent units for education locatedaway from Headquarters are accommodated free of charge in premisesmade available by the host countries,

4. Recalling the historic bonds linking the IBE to the city of Geneva’,

2. Recalling further the provisions of the standard basic agreement betweenthe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the governmentsof all developing countries, in which Article IV, paragraphs 3 and 4, stip-ulate, inter alia, that the government undertakes to furnish in kind localservices and facilities including the necessary office space and otherpremises and to contribute towards the expenses of maintaining the UNDPmission in the country, these being provisions that are equally valid forUnesco’s Regional and Field Offices in developing regions,

3. Noting with satisfaction the outcome of the Director-General’s consultationwith the members of the Executive Board by letter of 16 March 1982 con-cerning the rehousing of the International Bureau of Education,

4. Having taken note of the part of the oral report of the Director-Generalconcerning the question of the rehousing of the International Bureau ofEducation,

5. Having heard the views expressed by the members of the Board at its pres-ent session on this matter, which are practically identical with the resultsof the consultation,

6. Warmly congratulating the Director-General on the efforts he has made andthe results he has achieved in his negotiations with the Swiss authorities,

7. Considering that the headquarters of the International Bureau of Educationshould remain in Geneva in order that its tradition and its character may bemaintained.

8. Endorsing the Director-General’s concern to continue his efforts to decen-tralize the Organization,

9. Having also taken note of document 114 EX/INF. 6,

10. Noting with satisfaction that, following the Director -General’s talks withthe President of the Council of State of the Republic and Canton on Genevaand with the Permanent Delegate of Switzerland to Unesco, the Swiss auth-orities have made further concessions.


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Taking note of the new offer dated 11 May 1982, by which the Swiss auth-orities propose a grant of 2,255,300 Swiss francs--in place of their pre-vious offer of 1,699,000 Swiss francs, made on 1 December 1981--towardsthe total costs, estimated at 6, 255,300 Swiss francs, of the construction ofnew premises, with a surface area of 2,330m2, at the Chemin desMorillons; and of the fact that maintenance charges of 250,000 Swiss francsper annum for the new premises will have to be paid from the Organization’sbudget,

Recommends that the Director-General take action on the Swiss authorities’latest proposals;

Invites the Director-General to carry out a detailed examination as soon aspossible, in conjunction with the relevant Swiss authorities, of the variousoperating costs relating to the new premises with a view to reducing thecorresponding expenses to the strict minimum, and to make provision forthe necessary funds in Part II of Unesco’s programme and budget;

Notes that the sum of 4,000,000 Swiss francs, representing Unesco’s shareof the cost of building the new premises, would be financed by a bank loanobtained with the assistance of the Swiss authorities and guaranteed by themand would be amortized over a period of thirty years, with effect from1 January 1984, by means of fixed annual payments of 200,000 Swiss francs;

Requests the Director -General, however, to continue negotiations with theSwiss authorities in order to secure, should the case arise, terms at leastas favourable as those enjoyed in this connection by international organiz-ations with their headquarters in Geneva, especially as regards the durationof the loan and the interest rates applicable;

Invites the Director-General to make provision in Part VII of Unesco’s pro-gramme and budget, with effect from 1 January 1984, for the funds requiredto finance the fixed annual amortization payment, which at the present stageamounts to 200,000 Swiss francs, representing per biennium approximately161,000 dollars, at the rate of 2.48 Swiss francs to the dollar;

Authorizes the Director-General to sign, in due course, an agreement ofco-ownership, on condition that the status and interests of the Organization,as regards more especially the privileges, immunities and prerogativesthat it enjoys under the Headquarters Agreement, are guaranteed bySwiss authorities in the context of the co-ownership arrangement.

the

(114 EX/SR. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9 and 12)

III

Celebration of the eighth centenaryof the birth of Saint Francis of Assisi


1. Recalling the spirit of the resolutions of the General Conference, accordingto which the international celebration of the anniversaries of great personal-ities whose work is imbued with a spirit of peace, love and universal under-standing provides an inspiring example for present and future generations,

2. Recognizing the influence and the aura of Saint Francis of Assisi, eightcenturies ago, in a world seeking its way forward, which were so consid-erable that they extended far beyond the confines of his native town, of hiscountry and of Europe itself,

3. Considering that his teaching, in word and deed, has spanned the centuries,its significance remaining undiminished in the world of today,



4 - Invites Member States to celebrate solemnly the eighth century of the birthof Saint Francis of Assisi and to associate themselves with the celebrationsorganized by Italy;

5. Requests the Director-General. to take appropriate steps to foster suchcelebrations and to associate Unesco with them by all means he may deemsuitable.

(114 EX/SR. 12)

IV

Celebration of the centenary of the birth of Jacques Maritain


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Considering that 18 November 1982 will mark the centenary of the birth ofJacques Maritain,

Recalling that Jacques Maritain’s philosophical work covers the main fieldsof human activity, ranging from the first principles of knowledge to thephilosophy of art, moral and political philosophy and the philosophy of edu-cation, in a spirit of ‘true humanism’,

Emphasizing Jacques Maritain’s invaluable contribution through his publicactivity to the development of the democratic idea and the strengthening ofunderstanding among nations,

Noting that Jacques Maritain showed a strong interest in Unesco, especiallyon the occasion of the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsand through his active participation in the General Conferences of 1947 and1966,

Requests the Director-General to take appropriate steps to associate Unescoin the most active way with the celebration of the centenary of the birch of*Jacques Maritain.

(114 EX/SR. 12)

Hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the birchof Juan Montalvo


1 . Considering that 13 April 1982 marked the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversaryof the birth of Juan Montalvo, the celebrated writer and essayist born inAmbato, Ecuador,

2. Taking into account the fact that Juan Montalvo’s life and work were dedi-cated to the defence of human rights and freedoms both in Ecuador and inother countries of the world,

3 * Noting that the literary contribution of Juan Montalvo gave new life toSpanish-American literature,

4 - Invites the Director-General to associate Unesco in the most appropriateway with the commemoration of this anniversary, using the channels ofinformation available to the Organization;

5. Recommends that the Director -General consider, inter alia, the possibilityof publishing a selection of the works of Juan Montalvo in the Unesco Collec-tion of Representative Works.

(114 EX/SR. 12)



VI

Appeal for peace


1. Recalling the noble aim of peace so dear to Unesco,

2. Profoundly concerned and saddened by the continuation of the fratricidalconflict between the Governments of Iraq and Iran, marked by an ever-increasing loss of human lives, as well as of precious material resources,including an important part of the cultural heritage of mankind,

3. Recalling the solemn appeal made by the Director-General at the openingmeeting of the twenty-first session of the General Conference and at the114th session of the Executive Board to the two states and to all govern-ments able to bring their influence to bear on the course of the conflict,with a view to the immediate cessation of hostilities,

4. Determined to the full extent of its constitutional responsibilities toencourage the resumption of dialogue between the two Member States ofthe Organization, which have so much in common,

5 * Urges both sides to engage without delay in the negotiations necessary toend hostilities and to seek a negotiated settlement to their dispute on thebasis of mutual respect for each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity,non-interference in internal affairs, and solution of mutual differencesexclusively by peaceful means;

6 * Invites all governments and the international community as a whole to doall within their power to help bring about a peaceful and just end to thisconflict;

7. Requests the Director-General to explore the possibilities of Unesco’scontribution to this objective.

(114 EX/SR.3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9 and 12)

5 .1 .2 Implementation of 21 C/Resolution 14. 1 concerning educational and culturalinstitutions in the occupied Arab territories: report of the Director-General(114 EX/ 13 and Add. 1 and 2 and 114 EX/42)


1. Recalling all the relevant resolutions and decisions adopted by the GeneralConference and the Executive Board of Unesco, and in particular resol-ution 14.1 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-first sessionconcerning educational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab terri-tories, which requests Israel ‘to cancel . . . Military Order /N°. 8547immediately’ and ‘to observe and implement previous Unesco resolutionsand decisions concerning this matter’,

2. Recalling further the resolutions adopted by the United Nations, inparticular:

(a) resolution ES-9/1, adopted on 5 February 1982 by the United NationsGeneral Assembly at its ninth emergency special session, which callsupon all Member States to apply a set of measures including the sev-erance of cultural relations with Israel and calls upon the SpecializedAgencies and international organizations to conform to the terms ofthe said resolution, and which, in its third operative paragraph,‘declares once more that Israel’s decision to impose its laws, juris-diction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights isnull and void and has no legal validity and/or effect whatsoever’;



(b) resolution ES-7/4 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on28 April 1982 at its resumed seventh emergency special session, which‘declares once again that Israel’s record and actions confirm that it isnot a peace-loving Member State and that it has carried out neither itsobligations under the Charter nor its commitment under GeneralAssembly resolution 273 (III) of 11 May 1949’;

3 . Considering that Israel’s annexation of Jerusalem and the Golan undoubtedlyhas grave consequences upon the population of those territories, in its cul-tural identity and its right to education, already seriously affected by theIsraeli occupation,

4. Reaffirming that Israel’s occupation of the Arab territories by force consti-tutes a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of the Charter of theUnited Nations, the Constitution of Unesco and the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights, and in particular of the right of access to a national educa-tion and culture,

5 . Noting, after studying the report submitted by the Director-General(114 EX/13 and Add. 1 and 2) and in the light of the available facts andinformation, that Israel:

(a) refuses and persists in its refusal to cancel its Military Order No. 834and to abide by the decisions and resolutions adopted by Unesco;

(b) practises a policy of Judaization and annexation in all the occupiedArab territories, including Jerusalem and the Golan, and imposes byforce upon their populations an educational and cultural policy entirelyalien to their history and culture;

(c) to that end resorts to all means and forms of repression which jeopard-ize human lives and fundamental human rights and paralyse the function-ing of educational and cultural institutions;

(d) is persevering in its policy of destroying Arab culture and education inail the occupied Arab territories;

6. Noting with profound regret that the Israeli authorities have refused themission designated by the Director-General of Unesco access to Jerusalemand the Golan to carry out the mandate entrusted to it,

7. Reaffirms all the relevant previous resolutions and decisions of the GeneralConference and Executive Board of Unesco:

8. Takes into consideration:

(a) resolution ES-9/1 adopted on 5 February 1982 by the United NationsGeneral Assembly at its ninth emergency special session;

(b) resolution ES-7/4 on the question of Palestine adopted on 28 April 1982by the United Nations General Assembly at its resumed seventh emer-gency special session;

9. Strongly condemns Israel’s policy and measures of repression, Judaizationand annexation of the territories;

10. Reaffirms the importance of Unesco’s role, which is to preserve the spiritand culture of the peoples and, hence, the right of the Arab people in theoccupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem and the Golan, to its owneducation and culture;

11. Strongly deplores the refusal by the Israeli authorities to allow the missiondesignated by the Director-General to carry out its mandate in Jerusalemand the Golan;

12. Thanks the Director-General for his continued efforts to ensure the imple-mentation of Unesco’s resolutions and decisions concerning the occupiedArab territories;



13. Invites the Director-General to continue his action on behalf of the edu-cational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories, in par-ticular by providing technical and financial assistance to the universitiesand scientific and technological institutes, in accordance with such pro-cedures as he may judge necessary;

14. Invites the Director-General to undertake any action necessary to theproper functioning of the educational and cultural institutions in the occu-pied Arab territories, including Jerusalem and the Golan, to continue hisefforts to enable the mission designated by him to fulfil its mandate withoutany restriction, and to communicate to the Executive Board any informationand suggestions which would enable it to take, at its 116th session, suchmeasures as it deems necessary.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

Education

5 .2 .1 Additional invitations to the Fifth Conference of Ministers of Education andThose Responsible for Economic Planning in African Member States (114 EX/ 14and Add. and 114 EX/2)


1. Having considered the Director-General’s proposals concerning additionalinvitations to the Fifth Conference of Ministers of Education and ThoseResponsible for Economic Planning in African Member States,

2. Decides that invitations to send observers to the conference should also beextended to the foundations, institutions and funding agencies listed in para-graph 2 of document 114 EX/ 14 and to the organization mentioned in docu-ment 114 EX/14 Add.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

5.3 Natural Sciences and their Application to Development

5 .3 .1 Second Intergovernmental Conference on Strategies and Policies forInformatics (114 EX/15 and Add. and 114 EX/42)


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1. Having considered the report of the Director-General, submitted inaccordance with decision 6.1.1 adopted at its 113th session, concerningthe Second Intergovernmental Conference on Strategies and Policies forInformatics (SPIN II) (114 EX/13 and Add.),

2. Appreciating the importance of such a meeting, the prospects it opens forthe progress of Member States, and the resulting urgency in holding it atthe earliest opportunity,

3 * Aware of the great potential of informatics for the economic and socialdevelopment of all countries and, in particular, of the developing countries,

4. Emphasizing that Unesco, bringing together as it does all the states of theinternational community, has, by virtue of its mandate, a major respon-sibility in this domain and that it is incumbent upon the Organization tofoster international co-operation in informatics so that the capabilities ofall countries in this field may be strengthened,

5. Recalling that SPIN I, which was jointly organized by Unesco and the Inter-governmental Bureau for Informatics (IBI) , was the first large ministerialconference on informatics and that it prepared the ground for wide inter-national co-operation in this domain,


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the complexity of the problems linked with SPIN II and theappropriate solutions to them in the light of the debate of its

Programme and External Relations Commission,

Takes note of the action taken by the Director-General in accordance withdecision 6. 1. 1 adopted at its 113th session;

Expresses its satisfaction with the results already obtained and urges theDirector-General to pursue his efforts in that respect;

Invites the Director-General to continue the study of the organization of- -SPIN II and, in that connection:

(a) to examine the modalities for the organization of this conference,including the possibility of organizing it in co-operation, or jointly,with IBI;

(b) to make appropriate provisions, if necessary, in the draft programmeand budget that he will submit to the General Conference at its twenty-second session;

(c) to report to the Council thereon at its 115th session;

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Taking note of section II of the report of the Director-General submitted inaccordance with the above-mentioned decision 6. 1. 1,

Thanks the United Nations Economic and Social Council for including thequestion of the Second Intergovernmental Conference on Strategies andPolicies for Informatics in the agenda of its second regular session of1982;

Invites the Director-General to prepare for that session the report awaitedby the Economic and Social Council.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

5. 3.2 Modification of the regulations governing the award of the Kalinga Prize(114 EX/ 39 and 114 EX/ 2)


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Having examined the modification to the regulations governing the award ofthe Kalinga Prize (114 EX/39),

Approves the Revised Regulations for the Kalinga Prize contained in theannex to this decision, which will take effect as from 1982.

REVISED REGULATIONS FOR THE AWARDINGOF THE KALINGA PRIZE

The Prize

ANNEX

The Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science was established by theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in1951. It is an annual international award of one thousand pounds sterling, basedon a grant to Unesco from Mr B. Patnaik, of the state of Orissa, India, founderand President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust.

2. Candidates

The winner of the Prize must have had a distinguished career as writer,editor, lecturer, radio/television programme director or film producer which


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has enabled him to help to interpret science, research and technology to thepublic. He is expected to have a knowledge of the role of science, technologyand general research in the improvement of public welfare, the enrichment ofthe cultural heritage of nations and the solution of the problems of humanity.He should also be acquainted with the scientific activities of the United Nations,Unesco and the other Specialized Agencies. He should preferably be proficientin English.

3. Gift facilities

Under the terms of the gift, the Kalinga Prize will enable the recipient totravel to India where he will be the guest of Mr B. Patnaik and of the KalingaFoundation Trust. He will be provided appropriate facilities to familiarize him-self with Indian life and culture, Indian research and educational institutions,and the development of India’s industry and economy. He will also be invited tovisit Indian universities and attend meetings of Indian scientific societies, par-ricularly those of the Indian Science Congress Association.

While in India, the recipient will be asked to deliver lectures in English andtake part in meetings, with a view to giving an interpretation to India of recentprogress in science and technology or the social, cultural and educational con-sequences of modern science. Upon his return to his country, he is expectedsimilarly to make India and its scientific achievements known by means ofarticles, books, lectures, radio/ television programmes or films.

4. The Jury

The Kalinga Prize-winner is named by the Director-General of Unesco onthe recommendation of a jury of four members designated by him. Three mem-bers of the Jury from different countries of the world shall be designated on thebasis of equitable geographical distribution and the fourth on the recommendationof the Kalinga Foundation Trust.

5 . Presentation and selection

Every year the Director-General of Unesco shall invite the National Com-missions of Member States to nominate one candidate each, on the recommen-dation of the national association for the advancement of science or other scienceassociations, or national associations of science writers or scientific journalists.Nominations or applications from individuals will not be accepted. Nominationsshall be sent to the Director-General of Unesco by 31 January of each year. Filesshall include, in five copies each, complete biodata on the candidate and a list ofhis published works and shall also be accompanied by five copies of his principalpublications.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7, 9)

Culture

1 Additional invitations to the World Conference on Cultural Policies (114 EX/ 16and 114 EX/2)


1. Having considered the Director-General’s proposals concerning additionalinvitations to the World Conference on Cultural Policies,

2. Decides that the organizations and foundations listed in paragraphs 2 and 3of document 114 EX/16, together with the Fundacion Miguel Trillo (SanMiguel de Tucuman), the Fundacion Liceana (Buenos Aires) and the ComiteEjecutivo del Tercer Congreso Argentino de Fundaciones Culturales (BuenosAires), shall be invited to send observers to the conference.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)



5 .4 .2 Jerusalem and the implementation of 21 C/Resolution 4 / 14 (114 EX/ 17 andAdd. 1, 2 and 3 and Corr. and 114 EX/42)


1. Recalling all the resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Conferenceof Unesco and its Executive Board concerning the preservation of culturalproperty in Jerusalem,

2. Recalling:

(a) that the General Conference, in its 21 C/Resolution 4/14, invitedMember States to ‘withhold all recognition of the modifications madeby Israel to the character and status of Jerusalem and to abstain fromany act that might imply any recognition whatsoever of those modifi-cations’, and that it also invited the Executive Board ‘to review devel-opments in the situation regarding Jerusalem and to take any measuresthat it might consider appropriate, in conformity with the prerogativesconferred upon it by the Constitution’,

(b) that the Executive Board, in its decision 113 EX/3. 5.1, invited theDirector-General 'to undertake a study of the situation of all the cul-tural property located in Jerusalem and of the dangers to which it isexposed so that the Executive Board can identify the facts making itpossible to take the decision that the situation warrants’,

3. Having taken note of the tragic machine-gunning incident at the Al AqsaMosque, which caused several casualties among the faithful and defacedthe Holy Sanctuary of the Mosque,

4. Noting with extreme concern that Israel:

(a) persists in its refusal to abide by the resolutions and decisions adoptedby Unesco concerning the City of Jerusalem,

(b) perseveres in its policy of annexing and Judaizing the City of Jerusalem,

(c) persists in carrying out excavations and destruction and in threateningthe cultural character of Jerusalem,

(d) does not respect the sacred character of the Holy Places, which arecontinually subjected to assaults and profanation with the full knowl-edge of the Israeli authorities,

5. Voting with profound disquiet the refusal of the occupation authorities toallow the Director-General’s mission, comprising five specialists, to goLO the occupied City of Jerusalem,

6. Having noted, after consideration of the report of the Director-Generalcontained in document 114 EX/17 and Add. 1, 2 and 3, the request sub-mitted by Jordan that the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls, which arealready included in the World Heritage List, be included in the List ofWorld Heritage in Danger,

7. Reaffirms the previous resolutions and decisions of the General Conferenceand the Executive Board concerning cultural property in Jerusalem;

8. Strongly condemns Israel’s repeated refusal to implement those resol-utions and decisions;

9. Recommends to the General Conference that at its twenty-second sessionit consider the situation brought about by Israel’s refusal to implement theresolutions and decisions adopted by the General Conference and theExecutive Board, and that it take such action as it may deem appropriatein the matter;



10. Strongly denounces the act of agression committed by Israeli soldiersagainst the Al Aqsa Mosque, which led to the death of several of thefaithful;

11. Recommends to the World Heritage Committee that it speed up the pro-cedure for including the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls in the List ofWorld Heritage in Danger;

12. Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts to enable a mission tobe sent to study the situation in occupied Jerusalem on the spot, in orderthat a report on this subject may be submitted to the Executive Board atits 116th session.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

5 .4 .3 Fourth report of the Director-General on the preparation of projects for theprotection, preservation, restoration and presentation of the cultural heritagewith a view to their promotion as international campaigns (114 EX/18 and Add.and 114 EX/42)


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Having examined the report of the Director-General on the five projectsproposed for international campaigns to safeguard sites and monuments,

Taking into consideration resolutions 4/7.6/6 and 4/12 adopted by theGeneral Conference of Unesco at its twentieth and twenty-first sessionsrespectively,

Considering further that the governments concerned have requested theassistance of the international community for technical support and volun-tary contributions to aid them in the preservation and presentation of theiroutstanding monuments and sites,

Having noted with satisfaction the care with which the Director-Generalhas conducted preliminary studies for these five international campaigns,and expressing congratulations in particular on the multidisciplinaryapproach for the endogenous development of the populations concerned,

Recalling that the conservation and protection of the world’s heritage ofworks of art and monuments of history are one of the responsibilities ofthe Organization mentioned in its Constitution,

Authorizes the Director-General, after the appropriate agreements withthe governments concerned on the modalities to be followed for the executionof the project have been made, to launch appeals for international solidarityin support of the following projects for the safeguarding of:

(a) the architectural complex of San Francisco de Lima (Peru);

(b) the complex known as the Plaza Vieja in the city of Havana (Cuba);

(c) the monuments and sites of historic, cultural and natural value in WadiHadramaut and in particular the architectural heritage of the city ofShibam (Democratic Yemen);

(d) the site of Goreme (Cappadocia) and the historic quarters and monu-ments of Istanbul, including the area known as the Golden Horn(Turkey); and

(e) the historic city of Sana’a (Yemen).

(114 EX/SR. 14)



5.5 Communication

5 .5 .1 Invitations to the Intergovernmental Conference on Communication Policies inthe Arab States (114 EX/ 19 and 113 EX/2)


1. Considering that the General Conference at its twenty-first session auth-orized the Director-General to convene a regional intergovernmental con-ference on communication policies in the Arab states,

2. Bearing in mind the provisions of the Regulations for the general classi-fication of the various categories of meetings convened by Unesco,

3. Having examined the Director-General’s proposals concerning invitationsto this conference (114 EX/19),

4. Decides:

(a) that invitations to attend the conference with the right to vote shall beextended to the Member States mentioned in paragraph 6 of document114 EX/19;

(b) that invitations to send observers to the conference shall be extendedto the state not a member of Unesco mentioned in paragraph 8 of docu-ment 114 EX/19, and to the Holy See;

(c) that invitations to send representatives or observers to the conferenceshall be extended to the organizations listed in paragraphs 9, 10 and 11of document 114 EX/ 19.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

5. 6 Copyright

5. 6. 1 Invitations to the meeting of the Committee of Governmental Experts on theSafeguarding of Works in the Public Domain (114 EX/ 20 and 114 EX/2)


1. Having considered the Director -General’s proposals concerning invitationsto the meeting of the Committee of Governmental Experts to draw up a draftrecommendation aimed at preventing the distortion of works in the publicdomain,

2. Decides:

that invitations to participate in the meeting of the Committee ofGovernmental Experts shall be extended to all Member States and theAssociate Member of Unesco, in accordance with paragraph 6 of docu-ment 114 EX/20;

that invitations to send observers to the meeting of the Committee ofGovernmental Experts shall be extended to the states not members ofUnesco listed in paragraph 7 of document 114 EX/20, to the Holy Seeand to any other state that becomes a member of one or more organiz-ations of the United Nations system before the opening of the Com-mittee’s meeting;

that invitations to send observers to the meeting of the Committee ofGovernmental Experts shall be extended to the African liberationmovements recognized by the Organization of African Unity;

that an invitation to send observers to the meeting of the Committee ofGovernmental Experts shall be extended to the Palestine LiberationOrganization, recognized by the League of Arab States;



(e) that invitations to send representatives or observers to the meeting ofthe Committee of Governmental Experts shall be extended to the organ-izations listed in paragraphs 10 (a) and (b) of document 114 EX/20.

5.7 Social Sciences and their Applications

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

5 .7 .1 Amendment to the Regulations of the Unesco Prize for the Teaching of HumanRights (114 EX/40 and 114 EX/2)


1. Having considered document 114 EX/40,

2. Endorses the Director-General’s proposals to increase the number of mem-bers of the international jury of the Unesco Prize for the Teaching of HumanRights and extend the period of their appointment;

3. Decides accordingly to replace the first sentence of paragraph 4 of theRegulations of the Prize by the following:

‘The Jury, consisting of six public figures of different nationalities and fromdifferent regions of the world, shall be appointed by the Director-General ofUnesco for a period of four years’.

(114 EX SR. 1, 7)

ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE

6.1 Preparation of the provisional agenda of the fourth extraordinary session ofthe General Conference (114 EX/21)


1. Having regard to Rules 15 and 16 of the Rules of Procedure of the GeneralConference,

2- -Having examined document 114 EX/21,

3. Decides that the provisional agenda of the fourth extraordinary session ofthe General Conference shall comprise the items contained in Annex I todocument 114 EX/21;

4 * Recalls that, in accordance with the provisions of Rules 17 and 18. 2 of theRules of Procedure of the General Conference, any supplementary itemsthe inclusion of which on the agenda is requested by a Member State or theAssociate Member, or the Executive Board, or the Director-General up tothe date fixed for the opening of the session shall be submitted to the GeneralConference for approval by a two-thirds majority of the members present andvoting.

(114 EX/SR. 11)

6.2 Draft plan for organization of the work of the fourth extraordinary session ofthe General Conference (114 EX/ 22 Rev. )


1. Considering the importance of the second Medium-Term Plan for Unesco’sfuture programmes, which has been reflected by the wide interest shown bythe Executive Board and Member States in its preparation,

2. Considering also the need to maintain and strengthen this interest by appro-priate means,



3 - Noting that the second Medium-Term Plan should gain the widest possiblesupport of the Member States as well as of their intellectual communitiesand peoples,

4. Expresses the view that every effort should be made to provide for a fulldiscussion of the draft second Medium-Term Plan by the fourth extraordin-ary session of the General Conference;

5. Accordingly invites the Director-General to examine the possibility of set-ting up programme commissions working simultaneously with, or after,the plenary meetings at the fourth extraordinary session of the GeneralConference:

6. Further decides that the recommendation to be submitted to the GeneralConference at its fourth extraordinary session concerning the formula tobe adopted and the number and mandate of these programme commissionsshall be determined at the beginning of the 115th session, in the light ofthe debate on the draft second Medium-Term Plan, submitted by theDirector -General.

(114 EX/SR. 11)

6. 3 Invitations to the fourth extraordinary session of the General Conference(114 EX/23)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/23,

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

3. Takes note of the invitations to be sent by the Director-General to inter-governmental organizations, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 ofRule 6:

4. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Rule 6, that the following statesshall be invited to send observers to the fourth extraordinary session of theGeneral Conference:

Antigua and Barbuda, Djibouti, Fiji, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Nauru, SaintVincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands;

5. Includes the African liberation movements recognized by the Organizationof African Unity in the list provided for under paragraph 5 of Rule 6 andtakes note of the invitations which the Director-General will address tothem, in accordance with that paragraph;

6. Includes the Palestine Liberation Organization, recognized by the Leagueof Arab States, in the list provided for under paragraph 6 of Rule 6 andtakes note of the invitation which the Director-General will address to it,in accordance with that paragraph;

7. Takes note of the invitations which the Director-General will send, inaccordance with paragraph 7 of Rule 6, to the international non-governmentalorganizations approved for consultative arrangements.

(114 EX/SR. 11)



ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

7.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the United Nations systemof relevance to the work of Unesco (114 EX/24)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/24,

2. Takes note of its contents.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7 .1 .1 United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (114 EX/24,Part A, paragraphs 1-72 and 114 EX/42)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General on this subject(114 EX/24, Part A. paragraphs 1-72),

2. Recalling resolution 10.1 adopted by the General Conference at its nineteenthsession,

3 * Noting resolution 194 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at itsthirty-sixth session,

4. Noting with interest the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980sadopted by the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries(Paris, 1-14 September 1981),

5. Appreciating the contribution of the Organization to the work of the Confer-ence and the activities planned on behalf of the least developed countrieswithin Unesco’s fields of competence,. as presented at the Conference,

6. Notes with satisfaction the Director-General’s intention to reflect, in theDraft Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989, the recommendations of the Sub-stantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least DevelopedCountries;

7. Invites the Director-General to take account of the particularly difficultsituation of the least developed countries in the Organization’s future pro-grammes and budgets for the current decade;

8 - Invites the Director-General to continue to give priority assistance to theleast developed countries in the Organization’s fields of competence, makinguse in particular of such savings as can be achieved in the implementationofthe current programme and budget, and to mobilize additional funds by allother possible means;

9 .Invites the Director-General to take any other measure required to effectivelypromote the implementation of the Substantial New Programme of Action andthe follow-up to this programme in the Organization’s fields of competence,and to report thereon from time to time to the Executive Board.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7 .1 .2 International Year of Disabled Persons (114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 73-86and 114 EX/42)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General on this subject(114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 73-86),

2. Having been informed of resolution 77 adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly at its thirty-sixth session,


114 EX/Decisions page 28

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Recalling resolution 7108 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-first session,

Notes with appreciation the holding at Torremolinos (Spain) from2 to 7 November 1981, of the World Conference on Actions and Strategiesfor Education, Prevention and Integration, organized on the occasion ofthe International Year of Disabled Persons by the Spanish Government incollaboration with Unesco;

Also notes with satisfaction the information provided by the Director-General in document 114 EX/INF. 3 concerning Unesco’s contribution tothe International Year of Disabled Persons;

Invites the Director-General to take suitable steps to encourage MemberStates to promote research and appropriate activities for the benefit ofdisabled persons in their cultural and educational institutions;

Also invites the Director-General to take the necessary steps to ensurethat Unesco pursues, on an intersectoral and interdisciplinary basis, theactivities of a permanent nature provided for in resolution 7/08 adopted bythe General Conference at its twenty-first session and in resolution 77adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session;

Emphasizes the need to continue, for that purpose, the inter-institutionalcollaboration as established for the International Year of Disabled Personswithin the United Nations system;

Invites the Director-General, in the spirit of the Sundberg Declarationadopted at Torremolinos, to recruit more handicapped persons, both inthe General Service category and in the Professional category;

10. Requests the Director-General to take duly into account, in the preparationof the Draft Programme and Budget for 1984-1985 (22 C/5), the recommen-dations contained in the Final Declaration of the Torremolinos Conferenceand the need to conduct, within the fields of competence of Unesco, activitieswhich contribute to the solution of the fundamental problems affecting dis-abled persons throughout the world.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7.1. 3 The right to education (114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 87-97 and 114 EX/42)- -



2. Having been informed of resolution 152 adopted by the United NationsGeneral Assembly at its thirty-sixth session,

3. Recalling decision 7.1.1 adopted by the Executive Board at its 109thsession and decision 5. 1. 3 adopted at its 112th session,

4. Considering that the Director-General had already submitted to the GeneralAssembly, at its thirty-fifth session a preliminary report on the right toeducation (A/ 35/ 148) as well as an interim report to the General Assemblyat its thirty-sixth session (A/36/524),

3. Notes with satisfaction the interest shown by the United Nations GeneralAssembly in Unesco’s activities related to the right to education and theOrganization’s contribution to the implementation of the International Devel-opment Strategy for the Third Development Decade;

6. Welcomes the invitation addressed by the General Assembly to all Special-ized Agencies to co-operate with Unesco in order to ensure that educationis given the high priority it deserves in the implementation of the Inter-national Development Strategy;



7 . Recalls that the Report of the Director-General on the Activities of theOrganization (document C/3) and the Approved Programme and Budget(document C/5) are transmitted regularly to the Secretary-General, inaccordance with the Agreement between the United Nations and Unesco,and that those documents contain all the information regarding Unesco’sactivities relating to the right to education which should be brought to theattentionof the United Nations General Assembly to comply with its request;

8 - Invites the Director-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session a report setting out the relevant parts of the Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7 .1 .4 United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy(114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 98-150 and 114 EX/42)



2. Recalling resolutions 214. 3/ 1 and 2/07 adopted by the General Conferenceat its twentieth and twenty-first sessions respectively,

3 Recalling decision 5.1.3 adopted by the Board at its 107th session,

4. Takes note of resolution 193 adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly at its thirty-sixth session;

5. Notes with satisfaction the contribution made by the Organization to thepreparations for the United Nations Conference on Sew and RenewableSources of Energy, held in Nairobi (Kenya) from 10 to 21 August 1981;

6. Welcomes the adoption by this Conference of the Nairobi Programme ofAction, which constitutes an important contribution to the solution ofglobal energy problems;

7. Takes note with satisfaction of the part played by the Director-General inthe work of the Conference and the efforts made by the United Nations sys-tem to implement the Nairobi Programme of Action;

8. Invites Member States to link energy policy closely with general environ-mental policies, and in particular with soil, water and forest policies;

9 - Invites the Director-General to continue to co-operate, within the frame-work of collective action by the United Nations system and other interestedorganizations, in the implementation of the Nairobi Programme of Action;

10. Invites the Director-General to strengthen Unesco’s activities and especiallyits co-operation with developing countries, particularly in the fields of re-search and development, information, education and training in connectionwith new and renewable sources of energy.

(114 EX/SR. 14)



7. 1.5 Second special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament(114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 151-162 and 114 EX/42)

and

7.9 Activities conducted by Unesco in its fields of competence in the light of thedecisions taken by the United Nations General Assembly at its first specialsession devoted to disarmament (1978) and the contribution of the Organizationto the preparation and work of the next special session of the United NationsGeneral Assembly devoted to disarmament (1982) (114 EX/42)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General concerning the secondspecial session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament (114 EX/24,Part A, paragraphs 151-162),

2. Recalling the words of the Constitution of Unesco, according to which‘since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that thedefences of peace must be constructed’,

3. Recalling resolution 11.1 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-first session entitled ‘Creation of a climate of public opinion conducive LO

the halting of the arms race and the transition to disarmament’, whichstresses that the problem of disarmament constitutes one of the major pre-occupations of our century and that disarmament could afford possibilitiesof improving the lives of the peoples of the world and of promoting the sol-ution of a multitude of urgent socio-economic problems,

4. Bearing in mind that the exacerbation of the international situation is atpresent making the struggle against the arms race and for disarmamentone of the most pressing problems of our times and mindful that the im-provement of the international climate and the struggle for arms controland disarmament require the united and sincere efforts of all states andappropriate Specialized Agencies of the United Nations system,

5. Recalling also its decision 104 EX/7. 1. 5 concerning Unesco’s contributionto the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmamentand its decision 107 EX/7. 1. 2 concerning the results of that session,

6. Aware that, further to Unesco’s participation in and the Director-General’saddress to the first special session devoted to disarmament (1978), theFinal Document of that session recognized Unesco’s special responsibilities,

7. Considering that, in accordance with the Final Document of the first specialsession devoted to disarmament and the Approved Programmes and Budgetsfor 1979-1980 (20 C/5) and 1981-1983 (21 C/5), Unesco has made a signifi-cant contribution to the promotion of disarmament education, in particularby organizing the World Congress on Disarmament Education and by thepublication and dissemination of teaching materials and the organization ofregional training seminars,

8. Recalling that the General Conference in resolution 21 C/11. 1 invited theDirector-General to make an appropriate contribution, within Unesco’sspheres of competence, to the preparation of the second special session ofthe General Assembly devoted to disarmament,

9. Convinced that Unesco has, within the United Nations system, an importantrole to play in the promotion of disarmament through research education,information, communication and culture,

10. Notes with satisfaction the recommendation of the Preparatory Committeefor the Second Special Session of the United Nations General AssemblyDevoted to Disarmament that the Director-General of Unesco be invited toaddress the session in plenary meeting;



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Places full confidence in the Director-General as regards the presentationwhich he will make to the second special session of the General Assemblydevoted to disarmament of the contribution Unesco has made and continuesto make to disarmament under its Medium-Term Plan and under its pro-gramme, and which will take into account the relevant resolutions adoptedby the General Conference at successive sessions, particularly its twenty-first session, as well as the views expressed during the 114th session ofthe Executive Board;

Invites the Director-General to make appropriate provision in the currentprogramme and budget and in the second Medium-Term Plan for the under-taking of any special responsibilities the General Assembly may wish toentrust to the Organization in the document(s) it adopts at its second specialsession devoted to disarmament;

Bearing in mind the considerable sums allocated to the arms race at theexpense of aid for development, particularly aid designed to promote edu-cation, science, culture and communication in the developing countries,and aware of the links between disarmament, peace and development;

Invites the Director-General to provide for a thorough study of this matterin the Draft Programme and Budget for 1984-1985;

Further invites the Director-General to continue to accord due importanceto Unesco’s contribution to the promotion of disarmament, in the Organ-ization’s fields of competence, in the second Medium-Term Plan.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7 .1 .6 Channels of communication between the United Nations and youth and youthorganizations (114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 163-177 and 114 EX/42)


Taking note of resolution 17 adopted by the United Nations General Assemblyat its thirty-sixth session concerning ‘Channels of communication betweenthe United Nations and youth and youth organizations’ and of the additionalguidelines attached thereto,

Taking note of the information and proposals set forth by the Director-General in document 114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 163-177,

Bearing in mind objective 6. C of the Medium-Term Plan for 1977-1982,

Notes with satisfaction the unique and important contribution made byUnesco’s Collective Consultation of international non-governmental youthorganizations to the improvement of channels of communication betweenthe United Nations and youth and youth organizations;

Invites the Director-General to take all appropriate measures to ensurethat Unesco will continue to work closely with non-governmental youthorganizations in the planning and implementation of its programme and inattaining its objectives; and, in particular, to envisage the organization ofCollective Consultations on a regional basis, thus increasing the participa-tion of youth organizations in the activities of Unesco;

Also invites the Director-General to pursue inter-agency co-operation,notably within the framework of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, so as to improve channels of communication between theUnited Nations system and youth and youth organizations;

Further invites the Director-General to reinforce the role and participationof youth organizations in the Collective Consultation as a means towards thepreparation and observance of International Youth Year: Participation,Development and Peace.

(114 EX/SR. 14)



7. 1.7 Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin (114 EX/24,Part A, paragraphs 178-190 and 114 EX/42)


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Having examined the report of the Director-General on this subject(114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 178-190)

Noting with appreciation that the Director-General submitted to the UnitedNations General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session a report on return orrestitution of cultural property to the countries of origin (A/ 36/651),

Noting also resolution 64 adopted by the United Nations General Assemblyat its thirty-sixth session as a result of its examination of the above-mentioned report,

Noting further that the General Assembly requested the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations to submit to it at its thirty-eighth session, in co-operation with the Director-General of Unesco, a report on the implemen-tation of resolution 36/64,

Expresses its satisfaction at the keen interest shown by the GeneralAssembly in the constructive work accomplished by the IntergovernmentalCommittee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries ofOrigin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation and at its supportand encouragement for the action undertaken by Unesco to promote the re-turn or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin;

Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts in favour of the return- -or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin and to preparea further report thereon for submission to the General Assembly at itsthirty-eighth session.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7 .1 .8 Questions relating to information (114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 191-199and 114 EX/42)


1. Having examined the report of the Director-General on this subject(114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 191-199).

2. Having been informed of resolution 149 adopted by the United NationsGeneral Assembly at its thirty-sixth session,

3. Welcomes the interest again shown by the General Assembly in questionsof information and communication and more specifically the support givento the International Programme for the Development of Communication,which constitutes an important step in the establishment of a new worldinformation and communication order:

4. Notes with satisfaction the invitation addressed by the General Assemblyto Member Slates and organizations and bodies of the United Nations sys-tem, as well as other intergovernmental organizations and concerned publicand private enterprises, to lend their support to the expansion of theprogramme’s resources;

5. Invites the Director-General to work in co-operation and co-ordinationwith the United Nations and the organizations of the United Nations systemthat are concerned with the questions of information and communication,bearing in mind Unesco’s central and important role, within the UnitedNations system, in the field of information and communication;



6. Authorizes the Director-General to submit to the General Assembly at itsthirty-seventh session a progress report on the implementation of the Inter-national Programme for the Development of Communication as well as onthe efforts of Unesco for the establishment of a new world information andcommunication order, as requested in paragraph 7 of Part A ofresolution 36/ 149.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7.1.9 Respect for the privileges and immunities of officials of the United Nations andthe specialized and related agencies (114 EX/24, Part A, paragraphs 200-209and 114 EX/42)



2. Having been informed of resolution 232 adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly at its thirty-sixth session on ‘Respect for the privileges and im-munities of the United Nations and the specialized and related agencies’,

3. Recalling decision 5.1. 6 which it adopted at its 112th session on this subjectand the resolutions and decisions mentioned therein,

4. Notes with satisfaction resolution 36/232 adopted by the General Assembly;- -

3. Endorses the appeal addressedby the General Assembly ‘to any Member Statewhich has placed under arrest or detention a staff member of the United Nationsor of a specialized or related agency to enable the Secretary-General or theexecutive head of the organization concerned, in accordance with the rightsinherent under the relevant multilateral conventions and bilateral agree-ments, to visit and converse with the staff member, to apprise himself ofthe grounds for the arrest or detention, including the main facts and formalcharges, to enable him to assist the staff member in arranging for legalcounsel and to recognize the functional immunity of a staff member assertedby the Secretary-General or by the appropriate executive head of the organ-ization concerned, in conformity with international law and in accordancewith the provisions of the applicable bilateral agreements between the hostcountry and the United Nations organization or the specialized or relatedagency concerned’;

6. Regrets that the contribution made by the Director-General of Unesco tothe report submitted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in thename of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination at the thirty-sixthsession of the General Assembly, in application of resolution 212 adoptedby the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session, was not transmitted tothe General Assembly;

7. Expresses the hope that the Administrative Committee on Co-ordinationwill take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that, henceforth, reportssubmitted in the name of that Committee to the General Assembly fully re-flect the views and contributions of all its members, and takes note withsatisfaction of decision 1982/7 adopted by the Administrative Committeeon Co-ordination at its first regular session in 1982, which provides forthe prior submission to ACC, for its approval, of the report of the GeneralAssembly requested in resolution 36/232;

8. Invites the Director-General to transmit to the Secretary-General, when-ever such a case arises, the information necessary for the preparation ofthe report that the Secretary-General, on behalf of the AdministrativeCommittee on Co-ordination, is to submit every year to the GeneralAssembly relating to cases in which the Secretary-General or the com-petent executive head has not been able to exercise fully his responsibilityin respect of the protection of staff members of the United Nations or of aspecialized or related agency in accordance with the multilateral conventionsand applicable bilateral agreements with the host country.

(114 EX/SR. 14)



7.2 Assistance for refugees in Asia: report of the Director-General on theimplementation of resolution 7/05 adopted by the General Conference at itstwenty-first session (114 EX/25 and 114 EX/42)


1. Noting with satisfaction the steps taken by the Director-General in pursu-ance of 21 C/Resolution 7/05 concerning assistance for refugees in Asia,

2. Stressing the need to intensify international solidarity and co-operation infavour of humanitarian assistance to refugees,

3. Reminds Member States of the appeal addressed to them in this connectionby the General Conference at its twenty-first session;

4. Invites the Director-General, in co-operation with the Office of the UnitedNations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF and other relevantbodies of the United Nations system, to continue his efforts to provide therefugees in Asia with humanitarian assistance, within the Organization’sfields of competence and within the limits of its budgetary and extra-budgetary resources.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7.3 Classification of international non-governmental organizations (114 EX/ 26 and114 EX/28)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/26 and the report of its Committee onInternational Non-Governmental Organizations (114 EX/ 28),

2. Decides:

(a) to admit the following organization to category A (consultative andassociate relations):

International Council for Adult Education;

(b) not to admit the following organizations to category A:

World Confederation of Teachers;International Council on Health, Physical Education and Recreation;International Federation of Landscape Architects;World Fellowship of Buddhists;

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

European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities;African Adult Education Association;Association de Amigos de Miguel Angel Asturias;Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education;International Seismological Centre;World Chess Federation;Broadcasting Organizations of the Non-Aligned Countries;

(d) to defer consideration of the applications for admission to category Bfrom the following organizations:

International Union of Speleology;International Radio and Television University;



(e) not to admit the following organizations to category B:

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Data for Development;International Council of Catholic Men;International Organization ‘Nouvelle Acropole’;

3. Takes note of the Director -General’s decision to admit to category C (mutualinformation relations) the following organizations which had originally sub-mitted applications for admission to categories A or B:

International Peace Bureau;International Federation of ‘Jeunesses Musicales’;Inter-African Union of Lawyers;

4. Also takes note of paragraphs 32, 34 and 35 of document 114 EX/26 con-cerning the classification by the Director-General of international non-governmental organizations in category C, in accordance with the pro-visions of paragraph II. 2 of the Directives concerning Unesco’s Relationswith International Non-Governmental Organizations;

5. Requests the Director-General to defer until a later session the decisionconcerning the applications for admission to category C of the organizationslisted in paragraph 33 of document 114 EX/26;

6. Decides to place on the agenda of its 116th session the question of the re-inforcement of the methods and criteria hitherto used by the Board toassess the situation of international non-governmental organizations havingmembers in the Republic of South Africa.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

Director-General’s proposals regarding the form and content of theExecutive Board’s septennial report to the General Conference oninternational non-governmental organizations in categories A and B(114 EX/27 and 114 EX/28)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/27 and the report of its Committee onInternational Non-Governmental Organizations (114 EX/ 28),

2. Realizing the need to reduce as far as possible the volume of documentationsubmitted to the General Conference,

3. Decides:

(a) that the septennial. report to be submitted by the Executive Board tothe General Conference at its twenty-second session on the contri-bution made to Unesco’s activities by international non-governmentalorganizations in categories A and B and the results obtained throughthe subventions granted to these organizations shall be prepared on thelines indicated in document 114 EX/27;

(b) that the annexes to the report containing individual notices will coveronly those organizations that have received subventions.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7 . 5 Relations with the Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sport of French-speaking Countries (CONFEJES) (114 EX/29 and 114 EX/2)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/29 submitted by the Director-Generalconcerning the establishment of official relations between the Conferenceof Ministers of Youth and Sport of French-speaking Countries and Uneseo,



2. Authorizes the Director-General to enter into negotiations with thePresident in office of the conference with a view to drawing up, in accord-ance with Article XI, paragraph 1, of Unesco’s Constitution, a draftagreement for establishing effective working relationships between thetwo Organizations;

3 . Invites the Director-General to submit the draft agreement for theapproval of the Executive Board at a later session.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

7. 6 Relations with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)(114 EX/30 and 114 EX/2)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/30 concerning relations with theEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),

2. Authorizes the Director-General to enter into negotiations with ExecutiveSecretary of ECOWAS with a view to drawing up, in accordance withArticle XI, paragraph 1, of Unesco’s Constitution, a draft agreementfor the establishment of effective working relationships between the twoorganizations in areas of common interest falling within their respectiveconstitutional spheres of competence;

3. Invites the Director-General to submit the draft agreement for theapproval of the Executive Board as soon as possible.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

7.7 Draft agreement between Unesco and the Central African Customs andEconomic Union (UDEAC) (114 EX/31 and 114 EX/2)


1. Recalling that at its 110th session it authorized the Director-General tonegotiate with the Secretary-General of the Central African Customs andEconomic Union (UDEAC) a draft agreement concerning working relationsbetween Unesco and UDEAC, and invited him to submit that draft to it forapproval at a later session (110 EX/Decision 7. 11),

2. Having considered the document entitled ‘Draft agreement between Unescoand the Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)’ (114 EX/31)and the text of the draft agreement annexed thereto,

3. Approves the draft agreement;

4. Authorizes the Director-General to sign it on behalf of Unesco.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

7.8 Draft agreement between Unesco and the Arab Federation for TechnicalEducation (AFTE) (114 EX/32 and 114 EX/42)


1. Recalling that at its 113th session it authorized the Director-General toenter into negotiations with the Arab Federation for Technical Education(AFTE) with a view to preparing a draft agreement establishing effectiveworking relations between Unesco and AFTE, and invited him to submitthe text thereof to a subsequent session for its approval( 113 EX/Decision 6.5),



2. Having considered the document entitled ‘Draft agreement between Unescoand the Arab Federation for Technical Education (AFTE) (114 EX/ 32) andthe draft agreement annexed thereto,

3 - Approves that draft agreement;

4. Authorizes the Director-General to sign it on behalf of Unesco.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

7.9 Activities conducted by Unesco in its fields of competence in the light of thedecisions taken by the United Nations General Assembly at its first specialsession devoted to disarmament (1978) and the contribution of the Organizationto the work of the next special session of the United Nations General Assemblydevoted to disarmament (1982) (114 EX/42)

This item was considered jointly with item 7.1. 5 (see decision 7.1.5-7. 9,page 30.

7.10 Relations with the African Development Bank (ADB) Group (114 EX/12and 114 EX/2)


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Having examined document 114 EX/12 submitted to it by the Director-General concerning the revision of the agreement signed on 9 June 1969between the African Development Bank and Unesco, pursuant todecisions 7.12 and 6.2 adopted by the Board at its 78th and 80th sessionsrespectively,

Expressing its satisfaction with the excellent co-operation establishedbetween the two Organizations,

Convinced that the revision of the agreement, following with the guidelinescontained in document 114 EX/12, would be conducive to even closer co-operation between the two Organizations,

Authorizes the Director-General to enter into negotiations with the AfricanDevelopment Bank with a view to undertaking a revision of the agreementbetween the Bank and Unesco signed on 9 June 1969;

Invites the Director-General to submit a revised draft agreement for itsapproval at a later session.

(114 EX/SR. 1, 7)

ITEM 8

8. 1

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

Proposed transfers between appropriation lines within the budget for 1981-1983(114 EX/33 and 114 EX/41)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/33, in which the Director-General pro-poses transfers within the 1981-1983 budget, in accordance with the termsof the Appropriation Resolution adopted by the General Conference at itstwenty-first session (21 C/Resolution 8.1, I.A (b) (i) and (d)), and alsothe report of the Finance and Administrative Commission thereon(114 EX/41),

2. Appreciates the efforts made by the Director-General who, taking accountof the exceptional financial situation which most Member States are facing,has managed to absorb inflation costs through savings in staff costs andexpenditure on goods and services, without seriously affecting the properimplementation of the programme;



3. Approves the following transfers to cover increases in staff costs and theprices of goods and services, mainly resulting from inflation:

Appropriation Line To From$ $

PART I - GENERAL POLICY

1. General Conference2. Executive Board 254,0003. Directorate 58,0004. Services of the Director -General 855,0005. Participation in the joint machinery

of the United Nations system

Total, Part I 1,167,000

PART II - PROGRAMME OPERATIONSAND SERVICES

1. Education 2,993,0002. Natural Sciences and their Application

to Development 1,845,0003. Social Sciences and their Applications 766,0004. Culture and Communication 1,218,0005. Copyright; Information Systems and

Services; Statistics 755,0006. Programme Supporting Services 1,588,0007. Co-operation for Development and

External Relations 1,489,000

Total, Part II 10,654,000

PART III - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVESERVICES 2,026,000

PART IV - CONFERENCE, LANGUAGEAND DOCUMENT SERVICES 2,341,000

PART V - COMMON SERVICES 2,944,000

PART VI - APPROPRIATION RESERVE 19,132,000

GRAND TOTAL 19, 132,000 19,132,000

(114 EX/SR. 13)

8. 2 Gifts, bequests and subventions and report on the establishment and closureof trust funds, reserve and special accounts (114 EX/ 34 and 114 EX/41)


1. Having examined the Director-General’s report concerning gifts, bequestsand subventions and report on the establishment and closure of trust funds,reserve and special accounts, as contained in document 114 EX/34 and thereport of its Finance and Administrative Commission thereon (114 EX/41),

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2. Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Venezuela, the FundacibnPedro Barrie de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa of Spain, the Consejo Consul-tivo de Directores de Servicios Geologicos de Latinoamerica in Caracas,the Fonds national de reclassement social des handicapés of Belgium, theInternational Development Research Centre of Canada, the Lee Foundationof Singapore and the late Mrs Theresa McKay of the United States ofAmerica, for their generous offers to donate funds for the benefit of theOrganization;



3. Authorizes the Director-General to accept and to add to the appropriationfor 1981-1983 the following:

(a) to Appropriation Line II. 2--Natural Sciences and their Application toDevelopment, a sum of $16,340 from the Fundacion Pedro Barrie dela Maza, Conde de Fenosa of Spain towards the cost of a workshop(category VII) on application of mathematical models for the assess-ment of changes in water quality, Spain (paragraph 2510 of21 C/5 Approved);

(b) to Appropriation Line II. 2--Natural Sciences and their Application toDevelopment, a sum of $5,000 from the Consejo Consultivo deDirectores de Servicios Geologicos de Latinoamerica, Caracas,towards organizing a meeting of representatives of national com-mittees for the International Geological Correlation Programme,Caracas (paragraph 2317 of 21 C/5 Approved);

(c) to Appropriation Line II. 3--Social Sciences and their Applications, asum of $4,700 from the Government of Venezuela towards organizinga regional training seminar (category VII) on disarmament educationin the region of Latin America and the Caribbean (paragraph 3214 of2 1 C/ 5 Approved) ;

(d) to Appropriation Line II. 3--Social Sciences and their Applications, asum of $12,600 from the Fonds national de reclassement social deshandicapés of Belgium, towards the organization of an expert meetingon the social indicators of the handicapped, Brussels (paragraph 3110of 21 C/5 Approved);

(e) to Appropriation Line II. J--Social Sciences and their Applications, asum of $11,529 from the International Development Research Centreof Canada, towards the costs of preparation and publication of thesurvey on economics in nine Asian countries (paragraphs 3041-3044 of21 C/5 Approved);

(f) to Appropriation Line II. 4--Culture and Communication, a sum of$8,000 from the Lee Foundation, Singapore, towards a meeting of theBureau of the Regional Co-ordinating Committee for Guides to theSources of Asian History, Singapore (paragraph 4068 of21 C/5 Approved);

4. Authorizes the Director-General to accept the bequest of the lateMrs Theresa McKay of the United States of America, amounting to some$94,000, it being understood that upon receipt of the necessary clarifi-cation as to the purpose of the bequest, the Director-General will reportto the Executive Board at a future session as to its disposition;

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5. Takes note of the Director-General’s report on the establishment of theSpecial Account for the support cost contribution from the United NationsFund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and of the Financial Regulationsthereof, which are annexed to this decision;

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6. Takes note of amendments made by the Director-General in the title andrelevant articles of the Financial Regulations of the Trust Fund for theEstablishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the New NationalMuseum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo, which is now entitled the ‘TrustFund for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the NationalMuseum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo’.



ANNEX

FINANCIAL REGULATIONS OF THE SPECIAL ACCOUNTFOR THE SUPPORT COST CONTRIBUTION

FROM THE UNITED NATIONS FUNDFOR POPULATION ACTIVITIES (UNFPA)

In accordance with Articles 6.6 and 6.7 of the Financial Regulations ofUnesco, there is hereby created a Special Account to be known as the ‘SpecialAccount for the Support Cost Contribution from the United Nations Fund forPopulation Activities (UNFPA)‘.

1. Purpose of the Account

The purpose of the Special Account is to receive funds from UNFPA forreimbursement of the support cost calculated at a mutually agreed percentageof the annual expenditures of the projects entrusted by UNFPA to Unesco forexecution and to make payments for the personnel and other costs required forthe support of such projects.

2 - Income

The Special Account shall be credited with the contribution from UNFPAfor the support cost, advanced quarterly on the basis of the annual estimatescalculated in the manner as described in Article 1 above.

3. Expenditures

The Account shall be debited with expenditures relating to the payments ofstaff salaries, emoluments and other costs required for the support of UNFPA-financed projects executed by Unesco.

4. Accounts

(a) The financial period of the Special Account shall be identical with that ofthe regular programme of Unesco.

(b) The operations of the Special Account shall be the object of separateaccounting, and shall be included in the Financial Report of the Director-General.

(c) Any unused balance at the end of a financial period shall be carried forwardto the following period.

(d) The accounts of the Special Account shall be presented for audit to theExternal Auditor of Unesco together with those of the regular programme.

5. General

Except as provided for herein, the Special Account shall be administeredin accordance with the Financial Regulations of Unesco.

6. Closing of the Account

The Director-General shall decide upon the closing of the Special Accountat such time as he deems that its operation is no longer necessary.

(114 EX/SR. 13)



8. 3 Review of budgeting techniques (114 EX/35 and Add. 1 and 2 and 114 EX/41)


1. Recalling resolution 38.1 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-first session, by which it requested the Executive Board, taking intoaccount, in particular, the competence of its Finance and AdministrativeCommission, to undertake, in consultation with the Director-General, afurther study of budgeting techniques,

2. Having decided at its 112th session to entrust the examination of thisquestion to its Finance and Administrative Commission,

3. Having noted with satisfaction at its 113th session the comprehensive debateto which this question gave rise, and having invited its Finance and Admin-istrative Commission to continue the review of budgeting techniques for atleast four days before the 114th session, taking into account all the docu-ments concerned as well as the discussions at the 113th session, andfocusing its attention on the list of questions identified by the Commission,to which its members were given an opportunity of adding any other rele-vant matters by 31 December 1981,

4. Having examined at its 114th session the report of its Finance and Admin-istrative Commission on the discussions which took place during two dayspreceding the session, on the basis of document 114 EX/35 and Add. 1and 2--a consolidated document containing the comments and observationsmade by the members of the Commission--and of the observations madeverbally by the representatives of the Director-General, and having heardthe synthesis by the Chairman of the Commission,

5 . Mindful of the division of responsibilities, in accordance with the pro-visions of the Organization’s Constitution, between the General Conference,the Executive Board and the Director-General,

6. Mindful also of the specific nature of Unesco and of the specificity of itsmission,

7. Requests the Director-General to include in his study concerning the pres-entation of future C/5 documents proposals, accompanied by examples, asto the possibility of providing: information concerning the criteria andreasons on the basis of which new activities are included, certain existingactivities are continued and others eliminated in the draft programme andbudget; more detailed information on capital expenditure; and informationon the duration of specific programme activities, unless they are ongoingactivities by their nature;

8 Invites the Director-General to provide, in so far as is possible, at thetime of the examination of the draft programme and budget by the ExecutiveBoard and the General Conference, while ensuring that the volume of docu-mentation and the costs pertaining thereto remain limited and in no caseaffect the satisfactory execution of ongoing activities, the following writtenor oral information:

(a) information on the execution of the programme of the current financialperiod for each objective/theme corresponding to those proposed forthe following period;

(b) information on the constraints resulting, in the execution of the pro-gramme activities of the current financial period, from the applicationof the principle of semi-full budgeting;

(c) information concerning posts left vacant during that period;



(d) in the EX/ 11 and C/11, at the most appropriate time, a budget andexpenditure summary for each year ending 31 December, indicatingon the theme level, funds allotted, disbursed, obligated, unobligatedand transferred;

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9. Recalling resolution 37.1 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-first session, which invites the Director -General to undertake an exhaustivestudy of the future presentation of C/5 documents,

10. Urges the Director-General to take account in this study of the discussionswhich took place in the Finance and Administrative Commission at the timeof the 113th and 114th sessions of the Executive Board, and in particular ofthe possibility of indicating more precisely, in monetary terms, what theprobable effects of inflation on the execution of the various programmes inthe next biennial period will be;

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11. Convinced that the results yielded by the internal evaluation of programmeexecution have direct repercussions upon the planning of future programmesand budgets and upon the Medium-Term Plans,

12. Requests the Director-General to take account, at the time of the preparationof the Draft Programme and Budget for 1984-1985 (22 C/5) and those for sub-sequent years and of future Medium-Term Plans, of the results accruingfrom the system of internal evaluation of programme execution;

13. Having highly appreciated the evaluation work already accomplished withinthe Organization, and desirous of giving effect to the Director-General’swish to receive from the Executive Board indications as to the measureswhich might suitably be taken to develop this activity,

14. Invites the Director-General to increase, as may be suitable, the materialand human resources required in order to continue to improve and developinternal evaluation activities, and to continue to encourage, whenever theneed is felt, the use of external evaluation;

15. Recalling that, in accordance with Articles IV.B. 2 and IX. 2 of the Consti-tution, the General Conference shall determine the policies and the mainlines of work of the Organization, take decisions on programmes submittedto it by the Executive Board, approve and give final effect to the budget andto the apportionment of financial responsibility among the states membersof the Organization, and that, in accordance with Article V. B. 5 (a), theExecutive Board shall examine the programme of work for the Organizationand corresponding budget estimates submitted to it by the Director-General,

16. Noting the provisions of Rule 16 (4) of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board, whereby the Finance and Administrative Commission isresponsible for submitting the draft programme and budget to a technicalexamination, which shall include a detailed study of the advisability of someof the administrative measures proposed and of their financial implications,

17. Noting further the provisions of Rule 9 (4) of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board, which stipulates that members of the Board may beaccompanied at meetings of the Board by advisers or experts and that, onthe request of the member concerned, one of his advisers or experts maybe authorized by the Chairman to speak on a specific point,

18. Convinced, in the light of the experience acquired since the Organization’screation, that the conditions in which the programme and budget are pre-pared, examined and approved by the General Conference and the ExecutiveBoard are satisfactory, enabling as they do all Member States to take anactive part in the successive phases of preparation, execution and monitor-ing in ways and according to procedures which place Unesco, as regardsconcertation with Member States, in the forefront of all the agencies of theUnited Nations system,



19. Considers that the current institutional arrangements for the examinationby the Organization’s governing organs of budget estimates and for themonitoring by those organs of the use of budget credits and expendituresare adequate, while not discounting the possibility of further improvingthose arrangements, having regard, in particular, to the suggestions ofMember States and improvements suggested by the Executive Board in theexercise of its constitutional functions, to the evolution of managementtechniques and methods, or to the lessons learned from experience;

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20. Considering the important problem of budgeting techniques proper,

21. Invites the Director-General to prepare the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1984-1985 (22 C/5) and those for the following financial periods, using,in the framework of the Medium-Term Plans approved by the General Con-ference, as was the case for the 19 C/5, 20 C/5 and 21 C/5 documents,the following budgeting techniques, and taking into account all such improve-ments as may be suggested by the discussions of the Finance and Admini-strative Committee:

(a) application of the constant dollar principle;

(b) separate calculation of inflation costs;

(c) separate treatment of currency fluctuations;

(d) zero-based budgeting;

(e) application of budget standards taking into account the practices appliedin other agencies;

(f) taking into account of staff turnover in the calculation of the budgettotal:

(g) breakdown of staff and other programme costs by objectives;

(h) analysis of costs, in the C/5 document, by modality of programmeexecution;

(i) apportionment of administrative and common service costs to theprogramme ;

(j) integration of activities financed by extra-budgetary resources in theC/ 5 document;

22. Recommends that the Director-General adopt whatever budgeting techniqueshe may deem useful for determining staff requirements more rationally;

23. Requests the Director-General, in regard to the reserve to cover currencyfluctuation, to maintain the current practice;

24. Notes, nevertheless, the Director-General’s intention to study further theimplications of the establishment of a separate reserve outside the budget;

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25. Taking account of certain negative effects of the principle of semi-fullbudgeting on programme execution,

26. Noting that Unesco is the only agency of the United Nations system to applythe principle of semi-full budgeting, all the others having adopted the sys-tem of full budgeting,

27. Considering that full budgeting would be advantageous for the more efficientexecution of Unesco’s programme,



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Expresses the wish that the Director-General seek out all measures whichcould be taken to ensure that this change in methodology takes place withoutany significant raising of the budget ceiling during the forthcoming budgetaryperiod;

Taking account of the fact that the Director-General will have to undertakethe preparation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 1984-1985 (22 C/5)in the autumn of 1982, in order for it to be ready in time to be examined bythe Executive Board at its spring session of 1983 and submitted, togetherwith such comments as the Board may deem appropriate, to the GeneralConference at its twenty-second session in October-November 1983,

Recommends that the General Conference adopt the principle of full budget-ing for the 1984-1985 biennium and for the following biennia;

Invites the Director-General to prepare the Draft Programme and Budgetfor 1984-1985 (22 C/5) and for subsequent biennia accordingly.

(114 EX/SR. 13, 14)

8.4 Amendments to the Financial Rules (114 EX/36 and 114 EX/41)


l . Having considered document 114 EX/36,

2. Approves the amendments to the Financial Rules contained in the annex tothat document.

(114 EX/SR. 13)

8. 5 Annual report of the International Civil Service Commission: report of theDirector-General (114 EX/37 and 114 EX/41)


1. Having examined document 114 EX/ 37,

2 Noting the Director-General’s explanations concerning the procedures forthe submission to the Board of annual reports of the International CivilService Commission and of measures for the implementation of recom-mendations contained in those reports,

3. Takes note of the seventh annual report (1981) of the International CivilService Commission;

4. Approves the Director-General’s proposal to submit future annual reportsof the Commission to the Executive Board at its spring session in the yearimmediately following the year to which the report relates;

5. Authorizes the Director-General, pending the submission of each annualreport of the Commission to the Executive Board and subject to subsequentconfirmation by the Board, to apply to the staff of Unesco any measuresadopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the recommendation ofthe Commission which, in his opinion, ought to be implemented before theycan be submitted to the Board, and to determine the date of effect of suchmeasures;

6 Invites the Director-General, however, whenever it appears necessary, toconsult members of the Board, either in writing or during the Board’sautumn session, and in any event to report to the Board and submit for itsconfirmation, at each spring session, any measures taken by him by virtueof the authorization contained in paragraph 3 above.

(114 EX/SR. 13)



8. 6

ITEM 9

9. 1

9.2

9.3

Consultations pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the ExecutiveBoard

The announcement to be found at the end of these decisions reports on theBoard’s deliberations in private meeting under this item.

(114 EX/SR. 12)

OTHER BUSINESS

Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: examination ofcommunications transmitted to the Committee in accordance with104 EX/Decision 3.3 (114 EX/38 Priv. )

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

(114 EX/SR. 12)

Celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Simon Bolivar (114 EX/42)


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Recalling its decision 105 EX/5.5.4 and resolution 413.5/2 adopted by theGeneral Conference at its twentieth session concerning the InternationalSimon Bolivar Prize,

Considering that the bicentenary of the birth of Simon Bolivar, theLiberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, will becelebrated on 24 July 1983,

Also considering Bolivar’s universal importance and prestige as aneminent thinker and liberator,

Requests the Director-General to associate Unesco with the celebration ofthis event through the under-mentioned activities, using, in addition toresources already available since the establishment of the InternationalSimon Bolivar Prize, those existing within the framework of the regularprogramme, and mobilizing other, extra-budgetary, resources:

(a) the publication in the official languages of Unesco of an anthology oftexts in which Simon Bolivar expressed his ideas, with introductionsby historians of high repute with specialized knowledge of the subject;

(b) organization of an international symposium in Caracas, Venezuela, onSimon Bolivar’s work, focusing on aspects related to education, science,culture, social development and political institutions;

(c) the holding of a commemorative ceremony in Unesco attended by thehighest authorities of the Organization and with the participation of itsvarious regional groups ;

(d) any other activities which could be organized within the framework ofthe regular programme on the occasion of this celebration.

(114 EX/SR. 14)

Changes in the timetable originally envisaged for consideration of the DraftMedium-Term Plan for 1984-1989


1. Concerned to satisfy the desire of Member States for more time in whichto study the Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989 proposed by theDirector-General and to take cognizance of the comments of the ExecutiveBoard,


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9. 6

Tribute to the memory of Luther H. Evans


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Decides to defer to its 115th session consideration of item 4. 1 of itsagenda entitled ‘Consideration of the Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1984-1989’;

Changes the dates originally planned for its 115th session, which will nowtake place from 8 September to 8 October 1982, it being understood that thecommittees will meet as from 30 August and that the Bureau will meet on6 and 7 September;

Also changes, in agreement with the Director-General, the dates originally- -planned for the fourth extraordinary session of the General Conference,which will now be held from Tuesday 23 November to Friday 3 December1982.

(114 EX/SR. 1)

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Deeply moved by the death of Luther H. Evans, who was a member of theExecutive Board from 1949 to 1953, and Director-General of Unesco from1953 to 1958,

Recalling the dynamic energy with which he devoted himself to reinforcingUnesco’s role in the world at a time when the Organization was undergoinga period of consolidation and strengthening,

Expresses its sympathy with his family and with the people and Governmentof the United States of America;

Pays solemn tribute to the memory of Luther H. Evans, who combined inthe service of Unesco the pragmatism of the man of action with a loftysense of international co-operation and solidarity.

(114 EX/SR. 1)

Change in the membership of the Committee on International Non-GovernmentalOrganizations and of the Special Committee

The Executive Board decided that the Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations should in future consist of fifteen members andthe Special Committee of thirty-two members, and that Mr Hector Wynter(Jamaica) should be a member of these two subsidiary organs.

( 114 EX/SR. 7)

Tribute to Mr Vladimir Stepanek


1. Recalling that after having been Permament Delegate of Czechoslovakia toUnesco and then having occupied over a period of ten years various postsof high responsibility in the Secretariat, Mr Vladimir Stepanek has, since1974, served as Secretary of the General Conference and of the ExecutiveBoard,

2. Considering that he has, in particular, made an exemplary contribution tothe Executive Board with unfailing competence, devotion and courtesy,

3. Expresses its heartfelt gratitude to Mr Vladimir Stepanek and wishes him,now that he is retiring from the Organization, satisfaction commensuratewith the interest he has constantly taken in international co-operation.

(114 EX/SR. 12)



ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELDON 17, 18 AND 19 MAY 1982

The Executive Board met in private on 17, 18 and 19 May 1982 to consider thefollowing items of its agenda:

8.6 Consultations pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board

Under this agenda item, the Executive Board at its private meetings of17 and 18 May 1982 held a broad exchange of views on the application ofRule 54.

The Board also adopted, on 18 May 1982, the following decision:


1. Taking note of the report of the Director-General submitted underitem 8.6 of the agenda, and recalling resolution 25.1 adopted by theGeneral Conference at its twenty-first session, concerning an officialof the Secretariat who had been detained in his country of origin andhas been unable to return to his post, and the steps taken by the Boardin that connection at its 110th and 112th sessions,

2. Welcoming the further approaches made by the Director-General sincethe 113th session, with a view to reaching a satisfactory solution to theproblem,

3. Noting with satisfaction that those approaches and the measures takenby the government concerned have made it possible to obtain partiallypositive results,

4. Professing itself encouraged by these results but anxious that a sol-ution fully consonant with the independence of the international civilservice and with the rules and procedures concerning staff membersof Unesco be reached,

5. Gives its full support to the Director-General for him to continue hisefforts on these lines, using all the means available to him;

6. Requests the Director-General to communicate the text of the presentdecision to the government and the staff member concerned;

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Invites the Director-General to report to the Board on this matter atits 116th session.

Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inaccordance with 104 EX/Decision 3. 3

During its private meeting of 19 May 1982, the Board examined the reportof its Committee on Conventions and Recommendations concerning this item,took note of that report and of the observations made and endorsed theCommittee’s wishes expressed therein.

(114 EX/SR. 12)


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