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United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex

Hundred and thirty–second Session

132 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 13 December 1989

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAT ITS 132ND SESSION

(Paris, 28 September-14 November 1989)

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132 EX/Decisions

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

President of the General Conference

Members

Mr ABDISALAM SHEIKH HUSSEIN(Somalia)

Mr Paul Yao AKOTO(Côte d’Ivoire)

Mr Yahya ALIYU(Nigeria)

Mr Fahd bin Jassem Hamad AL–THANI(Qatar)

Mr ANWAR IBRAHIM1

followed by:Mr Salleh AWANG HAD(Malaysia)

Mr Léon Louis BOISSIER–PALUN(Benin)

Mr Hilaire BOUHOYI(Congo)(absent)

Mr Mohamed BRAHIMI EL–MILI(Vice-Chairman)(Algeria)

Ms Marie–Claude CABANA(France)

Mr Guillermo PUTZEYS ALVAREZ(Guatemala)

Deputies

Mr Abdul Kadir ISMAILMr Said Haji MOHAMOOD

Mr Christopher WONDJIMr Miezan EZOMr René–Pierre ANOUMA

Mr Salihu ALKALIMr Tunde OLAYODEMs R.A.E. NKANGA

Mr Abdul-Aziz AL-ANSARIMr Ibrahim BUBSHAITMr Ibrahim MOSTAFAMr Ahmed OSMANMr Fuad KAZEM

Mr Dato’ Hassan AHMADMr Yusof JUSOHMr Shaharuddin MOHD SOMMs Melanie LEONG SOOK LEI

Mr André BOKIBAMr Serge Michel ODZOCKI

Mr Smail HAMDANIMr Ali KHALFI

Mr François-Régis BASTIDEMr Yves BRUNSVICKMr Emmanuel de CALANMs Marie-Françoise CARBONMs Agnès CUKIERMANMs Anita DAVIDENKOFFMr Antoine GRASSINMr Bernard MONOTMr Georges POUSSINMr Jean-Pierre REGNIERMs Geneviève ROUCHETMs Solange SHULMAN-PERRET

1. Mr Salleh AWANG HAD was appointed a member of the Executive Board at thethirteenth meeting, on 14 November 1989, to replace Mr ANWAR IBRAHIM,whose resignation had previously been accepted by the Board.


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DeputiesMembers

Mr Aurelio CAICEDO AYERBE(Vice-Chairman)(Colombia)

Ms Natalia MARTIN LEYESMs Claudia VALENCIAMs Blanca DELGADO

Mr Brown B. CHIMPHAMBA(Malawi)

Mr Willie S. KHOZAMr Albert J.H. JEREMr Richard SEGULA

Mr Marsetio DONOSEPUTRO(Indonesia)

Ms Hasnah GASEM

Mr Benoit CARDON DE LICHTBAERMs Béatrice VAN HEMELDONCKMr Jules MAJA

Mr Georges-Henri DUMONT(Belgium)

Mr Federico EDJO OVONO(Equatorial Guinea)

Mr Faustino NGUEMA ESONOMr Victorino NKA OBIANG

Mr Mohamed Fathallah EL–KHATIB(Egypt)

Mr Mohamed Safouat SALEMMs Mona HASSAN

Mr Walter GEHLHOFF(Federal Republic of Germany)

Mr Johannes LOHSEMr Klaus VON RAUSSENDORFFMr Karl-Josef PARTSCHMr Wolfgang LERKEMr Lothar KOCHMs Gisela WESSEL

Mr Alfreda GUEVARA(Cuba)

Ms Maria Josefa VILABOYMr Nazario FERNANDEZMr Luis FUMEROMr Andrès CALVEIRA PADILLA

Mr Ananda W.P. GURUGE(Sri Lanka)

Ms Geethangani DE SILVAMs Sujata GURUGEMr Jinadasa LIYANARATNE

Mr Reuben HARRIS(Antigua and Barbuda)

Ms Delia RICHMOND

Mr Luis Bernardo HONWANA(Mozambique)

Mr Murade I.M. MURARGYMr Joel SELEMs Ana Elisa DE SANTANA AFONSO

Mr Siefried KAEMPF(German Democratic Republic)

Mr Hans-Juergen MICHEELMr Gerhard SCHROETERMr Andreas GREIM

Mr Mumtaz Ali KAZI(Pakistan)

Mr Shahid M. AMINMr Khalid MAHMOODMr Ijaz HUSSAINMs Naghmana NAHEED

Ms Elsa D.R. KELLY(Argentina)

Mr Jorge Cayetano ZAIN ASISMr Eduardo M. De L. AIRALDIMr Alberto CARRI


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Members Deputies

Mr Mizuo KURODA(Japan)

Mr Allan Siegfried LI FO SJOE1

followed by:Mr Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN(Suriname)

Mr Abdelsalam MAJALI-. (Jordan)

Mr N’Tji Idriss MARIKO

(Mali)

Ms Margaretha MICKWITZ(Finland)

Mr Milan MILANOV(Bulgaria)

Mr Franz MUHEIM(Switzerland)

Mr Adamou NDAM NJOYA(Cameroon)

Mr Bethwell Allan OGOT(Kenya)

Mr Mohamed Mahmood OULD WEDDADY(Mauritania)(absent)

Ms Stella PELAEZ AYERRAMr Ricardo L. BOCALANDROMr Carlos GIANOTTI

Mr Kenshiro AKIMOTOMr Hajime TSUJIMOTOMr Kihei MAEKAWAMr Totsuo KONDOMr Masaya OTSUKAMs Emiko MURAI

Mr André KRAMP

Mr Awad KHALDIMr Zougan OBEIDATMr Wajid MUSTAQIM

Mr Mamadou BAH

Mr Wilhelm BREITENSTEINMs Marjatta OKSANENMr Sauli FEODOROWMr Frank EDMANMs Raili LAHNALAMPI

Ms Ludmila BOJKOVAMr Ivan BOYADJIEVMs Iskra PANEVSKAMs Dobra TAKOVA

Mr François NORDMANNMr Jean–Daniel VIGNYMr Daniel AVIOLATMr Jean-François PAROZ

Mr Mbella MBELLA

Mr S.B. BULLUTMr J.M. MAINAMs T.C. KIPINGORMs R.A. ONGESO

Mr Mohamed El–Imam NAGIMr Ahmed Baba OULD DEIDAMr Telmidi OULD MOHAMED AMAR

1. Mr Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN was appointed a member of the Executive Boardat the twelfth meeting, on 12 October 1989, to replace Mr Allan SiegfriedLI FO SJOE, whose resignation had previously been accepted by the Board.

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Members Deputies

Ms Rosa Isakovna OTOUNBAYEVA Mr Vladimir LOMEYKO(Vice-Chairwoman) Mr Albert ROGANOV(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Mr Guennady A. MOJAEV

Mr Nikolai M. KANAEVMr Alexei P. IKONNIKOVMr Pavel A. LAPTEVMr Boris BORISSOVMr Vladimir GAIMr Ivan SNEJKOMr Yevgueny YAGODKINMr Valentin ODINTSOVMr Alexandre V. RYBKINE

Ms Maria Luisa PARONETTO VALIER(Italy)

Mr Luis Manuel PEÑALVER(Venezuela)

Mr Rabindranath PERMANAND1

(Trinidad and Tobago)

Mr Luis Ignacio RAMALLO(Spain)

Mr Komlavi Fofoli SEDDOH(Togo)

Mr Swaran SINGH(Vice-Chairman)(India)

Ms Stella SOULIOTI(Cyprus)

Mr Alemayehu TEFERRA(Vice-Chairman)(Ethiopia)

Mr Iba Der THIAM(Senegal)

Ms Birgitta ULVHAMMAR(Vice-Chairwoman)(Sweden)

Mr Giacomo IVANCICH-BIAGGINIMs Brunella BORZI CORNACCHIAMr Raffaele BRIGLIMr Francesco MARGIOTTA-BROGLIO

Ms Ruth LERNER DE ALMEAMr Carlos ORTIZ CHALBAUDMs Mariela MARQUEZ BRANDTMs Muriel VON BRAUN DE KARTUNNENMs Guadalupe PULIDO DE CASTET

Ms Annette GONZALES

Mr Miguel Angel CARRIEDOMr Juan Luis MUNOZ DE LABORDEMr Juan Antonio MENENDEZ PIDALMr Isidoro ALONSO HINOJAL

Mr Yao NAMBOUMr Mensavi Koffi KPOTOGBEYMr Tchao SOTOUBERE

Ms Savitri KUNADIMr Gollerkery Vishwanath RAOMs Monika KAPIL

Mr Constantin LEVENTISMr Christos CASSIMATIS

Mr Habte–Mariam SEYOUMMr Legesse NEGEWO

Mr Amadou DEMEMr Bouna Mohamed SECKMr Abdourahmane TRAORE

Mr Hakan WILKENSMr Karl–Gunnar LIDSTROMMr Anders FALKMs Ann-Sofi LINDENBAUM

1. Mr Rabindranath PERMANAND was appointed a member of the Executive Board. at the first meeting, on 28 September 1989, to replace Mr Eugenio L.

MOORE.


Members

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Deputies

Mr JOSé Israel VARGAS(Chairman)(Brazil)

Mr Alberto WAGNER DE REYNA(Peru)

Mr Asavia WANDIRA(Uganda)

Mr Edward Gough WHITLAM(Australia)

Mr Suk-Heun YUN(Republic of Korea)

Mr ZHAO Fusan(China)(absent)

Mr Kazimierz ZYGULSKI(Poland)

Ms Vera PEDROZAMr Joao Carlos DE SOUZA GOMESMs Ellen BARROSMr Caio Marcio RANIERI COLOMBOMs Monica NASSERMr Isnard de FREITASMr JOSé RODRIGUEZ

Mr Julio Ramon RIBEYROMr Alfredo PICASSO DE OYAGUEMr Santiago MARCOVITCH

Ms Winfred BYANYIMA

Mr Edward POCOCKMr John LANDERMr Laurie FISHER

Mr Tae Hyuk HAHMMr Dae Seong KIMMr Sung Joo CHOI

Mr Wladyslaw NENEMAN

Representatives and observers

Organizations of the United Nations system

Mr Eugène YOUKEL United Nations DevelopmentProgramme

Mr Ruprecht von ARNIM ) Office of the United Nations HighMr Philippe VILLEMAGNE) Commissioner for Refugees

Mr Claude–Henri VIGNES) World Health OrganizationMr Hiromi SATO )

Mr N.L. MARIE-JEANNE International Civil AviationOrganization

Mr J.J. CHEVRON International Labour Organisation

Mr Hassen M. FODHA United Nations Information Centre,Paris

Regional and interrerional intergovernmental organizations

Ms Grasiella BRIANZONI Council of Europe


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Mr Pierre BOUCHERMr Jean-Claude CORBELMr Pierre TANGUAYMr Abou El Caba TOUREMr Moustapha ZOUARIMs Christine DESOUCHESMr Moussa Makan CAMARAMr Alexandre MAPINGOU

Mr WAGDI MAHMOUD

Mr Rémolo BOTTO

Agency for Cultural and TechnicalCo-operation

Arab Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization

Latin Union

Secretariat

Mr Federico MAYOR (Director-General), Mr Eduardo PORTELLA (DeputyDirector–General for the programmes), Mr Chanan Lal SHARMA (DeputyDirector-General for Management), Mr Sylvain LOURIE (Deputy Director-Generalin charge of Planning, Budgeting and Evaluation), Mr Henri LOPES (AssistantDirector–General for Culture and Communication), Mr Youri N. KOCHUBEY(Assistant Director–General for General Administration), Mr XU Zhaochun(Assistant Director-General for External Relations), Mr Thomas KELLER(Assistant Director-General for General programmes and Programme Support),Mr Sorin DUMITRESCU (Assistant Director–General for Natural Sciences), MrColin N. POWER (Assistant Director-General for Education), Mr Akihiro CHIBA(Director of the Bureau for Co-ordination of Operational Action), Mr John B.KABORE (Director of the Unit for Co–operation with African Member States)Mr Luis G. MARQUES (Director of the Executive Office), Mr Maurice GLELE (LegalAdviser), Mr Alain MODOUX (Director of the Office of Public Information),other members of the Secretariat, Mr Pío RODRIGUEZ (Secretary of the ExecutiveBoard).


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 131ST SESSION . . . .

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

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

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

3.1.2 Amendment to Rules 12.1 and 16.2 of the Rulesof Procedure of the Executive Board . . . . .

3.1.3 Terms of reference of the SpecialCommittee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

3.3.1 Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit ofinterest to Unesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 4 DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1990-1991 . . . . . . . . . .

4.1 Final recommendations by the Executive Board on theproposed budget for 1990-1991. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

5.1 Reports by the Director–General . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.1 Oral report on the activities of theOrganization since the 131st session . . . . .

5.1.2 Report by the Director-General on theimplementation of the decisions of theExecutive Board adopted on the basis of therecommendations of its Temporary Committee . .

5.1.3 Report by the Director-General on theActivities of the Organization in 1988-1989(26 C/3): structure of the report . . . . . .

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5.1.4 Decisions taken and studies conducted by theExecutive Board in 1988–1989 concerning theReport by the Director–General on theActivities of the Organization in 1986-1987,which might be submitted by the Chairman ofthe Executive Board, as comments by the Board,to the General Conference at its twenty–fifthsession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.5 Unesco’s contribution towards improving thestatus of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

5.2.1

5.2.2

5.2.3

5.2.4

5.2.5

5.2.6

Synthesis of Member States’ reports on theapplication of the Recommendation concerningEducation for International Understanding,Co-operation and Peace and Educationrelating to Human Rights and FundamentalFreedoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consideration of the fourth report of theJoint ILO/Unesco Committee of Experts onthe Application of the 1966 Recommendationconcerning the Status of Teachers . . . . . .

Composition of the Joint ILO/Unesco Committeeof Experts on the Application of the 1966Recommendation concerning the Status ofTeachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report on progress in implementing the firstphase of the Plan for the Development ofEducation for International Understanding,Co–operation and Peace . . . . . . . . . . . .

Application of 24 C/Resolution 25, concerningeducational and cultural institutions in theoccupied Arab territories . . . . . . . . . .

Invitations to the 42nd session of theInternational Conference on Education . . . .

5.3 Culture and Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.3.1 Jerusalem and the implementation of24 C/Resolution 11.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4 Office of International Standards and LegalAffairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5.4.1 Protocol instituting a Conciliation and GoodOffices Commission to be responsible forseeking the settlement of any disputes whichmay arise between States Parties to theConvention against Discrimination inEducation: transmission to the GeneralConference of the list of persons nominatedto fill seats falling vacant in 1989 . . . . .

5.4.2 Report of the Conciliation and Good OfficesCommission to be responsible for seeking thesettlement of any disputes which may arisebetween States Parties to the Conventionagainst Discrimination in Education on itswork since the twenty-fourth session of theGeneral Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4.3 Possibility of requesting an advisory opinionfrom the International Court of Justice onthe interpretation that should be givento the Constitution on the financialobligations of a Member State whichwithdraws from the Organization in thecourse of a budgetary period . . . . . . . . .

5.5 Social and Human Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.5.1 Follow–up to the International Congress onPeace in the Minds of Men: YamoussoukroDeclaration; Seville Statement onViolence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.6 Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.6.1 The Sultan Qaboos Prize for EnvironmentalPreservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

6.1 Revised provisional agenda of the twenty-fifthsession of the General Conference . . . . . . . . . .

6.2 Addendum to the draft plan for the organization ofthe work of the twenty–fifth session of the GeneralConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.3 Place of the twenty–sixth session of the GeneralConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.4 Submission of nominations for the offices of Presidentand Vice–Presidents of the General Conference and ofChairmen of the Commissions and Committees . . . . . .

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6.5 Consideration of requests by internationalnon–governmental organizations in category Cand by those not maintaining official relationswith Unesco to be represented by observers atthe twenty-fifth session of the GeneralConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

7.1 Operational activities for development . . . . . . . .

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

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Proposed transfers between appropriation lineswithin the budget for 1988-1989, including aninterim report on the utilization of savingsmade in the regular budget for 1988–1989 andthe transfers due to the reallocation of savings . . .

Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions, andreport on the establishment and closure of trustfunds, reserves and special accounts . . . . . . . . .

Financial report and interim financial statements ofUnesco as at 31 December 1988 for the financialperiod ending 31 December 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consideration of communications received from MemberStates invoking the terms of Article IV.C,paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution concerningthe voting rights of Member States in arrearswith their contributions, and recommendations ofthe Executive Board thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Informatics and Telecommunications Development Plan:Report of the Committee of International Experts . . .

Final proposals concerning the Château du Bois duRocher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules ofProcedure of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 9 OTHER BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.1 Guidelines for the commemoration of anniversaries . .

9.2 Feasibility study on the establishment of a Unescofellowship bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.3 Request for the admission of Palestine to Unesco . . .

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9.4

9.5

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Celebration of the centenary of the birth of theEgyptian thinker Abbas Mahmud El–Akkad . . . . . . . .

Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the death ofthe German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann . . . . .

Commemoration of the centenary of the birth of theVenezuelan writer Teresa de la Parra . . . . . . . . .

Celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth ofSt Ignatius of Loyola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON 11 AND12 OCTOBER 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (132 EX/1)

At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda setout in document 132 EX/1.

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

1. To the Programme and External Relations Commission:items 5.1.1 (Part II) 5.1.5, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.3.1,5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5.1, 5.6.1, 7.1, 9.1 and 9.2.

2. To the Finance and Administrative Commission: items 5.1.1(Part III), and 8.1 to 8.5.

(132 EX/SR 1)

1.1 Replacement of members during their term of office (132 EX/NOM/1,132 EX/NOM/2, 132 EX/NOM/3)

1. In accordance with Article V.4(c) of the Constitution, theExecutive Board appointed Mr Mr Rabindranath Permanand(Trinidad and Tobago) to replace Mr Eugenio L. Moore for theremainder of his term of office.

2. The Executive Board took note of the resignation of Mr AllanSiegfried Li Fo Sjoe (Suriname) and, in accordance withArticle V.A.4(a) of the Constitution, appointed Mr RunaldoRonald Venetiaan to replace him for the remainder of his termof office.

3. The Executive Board took note of the resignation of Mr AnwarIbrahim (Malaysia) and, in accordance with Article V.A.4(a)of the Constitution, appointed Mr Salleh Awang Had to replacehim for the remainder of his term of office.

(132 EX/SR 1, 12 and 13)

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 131ST SESSION(131 EX/SR.l-31)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its131st session.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 6)

ITEM 3 METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

3.1 Executive Board

3.1.1 Report by the Bureau on questions that do not appear to requiredebate (132 EX/2)

The Executive Board approved the proposals of its Bureau containedin document 132 EX/2 concerning item 5.2.6: ‘Invitations to the42nd session of the International Conference on Education’ .

(132 EX/SR 1)


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3.1.2 Amendment to Rules 12.1 and 16.2 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (132 EX/SP/4 and 132 EX/4)

The Executive Board,

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Recalling 131 EX/Decision 3.1.2, in which it invited itsSpecial Committee to examine, with the assistance of theLegal Adviser, the possible legal, procedural and practicalimplications of any amendment to Rules 12.1 and 16.2 of theRules of Procedure of the Executive Board and to report to itat its 132nd session,

Bearing in mind document 132 EX/4 containing therecommendations submitted to it by the Special Committee inthis connection, and mindful of the need to improve exchangesof information regarding the elections of the members of theBureau,

Endorses the suggestions made in paragraph 19 of Annex I todocument 132 EX/4, it being understood that the remainingmembers and the electoral groups within the Board will beduly involved in the consultation process;

Requests its Chairman to inform the President of the GeneralConference thereof at its twenty–fifth session.

(132 EX/SR 11)

3.1.3 Terms of reference of the Special Committee


1. Recalling 101 EX/Decision 8.1 (I), 106 EX/Decision 7.1 (I),111 EX/Decision 7.1, 118 EX/Decision 7.1, 122 EX/Decision 9.2and 128 EX/Decision 6.1, concerning the terms of reference ofthe Special Committee,

2. Decides that:

(a) the Special Committee shall be composed of 18 members,i.e. three from each electoral group;

(b) the Special Committee shall continue to meet immediatelybefore each ordinary session of the Executive Board,which may decide on the advisability of changing thecalendar if it is proved to be necessary;

3. Also decides to refer to the Special Committee, for it toconsider and report upon, questions of general and specificinterest which do not fall clearly within the terms ofreference of the Programme and External Relations Commissionor the Finance and Administrative Commission, and whichgenerally concern improvements in the functioning of theOrganization:

(a) the Report by the Director-General on the Activities ofthe Organization, prepared in accordance withArticle VI.3(b) of the Constitution;



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the in–depth studies prepared by the Executive Board onselected topics relating to the contents of the Reportby the Director–General on the Activities of theOrganization;*

the methods and machinery of the system of evaluatingactivities coming within the regular programme orfinanced out of extra–budgetary resources;

questions of decentralization, activities funded fromextra-budgetary sources, public information andpublications, which do not come within the terms ofreference of the Programme and External RelationsCommission;**

relations with the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit,and consideration of reports prepared by the JointInspection Unit which are not referred to the plenarycommissions;

the organization of the work of the General Conferenceand the Executive Board, including that of theircommissions and committees;

any other question the Executive Board may decide torefer to the Special Committee.

(132 EX/SR 9)

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:Examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inpursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3 (132 EX/3 PRIV.)

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

(132 EX/SR 12)

3.3 United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

3.3.1 Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit of interest to Unesco(132 EX/5 and 132 EX/4)


1. Having examined document 132 EX/5 entitled ‘Reports of theUnited Nations Joint Inspection Unit of interest to Unesco’,and the following reports of the Joint Inspection Unit:

(a) A Review of the Use of Equipment Provided to TechnicalCo–operation Projects in Developing Countries(JIU/REP/88/2),

* Reservations were expressed regarding the absence in subparagraph 3(b) ofa reference to a specific study on the complementarily of activities underthe regular programme and those funded from extra–budgetary sources.

** Reservations were expressed regarding the reference to decentralizationand publications and, in general, the inclusion of subparagraph 3(d) inthis decision.



(b) Contribution of the United Nations System to thePreservation and Management of Cultural and NaturalHeritage in Western Asia (JIU/REP/88/5),

(c) Study on the Representation of the Organizations of theUnited Nations System at Conferences and Meetings –Part B - The Specialized Agencies (JIU/REP/88/7),

2. Taking account of the recommendations of the SpecialCommittee thereon (132 EX/4),

3. Takes note of the above reports and the comments of theDirector–General thereon;

4. Invites the Director–General, with regard to equipment inoperational projects, to ensure that:

(a) schedules for equipment delivery are realistic so thatequipment arrives in a timely manner;

(b) the involvement of national experts is maximized in thedesign of projects and in selecting and specifying theequipment component; and

(c) tenders for equipment purchase are given a widergeographical dispersion among Member States;

5. Requests the Director–General to invite the United NationsJoint Inspection Unit to include in its programme a study onthe advantages and disadvantages of the post system usedthroughout the United Nations system.

(132 EX/SR 11)

ITEM 4 DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1990-1991 (25 C/5)

4.1 Final recommendations by the Executive Board on the proposedbudget for 1990-1991 (25 C/5 and 25 C/5 Rev.1)

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1. Noting that the Draft Programme and Budget for 1990–1991(25 C/5 and 25 C/5 Rev.1) has been prepared in accordancewith the budgeting techniques approved by it in130 EX/Decision 4.2 and 131 EX/Decision 4.2,

2. Recognizing the need of the principle of ‘zero growth’ inreal terms,

3. Recalling that obligatory savings of $7.5 million will haveto be made in the programme and budget in 1990-1991 toreimburse Miscellaneous Income and the Working Capital Fund,as decided by previous General Conferences, which will resultin a decrease in the budget for 1990–1991,

4. Recommends for consideration by the General Conference aprovisional budget ceiling of $372,552,000 at the initial



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stage, it being understood that, when fixing the finalceiling for 1990–1991, decisions will have to be taken on thefollowing:

(a) the amount of $1.6 million required to keep the MedicalBenefits Fund operational;

(b) the budgetary reinforcement of $8.2 million in document25 C/S;

(c) the draft resolutions submitted by Member States;

Further recommends that the final budget ceiling should befixed by the Joint Meeting of the Programme Commissions andthe Administrative Commission of the General Conference,after taking account of the discussions on the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1990-1991;

Invites Member States to make voluntary contributionscomplementary to priority activities under the regularprogramme.

B


1.

2.

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4.

5.

6.

7.

Considering the difficult economic situation in which manyMember States find themselves and its possible impact on thebudget for 1990-1991,

Anxious to see the maximum available resources directed tothose programmes which all Member States agree have highestpriority,

Also anxious to see Unesco reduce its administrative expenses,

Recalling the commitment of the General Conference, expressedin 24 C/Resolution 48.1, to reduce the duration of futuresessions of the General Conference and the Executive Board,

Also recalling 131 EX/Decision 9.5, paragraphs 1 and 2,concerning the reduction of the duration of its sessions,

Welcomes the efforts already made in this direction andexpresses the wish that they be continued as far as possible;

Recommends that the General Conference request theDirector–General to give absolute priority to the transfer ofresources within the Programme and Budget for 1990–1991 inorder to achieve the following aims:

(a) a substantial increase in the funds allocated forprogramme activities under programmes 1.1, 11.2 and IV.2;

(b) an increase in the funds available for staff training(Part IV of document 25 C/S) and other unanimouslyrecognized emergencies and priorities;



8. Further recommends that the General Conference request theDirector-General to report to the Executive Board, at its135th session at the latest, on the implementation of thatresolution;

9. Requests the Director–General to have recourse to the moniesavailable in the Headquarters Utilization Fund to ensure theconservation of buildings.

(132 EX/SR 1, 7 and 12)

ITEM 5 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

5.1 Reports by the Director–General

5.1.1 Oral report on the activities of the Organization since the131st session (132 EX/INF.3 (Parts I, II and III) and 132 EX/37)

A


1. Having heard the oral report by the Director–General on theactivities of the Organization since the 131st session,

2. Takes note of its content.

B

REVIVAL OF THE ANCIENT LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA


1. Recalling 124 EX/Decision 5.1.1 (IV), 126 EX/Decision5.1.1 (E) and 129 EX/Decision 5.1.1,

2. Bearing in mind the Director–General’s oral report(132 EX/INF.3, Part II),

3. Having noted with satisfaction the timely completion of theinternational architecture competition financed by UNDP andthe constitution of the International Commission for theRevival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria,

4. Considering that this project carried out within theframework of the World Decade for Cultural Development has agreat potential for mobilizing the international community ina movement of solidarity, because of its historical, culturaland scientific significance,

5. Invites the General Conference to give renewed considerationto the appeal launched by the Director–General in support ofthe Revival of the Library of Alexandria;

6. Invites the Director–General to pursue his efforts, inco–operation with the Egyptian governmental authorities, inlaunching a successful fund–raising campaign.

(132 EX/SR 1-4 and 12)



5.1.2 Report by the Director–General on the implementation of thedecisions of the Executive Board adopted on the basis of therecommendations of its Temporary Committee (132 EX/6 and 132 EX/4)


1. Recalling 131 EX/Decision 5.1.2, paragraph 12,

2. Having taken note of the Director-General’s report (132 EX/6)on the measures taken by him in connection with theimplementation of the recommendations relating to:

(a) personnel and consultants,

(b) decentralization and extra–budgetary (operational)activities,

(c) public information, as well as the report of the SpecialCommittee thereon (132 EX/4),

I

Personnel and consultants

3. Recalling 131 EX/Decision 5.1.3 (II) on a comprehensivepersonnel policy,

4. Invites the Director–General to continue his efforts inaccordance with the recommendations formulated in thatdecision;

5. Further invites the Director–General to take into account, inthe report that he is to submit to it on this subject at its134th session, the various points of view expressed in theSpecial Committee at the present session;

II

Public information

6. Notes the new approach outlined by the Director–General indocument 132 EX/6 (paras. 11–16) concerning the organizationof the Office of Public Information;

7. Encourages the establishment within the Office of a unit madeup of young agency journalists, specializing in the fields ofeducation, science, culture and communication and receptiveto the outlooks of different regions and cultures;

8. Invites the Director–General to continue the process ofdecentralizing public information activities both bystrengthening the Regional Action Unit at Headquarters and byextending the network of local correspondents;

III

Extra-budgetary (operational) activities

9. Notes with satisfaction the measures taken by theDirector–General to improve the extra–budgetary activities of



the Organization and the progress made to increaseextra–budgetary resources;

10. Underlines the importance of improving complementarilybetween activities under the regular programme and activitiesfunded under extra–budgetary sources;

11. Understands the need for a systematic and global review ofextra–budgetary activities, including an in–depth evaluationof certain operational projects, in order to enable membersof the Board to act as Unesco spokespersons to thedevelopment and funding agencies within the United Nationssystem, and for Unesco’s extra–budgetary activities to bepromoted and publicized outside the United Nations system;

12. Invites the Director–General to continue to place a highpriority on extra-budgetary activities by strengthening thestructure of the Secretariat, both at Headquarters and in thefield, to ensure a timely and effective involvement in theefforts to develop closer consultation and co–operation withthe Member States, United Nations organizations and otherdevelopment or funding agencies, and to enhance Unesco’scontribution to the development of Member States in theOrganization’s fields of competence;

IV

Decentralization

13. Welcomes the Secretariat’s analytical approach and statementon the constraints involved in the process ofdecentralization;

14. Endorses the lines of action outlined in paragraph 51 ofdocument 132 EX/6 which will enable field units to offer eachMember State access to the full range of Unesco’s programmes,particularly through the development of integrated regionalresource networks and closer collaboration with Unesco’snational, non–governmental and United Nations partners in thefield;

15. Emphasizes in particular that:

(a) Unesco’s presence in the field should reflect itsuniversal, moral and intellectual objectives in additionto its specific technical co–operation activities;

(b) authority and resources should be decentralized not onlyfrom Headquarters to certain large Regional Offices, butalso among all the units within each region, therebynecessitating changes in attitudes and practices as wellas procedures;

(c) decentralization should on no account lead to thecreation of mini-Unescos in the field, and theimprovement of telecommunication linkages should serveto carry out field activities more effectively;

(d) Unesco’s staff within each region should reflect theOrganization universal character;



5.1.3

(e) all field units, as well as Headquarters, should be keptaware of the views of the Executive Board ondecentralization;

(f) clear lines of collaboration regarding field unitsshould be worked out between the Bureau forCo–ordination of Field Units (BFC), the CentralProgramme Evaluation Unit (CEU), the InspectorateGeneral (IOM), the Bureau for External Relations (BRX)and the Bureau for Co–ordination of OperationalActivities (BAO);

(g) consideration should be given to producing in future aseparate annex to the c/5 document devoted todecentralized action;

16. Welcomes the Director–General’s offer to provide it at its134th session with a comprehensive report on the achievementsof his decentralization policy and on the progress inovercoming the constraints which have been identified.

(132 EX/SR 11)

Revert by the Director-General on the Activities of theOrganization in 1988–1989 (26 C/3): structure of the report(132 EX/SP/2 and 132 EX/4)


1. Recalling 131 EX/Decision 5.1.2, paragraph 9(a), whichrecommended that the Report of the Director–General on theActivities of the Organization in 1988-1989 ‘should beimproved as regards its evaluation component while, at thesame time, remaining a stocktaking document’ ,

2. Mindful of the transitional nature of document 26 C/3 and thefact that, as a result of the introduction of theself–evaluation system in 1990, the Executive Board willdiscuss on a trial basis, at its 136th session, a synopticevaluative document instead of the C/n document,

3. Stressing the need for the Report to inform on the mainaspects of programme performance; on the results achieved inimplementing the objectives of document 24 C/5; on the maindifficulties and obstacles encountered, including evidence ofbudgetary allocation as well as on proposals for futureaction, all of which enable Unesco’s governing bodies tocontribute effectively to decision–making regarding theOrganization’s activities,

4. Expresses the wish that the Director–General’s Introductionto the Report be devoted primarily to a general assessment ofthe process of reform and to improvements made in comparisonwith the preceding biennium and include appropriate referenceto topics such as decentralization, extra–budgetary(operational) activities and training activities;

5. Invites the Director–General to base the structure of hisReport on the proposals contained in document 132 EX/SP/2,



and to ensure that its contents take into account theobservations formulated during the debate of the SpecialCommittee thereon.

(132 EX/SR 11)

5.1.4 Decisions taken and studies conducted by the Executive Board in1988–1989 concerning the Report by the Director–General on theActivities of the Organization in 1986–1987, which might besubmitted by the Chairman of the Executive Board, as comments bythe Board, to the General Conference at its twenty–fifth session(132 EX/SP/3 and 132 EX/4)


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3.

4.

5.

Having examined document 132 EX/4,

Invites its Chairman to submit to the General Conference atits twenty–fifth session 131 EX/Decision 5.1.3, as commentsby the Board on the Report of the Director-General on theActivities of the Organization in 1986–1987 (25 C/3), inaccordance with paragraph 9 of Article V.B of theConstitution;

Underlines the importance of two topics covered in thein-depth studies, namely ‘the role of the social and humansciences in Unesco’ and ‘a comprehensive personnel policy’for the efficiency of Unesco’s action;

Also underlines the intellectual and practical interest thatthe General Conference may find in the information andconclusions contained in the in–depth studies;

Invites the Director–General to make these two studiesavailable to the General Conference.

(132 EX/SR 11)

5.1.5 Unesco’s contribution towards improving the status of women(132 EX/7 and 132 EX/37)


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3.

4.

Recalling 131 EX/Decision 4.1, paragraphs 10 and 11,concerning the major programme areas and transverse themes inUnesco’s Draft Medium-Term Plan for 1990-1995,

Recalling also 22 C/Resolutions 14.1 and 14.2,23 C/Resolutions 14.1 and 14.2 and 24 C/Resolution 14.1 ofthe General Conference,

Recalling further the Convention on the Elimination of AllForms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UnitedNations General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session (1979),

Emphasizing the importance of the Nairobi Forward-LookingStrategies for the Advancement of Women (A/40/108), endorsedby the United Nations General Assembly at its fortiethsession (1985),



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Having examined the Director–General’s report on Unesco’scontribution towards improving the status of women (132 EX/7),

Congratulating the Director–General on an excellent report,

Welcoming the new efforts made by the Organization within itsSecretariat, in Member States and within the framework of theUnited Nations system to contribute to the improvement of thestatus of women,

Concerned, however, at:

(a) the as yet very small number of women holding higherposts in the Secretariat,

(b) the low percentage of women in posts subject togeographical distribution,

(c) the slow improvement in women’s participation rates inmeetings organized by Unesco,

(d) the decrease in the percentage of women granted trainingor study fellowships,

Believing that Unesco itself must set very concrete andactive examples in order to promote women’s visible andinfluential participation in cultural, social and economiclife,

Emphasizing in this context the need for intensifiedco–operation on the part of Member States to improve thesituation,

Invites the Director–General to continue exploring ways andmeans of improving the situation of women in the Secretariatand of expanding women’s opportunities for shoulderinggreater responsibilities and to report to it at its 135thsession;

Further invites the Director–General to ensure that thestatistical services play a more important part in theidentification and evaluation of the Organization’sactivities to improve the status of women;

Calls on the General Conference to urge Member States to:

(a) help to increase the number of women in positions ofresponsibility in Unesco’s Secretariat and in meetingsorganized by Unesco, and

(b) increase the proportion of study fellowships granted towomen by taking specific and concrete steps to identifyand propose eligible women,

emphasizing in this context the importance of contacts withnon-governmental organizations and women’s organizations;

Further calls on the General Conference to invite theDirector–General to report to its twenty–sixth session on


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steps taken within the Secretariat and by Member States, inco–ordination with Unesco, to increase the participationrates of women.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

5.2 Education

5.2.1 Synthesis of Member States’ reports on the application of theRecommendation concerning Education for InternationalUnderstanding, Co–operation and Peace and Education relating toHuman Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (132 EX/8 and 132 EX/36)


1. Having considered document 132 EX/8 and the report of theCommittee on Conventions and Recommendations thereon(132 EX/36),

2. Recommends to the General Conference that it adopt thefollowing draft resolution:

The General Conference,

Recalling 23 C/Resolution 13.3 on a ‘System of reporting onthe steps taken by Member States to apply the Recommendationconcerning Education for International Understanding,Co–operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rightsand Fundamental Freedoms’ and 24 C/Resolution 13.4 on ‘Thefull and comprehensive implementation of the 1974Recommendation and follow–up to the recommendations of the1983 Intergovernmental Conference’,

Having noted the synthesis of national reports on measurestaken by Member States to apply the Recommendation concerningEducation for International Understanding, Co–operation andPeace and Education relating to Human Rights and FundamentalFreedoms (1974),

1. Takes note with satisfaction of the results obtainedthrough the Permanent System of Reporting, thanks to theefforts of Member States, the Director–General and theConsultative Committee set up to contribute to theimplementation of the system;

2. Welcomes the efforts made by Member States to implementthe 1974 Recommendation and to take action on therecommendations of the 1983 Intergovernmental Conference;

3. Requests all Member States, given the importance of the1974 Recommendation, to redouble their efforts to ensureits full and widespread application, and to take allnecessary measures to promote international education atthe levels and in the types of education where itsdevelopment appears to call for special attention – suchas pre-service and in–service teacher training,technical and vocational education, higher andpostgraduate education, out–of–school, adult andliteracy education and pre–school education – and to



develop their international and regional co–operation inthis field;

4. Calls on all Member States to take an active part in thepreparation of their national reports within thePermanent System of Reporting and to participateactively in international co–operation and in theexchange of their pedagogical experiences, ideas andmaterials with a view to developing internationaleducation in accordance with the new humanistic, ethicaland cultural values of an increasingly interdependentworld;

Invites the Director–General:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

to continue to ensure the satisfactory functioning ofthe Permanent System of Reporting on steps taken byMember States to apply the 1974 Recommendation, notablyby taking full account of the results of this system inthe preparation of the World Education Report, by takingfull advantage of the assistance of the ConsultativeCommittee in the framework of this system, and byexamining the possibility of implementing the proposalsput forward by the Committee, carrying out, for example,in-depth studies and advisory missions aimed at ensuringbetter application of the 1974 Recommendation;

to make full use of the wealth of information onexperiences in international education and on ideas forfurther innovative action in this field, and to studythe possibility of further improving the disseminationof encouraging examples of innovation and creativity ininternational education, by means of qualitativestudies, source books or international workshops forAssociated Schools;

to study the possibility of relating the PermanentSystem of Reporting and the evaluation of the resultsobtained more closely to other questionnaires andrequests for information sent out by Unesco’s EducationSector to Member States and National Commissions , and torelated activities of other United Nations agencies,such as the United Nations Secretariat’s survey onteaching about the United Nations system (1976 to 1986),as well as to related activities of otherintergovernmental organizations, in particular those ofthe Council of Europe in the field of multicultural andintercultural education;

to undertake, with the assistance of the ConsultativeCommittee, the revision of the questionnaire within thePermanent System of Reporting, considering theinterrelation between education for internationalunderstanding, human rights teaching, peace educationand intercultural education, and to send the revisedquestionnaire to Member States on the occasion of thenext consultation to elicit reports on theimplementation of the 1974 Recommendation, afterapproval by the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations of the Executive Board;

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(e) to continue or to undertake new activities aimed atencouraging Member States to give more in-depthconsideration to the modalities of internationaleducation integrated into general education, and intothe various disciplines and educational activities, bothas a whole and by making use of the specific contentsand materials required for dealing with certain themes;

(f) to support the efforts of Member States to developexchanges of ideas, experience and documentationconcerning the implementation of the 1974 Recommendation;

(g) to study the desirability of replacing the presentRecommendation by a convention which could reflect thenew context of international education and would be morebinding;

(h) to conclude as soon as possible the preparation of theIntegrated Plan for International Education on Peace andHuman Rights (second phase) on the basis of the broadlines of the third Medium-Term Plan, the relatedresolutions adopted by the recent sessions of theGeneral Conference and the proposals made on the subjectby the Consultative Committee and, consequently, to givewider and more effective application to the 1974Recommendation.

(132 EX/SR 11)

5.2.2 Consideration of the fourth report of the Joint ILO/UnescoCommittee of Experts on the Application of the 1966 Recommendationconcerning the Status of Teachers (132 EX/9 and 132 EX/28)


1. Recalling 14 C/Resolution 1.311 of the General Conference onthe implementation of the Recommendation concerning theStatus of Teachers, and 22 C/Resolution 4.5, in particularparagraph 9, which provided for the Joint ILO/UnescoCommittee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendationconcerning the Status of Teachers to pursue its work so thata further report by the Committee might be submitted to theGeneral Conference at its twenty–fifth session,

2. Having taken note of the fourth report of the JointILO/Unesco Committee of Experts on the application of theRecommendation concerning the Status of Teachers(CEART/V/1988/5) and of the report of the Committee onConventions and Recommendations thereon (132 EX/28),

3. Takes note of the results of the fourth consultation ofMember States on the application of the Recommendation andexpresses its entire satisfaction to the Joint Committee onthe work it has accomplished;

4. Recognizes that Member States have made valuable efforts tofurnish replies to the fourth questionnaire, but regrets thatnot all Member States replied;



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Takes note of the Joint Committee’s remarks that ‘never haveas many as half the Member States responded’ to any one ofthe questionnaires sent out since 1968;

Endorses the very pertinent conclusions drawn by the JointCommittee and proposals for future actions including its ownworking methods over the next few years;

Notes with satisfaction that the Director-General has madeprovision in the Draft Programme and Budget for 1990-1991 forspecific joint activities with ILO and relevant internationalnon–governmental organizations within the framework of theRecommendation, and for holding the fourth special session ofthe Joint Committee in 1991;

Takes note of the Joint Committee’s proposals concerning achange in its working methods over the next five years and ofthe Director-General’s comments on the proposed future workof the Committee (paragraph C.9 of document 132 EX/9);

Suggests that the General Conference invite theDirector-General to consult with the Director–General of ILOregarding the mandate of the Joint Committee, and ask theExecutive Board to examine the question and take thenecessary decisions including, if appropriate, the definitionof a new mandate to enable the Joint Committee to continueits task of monitoring the implementation of the ILO/UnescoRecommendation concerning the Status of Teachers through moreeffective working methods so that a further report on theapplication of the Recommendation may be submitted to theGeneral Conference at its twenty-eighth session in 1995;

Notes with satisfaction the initiative taken by Unesco incollaboration with ILO to carry out the analytical study onthe linkages between the provisions of variousstandard–setting instruments of both organizations,particularly those adopted after the 1966 Recommendation thatare applicable to teachers and to the clauses of the 1966Recommendation;

Takes note of the informal study undertaken by Unesco on apossible normative instrument for higher education teachingpersonnel;

Transmits to the General Conference the report of the JointCommittee;

Recommends to the General Conference that it authorize theDirector-General to pursue actions so that a preliminarystudy on the possibility of having a standard-settinginstrument on the status of higher education teachingpersonnel may be presented to the General Conference at itstwenty–sixth session in 1991, and to allocate the necessaryfunds estimated at US $20,000 for this purpose;

Further recommends to the General Conference that it invitethe Director–General, in consultation with theDirector-General of ILO, to undertake a preliminary study onthe desirability of a convention on the status of teachers,



to be submitted to the General Conference at its twenty-sixthsession;



Considering the paramount role played by the members of theteaching profession in all efforts geared towards thedevelopment of education and the need for action to be takenat the national, regional and international levels in orderfor that role to be acknowledged and the status and standardsof the profession to be raised,

Recalling 14 C/Resolution 1.311 on the implementation of theILO/Unesco Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers,

Having noted the fourth report of the Joint ILO/UnescoCommittee of Experts on the Application of the 1966Recommendation and the observations of the Executive Boardthereon (25 C/29 Add.),

Recognizing the importance and value of the efforts made bythose Member States which have submitted reports on theapplication of the Recommendation,

Noting with satisfaction the progress made in the applicationof certain provisions of the Recommendation,

Noting, however, that many Member States did not reply to thefourth questionnaire sent to them and expressing its concernthat never have as many as half the Member States respondedduring the four consultations carried out since 1968,

Convinced that the evaluation, by the International LabourOrganisation (ILO) and Unesco, of the extent to which MemberStates give effect to the Recommendation constitutes anessential part of international standard–setting actionconcerning the status of teachers,

1. Notes with satisfaction the work carried out by theJoint ILO/Unesco Committee of Experts and endorses theobservations made by the Executive Board;

2. Invites the Director-General to bring the report of theJoint Committee, together with the observations of theExecutive Board, to the attention of Member States andtheir National Commissions, international teachers’organizations and other organizations having relationswith Unesco, and of the United Nations;

3. Expresses its satisfaction at the fact that theDirector-General has made provision in the DraftProgramme and Budget for 1990–1991 for the trainingactivities to be undertaken within the framework of theRecommendation concerning the Status of Teachers andwith the collaboration of ILO and the internationalnon–governmental organizations of the teaching



profession, and for the holding of the special sessionof the Joint Committee in 1991;

4. Invites the Director–General to accommodate theproposals made by the Joint Committee concerningfollow–up actions within the framework of activitiesoutlined in the Draft Programme and Budget for1990-1991, especially those aimed at combatingilliteracy and at providing basic education for all, andto seek extra–budgetary funding for those activitiesthat cannot be accommodated under the 1990–1991 proposedbudget;

5. Again invites Member States to reinforce their effortsto apply all the provisions of the Recommendation with aview to improving the quality of education through theservices of more highly motivated and qualified teachers;

6. Authorizes the Executive Board and the Director–General,after consulting the Director-General of ILO on theproposals made by the Joint Committee concerning itsworking methodology to be adopted over the next fewyears, to take the necessary decisions including thedefinition of a new mandate so that the Committee maypursue its work of monitoring the implementation of theRecommendation concerning the Status of Teachers in amore effective manner, and so that a further report onthe application of the Recommendation and on the statusof teachers may be submitted to the General Conferenceat its twenty–eighth session in 1995;

7. Invites the Director–General to prepare a preliminarystudy on the technical and legal aspects of theelaboration of an international instrument concerningthe status of higher education teaching personnel, to bepresented to the General Conference at its twenty-sixthsession;

8. Further invites the Director–General, to undertake inconsultation with the Director–General of ILO, apreliminary study on the desirability of a convention onthe status of teachers, to be submitted to the GeneralConference at its twenty–sixth session.

(132 EX/SR 11)

5.2.3 Composition of the Joint ILO/Unesco Committee of Experts on theApplication of the 1966 Recommendation concerning the Status ofTeachers (132 EX/10 Rev. and 132 EX/37)


1. Referring to 120 EX/Decision 5.2.2 concerning the membershipof the Joint ILO/Unesco Committee of Experts on theApplication of the 1966 Recommendation concerning the Statusof Teachers and the duration of its term of office,

2. Having examined the Director–General’s proposals contained indocument 132 EX/10, concerning the renewal of the term of


132 EX/Decisions

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office of two of the existing members of the JointCommittee and the appointment of four new members,

Renews the term of office of the following members:

Mr S.S. Fall (Senegal)Mr E.G. Sapogov (USSR);

Designates the following four new members:

Ms Marie Eliou (Greece)Ms Yamina Hammoutène (Algeria)Mr Akio Nakajima (Japan)Mr Earle Hamblin Newton (Barbados);

Decides that the term of office of these six members of theJoint Committee shall run for a period of three yearsstarting 1 January 1990, with the possibility of renewaluntil 31 December 1994 in order that the Joint Committee canundertake its work within the context of a special sessionplanned for 1991 and an ordinary session in 1994, and makeits fifth report on the application of the Recommendationconcerning the Status of Teachers for submission to theGeneral Conference at its twenty–eighth session;

Requests the Director–General to thank on its behalfMr T. Imamura (Japan), Mr Y.S. Kotb (Egypt), Mr A.D. Mendes(Brazil) and Mr S. Mitra (India) for the contribution theyhave made to the work of the Joint Committee.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

5.2.4 Report on progress in implementing the first phase of the Plan forthe Development of Education for International Understanding .Co-operation and Peace (132 EX/11 and 132 EX/37)


1. Recalling 23 C/Resolution 13.4 by which the GeneralConference approved the Plan for the Development of Educationfor International Understanding, Co–operation and Peace andthe proposed schedule for its implementation,

2. Having examined the report on progress in implementing thefirst phase of the Plan (25 C/73 annexed to 132 EX/11) to besubmitted to the General Conference in accordance with24 C/Resolution 13.4,

3. Notes with interest the content of the report and expressesits satisfaction with the efforts made by theDirector–General, the competent authorities and institutionsin Member States and the non–governmental organizationsconcerned, with a view to implementing activities foreseenunder the Plan during its first phase (1986–1989);

4. Recommends to the General Conference that it invite theDirector–General:

(a) to continue to implement activities approved by theGeneral Conference under the second phase of the Plan



(b)

for the Development of Education for InternationalUnderstanding, Co–operation and Peace (1990–1995) as apart of an integrated plan, with necessary adjustmentsto be made in the light of a new integrated approachproposed in document 25 C/4 (para. 416) for planning thedevelopment of human rights teaching and education forinternational understanding, co–operation and peace, aswell as in the light of the recommendations made by theConsultative Committee on Steps to Promote the Full andComprehensive Implementation of the 1974 Recommendationat its second session (Paris, November 1988);

while preparing the Integrated Plan for internationaleducation on peace and human rights, to pay dueattention to interrelations, emphasized by theYamoussoukro Congress on Peace in the Minds of Men,between education for international understanding,co–operation and peace, human rights teaching andenvironmental education, and to take particular carethat the specificity of these fields of internationaleducation should be maintained in the new integratedplan and that the budget allocated for their developmentshould not be reduced;

(c) while preparing and implementing the Integrated Plan, toseek better co–ordination of its activities with othereducation programmes and activities, in particular withthose devoted to the massive reduction of illiteracy, soas to ensure their better contribution to the purposesof the 1974 Recommendation and respect for itsprinciples;

(d) in order to ensure the full and comprehensiveimplementation of the 1974 Recommendation and therelated plan, to continue to use such means as theConsultative Committee, the Associated Schools Project,revision of textbooks, the production of new teachingmaterials and a wider publication of articles oninternational education in Unesco’s periodicals, and toexamine the feasibility of establishing a worldwidenetwork of textbook research institutes;

(e) in order to increase effectiveness, coherence andconcentration of Unesco’s actions in the field ofinternational education, to take appropriate measuresfor updating the Integrated Plan in accordance with theresults achieved within the Permanent System ofReporting on steps taken by Member States to apply the1974 Recommendation;

(f) in order to ensure more effective retrospectiveevaluation and prospective planning and budgeting of thedevelopment of international education, to take thenecessary measures for organizing, on the occasion ofthe twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the 1974Recommendation, a further intergovernmental conferenceon international education, preferably within theframework of one of the forthcoming sessions of theInternational Conference on Education.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)



5.2.5 Application of 24 C/Resolution 25, concerning educational andcultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories(132 EX/12 and Add. and 132 EX/37)


1. Having examined the Director–General’s report (132 EX/12 andAdd.) concerning the tragic educational and culturalsituation in the Arab territories occupied by Israel,

2. Decides:

(a) to include this question in the agenda of its134th session;

(b) to propose the following draft resolution to the GeneralConference:


Deeply concerned and alarmed by the tragic situation in theoccupied Palestinian territories, by the ordeals broughtabout there by violence and repression, by the grievous lossof human life among the Palestinian civilian population and,in particular, by those matters relating to violations of theright to education, to the expression of the culturalidentity of the Palestinian people and the Syrian populationin the occupied Golan Heights, and to respect for humandignity,

Recalling the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the1959 Universal Declaration on the Rights of the Child, theInternational Covenant on Economic, Social and CulturalRights, the 1960 Unesco Convention against Discrimination inEducation and the 1949 fourth Geneva Convention,

Having closely examined the Director–General’s report(25 C/16),

Noting with great concern that the violations of academicfreedom and the right to education, described in FatherBoné’s report are a very grave threat to the identity of thePalestinian people and of the Syrian population in the GolanHeights,

1. Expresses its profound sympathy to the Palestinianpopulation in the occupied territories and shares theirstrong feelings and their sufferings;

2. Profoundly regrets that Father Boné was not able tocomplete his mission in the occupied Arab territoriesand earnestly requests that he be enabled to do so assoon as possible;

3. Expresses its satisfaction that Palestinian schools inthe occupied territories have been reopened as a resultof the many representations and interventions made bythe international community;



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Reiterates with insistence its urgent request to Israel,the occupying power, to reopen the Palestinianuniversities immediately, together with any educationaland cultural institutions that may at present be closedon military orders, and to abstain from any action thatcould hinder their activities and their normalfunctioning or modify, for whatever reasons, theirspecific nature and function as educational and culturalinstitutions;

Earnestly requests the Israeli occupation authoritiesnot to hinder the very appreciable efforts of UNRWA andUnesco to guarantee Palestinian children a modicum ofeducation;

Very strongly deplores the policy and practices of theIsraeli occupation authorities endangering the educationsystem in the occupied Arab territories, a situationprejudicial to respect for human rights, which isdefended by Unesco;

Greatly regrets that the Syrian curriculum has beenwithdrawn in schools in the occupied Golan Heights;

Expresses its very grave disquiet at the intolerablesituation in which Palestinian schools and those in theoccupied Golan Heights find themselves, suffering asthey are from a serious lack of suitable premises, fromexcessively large classes, from a lack of skilledteachers and from the outmoded nature of the curricula,particularly as regards science and mathematics teaching;

Thanks the Director–General and his representative,Father Boné, for what they have done to ensure theexecution of Unesco’s decisions and resolutionsconcerning the institutions mentioned above and welcomesthe high quality of the reports submitted to it;

10. Invites the Director–General:

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to increase the aid provided by Unesco to ensurethe functioning of all educational institutions inthe occupied territories, which has beenconsiderably disrupted for two years;

to assist, in co–operation with UNRWA, thedevelopment of alternative or parallel forms ofteaching and the securing of the human andfinancial investment necessary;

to provide material assistance and effectivesupport for the development of the PalestinianOpen University (Al Quds);

to examine ways of implementing RecommendationsNos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 in Father Boné’s report, ifnecessary by establishing a group of internationalexperts;



11. Decides to include this question in the agenda of itstwenty–sixth session.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

5.2.6 Invitations to the 42nd session of the International Conference onEducation (132 EX/13 and 132 EX/2)


1. Considering that, subject to approval by the GeneralConference at its twenty–fifth session, the Director–Generalis authorized to convene in 1990 the 42nd session of theInternational Conference on Education,

2. Having perused documents 132 EX/13 and 132 EX/2,

3. Decides:

(a) that invitations to participate in the 42nd session ofthe International Conference on Education with the rightto vote will be sent to all Member States and AssociateMembers of Unesco and to any other State that becomes amember of Unesco before the opening of the Conference;

(b) that invitations to send observers to the Conferenceshall be extended to the States mentioned in paragraph 7of document 132 EX/13, which are not members of Unescobut are members of another organization of the UnitedNations system, and to any other State that becomes amember of one of the organizations of the United Nationssystem;

(c) that invitations to send observers to the Conferenceshall be extended to the African liberation movementsrecognized by the Organization of African Unity whichare mentioned in paragraph 9 of document 132 EX/13, andto Palestine;

(d) that invitations to send representatives to theConference shall be extended to the organizations of theUnited Nations system with which Unesco has concludedmutual representation agreements and which are listed inparagraph 11 of document 132 EX/13;

(e) that invitations to send observers to the Conferenceshall be extended to the organizations, foundations andinstitutions mentioned in paragraph 13 of document132 EX/13.

(132 EX/SR 1)



5.3 Culture and Communication

5.3.1 Jerusalem and the implementation of 24 C/Resolution 11.6(132 EX/15 and 132 EX/37)


1. Having considered the Director–General’s report on thisquestion (132 EX/15),

2. Thanks the Director–General for all the action he has takento put the Executive Board’s decisions into effect;

3. Decides to place this question on the agenda of its135th session;



Recalling the Hague Convention and Protocol of 1954concerning the protection of cultural property in the eventof armed conflict,

Recalling that the Israeli military occupation and thepresent status of the city of Jerusalem put at risk thesafeguarding of the essential vocation of that holy city,some of whose cultural property has already suffered damageand deterioration,

Reaffirming the unique role of the city of Jerusalem in thehistory of humankind and, consequently, the necessity andurgency of taking all appropriate measures to safeguard itscultural character, its homogeneity and its irreplaceableuniversal value,

Noting that the Executive Board, in 130 EX/Decision 5.4.1,invited the Director–General, in view of the diversity ofaspects presented by Jerusalem’s cultural property, to sendto Jerusalem an interdisciplinary team of personalrepresentatives to enable him to cover in his report thevarious archaeological, artistic and socio–cultural aspectsof the overall problem of preserving the sites,

Having examined the Director–General’s report on thisquestion (25 C/14),

Noting with deep regret and keen concern that Israel has notyet responded to the Director–General’s request that a teamof his representatives be allowed to visit Jerusalem inaccordance with the Unesco decisions,

1. Recalls and reaffirms the resolutions it has hithertoadopted so as to guarantee the protection of all thespiritual, cultural, historic and other values of theHoly City;

2. Vehemently deplores the fact that the cultural heritageand traditional historic site of the city of Jerusalem



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are still undergoing alterations as a result of theIsraeli occupation;

Considers that the acts of interference, destruction andtransformation perpetrated against Jerusalem’s culturalheritage, whose protection and safeguarding have beenthe subject of many Unesco decisions and resolutions,are likely to impair the collective memory of peoples,especially those of the region, with regard to theirhistory and civilization;

Thanks the Director–General for the action he has takento ensure that Unesco’s decisions and resolutions areput into effect and invites him to persevere with hisefforts for as long as the Israeli occupation continues;

Also invites the Director–General to instruct ProfessorLemaire, his personal representative, to report to himon the state of Jerusalem’s cultural and religiousheritage as a whole and on the action needed to preserveand restore it;

Again issues an urgent appeal to Member States,foundations and individuals to help safeguard theIslamic cultural and religious heritage belonging to theWaqf, whose condition is such that the financial andtechnical efforts being made by the Waqf to maintain andrestore it are in need of support;

Decides to place this question on the agenda of itstwenty–sixth session so that it may take whateverdecision the situation may require.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

5.4 Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs

5.4.1 Protocol instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission tobe responsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes whichmay arise between States Parties to the Convention againstDiscrimination in Education: transmission to the GeneralConference of the list of persons nominated to fill seats fallingvacant in 1989 (132 EX/16 and Add. and 132 EX/37)


1. Recalling the provisions of Article 3 of the Protocolinstituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to beresponsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes whichmay arise between States Parties to the Convention againstDiscrimination in Education,

2. Having taken note of the list of persons nominated by theStates Parties to the aforementioned Protocol for the purposeof the election of three members of the Commission, which theDirector–General has submitted to it in accordance withArticle 3, paragraph 2, of the said Protocol (132 EX/16 andAdd.),

3. Transmits this list to the General Conference.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)



5.4.2 Report of the Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be

arise between States Parties to the Convention againstDiscrimination in Education on its work since the twenty–fourthsession of the General Conference (132 EX/17 and 132 EX/37)


1. Recalling the provisions of Article 19 of the Protocolinstituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to beresponsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes whichmay arise between States Parties to the Convention againstDiscrimination in Education,

2. Transmits to the General Conference the Commission’s reporton its activities since the twenty–fourth session of theGeneral Conference.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

5.4.3 Possibility of requesting an advisory opinion from theInternational Court of Justice on the interpretation that shouldbe given to the Constitution on the financial obligations of aMember State which withdraws from the Organization in the courseof a budgetary period


1. Recalling 24 C/Resolution 33 by which the General Conferenceconsidered that the Executive Board should continue to studythe possibility of requesting an advisory opinion from theInternational Court of Justice and should report to theGeneral Conference at its twenty–fifth session,

2. Considering that this question is closely connected withrestoring the Organization’s universality,

3. Considering also that the Organization is now openly engagedin a process leading to the approval of the Medium–Term Planfor 1990–1995 and the Programme and Budget for 1990–1991,which might encourage States not members of Unesco to jointhe organization and, in particular, the three that havewithdrawn to rejoin it,

4. Proposes to the General Conference that, in the event of theUnited States of America deciding to re-establish itsmembership of the Organization, the question of its financialcontributions be examined on the basis of mutual intereststhrough friendly negotiations.

(132 EX/SR 7)

5.5 Social and Human Sciences

5.5.1 Follow–up to the International Congress on Peace in the Minds ofMen: Yamoussoukro Declaration: Seville Statement on Violence(132 EX/14 and 132 EX/37)


1. Recalling 129 EX/Decision 5.1.1 (II),



2. Having studied the report submitted by the Director-Generalon the Follow–up to the International Congress on Peace inthe Minds of Men (132 EX/14),

3. Noting with satisfaction the fruitful co–operation that hasbegun between Unesco and the ‘Houphouët-Boigny InternationalFoundation for Peace’,

4. Congratulates the Director–General on convening thisInternational Congress held in Yamoussoukro (Côte d’Ivoire)from 26 June to 1 July 1989;

5. Invites the Chairman of the Executive Board to thank theGovernment of Côte d’Ivoire for the cordial invitation toparticipate in the Congress that it extended to all membersof the Executive Board and for its generous hospitality;

6. Recommends to the General Conference that it adopt at itstwenty–fifth session the resolution proposed by theDirector-General in paragraph 27 of his report on thefollow–up to the Congress (25 C/20), as amended by theExecutive Board and worded as follows:


Recalling that, as the Preamble to the Unesco Constitutionproclaims, since ‘wars begin in the minds of men, it is inthe minds of men that the defences of peace must beconstructed’ ,

Recalling also that Article I (Purposes and functions) of itsConstitution stipulates that, ‘The purpose of theOrganization is to contribute to peace and security bypromoting collaboration among the nations through education,science and culture in order to further universal respect forjustice, for the rule of law and for the human rights andfundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples ofthe world, without distinction of race, sex, language orreligion, by the Charter of the United Nations’,

Recalling also the action taken by Unesco, since itsfoundation and in accordance with the task assigned to it byits Constitution, to foster the promotion of internationalunderstanding, co-operation and peace in its fields ofcompetence,

Recalling in this connection the importance of the 1974Recommendation on Education for International Understanding,Co–operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rightsand Fundamental Freedoms, which it adopted at its eighteenthsession,

Taking note of the recommendations of the Executive Board onthe Draft Programme and Budget for 1990–1991 contained indocument 25 C/6, specifically in paragraph 46 andparagraphs 98 to 109, as well as the recommendations andproposed modifications formulated by the Executive Boardconcerning the Draft Medium-Term Plan and Administrative Planfor 1990-1995 contained in document 25 C/108, specifically inparagraphs 65 to 71,


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Congratulates the Director–General on having convenedthe Yamoussoukro Congress;

Requests the President of the twenty–fifth session ofthe General Conference to thank the Government of Côted’Ivoire on its behalf for hosting the Congress;

Takes into account the Seville Statement on Violence(1986) and notes with satisfaction that reflection onthe subject will be continued;

Approves the proposals contained in the YamoussoukroDeclaration and invites the Executive Board to monitorits implementation;

Requests the Director–General to:

(a) distribute to Member States and internationalgovernmental and non–governmental organizationsthat maintain relations with Unesco the finalreport of the International Congress on Peace inthe Minds of Men;

(b) carry out the activities set out in paragraph 25of document 25 C/20, which are included in theDraft Programme and Budget for 1990-1991;

(c) co–operate in that connection with the UnitedNations University and the University for Peace(Costa Rica) in order to increase the multipliereffect of the activities carried out;

(d) report to it at its twenty–sixth session on theapplication of this resolution.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

5.6 Natural Sciences

5.6.1 The Sultan Oaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation (132 EX/30and 132 EX/37)

The

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Executive Board,

Having examined document 132 EX/30 concerning the SultanQaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation,

Considering that the purposes of the Prize are in conformitywith the aims and objectives of Unesco,

Authorizes the Director–General to accept the offer of HisMajesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman to establish aninternational prize which will be financed inter alia frominterest earned on funds provided by him;

Expresses its deep appreciation to His Majesty Sultan QaboosBin Said of Oman for his generous donation;

Approves the Statutes of the Sultan Qaboos Prize forEnvironmental Preservation, as set out in Annex I to thisdecision;



6. Takes note of the Financial Regulations governing the SpecialAccount established for that Prize, as set out in Annex II.

ANNEX I

STATUTES OF THE SULTAN QABOOS PRIZEFOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

1. Purpose

The purpose of the Prize is to afford recognition tooutstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals,institutes or organizations in the management or preservation ofthe environment, consistent with the policies, aims and objectivesof Unesco, and in relation to the Organization’s programmes inthis field, i.e. environmental and natural resources research,environmental education and training, creation of environmentalawareness through the preparation of environmental informationmaterials and activities aimed at establishing and managingprotected areas such as Biosphere Reserves and Natural WorldHeritage Sites.

2. Name and value of the Prize

The Prize, which shall consist of a certificate and a sum ofmoney, shall be called the ‘Sultan Qaboos Prize for EnvironmentalPreservation’ . The value of the Prize or prizes awarded in any oneyear shall be set, in accordance with the Financial Regulations,by the Bureau of the International Co–ordinating Council of theProgramme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB).

3. Periodicity

The Prize shall be presented biennially by theDirector–General at a public ceremony to be held at UnescoHeadquarters in Paris, preferably in conjunction with the GeneralConference.

4. Selection of the prize-winners

The selection of individuals, groups of individuals,institutes or organizations to whom prizes will be awarded shallbe made by the Bureau of the MAB International Co–ordinatingCouncil. The Bureau may adopt its own rules of procedure for theselection of prize-winners. The decisions of the Jury shouldnormally be taken unanimously; if the Jury does not reachunanimity in favour of any of the candidates submitted, it shouldtake its decision by a majority of the members present. It shouldconsult, as appropriate, the Bureaux of the intergovernmentalbodies responsible for the implementation of other Unescoprogrammes in the field of natural resources and the environment(i.e. the Council of the International Hydrological Programme(IHP), the Assembly of the Intergovernmental OceanographicCommission (IOC) and the Bureau of the World Heritage Convention).

5. Eligibility

The prizes are open to individuals, groups of individuals,institutes or organizations displaying outstanding merit and



achieving particularly effective results in the field ofenvironmental preservation.

6. Nomination of candidates

Candidates for the Prize shall be proposed to theDirector–General of Unesco by governments of Member States, inconsultation with their National Commissions, by intergovernmentalorganizations or by appropriate non–governmental organizationswhich have consultative status with Unesco, each of which may makeone nomination in any biennium.

Nominations for the Prize shall be accompanied by abiographical statement for each candidate or group of candidates,together with a detailed description of the work for which thecandidature is put forward and an assessment of the resultsachieved.

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Criteria

Individuals, groups of individuals, institutes ororganizations receiving the Prize must have made anoutstanding contribution to the management or preservation ofthe environment, particularly in one of the following fields:

(i) environmental and natural resources research;

(ii) environmental education and training;

(iii) creation of environmental awareness through thepreparation of environmental information materials;

(iv) establishing and managing protected areas such asBiosphere Reserves and Natural World Heritage sites.

The Prize shall be awarded irrespective of any considerationof nationality, race, sex, language, profession, ideology orreligion of the individual or individuals concerned. It maybe awarded only once to any individual, group of individuals,institute or organization.

Serving members of the Bureau of the MAB InternationalCo-ordinating Council or of any other Bureaux consulted inthe selection procedure may not be considered for the Prize.

ANNEX II

FINANCIAL REGULATIONS OF THE SPECIAL ACCOUNTFOR THE SULTAN QABOOS PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

Creation of the Special Account

In accordance with Articles 6.6 and 6.7 of the FinancialRegulations of Unesco, there is hereby created a Special Accountto be known as the ‘Special Account for the Sultan Qaboos Prizefor Environmental Preservation’, hereafter called the ‘SpecialAccount’.



2. Purpose

In accordance with its Statutes, the Sultan Qaboos Prize forEnvironmental Preservation shall be awarded every second year foroutstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals,institutes or organizations in the field of environmentalpreservation.

3. Income

The Special Account shall be credited with a donation ofUS $250,000 by Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman and with theinterest earned from the investment of this contribution.

4. Expenditure

The Special Account shall be debited with the expenses ofadministration of the Prize and with the amount of the payment orpayments made to the winner or winners of the Prize. Expenditurein any biennium shall be limited to 80 per cent of the interestearned during the biennium from funds available, plus any unspentbalance of the 80 per cent interest earned in previous biennia.

(The remaining 20 per cent of interest earned from fundsavailable in any biennium shall be added to the original donationto offset inflation and currency fluctuations.)

5. Accounts

(a) The financial period shall be identical with that of theregular programme of Unesco.

(b) The operations of the Special Account shall be the objectof separate accounting and shall be included in theFinancial Report of the Director–General.

(c) The unused balance remaining in the Special Account at theend of the financial period shall be carried forward to thefollowing financial period.

(d) The accounts of the Special Account shall be kept indollars of the United States of America. Subsidiaryaccounts may be kept in other currencies as required.

(e) The accounts shall be presented for audit to the ExternalAuditor of Unesco.

6. Investments

In accordance with Articles 9.1 and 9.2 of the FinancialRegulations of Unesco, the Director-General is authorized toinvest funds standing to the credit of the Special Account. Theinvestments made shall be in accordance with Unesco’s normalpractices. Interest derived from these investments shall becredited to the Special Account in accordance with Unesco’sfinancial rules and procedures.

7. General

Except as provided herein, the Special Account shall beadministered in accordance with the Financial Regulations ofUnesco.



8. Closing of the Account

The Director–General shall decide upon the closure of theAccount at such time as he deems that its operation is no longernecessary.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

ITEM 6 GENERAL CONFERENCE

6.1 Revised provisional agenda of the twenty–fifth session of theGeneral Conference (132 EX/18)


1. In view of Rules 11 and 12 of the Rules of Procedure of theGeneral Conference,

2. Noting that two proposals for supplementary items weresubmitted within the time–limit set by Rule 11, as indicatedin paragraph 7 of document 132 EX/18,

3. Noting that these items are included in the supplementarylist communicated to Member States and Associate Members inaccordance with the provisions of Rule 11, paragraph 3, ofthe Rules of Procedure of the General Conference (CL/3191),

4. Establishes the revised agenda on the basis of theprovisional agenda (25 C/l (prov.)) with the addition of theitems mentioned in paragraph 7 of document 132 EX/18, whichwill constitute items 6.11 and 6.12.

(132 EX/SR 4)

6.2 Addendum to the draft plan for the organization of the work of thetwenty–fifth session of the General Conference (132 EX/19)


1. Having examined document 132 EX/19,

2. Approves the proposals contained in paragraph 2 of thatdocument;

3. Recommends to the General Conference that it refer items 6.11and 6.12 to the Legal Committee.

(132 EX/SR 4)

6.3 Place of the twenty–sixth session of the General Conference(132 EX/20)


1. In view of the provisions of Rules 2 and 3 of the Rules ofProcedure of the General Conference,

2. Considering that on the date fixed by Rule 3 no Member Statehad invited the General Conference to hold its twenty–sixthsession on its territory,



3. Recommendssession at

that the General Conference hold its twenty–sixththe Headquarters of the Organization in Paris.

(132 EX/SR 4)

6.4 Submission of nominations for the offices of President andVice–Presidents of the General Conference and of Chairmen of theCommissions and Committees

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The Executive Board decided, in private meeting, to recommendthat, for its twenty–fifth session, the General Conference shouldincrease the number of Vice–Presidents from 32 to 36 and to thateffect should suspend the application of the provisions ofparagraph 1 of both Rule 25 and Rule 38 of the Rules of Procedureof the General Conference, in respect of the number ofVice-Presidents indicated therein.

II

The Executive Board, at the same private meeting, decided to makethe following recommendations concerning nominations for theoffices of President and Vice–Presidents of the General Conferenceand for the offices of Chairmen of the Commissions and Committees:

President of the General Conference: Mr Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia)

Vice–Presidents: the heads of delegation of the following MemberStates:

Algeria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Costa Rica,Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan,Madagascar, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria,Pakistan, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,Togo, Tunisia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yemen,Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Chairmen of Commissions and Committees:

Programme Commission I: Mr Siegfried Kaempf (GermanDemocratic Republic)

Programme Commission II: MsProgramme Commission III: MrProgramme Commission IV: MrProgramme Commission V: MrAdministrative Commission: MrCredentials Committee: MsNominations Committee: MrLegal Committee: MrHeadquarters Committee: Mr

Lourdes R. Quisumbing (Philippines)Driss Bensari (Morocco)Alberto Wagner de Reyna (Peru)Bethwell Allan Ogot (Kenya)Georges–Henri Dumont (Belgium)Ruth Lerner de Almea (Venezuela)Moussa Bin Jaâfar Bin Hassan (Oman)Pierre–Michel Eisemann (France)Ananda W.P. Gurugel (Sri Lanka)

(132 EX/SR 12)

—————.1. At the twenty–fourth session of the General Conference, the Headquarters

Committee elected Mr Guruge as Chairman until the closure of thetwenty–fifth session. The Chairman of the Headquarters Committee is anex officio member of the General Committee of the General Conference.



6.5 Consideration of requests by international non–governmentalorganizations in category C and by those not maintaining officialrelations with Unesco to be represented by observers at thetwenty-fifth session of the General Conference (132 EX/21)


1. Having examined the requests submitted by internationalnon–governmental organizations in category C and by those notmaintaining official relations with Unesco to be representedby observers at the twenty–fifth session of the GeneralConference (132 EX/21), and having noted the furtherinformation provided by the Director–General duringdiscussion of this agenda item,

2. Referring to Rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure of the GeneralConference and to the procedure it adopted at its125th session for dealing with such requests(125 EX/Decision 6.2),

3. Decides to recommend to the General Conference that it admitas observers at its twenty–fifth session, as they haverequested, the following international non–governmentalorganizations in category C when those items on the agendawhich they have indicated, and which are listed against theirnames, are examined in commission:

– World Press Freedom Committee: items 2.1 and 4.5 of theprovisional agenda – discussion units 10 and 11;

– Union of African Water Suppliers: items 2.1 and 4.5 of theprovisional agenda – discussion unit 5;

4. Also decides to recommend the it admit as observers at thatsession two organizations that do not maintain officialrelations with Unesco, for the examination of the items onthe provisional agenda stated below:

– Pan–African Union for Science and Technology: items 2.1 and4.5 of the provisional agenda – discussion units 4, 5 and 6;

– International Olympic Committee (Olympic Movement):items 2.1 and 4.1 of the provisional agenda – generalpolicy debate; items 2.1 and 4.5 – discussion unit 2.

(132 EX/SR 6)

ITEM 7 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

7.1 Operational activities for development (132 EX/22 and 132 EX/37)

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1. Having examined Part I of the document entitled ‘OperationalActivities for Development’ (132 EX/22),



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Notes with satisfaction that the UNDP Governing Council, atits 36th session, reaffirmed the continuing validity of the1970 consensus and of the basic characteristics of UNDP;

Supports the view, expressed by the Governing Council on thatoccasion, that the elaboration of development policies andpriorities must always be accomplished under the leadershipof national authorities or, in the case of inter–countryprogrammes, in consultation with regional and subregionalbodies, and that the United Nations development systemshould, where specifically requested, provide support to theanalysis of priorities and policies as well as for theenhancement of national capacities in this area;

II

Recognizing that a number of developing countries,particularly the LDCS, do indeed seek United Nations-systemsupport in the articulation of priorities,

Expresses its Support for the team leadership function of theResident Co–ordinator in defining the analytical supportneeded from United Nations organizations and in solicitingtheir early involvement in programming and donor meetingexercises;

Notes with concern that structural adjustment policies andprogrammes of recent years have tended to give low priorityto technical co–operation in such basic human resourcesdevelopment areas as education, health and shelter;

Welcomes, in this connection, the renewed UNDP emphasis uponhuman resources development and the importance accorded, byUNDP and the World Bank, to the social sector in economicrecovery and development;

Also welcomes the creation of the Unesco Bureau for theCo–ordination of Operational Activities which will enhanceand co–ordinate the provision of sectoral and subsectoralstudies to programming and other priority setting exercises;

Expresses the hope that, taking account of the wishes ofrecipient governments, an increasing proportion of thesector-analysis work–load of UNDP and the World Bank inUnesco’s fields of competence will be entrusted to Unesco,and that the current funding source preoccupation withmonitoring and analysis, though necessary, will quickly leadto a significant growth in the magnitude of resourcesearmarked for the recovery of educational infrastructures incountries undergoing structural adjustment;

Supports the Governing Council’s view that governmentexecution should be the ultimate modality for implementingtechnical co–operation, as well as the view that the optimalutilization of developing country capacities within theframework of UNDP–funded activities serves both to enhanceself-reliance and to promote technical co–operation amongdeveloping countries;



11. Expresses its satisfaction, in this connection, that Unescohas already reached a high degree of utilization ofdeveloping country capacities in the projects which itimplements;

12. Wishes to stress that, when the government execution modalityrequires substantive support from the United Nations systemwith respect to UNDP–funded projects, such support should beprovided by the United Nations agencies rather than directlyby UNDP;

13. Notes with concern that the diminishing ratio of grant ascompared to loan resources for technical co–operation, andthe diminishing ratio of general purpose (’IndicativePlanning Figure’) as compared to special purpose funds maytend to deform the articulation of priorities by thedeveloping countries themselves and, in this connection,urges the donor countries to give consideration to a morebalanced distribution of their contributions to multilateraltechnical co–operation;

14. Shares the concern of the UNDP Governing Council, in thecontext of the study it has entrusted to an Expert Group ontripartite relationships and new support–cost arrangements,concerning the quality and timeliness of technicalco–operation financed by UNDP and underlines the continuingneed for Unesco to enhance the level of competence andefficiency of its work in formulating and implementingoperational activities;

15. Stresses, in this connection, that:

(a) while a degree of competition among united Nationsagencies, non–governmental organizations, and privatefirms may enhance overall effectiveness in the designand implementation of UNDP projects, the principle thatUnited Nations agencies should be utilized to thefullest extent remains valid, particularly in the lightof:

(i) the 1970 consensus and its basic assumption thatinteraction between United Nations–system regularprogramme activities and operational activities isof mutual benefit;

(ii) the fact that concerted action to improve theperformance of existing United Nations–systemoperational infrastructures would be far lesscostly than to promote the creation of parallelinfrastructures;

(b) the current resource situation makes it more than everimportant that funds available for projectidentification and programme development be distributedin ways that optimize the utilization of UnitedNations–system capacities;

(c) furthermore, since the cost of providing support totechnical co–operation programmes and projects has beenrising relative to a given volume of delivery, it is



more than ever important to promote support–costarrangements whereby these costs are equitably sharedbetween funding agencies and the assessed budgets ofexecuting agencies;

(d) the present system of support-cost reimbursement, shouldalternatives prove to be elusive, is a compromise whichUnesco could continue to accept subject to adjustmentswhich take into account new methods of project executionand refinements aimed at maintaining a degree ofpredictability;

16. Expresses its thanks to UNDP, UNFPA and the numerousmultilateral and bilateral aid agencies that have shown theirtrust in Unesco’s conduct of operational activities bycontinuing to increase the number and budgetary allocationsof projects whose implementation they entrust to Unesco;

17. Decides to examine the conclusions and recommendations of theUNDP Expert Group on support costs, as well as the results ofthe UNDP Governing Council’s examination of that study;

18. Authorizes the Director–General to negotiate, on the basis ofa standard executing–agency agreement drawn up by the UNDP,an agreement between the UNDP and Unesco, to replace the‘Special Fund Agreement’ which is still in force, keeping inmind the desirability of inter–agency consultations on thismatter;

19. Requests the Director–General to submit to it, as soon as isfeasible, the agreement thus negotiated.

B


1. Having examined the report on Unesco’s contribution to theimplementation of the United Nations Programme of Action forAfrican Economic Recovery and Development (132 EX/22,Part II),

2. Congratulates the Director–General on his initiative inpreparing for African Member States a special programme(Priority: Africa), whose apt proposals take due account ofthe major concerns of the populations of this continent andthe wishes of the international community;

3. Notes with satisfaction the continued interest and support ofUnesco to the Congress of African Scientists;

4. Requests the Director–General to use all the means at hisdisposal to give practical follow–up to the content of thespecial programme;

5. Invites all Member States and concerned internationalorganizations to contribute efficiently to the implementationof the programme proposed in the document ‘Priority: Africa’.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)



ITEM 8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

8.1 Proposed transfers between appropriation lines within the budgetfor 1988–1989, including an interim report on the utilization ofsavings made in the regular budget for 1988–1989 and the transfersdue to the reallocation of savings (132 EX/23 and 132 EX/38)


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Having examined the transfers proposed by theDirector–General within the 1988–1989 budget in accordancewith the terms of the Appropriation Resolution approved bythe General Conference at its twenty–fourth session(24 C/Resolution 21, para. I.A(b)(i)), document 132 EX/23 andthe recommendations of its Finance and AdministrativeCommission (132 EX/38),

Notes with satisfaction that the Director–General hasprovided the Board with information regarding thereallocation of funds and the savings made;

Invites the Director–General to provide it in future withsimilar information at each of its sessions;

Approves the following transfers to cover increases in staffcosts and goods and services on account of statutory factorsand due to inflation:

DUE TO TRANSFERSAppropriation Line

Staff Other To Fromcosts costs

PART I - GENERAL POLICY ANDDIRECTION

General Conference 16,200 16,200 —;: Executive Board ’800 18,700 19,500 —

Directorate 1,500 - 1,500:: Services of the

Directorate 23,200 - 23,200

TOTAL, PART I 25,500 34,900 60,400

PART II.A - MAJOR PROGRAMMES

MP I 1,100 1,100MP II 54,000 2:500 56,500 —MP III 9,400 1,200 10,600MP IV 55,500 4,100 59,600MP V 28,200 2,300 30,500 —

MP VIMP VIIMP VIIIMP IXMP XMP XIMP XIIMP XIIIMP XIV

19,300 1,000 20,3009,000 500 9,50012,800 500 13,3005,800 500 6,300

25,200 2,800 28,00019,400 2,500 21,9002,100 2,1005,800 ’700 6,500

800 - 800

—



DUE TO TRANSFERSAppropriation Line

Staff Other To Fromcosts costs

PART 11.6 - GENERAL PROGRAMMEACTIVITIES

Copyright 1,800 1,000 2,800Statistics 5,900 - 5,900Unesco Courier andPeriodicals/OPI 4,500 - 4,500External Relations 108,300 1,300 109,600

TOTAL, PART II 368,900 20,900 389,800

PART III - PROGRAMMESUPPORTINGSERVICES 36,200 - 36,200

PART IV - GENERALADMINISTRATIVESERVICES 20,800 34,200 55,000

PART V - COMMON SERVICES 600 - 600

PART VII - APPROPRIATIONRESERVE (452,000) (90,000) - 542,000

GRAND TOTAL 542,000 542,000

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

8.2 Acceptance of gifts, bequests and subventions, and report on theestablishment and closure of trust funds, reserves and specialaccounts (132 EX/24 and Add., Add.2 and Add.3 and 132 EX/38)


1. Having examined the Director–General’s report concerninggifts, bequests and subventions and the establishment andclosure of trust funds, reserves and special accounts, ascontained in document 132 EX/24 and Addenda and therecommendations of the Finance and Administrative Commission(132 EX/38) ,

2. Expresses its appreciation to the Overseas TelecommunicationsCommittee (OTC) International Limited (Woolen, Australia), tothe IHP/OHP National Committee of the Federal Republic ofGermany (Koblenz, Federal Republic of Germany) and to theGovernment of India for their generous contributions tostrengthen the activities of the Organization;

3. Authorizes the Director–General to accept and to add to theAppropriation for 1988–1989, Appropriation Line II.A:

(a) to Major Programme III – Communication in the serviceof man: 5,000 Australian dollars from the OverseasTelecommunications Committee (OTC) International



Limited (c/o Australian National Commission for Unesco,Woolen, Australia) towards the cost of the PacificRegional Television Meeting, held in Suva, Fiji, inNovember-December 1989 (paragraph 03322 of document24 C/5 Approved);

(b) to Major Programme X – The human environment andterrestrial and marine resources: DM 12,000 from theIHP/OHP National Committee of the Federal Republic ofGermany (Koblenz, Federal Republic of Germany) towardsthe travel costs of participants in the InternationalSymposium on the Development of Hydrologic and WaterManagement Strategies in the Humid Tropics, held inTownsville, Australia, in July 1989 (paragraphs 10305,10306 and 10310 of document 24 C/5 Approved);

(c) to Major Programme XI – Culture and the future:US $25,000 offered by the Government of India for theorganization of an international seminar on the theme‘Nehru: the man and the visionary’ , from 27 to29 September 1989 (paragraphs 11202 to 11211 and 15471Aof document 24 C/5 Approved);

4. Also authorizes the Director–General to accept for his officethe furniture offered by a group of Spanish companies,together with three paintings donated by the artists JosepGuinovart, Joan Hernández Pijuán and Albert Rafols Casamada,to whom it expresses its gratitude, and to include it in theinventory of the Organization’s movable property.

5. Takes note of the Financial Regulations of the SpecialAccount for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage,particularly the Islamic Monuments, of the City of Jerusalem,drawn up in accordance with Articles 6.6 and 6.7 of theFinancial Regulations of Unesco and reproduced as an annex tothis decision.

ANNEX

FINANCIAL REGULATIONS OF THE SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR THESAFEGUARDING OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE, PARTICULARLY

THE ISLAMIC MONUMENTS, OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM

1. Establishment of the Special Account

In accordance with Articles 6.6 and 6.7 of the FinancialRegulations of Unesco, there is hereby established a specialaccount to be known as the ‘Special Account for the Safeguardingof the Cultural Heritage, particularly the Islamic Monuments, ofthe City of Jerusalem’, hereinafter referred to as the ‘SpecialAccount’ . Separate sub–accounts may be established within theframework of the Special Account.

2. Purpose of the Special Account

The purpose of the Special Account is to receive voluntarycontributions for the financing of activities relating to thesafeguarding of the cultural heritage, particularly the Islamicmonuments, of the city of Jerusalem.



3. Income

The Special Account shall be credited with the fundsreceived, as described in paragraph 2 of the present Regulations.Any funds contributed for specific projects will be credited tothe relevant sub–accounts as appropriate.

4. Expenditures

The Special Account and/or the related sub–accounts shall bedebited with the expenditures for such goods and services togetherwith administrative support costs, as may be required for theexecution of activities relating to the safeguarding of thecultural heritage, particularly the Islamic monuments, of the cityof Jerusalem.

5. Accounts

(a) The financial period shall be identical with the calendaryear.

(b) The operations of the Special Account, as well as anysub–accounts thereunder, shall be the object of separateaccounting and shall be included in interim and finalaccounts submitted by the Director–General to the ExecutiveBoard and the General Conference.

(c) Any unused balance at the end of a financial period shall becarried forward to the following financial period.

(d) The accounts for the Special Account shall be presented foraudit to the External Auditor of Unesco.

6. Investments

(a) The Director-General may make short-term investments of sumsstanding to the credit of the Special Account.

(b) Interest earned on the investments shall be credited to theSpecial Account, in accordance with the FinancialRegulations, rules and procedures of Unesco.

7. General

Except as provided herein, the Special Account shall beadministered in accordance with the Financial Regulations ofUnesco.

8. Closing of the Account

The Director–General shall decide upon the closure of theSpecial Account at such time as he deems that its operation is nolonger necessary.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)



8.3 Financial report and interim financial statements of Unesco as at31 December 1988 for the financial period ending 31 December 1989(132 EX/25 and 132 EX/38)



2. Decides to transmit the financial report of theDirector–General together with the interim financialstatements of Unesco as at 31 December 1988 for the financialperiod ending 31 December 1989 to the General Conference;

3. Invites the Director–General to make maximum savings underPart I of the budget for transfer to Part VI, as requested bythe General Conference at its twenty–fourth session.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

8.4 Consideration of communications received from Member Statesinvoking the terms of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of theConstitution concerning the voting rights of Member States inarrears with their contributions, and recommendations of theExecutive Board thereon (132 EX/26 and Add. and Add.2 and132 EX/38)


1. Having examined document 132 EX/26 and Addenda containing thecommunications received from Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome andPrincipe, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, the Central African Republicand Peru,

2. Having also taken note of the communications received fromthe Republic of Chad, Burkina Faso, the Central AfricanRepublic and Liberia,

3. Expresses its concern at the fact that some of the arrearslisted in document 132 EX/26 Add. have been owing for severalbiennia;

4. Considers that the communications received from Member Statesinvoking the terms of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of theConstitution do not always provide a sufficiently clearexplanation as to how non–payment of their outstandingcontributions is due to circumstances beyond their control;

5. Invites the Director–General, in similar circumstances in thefuture, to draw the attention of Member States to the need toprovide detailed written explanations of those circumstancesto facilitate the examination of this question by theExecutive Board;

6. Further invites the Director–General to ask Member Statesthat are still in arrears with their contributions, as listedin document 132 EX/26 Add., to pay their contributions by theend of December 1989;

7. Recommends, nevertheless, that the General Conference, byvirtue of the powers conferred on it by Article IV.C,



paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution, authorize EquatorialGuinea, Lebanon, Peru and Chad to vote at the twenty–fifthsession;

8. Recommends that the General Conference itself examine thisquestion.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

8.5 Informatics and Telecommunications Development Plan: Report of theCommittee of International Experts (132 EX/27 and 132 EX/38)



2. Takes note of its content;

3. Also takes note of the comments by the Finance andAdministrative Commission contained in an annex to document132 EX/38.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

8.6 Final proposals concerning the Château du Bois du Rocher(132 EX/SP/5 and 132 EX/4)


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Recalling 131 EX/Decision 8.2 (II),

Having taken note of document 132 EX/4, Annex II, concerningthe use of the Château du Bois du Rocher,

Considering that this question should be examined within theframework of the overall global policy and general goals ofthe Organization and, particularly, in the light of theactivities foreseen in the Medium Term Plan for 1990–1995,

Notes that the Special Committee, after having had thequestion reviewed by a working group, concluded that theproperty should not be sold, that all the possibilities ofputting it to good use should be thoroughly examined and thatthe selling of the property could be considered as a lastresort if no suitable use can be found;

Endorses the conclusions of its Special Committee;

Invites the Director–General to undertake the necessaryaction to follow up the conclusions, to carry out acomprehensive study of all possible uses of the Château and,in particular, those listed in the conclusions of the workinggroup and to indicate the resources required to draw maximumbenefit to the Organization;

Invites the Director–General to submit to the ExecutiveBoard, at one of its future sessions, the results of thestudy and of the search for resources.

(132 EX/SR 11)



8.7 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board

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

(132 EX/SR 12)

ITEM 9 OTHER BUSINESS

9.1 Guidelines for the commemoration of anniversaries (132 EX/29 and132 EX/37)


1. Having considered the report by the Director–General entitled‘Guidelines for the commemoration of anniversaries’(132 EX/29) ,

2. Approves the criteria and procedure proposed in paragraphs 20and 21 of that report;

3. Decides to consider, at its first session in the second yearof each biennium, the proposals of Member States transmittedto it by the Director-General, in order to propose to theGeneral Conference a list of commemorations with which theOrganization should be associated in the following biennium.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

9.2 Feasibility study on the establishment of a Unesco fellowship bank(132 EX/INF.5 and 132 EX/37)


1. Reaffirming that the training of qualified personnel is apre–condition for more independent and equitableparticipation by future generations in the production ofknowledge and, in particular, for the expansion of scienceand technology and its application to development,

2. Considering that development requires the training ofcompetent personnel, particularly in the fields of education,scientific and technological research, culture andcommunication,

3. Recalling that action to promote personnel training and humanresources development is one of Unesco’s priority tasks andthat to that end the preparation of an expanded fellowshipsprogramme in the Organization’s fields of competence couldcontribute towards the formation in less favoured countriesof a ‘critical mass’ of high–level human capabilities,

4. Noting with satisfaction the guidelines proposed on thissubject by the Director–General in document 132 EX/INF.5,

5. Recommends to the General Conference that it include in theProgramme and Budget for 1990–1991, together with the



corresponding budgetary resources, a feasibility studydesigned to prepare an overall Unesco personnel training andhuman resources development policy and to establish, in thatcontext, a Unesco fellowship bank funded mainly fromextra–budgetary resources;

6. Invites the Director–General therefore to:

(a) base the formulation of the objectives of thefeasibility study on the guidelines contained indocument 132 EX/INF.5 and on the comments made by theExecutive Board at its 132nd session during the debateon this agenda item, especially as regards the need toevaluate the work done through mechanisms alreadyexisting in the Secretariat;

(b) stress, when formulating the objectives of thefeasibility study, that the fellowship bank is intended,as a priority, to promote the training of young peopleand women from developing countries;

(c) include in these objectives a priority function ofprospecting for potential sources of funding for thefellowship bank and for offers of fellowships made byMember States under their national programmes, in orderto start activities gradually as of 1991;

(d) report to the Executive Board, at its 134th session, onthe state of progress of activities;

(e) make proposals to the Executive Board, at its 136thsession, concerning an overall Unesco personnel trainingand human resources development policy, with a view toits inclusion in the Draft Programme and Budget for1992-1993.

(132 EX/SR 1 and 12)

9.3 Request for the admission of Palestine to Unesco (132 EX/31)


1. Recalling the communication sent to the Executive Board bythe Director–General on 17 May 1989 (131 EX/45), whichtransmitted the letter from President Yasser Arafatofficially expressing the desire of Palestine to become amember of Unesco,

2. Recalling 131 EX/Decision 9.4,

3. Bearing in mind the importance of continuing to examine thisquestion in a spirit of constructive co–operation,

4. Having examined the report prepared by the Director–Generalpursuant to 131 EX/Decision 9.4 (132 EX/31),

5. Decides to include this question in the agenda of its 136thsession, worded as follows:

‘Request for the admission of Palestine to Unesco’ ;





Recalling the ideals proclaimed in Unesco’s Constitution,

Recalling the provisions of Article II of the Constitution,concerning the admission of new Member States,

Recalling the communication sent to the Executive Board bythe Director–General on 17 May 1989 (25 C/106), whichtransmitted the letter from President Yasser Arafatofficially expressing the desire of Palestine to become amember of Unesco and the wish of the Palestinian people toplay an active part, like all peace–loving peoples, inforging closer co–operative links between nations in thefields of education, science and culture,

Having regard to resolution 43/177, as adopted on 15 December1988 by the United Nations General Assembly, in which itacknowledged the proclamation of the State of Palestine bythe Palestine National Council and decided that thedesignation ‘Palestine’ should be used in place of thedesignation ‘Palestine Liberation Organization’ in the UnitedNations system, without prejudice to the observer status andfunctions of the Palestine Liberation Organization within theUnited Nations system, in conformity with relevant UnitedNations resolutions and practice,

Having examined the report which the Director–Generalsubmitted to it in pursuance of the decision of the ExecutiveBoard (25 C/106),

Considering the importance of continuing to examine thisquestion in a spirit of constructive co–operation andconsensus and taking into account the higher interests of theOrganization,

1. Decides to provide for the closest possibleparticipation of Palestine in the action of Unesco, inparticular through its various programmes, participationin meetings convened by the Organization, full enjoymentof the benefits of the scholarship programmes, andaccess to the Participation Programme in accordance with131 EX/Decision 9.4 of the Executive Board;

2. Endorses the proposals put forward in an illustrativeway by the Director–General in paragraphs 14 to 34 ofhis report to the Executive Board (132 EX/31), whichshould not exclude the possibility of envisagingparticipation in other activities already provided forin the Programme and Budget that would be of particularimportance in providing for the needs of the Palestinianpeople;

3. Decides that requests made under the ParticipationProgramme shall henceforth be submitted directly by theObserver from Palestine;



4. Invites the Director–General to take appropriatemeasures to permit greater participation by Palestine inthe activities of the Arab region;

5. Considers that the terms of this resolution are withoutprejudice to the observer status of Palestine;

6. Decides to include this question in the agenda of itstwenty–sixth session, worded as follows:

‘Request for the admission of Palestine to Unesco’ .

(132 EX/SR 10)

9.4 Celebration of the centenary of the birth of the Egyp tian thinkerAbbas Mahmud El-Akkad (132 EX/32)


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Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351 of the General Conference onthe commemoration of the anniversaries of great personalitiesand events,

Having noted that 1989 is the centenary of the birth of theArab thinker and writer Abbas Mahmud El–Akkad,

Considering that the life and works of Abbas Mahmud El–Akkadwere devoted to the ideals of freedom, democracy and peace,

Draws attention to the high esteem that this great thinkerand writer enjoys in intellectual and cultural circles in theArab world;

Recalls that his literary, intellectual and political worksare still a major source of inspiration to the youngergeneration;

Calls on Member States to commemorate this importantanniversary widely;

Invites international non-governmental organizations workingwith Unesco to participate through cultural events in thecommemoration of this anniversary;

Requests the Director–General to associate Unesco with thisanniversary and the activities organized to mark the occasion.

(132 EX/SR 12)

9.5 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Germanarchaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1990) (132 EX/33)


1. Convinced that international commemoration of theanniversaries of great personalities constitutes an importantcontribution to the fulfillment of Unesco’s objective todevelop international understanding and co–operation,



2. Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351 of the General Conference onthe commemoration of anniversaries of great personalities andevents which have left an imprint on the development ofhumanity,

3. Taking account of the fact that in 1990 one hundred yearswill have passed since the death of Heinrich Schliemann, thefamous German archaeologist, whose excavations in Troy,Mycenae, Tiryns and Orchomenos brought to light unknowncivilizations that made him ‘the Father of MycenaeanArchaeology’ ,

4. Recognizing that Heinrich Schliemann paved the way for a newscientific branch, field archaeology, by the introduction ofscientific research methods and principles in archaeology,

5. Commends the outstanding contribution made by HeinrichSchliemann to the preservation and presentation of culturalheritage, which constitutes one of the main tasks of Unescoin the field of culture;

6. Invites the Director–General to use the possibilities of theOrganization in order to acquaint the internationalcommunity, on the occasion of the centenary of the death ofHeinrich Schliemann, with the scientific andhistorico–cultural achievements of this pioneer of modernarchaeology and to employ Unesco periodicals, such as theCourier and Museum, for this purpose;

7. Requests the international non–governmental organizationsassociated with Unesco to join in the commemoration of thecentenary of the death of Heinrich Schliemann and tocontribute towards disseminating the knowledge of his meritsand achievements in the theoretical and practical fields.

(132 EX/SR 12)

9.6 Commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the Venezuelanwriter Teresa de la Parra (132 EX/34)


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Considering the importance that Unesco accords tohighlighting and promoting the role of women in the socialand cultural development of peoples,

Further considering that the commemoration of theanniversaries of exceptionally talented women paves the wayfor cultural exchanges and helps all nations to achieveawareness of women’s history, of which so little was knownfor some 19 centuries,

Recognizing that the life and work of the distinguishednovelist Teresa de la Parra made a palpable contribution tothe advancement of women and to the enrichment of LatinAmerican literature,

Invites the Director–General to promote and support theactivities planned for the commemoration of the centenary of



the birth of Teresa de la Parra (1889), an illustriousVenezuelan of international significance, for the purpose ofgiving publicity to her literary work and her role in theadvancement of Latin American women.

(132 EX/SR 12)

9.7 Celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Ignatiusof Loyola (132 EX/35)


1. Considering the importance for the attainment of Unesco’sobjectives of the international celebration of theanniversaries of great personalities who have left a deepimprint on the cultural destiny of large sectors of humankind,

2. Recalling 18 C/Resolution 4.351 of the General Conferencerelating to the commemoration of anniversaries of greatpersonalities and important historical events which have leftan imprint on the development of humanity,

3. Considering that 1991 is the five hundredth anniversary ofthe birth of Ignatius of Loyola who, through the Society ofJesus in particular, has left a deep mark on the culture,education, spiritual character, art and even sciences of manypeoples in different continents,

4. Considering the importance that the tradition stemming fromIgnatius of Loyola has had and still has both for theknowledge of cultures and for the encounter between cultures,

5. Invites the Director–General to associate Unesco to thegreatest possible extent with the celebration of thisanniversary, in particular by holding an internationalsymposium on the legacy of St Ignatius of Loyola in cultureand in the encounter between cultures, and by participatingin the activities that interested governments andnon-governmental organizations will organize in differentregions of the world.

(132 EX/SR 10)

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON 11 AND 12 OCTOBER 1989

At the private meetings held on 11 and 12 October 1989 the Boardconsidered items 8.7, 6.4 and 3.2 of its agenda.

8.7 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (132 EX/PRIV.1)

In accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board, the Director–General informed the Executive Boardof the decisions he had taken since its 131st session concerningappointments and promotions to senior posts in the Secretariat andconsulted it on appointments to such posts. He also informed theBoard about his intentions concerning several reclassifications of



posts and on the promotion of some officials at Directorlevel and above and the renewal of the contracts of a numberof officials of the Organization at D–1 and above.

6.4 Submission of nominations for the offices of President andVice–Presidents of the General Conference and Chairpersons of theCommissions and Committees

1. The Executive Board decided to recommend that, for itstwenty–fifth session, the General Conference should increasethe number of Vice–Presidents from 32 to 36 and, to thateffect, should suspend the application of the provisions ofparagraph 1 of both Rule 25 and Rule 38 of the Rules ofProcedure of the General Conference, in respect of the numberof Vice–Presidents indicated therein.

2. The Executive Board also decided to make recommendationsconcerning nominations for the offices of President andVice–Presidents of the General Conference and for the officesof Chairpersons of the Commissions and Committees, takinginto account the equitable geographical representation of allthe electoral groups.

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations:examination of communications transmitted to the Committee inpursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3(132 EX/3 PRIV.)

1. The Executive Board examined the report of its Committee onConventions and Recommendations concerning the communicationsreceived by the Organization on the subject of cases andquestions of alleged violation of human rights in Unesco’sfields of competence.

2. The Board took note of the narrative part of that report andendorsed the wishes expressed by the Committee.

(132 EX/SR 12)


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