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United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex

Hundred and thirty-ninth Session

139 EX/DecisionsPARIS, 16 June 1992

Decisions adopted by the Executive Boardat its 139th session

(Paris, 18-27 May 1992)

The Executive Board learned with deep emotion of the death of Mr OumarouClément Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), which occurred on 9 December 1991. TheBoard paid tribute to his memory at the first meeting of its 139th session, on18 May 1992.

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139 EX/Decisions

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

President of the General Conference Mr Bethwell Allan OGOT(Kenya)

Members Deputies

Mr Jean-Pierre ANGREMY Mr Jean SIRINELLI(France) Mr Yves BRUNSVICK

Mr Emmanuel de CALANMr Henry CUNYMr Georges POUSSINMr Claude BOUHERETMr Jean-Pierre BOYERMs Marie-Françoise CARBONMs Françoise DESCARPENTRIESMs Genevieve JEAN-VAN ROSSUMMs Stephanie MORYMr Jean-Pierre REGNIERMs Solange SHULMAN-PERRETMr Christopher VALIA-KOLLERY

Mr Immanuel K. BAVU(United Republic of Tanzania)

Ms Marie BERNARD-MEUNIER(Chairperson)(Canada)

Mr Mongi CHEMLI(Tunisia)

Mr Alvaro COSTA-FRANCO(Brazil)

Ms Ingrid EIDE(Norway)

Mr Tom ERDIMI(Chad)

Mr Ali Mohammed FAKHRO(Bahrain)

Mr Patrick Massao KINDIANOMr Christopher LIUNDIMr Sam MDEE

Mr Phillip MacKINNONMr Shahid MINTOMs Viviane F. LAUNAYMs Marie-Jose BROSSARD JURKOVICHMr Louis PATENAUDEMr Bruce MILLER

Mr Béchir MAHJOUB

Ms Vera PEDROSAMr Fernando MUGGIATTIMr Sergio DANTASMr Claudio LINSMr Isnard de FREITAS

Ms Ingeborg BREINESMs Ase VOLLOMs Eva FINSTAD

Mr Khalil ALIOMr Ali Adam ABDERRAHMAN

Mr Rashid SULAYBIKHMr Nasser AL-SHAIKHMr A. Hameed HASSAN


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Members Deputies

Mr Tae-Hyuk HAHM(Republic of Korea)

Mr Talat S. HALMAN(Turkey)

Mr Dan HAULICA(Romania)

Ms Attiya INAYATULLAH(Pakistan)

Mr Michelangelo JACOBUCCI(Italy)

Mr Barry O. JONES(Australia)

Mr Balla KEITA(Côte d’Ivoire)

Mr Natarajan KRISHNAN(India)

Mr Torben KROGH(Denmark)

Mr Anatoly LOBANOK(Belarus)

Mr Sang-Seek PARKMr Dae-Seong KIMMr Doo Young CHUNGMr Young-Chin KWON

Mr Pulat TACARMr Engin TÜRKERMr Cetiner KARAHAN

Ms Laura BRANZARUMr Paul DOBREANU

Mr Saidula Khan DEHLAVIMr Khalid MAHMOODMr Ijaz HUSSAIN

Ms Tullia CARETTONIMr Luigi CAPOGROSSIMr Francesco MARGIOTTA BROGLIOMs Brunella BORZI CORNACCHIAMr Giovanni ARMENTOMr Raffaele BRIGLIMs Marina MISITANO

Mr Ross BURNSMr Adrian SEVERMr Patrick WATSONMs Anne SIWICKI

Mr Ezo MIEZANMr Christopher WONDJIMr Michel BEUGREKPOMr Lassina OUATTARAMr Touré ABDOU

Ms Savitri KUNADIMr Gollerkery Vishwanath RAOMs Shamma JAIN

Mr Uffe ANDREASENMr Niels Erik RAFNMr Ernst GOLDSCHMIDTMr Finn OVESENMr Steffen SONDERGAARD

Ms Nina MAZAIMr Andreï SAKOVITCHMr Evgeti IOUCHKEVITCH


Members

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Deputies

Mr Vladimir LOMEIKO(Vice-Chairperson)(Russian Federation)

Mr Wataru MIYAKAWA(Japan)

Mr Kurt MÜLLER(Vice-Chairperson)(Germany)

Mr MUSA HASSAN(Vice Chairperson)(Oman)

Mr Gilles NAGEON de LESTANG(Seychelles)

Mr Rex NETTLEFORD(Jamaica)

Ms Gloria PACHON DE GALAN(Colombia)

Mr Punisa A. PAVLOVIC(Yugoslavia)

Mr Albert ROGANOVMr Alexei JOUKOVMr Valeri ARTEMIEVMr Andrei VDOVINEMr Ivan SNEJKOMr Anatoly EGOCHKINEMr Evgueni IAGODKINEMr Dmitri PANIOUCHKINEMs Nathela LAGUIDZE

Mr Kenshiro AKIMOTOMr Shin WATANABEMr Tohru KUMADAMr Masayuki INOUEMr Makoto FUJIWARAMr Masaya OTSUKAMs Michiko KARA

Mr Johannes LOHSEMr Georg VON NEUBRONNERMr Wolfgang RUDOLPHMr Dirk BAUMGARTNERMr Heiner MODELMr Lothar KOCHMr Karl-Josef PARTSCHMr Traugott SCHOFTHALERMr Hans HOUBENMs Madelonne VON SCHRENCK-

MANDOLINI

Mr Callixte D’OFFAY

Mr Henry FOWLER

Ms Nohra PARRAMs Natalia MARTIN-LEYESMs Isabel VERNAZA

Mr Nikola CICANOVICMr Ognjen HUMOMr Svetozar STOJANOVICMr Branko BRANKOVIC


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Members Deputies

Ms Ana Isabel PRERA FLORES(Vice-Chairperson)(Guatemala)

Ms Lourdes R. QUISUMBING(Philippines)

Mr Mohamed Amine BOUROKBAsubsequently

Mr Abdelatif RAHALl

(Algeria)

Mr Guy RAJAONSON(Madagascar)

Mr Luc RUKINGAMAZ2

(Burundi)

Mr Zainoul Abidine SANOUSSI(Guinea)(absent)

Mr Ahmed Saleh SAYYAD(Yemen)

Mr José Augusto SEABRA(Portugal)

Mr Mwindaace N. SIAMWIZA(Zambia)

Mr Johannes SIZOO(Netherlands)

Mr Ahmed Fathi SOROUR(Egypt)(absent)

Mr Federico FIGUEROAMr Alfonso ORTIZMs Angela GAROZMr Nelson Rafael OLIVERO

Ms ROSario G. MANALOMs Deanna ONGPIN-RECTO

Mr Cheikh BEKRIMr Ahmed TADLAOUIMr Yazid SAMARMr Bekaddour OULDALI

Ms Robertine RAONIMAHARYMr Hery-Zo RALAMBOMAHAYMr Alfred RAKOTONJANAHARY

Mr Thomas NDIKUMANAMr Domitien MISAGO

Mr Fodé CISSEMr Ibrahim MAGASSOUBA

Mr Ali ZAID

Ms Maria Teresa NETTO-MARIANOMr José MACEDO LEÃOMr Mário RUIVOMr João LOPES SERRADO

Ms Lily MONZEMr Winston KASAKULA MWEWAMr Muyambo SIPANGULE

Mr Gotfried LEIBBRANDTMr Frank BRANDT CORSTIUSMs Sabine GIMBREREMs Marlies LEEGWATERMs Else DA COSTA-GEVEKEMr Dick LAGEWEG

Mr Mohamed Sami ABDEL HAMIDMs Samia HEDDAYA

1. Mr Abdelatif RAHAL was appointed a member of the Executive Board at the fifth meeting, on 26 May1992, to replace Mr Mohamed Amine BOUROKBA.

2. Mr Luc RUKINGAMA was appointed a member of the Executive Board at the first meeting, on 18 May1992, to replace Mr Gilbert MIDENDE.


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Members Deputies

Ms Thérèse Eppie STRIGGNER SCOTT Mr Kingsley KARIMU(Ghana) Mr Frank BENNEH

Ms Genevieve TSEGAH

Mr TENG Teng Mr QIN Guanlin(Vice-Chairperson) Mr ZHANG Chongli(China) Mr WU Jisong

Mr XIA KuisunMr CHEN KemiaoMs SHI ShuyunMr WU HexinMr CHENG XiaolinMr DU YueMr DOU ChunxiangMr JI Jianjun

Mr Jerry TETAGA(Papua New Guinea)(absent)

Mr G.W. Ladepon THOMAS(Vice-Chairperson)(Gambia)

Mr Thomas TLOU(Botswana)

Mr André Corsino TOLENTINO(Cape Verde)

Mr Alfredo TRAVERSONI(Uruguay)

Mr Carlos TUNNERMANN BERNHEIM(Nicaragua)

Mr Alvaro UMAÑA QUESADA(Costa Rica)

Mr Adul WICHIENCHAROEN(Thailand)

Mr Jorge ZAIN ASIS(Argentina)

Mr Alhaj Momodou N’DOW N’JIEMr Hassan A. GIBRILMr Demba SANYANG

Ms Segakweng SEISA

Mr Ricardo VARELA

Ms Claudia VALLE

Ms Victoria GUARDIA DE HERNANDEZMs Iris LEIVA BILLAULTMs Johevet WEINSTOCKMr José CHACONMs Yvonne MONTEALEGREMs Gina SIBAJAMs Erika de la GARZA

Ms Srinoi POVATONG

Mr Alberto CARRIMs Patricia SALAS DE ESPADAMr Ricardo L. BOCALANDROMr Carlos A. GIANOTTI


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Members Deputies

Mr Ernesto ZEDILLO PONCE DE LEON3 Mr Luis E. TODD(Mexico) Ms Maria Cristina de la GARZA(absent) Ms Patricia ESPINOSA CANTELLANO

Representatives and observers

Organizations of the United Nations system

Mr Yannick SIMBRON ) International Labour OrganisationMs Monique THEODORE-MORIN )

Mr René M. MARTI World Health Organization

Regional and interregional intergovernmental organizations

Mr Tahar ALI-BABIKER ) Arab League Educational, Cultural andMr Ahmed DERRADJI ) Scientific Organization

Ms Graziella BRIANZONI Council of Europe

Ms Ségolène BERGEON International Centre for the Study of thePreservation and the Restoration of CulturalProperty

Mr Rémolo BOTTO Latin Union

Mr Mohamed TRABELSI ) League of Arab StatesMs Nébili MZALI )

Secretariat

Mr Federico MAYOR (Director-General), Mr Eduardo PORTELLA (Deputy Director-General for the programmes), Mr Chanan Lal SHARMA (Deputy Director-General forManagement), Mr Henri LOPES (Assistant Director-General for Culture), Mr Colin NelsonPOWER (Assistant Director-General for Education), Mr Adnan BADRAN (AssistantDirector-General for Natural Sciences), Ms Francine FOURNIER (Assistant Director-Generalfor Social and Human Sciences), Mr Henrikas Alguirdas YUSHKIAVITSHUS (AssistantDirector-General for Communication, Information and Informatics), Mr Thomas KELLER(Assistant Director-General, Chargé de mission), Mr Khamliene NHOUYVANISVONG(Acting Assistant Director-General for External Relations), Mr Daniel JANICOT (Director ofthe Executive Office), Mr Albert SASSON (Director of the Bureau of Studies, Programmingand Evaluation), Mr Klaus HAGEDORN (Director of the Bureau of the Budget), Mr MainMODOUX (Director of the Office of Public Information), Mr Mieczyslaw PASZKOWSKI(for the Legal Adviser), other members of the Secretariat, Mr Pío RODRIGUEZ (Secretary ofthe Executive Board).

3. Mr Ernesto ZEDILLO PONCE DE LEON was appointed a member of the Executive Board at the firstmeeting, on 18 May 1992, to replace Mr Manuel BARTLETT DIAZ.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDSOF THE 137th AND 138th SESSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

ITEM 4 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.1 Reports by the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.1.1 Report on the activities of the Organizationsince the 137th session . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1.1 Report by the Bureau on questions that donot appear to require debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1.2 Methods of work of the Executive Board,including the terms of reference of theSpecial Committee . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1.3 Ways of continuing the work of reflectionon the in-depth study on the organizationand methods of work of UNESCO, as amember of the United Nations system, in achanging world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and

3.1.4 In-depth studies to be carried out by theSpecial Committee in 1992-1993: choice ofsubjects and appointment of rapporteurs......,.

Report by the Committee on Conventions andRecommendations: Examination of communicationstransmitted to the Committee in pursuance of104 EX/Decision3.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

3.3.1 Reports by the Joint Inspection Unit ofinterest to UNESCO . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Decentralization (follow-up to Executive Boardrecommendations) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4.2 Programme evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.2.1 Impact evaluation of communicationactivities carried out for the benefit ofwomen over the last decade (1981-1991) . . . . .. . .

4.3 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

4.3.1

4.3.2

4.3.3

4.3.4

4.3.5

4.3.6

4.3.7

4.3.8

Application of 26C/Resolution 16 concern-ing educational and cultural institutions in theoccupied Arab territories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

United Nations University: Annual report ofthe Council of the University and theDirector-General’s comments thereon . . . . . . . . . . . .

Proposals by the Director-General concerningthe Network: European Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Director-General on thereinforcement of the European Centre forHigher Education (CEPES) and on the futureorientation of its programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Invitations to the sixth Conference of Ministersof Education and Those Responsible forEconomic Planning in Asia and the Pacific . . . . . . . .

Invitations to the meeting of governmentalexperts to examine the Draft Universal Con-vention and the Draft Recommendation onthe Recognition of Studies and Qualificationsin Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Invitations to the meeting of governmentalexperts to examine the feasibility of thecreation of a regional centre for higher edu-cation in the Asia and the Pacific region . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recommendations of the third meeting ofthe UNESCO/UNICEF Joint Committeeon Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.4 Natural sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.4.1 Utilization of space technology by UNESCO . . . . . .

4.5 Social and human sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.5.1 UNESCO action on behalf of the leastdeveloped countries (LDCS)......... . . . . . . . . . . .

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4.6.1 Proposals by the Director-General concern-ing a new publications policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.7.1 Revision of the Convention for the Protectionof the World Cultural and Natural Heritage . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 5 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES ANDINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizationsof the United Nations system of relevance to thework of UNESCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.1 International efforts towards the total eradi-cation of apartheid and support for theestablishment of a united, non-racial anddemocratic South Africa . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.2 Strengthening of the co-ordination of humani-tarian emergency assistance of the UnitedNations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

5.3 Draft agreement between UNESCO and the Inter-national Telecommunication Union (ITU). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ITEM 6 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

Report by the Director-General on the budgetarysituation of the Organization in 1990-1991 and on thetransfers made between appropriation lines for thepurpose of closing the accounts for 1990-1991 . . . . . . . ..

Report by the Director-General on budget adjust-merits authorized within the Appropriation Resolutionfor 1992-1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Director-General on the cash situationof the Organization and on measures adopted sincethe twenty-sixth session of the General Conference. . . . . . . . ..

Report by the Director-General on the integration ofspecial accounts into the regular budget... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Review of the budgeting techniques of UNESCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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6.6

6.7

6.8

6.9

6.10

6.11

Report on the use of the six working languages ofthe General Conference.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annual report by the International Civil ServiceCodssion... ...... ....

State of the Medical Benefits Fund and proposalsby the Director-General on the composition of theBoard of Management with a view to including onit representatives of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pensionable remuneration of the Director-General . . . . . . . ..

Designation of members of the group of experts onfinancial and administrative matters, and other issuesrelating to the functioning of the group . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consultation in accordance with Rule 54 of the Rulesof Procedure of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ..

ITEM 7 OTHER BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.1 Preliminary report on the progress of the UNESCO-Chernobyl programme . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

7.2 Report by the Director-General on the implemen-tation of 137 EX/Decision 9.2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.3 Intellectual co-operation at UNESCO and setting upof an ad hoc forum of reflection, and proposals bythe Director-General regarding the various impli-cations of the arrangements envisaged and, inparticular, the composition and funding of theactivities of the forum.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.4 Dates of the 140th session

7.5 The situation of the cultural and architectural heritageas well as of educational and cultural institutions inBosnia-Herzegovina . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGSHELD ON 25 AND 27 MAY 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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139 EX/Decisions

ITEM 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (139 EX/1)

At its first meeting, the Executive Board adopted the agenda as set out in document139 EX/1.

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

1. Programme and External Relations Commission: items 4.1.1 (Part II), 4.2.1,4.3.1 to 4.3.4, 4.3.8, 4.4.1, 4.5.1, 4.6.1, 4.7.1, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2 and 7.1.

2. Finance and Administrative Commission: items 4.1.1 (Parts III to V), 4.6.1(financial and administrative aspects), 6.1 to 6.8 and 6.10 (methods of work).

3. Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations:item 5.2.

(139 EX/SR.1)

1.1 Replacement of members during their term of office (139 EX/NOM/1, 2 and 3)

In accordance with Article V. A.4(a) of the Constitution, the Executive Boardappointed Mr Ernesto Zedillo Ponce De Leon (Mexico) to replace Mr ManuelBartlett Díaz for the remainder of his term of office.

(139 EX/SR.1)

In accordance with Article V. A.4(a) of the Constitution, the Executive Boardappointed Mr Luc Rukingama (Burundi) to replace Mr Gilbert Midende for theremainder of his term of office.

(139 EX/SR.1)

In accordance with Article V. A.4(a) of the Constitution, the Executive Boardappointed Mr Abdelatif Rahal (Algeria) to replace Mr Mohamed Amine Bourokba forthe remainder of his term of office.

(139 EX/SR.5)

The Executive Board took note of the resignation of Mr Aziz Al-Hajj Ali Haidar(Iraq).

(139 EX/SR.1)

ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 137th AND 138thSESSIONS (137 EX/SR.l -10 and 138 EX/SR.l-3)

The Executive Board approved the summary records of its 137th and 138th sessions.

(139 EX/SR.1)


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ITEM 3

3.1

3.1.1

3.1.2

METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION

Executive Board

Report by the Bureau on questions that do not appear to require debate(139 EX/2)

The Executive Board approved the recommendations made by its Bureau in document139 EX/2 concerning items:

4.3.5

4.3.6

4.3.7

5.3

Invitations to the sixth Conference of Ministers of Education and ThoseResponsible for Economic Planning in Asia and the Pacific;

Invitations to the meeting of governmental experts to examine the DraftUniversal Convention and the Draft Recommendation on the Recognition ofStudies and Qualifications in Higher Education;

Invitations to the meeting of governmental experts to examine the feasibilityof the creation of a regional centre for higher education in the Asia and thePacific region;

Draft agreement between UNESCO and the International Telecom-munication Union (ITU).

(139 EX/SR.1)

Methods of work of the Executive Board, including the terms of reference of theSpecial Committee (139 EX/34)

I

The Executive Board,

1. Recalling 138 EX/Decisions 6.1 and 9.2,

2. Decides to include in the agenda of its 140th session an item dealing with themethods of work of the Executive Board.

II


1. Recalling 138 EX/Decisions 6.1 and 9.2,

2. Decides that:

(a) the Special Committee shall comprise 18 members, that is to say three foreach electoral group;

(b) the Special Committee shall continue the practice of normally holding itsmeetings immediately prior to each regular session of the ExecutiveBoard, which may rule on the desirability of changing the timetable ifnecessary;



3. Also decides to refer to the Special Committee for consideration and thepreparation of a report thereon:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

the Director-General’s report on the activities of the Organizationprepared in accordance with Article VI.3(b) of the Constitution;

in-depth studies on topics selected by the Executive Board;

the methods and machinery of the system of evaluating the Organization’sactivities;

relations with the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit, and considerationof reports prepared by the Joint Inspection Unit that are not referred tothe commissions of the Executive Board;

the organization of the work of the General Conference and the ExecutiveBoard, including that of their commissions and committees;

any other question that the Executive Board may refer to it.

mThe Executive Board,

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Recalling 26 C/Resolution 19.3, particularly the part that requests the ExecutiveBoard to report to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session onappropriate measures to improve the structure and working methods of theExecutive Board in its new form, for example, the institution of arrangementsmaking it possible to carry out thorough preparatory and follow-up workbetween sessions,

Emphasizing the importance of more thorough preparatory and follow-up workbetween its sessions in all areas of relevance to the Board,

Decides to include an item on the agenda of its 140th session worded asfollows: ‘Report to the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference onmeasures taken to implement paragraph III.6(b) of 26 C/Resolution 19.3;

Encourages its members to start informal consultations with a view to preparingthe debate on the above-mentioned agenda item;

Invites the Director-General to report to it at its 140th session on the financialimplications of the various options for such intersessional arrangements.

(139 EX/SR.5 and 6)



3.1.3 Ways of continuing the work of reflection on the in-depth study on theorganization and methods of work of UNESCO, as a member of the UnitedNations system, in a changing world (139 EX/34) and

3.1.4 In-depth studies to be carried out by the Special Committee in 1992-1993:choice of subjects and appointment of rapporteurs (139 EX/34)


1. Recalling 137 EX/Decision 3.3,

2. Having received the Special Committee’s report on appropriate ways ofcontinuing the in-depth study on ‘the organization and methods of work ofUNESCO, as a member of the United Nations system, in a changing world’,

3. Decides that the Special Committee shall carry out in the 1992-1993 bienniumthe in-depth study on 'UNESCO and the distribution of tasks among theSpecialized Agencies in the process of transformation of the United Nationssystem; application of the analysis to the environment, higher education andeducation for all’;

4. The following Board members shall serve as rapporteurs for this study: Mr J.P.Angremy (France); Mr A. Costa-Franco (Brazil); Ms I. Eide (Norway); Mr A.Lobanok (Belarus); Mr N. Krishnan (India); Mr A. Tolentino (Cape Verde).

(139 EX/SR.5)

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: Examinationof communications transmitted to the Committee in pursuance of104 EX/Decision 3.3 (139 EX/3 PRIV.)

The announcement appearing at the end of these decisions reports on the Board’sdeliberations on this subject.

(139 EX/SR.6)

3.3 United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

3.3.1 Reports by the Joint Inspection Unit of interest to UNESCO (139 EX/4 and139 EX/34)


1. Having considerecl the Director-General’s report entitled ‘Reports by the JointInspection Unit of interest to UNESCO’ (139 EX/4),

2. Takes note of the twenty-third annual report of the Joint Inspection Unitsubmitted to the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-sixth session;

3. Thanks the Joint Inspection Unit for its report entitled ‘Technical co-operationand the use of national professional project personnel (NPPP)’ (JIU/REP/91/l);



4. Takes note of that report’s conclusions and recommendations and of theDirector-General’s comments thereon.

(139 EX/SR.5)

3.4 Decentralization (follow-up to Executive Board recommendations) (139 EX/31and 139 EX/34)


1. Having examined document 139 EX/31,

2. Takes note of its content.

(139 EX/SR.1, 2, 3 and 4)

ITEM 4 EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME

4.1 Reports by the Director-General

4.1.1 Report on the activities of the Organization since the 137th session(139 EX/INF.3, Parts I to V and Add., 139 EX/36 and 139 EX/37)


1. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the activities of theOrganization since the 137th session (139 EX/INF.3, Parts I to V and Add.),


(139 EX/SR.1, 2, 3, 4 and 7)

4.2 Programme evaluation

4.2.1 Impact evaluation of communication activities carried out for the benefit ofwomen over the last decade (1981-1991) (139 EX/5 and 139 EX/36)



2. Welcoming the report on the impact evaluation of communication activitiescarried out for the benefit of women over the last decade and commending inparticular the quality of the report and its broad analytical approach, as well asits conclusions and proposals,

3. Thanking the Director-General for commissioning such a report,

4. Referring to 26 C/Resolution 11,1 on the transverse theme and programmeconcerning ‘Women’, in particular to paragraph 2, which underscores theimperative need to examine UNESCO’s policy concerning women from thepoint of view of planning, programming, budgeting and terminology,



5. Recognizing UNESCO’s specific responsibility, as the intellectual andeducational agency in the United Nations system to enhance theconceptualization required to ensure the participation of women in thedevelopment process, in both the formal and informal sectors,

6. Drawing attention to UNESCO’s role in the preparation of the WorldConference on Women in 1995,

7. Expressing concern over the meagre financial allocations for the activities underthe transverse theme ‘Women’ in spite of the fact that women are one of thethree beneficial target groups of UNESCO for the 1992-1993 biennium,

8. Regretting the inadequate internalization of gender sensitization and the absenceof a monitoring mechanism within the Organization,

9. Invites the Director-General:

(a) to strengthen the women’s component as an essential part of the entirecommunication programme;

(b) to facilitate women’s access by way of training, scholarships andappointments to hitherto non-traditional areas, particularly management,decision-making and new communication technologies;

(c) to intensify networking of women’s research organizations, mediawomen’s associations and other organizations dealing with women’sissues;

(d) to take measures to increase the participation of women professionals, atthe national and regional level, in the implementation of UNESCO’scommunication programmes and projects;

10. Further invites the Director-General:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

to strengthen the Co-ordinating Unit for Activities relating to Women,with a view to enabling it to play its expected role more effectively;

to ensure that each sector fully assumes its responsibility for integration ofthe women’s dimension into its reflection and activities;

to take into account the equity factor by ensuring that women haveopportunities for career advancement and access to senior posts in theSecretariat;

to enhance UNESCO’s interaction with other international agencies -within and outside the United Nations system - with a view to promotinga system-wide approach to women’s issues.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



4.3 Education

4.3.1 Application of 26 C/Resolution 16 concerning educational and culturalinstitutions in the occupied Arab territories (139 EX/6 and Add. and 139 EX/36)


1. Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the Declaration ofthe Rights of the Child (1959), the International Covenant on Economic, Socialand Cultural Rights, the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination inEducation (1960) and the fourth Geneva Convention (1949),

2. Having considered the Director-General’s report (139 EX/6 and Add.) andtaking accou“n nt of the presentation made by the Assistant Director-General forEducation,

3. Reaffirms the previous decisions and resolutions of UNESCO concerningeducational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories;

4. Expresses its satisfaction at UNESCO’s support for the PEACE programme(Palestinian-European Academic Co-operation in Education) whose goals arereferred to in document 139 EX/6;

5. Thanks the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its generous gift tothe scholarship find;

6. Reiterates its appeal to the international community to contribute financially tothe fund;

7. Takes note with satisfaction of the reopening of the schools and institutions ofhigher education in the occupied Palestinian territories;

8. Expresses its satisfaction at the resumption of the activities of the universities inthe occupied Palestinian territories and its hope that, in addition to the twofaculties already open, all the faculties on the campus of the University of BirZeit will be able to open with effect from the next semester and overcome theobstacles impeding the freedom of choice of students from the Gaza Strip, whoare denied the possibility of continuing their studies in the universities on theWest Bank;

9. Expresses its deep concern at the difficult situation of the educational andcultural institutions in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, especially as regardsthe change in curricula, and invites the Director-General to provide thenecessary assistance to educational establishments in UNESCO’s fields ofcompetence in order to preserve Syrian cultural identity and the award ofscholarships to students from the Golan Heights;

10. Regrets that Father Boné was not able to complete his mission in the occupiedArab territories and urges that he be allowed to do so as soon as possible;

11. Warmly t ankh s the Director-General for all the efforts he is making on behalf ofeducation in the occupied Arab territories;

12. Invites the Director-General:



(a) to continue his efforts to secure implementation of UNESCO’s decisionsand resolutions concerning educational and cultural institutions in theoccupied Arab territories;

(b) to launch an appeal to the international community, at governmental andnon-governmental level, and to the international organizations concerned,for voluntary contributions in order to make good the deficit in theoperating budget of the Palestinian universities caused by the protractedclosure of those institutions and the current situation;

13. Decides to place this question on the agenda of its 141st session.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

4.3.2 United Nations University: Annual report of the Council of the University andthe Director-General’s comments thereon (139 EX/7 and 139 EX/36)


1. Taking note with interest of the Council’s annual reports for 1990 and 1991 andthe Director-General’s comments thereon (139 EX/7),

2. Notes the high quality of the University’s work;

3. Appreciates the continued efforts of the Rector to establish new research andtraining centres and programmes consonant with the Charter of the University,as well as his support for existing centres and programmes;

4. Welcomes particularly the effective establishment of the Institute for NaturalResources in Africa (INRA);

5. Expresses its thanks to the governments that have contributed to theendowment or operating find of the University or of its research and trainingcentres and programmes;

6. Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Japan for its generous gift of anew university centre, as well as for its continued financial and intellectualsupport to the University, and in particular for the creation of a trust find forthe UNESCO/UNU joint programme;

7. Encourages continued close co-operation between UNESCO and the UnitedNations University;

8. Invites the Director-General to communicate to the Chairman of the Council ofthe United Nations University and to the Rector the text of the present decisiontogether with the relevant document.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



4.3.3 Proposals by the Director-General concerning the Network: EuropeanUniversities (139 EX/8 and 139 EX/36)



2. Notes the steps taken and the proposals made with a view to developing the‘Network: European Universities’;

3. Invites the Director-General to submit to it at a future session a further progressreport on the ‘Network: European Universities’, together with an overall reporton all of UNESCO’s networking activities in the field of higher education,including the UNITWIN project and the UNESCO Chairs programme;

4. Also invites the Director-General to continue his efforts to avoid anyduplication of work, through further strengthening of existing mechanisms ofco-ordination both within the Organization and with other intergovernmentalorganizations, and to involve UNESCO’s Regional Offices and CEPES,Bucharest, in this process.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

4.3.4 Report by the Director-General on the reinforcement of the European Centrefor Higher Education (CEPES) and on the future orientation of its programme(139 EX/9 and 139 EX/36)


1. Recalling the resolutions of the General Conference, in particular25 C/Resolution 1.27 and 26 C/Resolution 1.13, concerning reinforcement ofthe European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES),

2. Taking into account also 26 C/Resolutions 7.6, 7.7, 11.4, 13.1 and 13.22 and136 EX/Decision 3.3,

3. Having carefully considered the report by the Director-General on thereinforcement of the European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES) and onthe future orientation of its programme (139 EX/9),

4. Considering that CEPES has during the past 20 years served as a major channelof European co-operation in the field of higher education between East andWest, within the limitations of the overall political context in Europe during thatperiod,

5. Convinced that the terms of reference and missions of CEPES must take intoaccount the political changes in the region and the existence of othereducational co-operation mechanisms in Europe, draw fully on the experienceand potential of the Centre and be accompanied by the necessary structuraladaptations,

6. Convinced that within the overall framework of UNESCO’s activities in theEurope region, CEPES should serve as a centre for the exchange of information



7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

concerning experience, innovations and research and as a forum for thediscussion of important topics in higher education,

Considering that CEPES could then become a focal point for specializednetworks in higher education and research,

Expressing sincere gratitude to the Romanian Government for the efforts it ismaking to support and facilitate the work of CEPES,

Gratefully11 appreciating the contributions made by the Member States,particularly the Netherlands which is providing the electronic networkUNICOM, and by higher education institutions,

Convinced that the renewal of CEPES would make it possible to strengthen theco-operation and support for the Centre provided by Member States of theEurope region, European institutions and organizations, both governmental andnon-governmental, and the academic community at large, and would beconducive to greater openness towards other regions of the world,

calls upon the Member States of the Europe region and the academiccommunity to co-operate with UNESCO in developing CEPES into a majorEuropean centre for higher education;

Invites the Director-General:

(a) to undertake high-level consultations with the European Member Statesand European institutions, in particular the Council of Europe and theCommission of the European Communities, with a view to renewingCEPES and redefining its role and functions in accordance with theGeneral Conference resolutions clarified by this decision;

(b) to report to the Executive Board at its 141st session on the measurestaken to meet the above-stated needs.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

4.3.5 Invitations to the sixth Conference of Ministers of Education and ThoseResponsible for Economic Planning in Asia and the Pacific (139 EX/10 and139 EX/2)


1. Considering that the General Conference, at its twenty-sixth session, authorizedthe Director-General to convene a Regional Conference of Ministers ofEducation and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and thePacific,

2. Having examined the Director-General’s proposals concerning invitations to theConference (139 EX/10),

3. Decides:


(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)


that invitations to participate in the Conference with the right to vote shallbe extended to the Member States of UNESCO listed in paragraph 6 ofdocument 139 EX/10;

that an invitation to send observers to the Conference shall be extended tothe Holy See;

that an invitation to send observers to the Conference shall be extended tothe non-Member States and territories listed in paragraph 8 of document139 EX/10;

that invitations to be represented at the Conference or to send observersshall be extended to the organizations and foundations listed in paragraphs9, 10 and 11 of document 139 EX/10;

that the Director-General is authorized to invite any other party that heconsiders likely to make a useful contribution to the work of theConference, it being understood that the Executive Board shall beinformed of such invitations.

(139 EX/SR.1)

4.3.6 Invitations to the meeting of governmental experts to examine the DraftUniversal Convention and the Draft Recommendation on the Recognition ofStudies and Qualifications in Higher Education (139 EX/11 and 139 EX/2)


1. Considering that in 26 C/Resolution 1.15 the Director-General is requested toconvene a small group of governmental experts, representing Member States ofall regions, for the purpose of further examining the Draft Universal Conventionon the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education and theDraft Recommendation to be prepared on the same subject,


3. Decides that 18 Member States, three from each region, will be invited toparticipate in the meeting with the right to vote, and that these Member Stateswill be issued with invitations by the Director-General based on therecommendations of the regional groups.

(139 EX/SR.1)

4.3.7 Invitations to the meeting of governmental experts to examine the feasibility ofthe creation of a regional centre for higher education in the Asia and the Pacificregion (139 EX/12 and 139 EX/2)


1. Having examined document 139 EX/12 concerning invitations to the meeting ofgovernmental experts to examine the feasibility of the creation of a regionalcentre for higher education in the Asia and the Pacific region,

2. Decides:



(a) that the meeting shall have as its terms of reference the tasks described inparagraph 4 of document 139 EX/12;

(b) that invitations to participate in the meeting with the right to vote shall beextended to all Member States from the Asia and the Pacific region listedin paragraph 6 of document 139 EX/12;

(c) that the Director-General is authorized to invite any other party that heconsiders likely to make a useful contribution to the work of the meeting,it being understood that the Executive Board shall be informed of suchinvitations.

(139 EX/SR.1)

4.3.8 Recommendations of the third meeting of the UNESCO/UNICEF JointCommittee on Education (139 EX/32 and 139 EX/36)


1. Having examined document 139 EX/32 containing the recommendations of thethird meeting of the UNESCO/UNICEF Joint Committee on Education,

2. Urges the two Secretariats to do everything within their mandates to appeal tomember countries to assign the highest possible priority to education in theirnational development plans and programmes of action, and to take exceptionaland unconventional measures to speed up progress towards the goals ofeducation for all, turning education into an intersectoral concern of society as awhole;

3. Calls upon heads of government to assume personal leadership in advocacy,social mobilization and monitoring related to achieving the basic educationgoals for the year 2000;

4. Supports the initiative of the two Secretariats to employ varying andappropriately complementary approaches to promote universalization of basiceducation, bearing in mind that different groups of countries might requiredifferent modalities of intervention and that close co-operation of all Jomtienpartners needs to be ensured;

5. Encourages the two Secretariats to maintain and strengthen their existingemphasis on promoting basic education in Africa as well as in all leastdeveloped countries;

6. Endorses in particular the joint initiative to promote education for all in thelargest and most populous developing countries, noting that significant progressin the universalization of access and the improvement of learning in thesecountries, which comprise two thirds of the world’s population, would representa decisive step towards the achievement of the goals of education for all;

7. Calls upon the two Secretariats, firstly, to develop a major joint strategy onmeeting the basic educational needs of women and girls in all regions,emphasizing the urgency and scale of the challenge and analysing the quantumleap in both national and international efforts that is indispensable for theadvancement of their education; secondly, to try and translate this strategy



8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

immediately into national and international plans of action; and thirdly, to reporton progress made in this vital area to the Summit on Social Development andthe World Conference on Women to be convened by the United Nations in1995;

Supports in particular the collaborative project on analysis and dissemination ofkey innovations in basic education, as already contained in theUNESCO/UNICEF Co-operative Programme, bearing in mind that suchanalysis, dissemination and co-operative problem-solving are urgently needed,and that if the goals of quality education for all, especially for women and girls,are to be met and major obstacles and problems overcome, such innovationswhich fashion new modalities and alliances and set new standards must bestrongly supported and urgently disseminated;

Also supports the joint project on monitoring of progress towards the goals ofeducation for all at country level, stressing that this project must primarily seekto strengthen national capacities in that area, that its methods need to be readilyapplicable, and that first results should become available by the end of 1992;

Requests the two Secretariats to give greater attention to the critical need formass provision of basic learning materials in most developing countries and tothe strengthening of national capacities in this area, by examining the feasibilityand likely costs of different strategies and by drawing on national experiencesand capacities, making use of the parallel work of other institutions and alsorequests them to submit a progress report within one year;

Requests the two Secretariats to consider the adequacy of the current andplanned capacities of the two Secretariats for effective assumption of theresponsibilities involved in carrying out the present recommendations;

Further requests the two Secretariats to report on the action taken on the aboverecommendations to the International Consultative Forum on Education for Allscheduled to be held by the end of 1993.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

4.4 Natural sciences

4.4.1 Utilization of space technology by UNESCO (139 EX/13 and 139 EX/36)


1. Recalling 136 EX/Decision 5.3.1,

2. Having examined document 139 EX/13 on the utilization of space technologyby UNESCO,

3. Notes with satisfaction the contents of the document;

4. Requests the Director-General, in carrying out the approved programme, tocontinue to apply the technologies that are deemed most relevant and cost-effective in each case.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



4.5 Social and human sciences

4.5.1 UNESCO action on behalf of the least developed countries (LDCS) (139 EX/14and 139 EX/36)



2. Takes not e of its content.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)4.6 Publications

4.6.1 Proposals by the Director-General concerning a new publications policy(139 EX/15 and 139 EX/36)



2. Notes the various aspects of the new publications policy and the Director-General’s desire to implement it in such a way as to ensure quality, creativity,efficiency and cost reduction, in accordance with the opinions expressed by theBoard.

(139 EX/SR.1 and 7)

4.7 Culture

4.7.1 Revision of the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural andNatural Heritage (139 EX/29 and 139 EX/36)


1. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 3.9, particularly its invitation to all Member States toincrease their efforts to achieve better implementation of the existinginstruments and to reinforce UNESCO’s action for the protection of the worldcultural and natural heritage,

2. Having taken note of the proposal made by Italy concerning the revision of theConvention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, asexplained in document 139 EX/29,

3. Considering that it would be advisable for the moment to concentrate onimproving the existing system for the protection of the world cultural andnatural heritage,

4. Noting that the matter is being carefully studied by the Director-General andthat a report will be submitted to the Executive Board at the 140th session,

5. Noting with interest the proposal made by Italy and supported by severalMember States to setup a consultative group of experts, with the participation



of the World Heritage Committee, to assist the Executive Board in examiningthe report by the Director-General,

6. Decides to defer a final decision on the matter until its 140th session.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

ITEM 5 RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS

5.1 Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the United Nations systemof relevance to the work of UNESCO (139 EX/16 and 139 EX/36)



2. Takes note of the content of Part II thereof.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

5.1.1 International efforts towards the total eradication of apartheid and support forthe establishment of a united, non-racial and democratic South Africa(139 EX/16, Part I, and 139 EX/36)


1. Taking note of decision 1991/7 of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination concerning ‘A co-ordinated approach by the United Nations systemto questions relating to South Africa’ and General Assembly resolution 46/79Aconcerning ‘International efforts towards the total eradication of apartheid andsupport for the establishment of a united, non-racial and democratic SouthAfrica’,

2. Referring to resolution 25 C/4/107, paragraph 3(b) and paragraph 413, ofUNESCO’s third Medium-Term Plan and confirming the importance attributedto UNESCO’s activities in this area by the General Conference, which approvedthe special project ‘Contribution to the elimination of apartheid: towards anapartheid-free world’ for the duration of this period,

3. Invites the Director-General, in the present biennium and in planningprogrammes for 1994-1995, to continue to give priority to UNESCO activitiesconcerned with the elimination of apartheid and the building of an apartheid-freeworld;

4. Approves the initiative of the Director-General to seek means to strengthenUNESCO assistance to the victims and opponents of apartheid and to the mostdeprived groups in the country and to involve all UNESCO programme sectorsand the ‘Priority: Africa’ programme in this effort;

5. Requests the Director-General to continue to co-operate closely with the UnitedNations Centre against Apartheid and other United Nations system



organizations in pursuing international efforts for the total eradication ofapartheid and support for the establishment of a united, non-racial anddemocratic South Africa; and to follow the guidelines set for action by theUnited Nations system in this connection in General Assembly resolution46/79A and other relevant General Assembly resolutions on South Africa;

6. Authorizes the Director-General to contribute to any United Nations system-wide efforts to provide urgent assistance to the people of South Africa and theiranti-apartheid, democratic organizations that may be undertaken during theperiod of transition towards a non-racial democracy;

7. Expresses its support for the current negotiations involving the representativesof the people of South Africa, in keeping with the fundamental principles setforth in the United Nations Declaration on Apartheid and its DestructiveConsequences in Southern Africa; and expreses its hope that South Africa mayin the future become a truly free, democratic, non-racial and united society andbe able to take its place among the community of nations once again.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

5.1.2 Strengthening of the co-ordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of theUnited Nations (139 EX/16, Part I, and 139 EX/36)


1. Having taken note of resolution 46/182 adopted by the United Nations GeneralAssembly at its forty-sixth session,

2. Recalling 129 EX/Decision 6.1.1 concerning UNESCO’s contribution to theInternational Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction,

3. Emphasizing the importance and urgency of humanitarian assistance for thevictims of natural disasters and other emergencies,

4. Noting that, while UNESCO’s principal task is not the provision of emergencyrelief, the linkage between emergency aid and rehabilitation assistance calls forUNESCO’s involvement in multisectoral United Nations emergency operations,

5. Invites the Director-General to strengthen UNESCO’s capacity to monitorrapidly evolving developments related to emergency and humanitarian situationswithin its mandate and fields of competence and to make the necessary internalarrangements to reinforce the co-ordination of activities related to the earlywarning of refugee flows;

6. Further invites the Director-General to work closely with the United NationsEmergency Relief Co-ordinator and relevant agencies of the United Nationssystem, specialized institutions and non-governmental organizations to ensurethat the emergency and rehabilitation needs in the sectors of concern toUNESCO receive adequate and timely international attention and assistance.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



5.2 Classification of international non-governmental organizations (139 EX/17 and139 EX/35)


1. Having considered document 139 EX/17, endorsing the Director-General’scomments, and having taken note of the oral report of the Chairman of itsCommittee on Non-Governmental Organizations concerning the classification ofinternational non-governmental organizations,

2. Decides:

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

International Press Institute

International Union of Family Organizations;

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

Academia EuropaeaClub of RomeInternational Association of Schools of Social WorkInternational Council for Educational MediaInternational Federation of Associations of the ElderlyInternational Organization for the Development of Freedom of EducationWorld Conference on Religion and Peace;

(c) not to admit the following organization to category B:

International Society for Mine Surveying;

3. Takes note of the Director-General’s decisions:

(a) to admit the following organizations to category C (mutual informationrelations):

All-Africa Student UnionEuropean Association of Remote Sensing LaboratoriesEuropean Youth Science NetworkFederation International Musique-EspéranceFederation of Private Educative Associations of Latin America and the

CaribbeanInternational Association for Continuing Engineering EducationInternational Tribology CouncilMunicipalist Ibero-American UnionReporters without Borders - InternationalUnion International de la MarionetteWorld Union of Professions;



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

Alliance du mutualisme d’AmériqueInternational Movement for Tamil Culture;

4. Takes note of paragraphs 34, 36 and 37 of document 139 EX/17, in which theDirector-General seeks the Executive Board’s opinion on the statementssupplied by the organizations concerned regarding their members in theRepublic of South Africa, before admitting them to category C;

5. Notes that UNESCO has resumed relations with the following six internationalnon-governmental organizations:

Agudath Israel World OrganizationInternational Confederation of Professional and Intellectual WorkersInternational Association for Hydrogen EnergyInternational Society of Phonetic SciencesLatin American Association of Communication ResearchersWorld Academy of Art and Science;

6. Takes note of the decision taken by the Director-General, in pursuance of theDirectives concerning UNESCO’s relations with foundations and similarinstitutions, to establish for a period of six years official relations betweenUNESCO and the following organizations:

as foundations:

Foundation for the Rights of the FamilyInternational Science Policy Foundation;

as associative networks:

‘Hope 87’ (Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment)International Ocean InstituteNorth-South Network Cultures and DevelopmentTraditions for Tomorrow.

(139 EX/SR.l and 6)

5.3 Draft agreement between UNESCO and the International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU) (139 EX/30 and 139 EX/2)


1. Recalling that by 136 EX/Decision 7.4 it authorized the Director-General tocontinue negotiations with the Secretary-General of ITU with a view toconcluding a co-operation agreement in fields of common interest, namelytelecommunications, communication, information and informatics,

2. Having examined the draft agreement submitted by the Director-General indocument 139 EX/30,

3. Approves the draft agreement;



4. Authorizes the Director-General to sign it on behalf of UNESCO and, asappropriate, to extend it in accordance with the terms of Article 12 of the draftagreement.

(139 EX/SR.1)

ITEM 6 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

6.1 Report by the Director-General on the budgetary situation of the Organizationin 1990-1991 and on the transfers made between appropriation lines for thepurpose of closing the accounts for 1990-1991 (139 EX/18 and 139 EX/37)


1. Recalling the terms of the Appropriation Resolution for 1990-1991(25 C/Resolution 17 A(f)), which authorizes the Director-General in urgent andspecial circumstances to make transfers between appropriation lines, informingthe members of the Executive Board in writing, at the session following suchaction, of the details of the transfers made and the reasons therefor,

2. Recalling also 138 EX/Decision 8.1, which authorized the Director-General tomake transfers between appropriation lines for the purpose of closing theaccounts for the 1990-1991 financial period,

3. Having examined the Director-General’s report on the budgetary situation of theOrganization in 1990-1991 and on the adjustments and transfers made by him,

4. Takes note of the redeployment of funds effected by the Director-General tofinance activities in the framework of the Approved Programme and Budget for1990-1991;

5. Takes note of the adjustments and transfers between appropriation lines madeby the Director-General to cover staff cost increases and to close the accountsfor 1990-1991;

6. Takes note of the provisional surplus of $3,794,478 under Part VIII of thebudget, which will be credited to Miscellaneous Income in accordance withparagraph A(e) of the Appropriation Resolution for 1990-1991.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

6.2 Report by the Director-General on budget adjustments authorized within theAppropriation Resolution for 1992-1993 (139 EX/19 and 139 EX/37)


I

1. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 0.52 wherein the General Conference decided thatthe amount of $1.5 million for draft resolutions submitted by Member Statesshould be financed through absorption in all parts of the budget withoutaffecting the Participation Programme,



2. Recalling likewise that the amount appropriated for the 1992-1993 budget bythe General Conference at its twenty-sixth session does not include an amountof $7,506,000 for obligatory expenditures to be incurred in 1992-1993,

3. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the measures taken byhim to balance the budget for 1993 (139 EX/19, Part I) and therecommendation of the Finance and Administrative Commission thereon(139 EX/37),

4. Takes note of the following redeployment of funds within the 1992-1993budget with the aim of absorbing the expenditure of $9,006,000 for obligatoryexpenditures and draft resolutions submitted by Member States approved by theGeneral Conference:

26 C/5Appropriation line 26 C/5 Redeployment Approved

Approved To From as adjusted

$ $ $ .$

Part I - General Policy and Direction

General ConferenceExecutive BoardDirectorateServices of the DirectorateParticipation in the Joint Machinery

of the United Nations System

Total, Part I

Part II - Programme Execution and Services

A. Major Programme Areas

MPAIMPAIIMPAIIIMPAIVMPAVMPAVIMPAVII

B. Transverse Themes and programmes

WomenGeneral Information ProgrammeClearinghouseStatistical programmes and services

Future-oriented studies

Total, Part II

Part III - Support for Programme Execution

Part IV - General Administrative Services

Part V - Maintenance and Security

Part VI - Capital Expenditure

End-of-service grants and indemnitiesReserve for draft resolutions

Total, Parts I-VI

5,633,1006,912,9001,678,700

15,316,000

1,166,300

30,707,000

80,987,30061,064,30032,792,40010,972,90011,675,500

5,679,0006,760,600

579,1009,172,4003,565,9004,791,600

1,095,700

229,136,700

72,972,500

35,452,400

28,810,300

1,348,400

(1,500,000)

396,927,300

3,191,000

4,315,0001,500,000

9,006,000

33,60073,300

106,900

2,777,1002,243,6001,091,000

353,100386,400489,300290,700

12,600340,800

67,70091,800

56,400

8,200,500

98,200

475,500

124,900

9,006,000

5,633,1006,912,9001,645,100

15,242,700

1,166,300

30,600,100

78,210,20058,820,70031,701,40010,619,80011,289,1005,189,7006,469,900

566,5008,831,6003,498,2004,699,800

1,039,300

220,936,200

72,874,300

34,976,900

28,685,400

4,539,400

4,315,000

396,927300



II

5. Having examined the transfers proposed by the Director-General within the1992-1993 budget, in accordance with the terms of the AppropriationResolution approved by the General Conference at its twenty-sixth session(26 C/Resolution 14, paragraph A(b)), document 139 EX/19, Part II, and therecommendations of its Finance and Administrative Commission thereon(139 EX/37),

6. Approves the following between-line transfers amounting to $7,998,400 tocover increases in staff costs and in the costs of goods and services on accountof inflation and statutory factors:

Transfers

Appropriation lineTo From

$ $

Part I - General PoIicy and Direction

General Conference 79,900Executive Board 433,400Directorate 31,100Services of the Directorate 344,500

Total, Part I 888,900

Part II- Programme Execution and Services

A. Major Programme Areas

MPA I 1,817,894MPA II 849,421MPA III 509,894MPA IV 156,641MPA V 172,408MPA VI 82,375

MPA VII 106,467

B. Transverse Themes and programmes

Women 9,700General Information Programme 130,400

Clearing house 76,600

Statistical programrnes and services 99,900Future-orientedstudies 13,500

Total, Part II 4,025,200

Part III - Support for Programme Execution 1,668,900

Part IV - General Administrative Services 864,500

Part V - Maintenance and Security 550,900

Part VII - Anticipated Cost Increases 7,998,400

Total, Parts I-VII 7,998,400 7,998,400



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7. Having examined the Director-General’s report on donations received in 1992and appropriated to the regular budget (139 EX/19, Part III),

8. Expresses its appreciation to UNICEF, the Commonwealth of Learning,General Oceanics, EG and G Marine Instruments, the InternationalDevelopment Research Centre (IDRC), Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo(CYTED-D), the Belgian Government, the International Labour Organisation(ILO) and the Japanese National Federation of UNESCO Associations for theirgenerous donations to strengthen the activities of the Organization;

9. Notes that the Director-General has, in consequence, increased theappropriations to the regular budget by $258,718 as follows:

$

Part II.A - Major Programme Area I 8,000

Part II.A - Major Programme Area II 240,718

Part II.A - Major Programme Area III 2,000

Part III- Chapter 4- Office of Public Information 8,000

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

6.3 Report by the Director-General on the cash situation of the Organization andon measures adopted since the twenty-sixth session of the General Conference(139 EX/20 and Add. and 139 EX/37)


1. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the cash situation of theOrganization and on measures adopted since the twenty-sixth session of theGeneral Conference (139 EX/20 and Add.), and taken note of the up-to-dateinformation provided during the debate in the Finance and AdministrativeCommission at the current session,

2. Noting that while many Member States have paid their assessed contributionsfor 1992 and previous years, many more Member States are in arrears in thepayment of the amounts assessed,

3. Expresses its gratitude to Member States that have paid their contributions for1992 and to those that have speeded up the payment of their contributions inresponse to appeals;

4. Regrets, however, that there has not been a sufficient improvement incontribution payments since the twenty-sixth session of the General Conference,with the result that the Director-General, on the basis of the relevent resolutionof the General Conference, entered into internal and external borrowingarrangements in order to supplement the resources of the Working CapitalFund;



5. Expresses deep concern at the magnitude of the cash deficits that arose duringthe period October 1991 through April 1992, at the cost of borrowing toMember States and at the possible adverse impact on the approved programmeof work of persistent late payment and non-payment of contributions assessed;

6. Believing that the borrowing to overcome the cash flow deficit entails a heavyburden of interest payments and should be discouraged, strongly supports theapproaches that the Director-General is continuing to make to all MemberStates with a view to obtaining timely payment of contributions;

7. Recalls that the prompt payment of contributions is an obligation devolvingupon Member States under the Constitution and the Financial Regulations ofthe Organization and that it determines the right to vote at the GeneralConference;

8. Calls upon Member States, in application of 26 C/Resolution 23.31, to take thenecessary steps to ensure that their contributions are paid in fill at as early adate as possible;

9. Urges Member States to inform the Director-General, as far as possible, in atimely way of the probable date, amount and method of payment of theforthcoming contribution, in order to facilitate his management of theOrganization’s treasury function;

10. Invites the Director-General, taking into consideration the information receivedfrom Member States:

(a) to attempt to align future commitments with the level of the realisticallyexpected income of the Organization;

(b) to prepare for submission to it at its 140th session a plan of action,including options, for the rest of the biennium, based on the prioritiesassigned by the General Conference, which identifies a range of measures,including cost saving measures, that can be put into effect until the arrearsof contributions are received;

(c) in the meantime, to undertake further substantial and timely austeritymeasures as necessary.

(139 EX/SR. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7)

6.4 Report by the Director-General on the integration of special accounts into theregular budget (139 EX/21 and 139 EX/37)


1. Having examined the report by the Director-General on the integration ofspecial accounts into the regular budget (139 EX/21),

2. Expresses its appreciation of the detailed information and options provided;



3. Decides to refer this question to the group of experts setup at the 139th sessionfor further study and requests the group to report back to the Finance andAdministrative Commission at a future session.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

6.5 Review of the budgeting techniques of UNESCO (139 EX/22 and 139 EX/37)


1. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 32, which recommended that options for furtherrefinements and improvements in UNESCO’s budgeting techniques be reviewedand that the budgeting techniques to be used in the preparation of document27 C/5 be decided by the Board,

2. Invites the Director-General to apply the following budgeting techniques in thepreparation of the document concerning the preliminary estimates for the 1994-1995 budget for submission to the Executive Board at its 140th session:

(a) constant dollar principle

it being understood:

(i) that the constant dollar rate of exchange of US $1 to 6.45 FF indocuments 25 C/5 and 26 C/5 will continue to be used for thecalculation of the budget base in document 27 C/5; this constantdollar rate will be re-examined for the preparation of 28 C/5 with aview to bringing it closer to a more realistic rate;

(ii) that an annex will be prepared for document 27 C/5 containing atable showing the conversion of the budget calculated at theconstant dollar rate on the basis of a new constant dollar rate to bedecided;

(b) treatment of inflation:

(explaining in detail the methodology applied using graphic charts andtables)

through recosting

presenting major elements broken down by components: staff costs(Professional and General Service posts separately) and costs of goodsand services reflecting the actual conditions at all duty stations;

and anticipated cost increases:

presenting a detailed breakdown by staff costs (Professional and GeneralService posts separately) and costs of goods and services reflectinganticipated conditions at all duty stations;



(c) the effects of currency fluctuation on the budget and the mechanism fordealing with it will be described in the Appropriation Resolution, whilethe provision for currency fluctuation formerly included under Part VIIIof the budget will be presented for information purposes only.Consequently, the budget approved by the General Conference will be thebudget expressed in constant dollars (Parts I-VII);

(d) the provisional contributions to be assessed on Member States on thebasis of the historical scale of assessment and the historical proportion ofcurrencies to be paid under the split-level system will also be shownseparately in document 27 C/5;

3. Invites the Director-General, with respect to the following budgetingtechniques, to submit to the meetings of the group of experts to be held inconjunction with the 140th session of the Executive Board:

(a) a new title and description of the methodology used for arriving at anddeploying the budget (formerly called ‘zero-base budgeting’);

(b) comprehensive data for the establishment of budget standards;

4. Decides that the use of further budgeting techniques, namely:

(a) adjustment for staff turnover and recruitment delays;

(b) distribution of staff and indirect programme costs;

(c) programme analysis by modality of action and functions;

(d) distribution of administrative and common service costs;

(e) integration of extra-budgetary resources;

(f) integration of support costs;

will be further reviewed and decided on by the Executive Board at its 140thsession.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

6.6 Report on the use of the six working languages of the General Conference(139 EX/23 and 139 EX/37)




(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



6.7 Annual report by the International Civil Service Commission (139 EX/24 and139 EX/37)


1. Having examined document 139 EX/24 containing the Director-General’s reporton the seventeenth Annual Report (1991) of the International Civil ServiceCommission,

I

2. Takes note of

(a) the contents of document 139 EX/24;

(b) the seventeenth Annual Report (1991) of the International Civil ServiceCommission;

(c) resolution 46/191 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly;

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3. Recognizing the important role that the International Civil Service Commissionplays in the regulation and co-ordination of the United Nations common systemprocedures for determining the salaries, allowances and other conditions ofservice of the staff of the system,

4. Invites the Director-General to continue his collaboration with the Commission.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)

6.8 State of the Medical Benefits Fund and proposals by the Director-General onthe composition of the Board of Management with a view to including on itrepresentatives of Member States (139 EX/25 and 139 EX/37)



2. Takes note of its content;

3. Requests the Director-General to prepare additional information on the subject,taking into account the comments made at its 139th session;

4. Decides to take the matter up again at its 140th session;

5. Recommends that the General Conference appoint representatives of twoMember States as observers on the Board of Management of the MedicalBenefits Fund for each biennium and considers that such observers should bebased in Paris and competent in the two working languages of the Secretariat.

(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



6.9 Pensionable remuneration of the Director-General (139 EX/PRIV. 1)


1. Having examined document 139 EX/PRIV.1 concerning the pensionableremuneration of the Director-General,

2. Noting that United Nations General Assembly resolution A/46/192, Part III,urged the governing bodies of member organizations of the United NationsJoint Staff Pension Fund to review the levels of pensionable remuneration ofungraded officials who are currently participants in the Fund, with a view toeliminating divergencies, taking into account the need to protect acquired rights,

3. Decides that while the Director-General of UNESCO is a participant in theFund, the methodology and adjustment procedure recommended by theInternational Civil Service Commission for determining the pensionableremuneration of ungraded officials who become participants in the Fund shouldbe applied;

4. Approves the level of annual pensionable remuneration of the Director-Generalat US $181,471, which should not be adjusted until the annual pensionableremuneration of the UNDP Administrator reaches that level;

5. Recommends to the General Conference that when it establishes the conditionsof service of the Director-General at the beginning of each term of office, itshould also establish adequate pension arrangements for him/her, bearing inmind the statutory limits to the term of office stipulated in Article VI(2) of theConstitution;

6. Requests the Director-General to report to it at a future session on possiblealternative pension arrangements for the Director-General outside the PensionFund and on the legal, financial and administrative implications thereof, takinginto account the recommendations of ICSC and the United Nations GeneralAssembly on the subject.

(139 EX/SR.5)

6.10 Designation of members of the group of experts on financial and administrativematters, and other issues relating to the functioning of the group (139 EX/37)


1. Recalling 137 EX/Decision 8.6 in which it decided to settle issues relating to thefunctioning of the group of experts on financial and administrative matters andto designate its members at its 139th session,

2. Decides to designate the following persons as members of the group of experts:Mr Alberto Carri (Argentina); Mr Paul Dobreano (Romania); Mr AnatolyEgochkine (Russian Federation); Ms Maria Cristina de la Garza (Mexico);Mr Patrick Massao Kindiano (United Republic of Tanzania); Mr Lothar KOCH(Germany); Ms Savitri Kunadi (India); Mr Bechir Mahjoub (Tunisia);Mr Shahid Minto (Canada); Mr Massaya Otsuka (Japan); Mr AlfredRakotonjanahary (Madagascar); Mr Ali Zaid (Yemen);



3. Notes with satisfaction that at the present session the group commenced itswork of examining the documents referred to it by the Finance andAdministrative Commission;

4. Decides that the working languages of the expert group will be French andEnglish and that it will meet as necessary during the intersessional period as faras the budget of the Executive Board allows;

5. Not having been able to discuss these and other related issues in detail due tolack of time, and considering that it is indispensable for the smooth functioningof the experimental group to settle these issues as soon as possible,

6. Aware of its exceptionally heavy agenda in 1993,

7. Decides to settle at its 140th session the issues relating to the improvement ofthe functioning of its experimental expert group on the basis of the experiencegained through the activities of the group as well as the results of anyintersessional informal consultations regarding the function of the advisorycommittee on administrative and budgetary questions provided for in26 C/Resolution 19.3, and to report to the General Conference thereon at itstwenty-seventh session;

8. Also decides to include an item entitled ‘Review of the functioning of theexperimental expert group’ on the agenda of its 140th session.

(139 EX/SR.4 and 7)

6.11 Consultation in accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of theExecutive Board (139 EX/PRIV.2)

The announcement appearing at the end of these decisions reports on the Board’sdeliberations on this subject.

(139 EX/SR.5)ITEM 7 OTHER BUSINESS

7.1 Preliminary report on the progress of the UNESCO/Chernobyl programme(139 EX/26 and 139 EX/36)




(139 EX/SR.l and 7)



7.2 Report by the Director-General on the implementation of 137 EX/Decision 9.2(139 EX/27)


1. Recalling 135 EX/Decision 8.4, 136 EX/Decision 9.3 and 137 EX/Decision 9.2concerning the support given by UNESCO to the Government of Kuwait in allthe Organization’s fields of competence,

2. Referring to the reports of the fact-finding missions sent by UNESCO toKuwait and, in particular, the report submitted by the personal representative ofthe Director-General,

3. Expressing its appreciation of the Director-General’s efforts, in co-operationwith the United Nations, to secure the restitution to Kuwait of its culturalproperty and its property in the fields of science, education and information,

4. Referring also to the Director-General’s report set out in document 139 EX/27,

5. Noting that the Director-General’s report makes no mention of

(a) the situation of the books, manuscripts and private collections stolen andmoved to Iraq from university or private libraries in Kuwait, from theKuwait Scientific Research Institute, from the Public Office for AppliedEducation and Training and from other sources, and that no mention ismade of them either in the United Nations reports,

(b) the fact that all property of the National Museum and the Museum ofIslamic Art and Science has not been returned, and that some of theproperty of the Central Library is also still missing, such as ancientmusical instruments and a collection of rare recordings,

6. Bearing in mind the importance of such books and cultural property inpromoting the educational process in Kuwait and rapidly restoring cultural,scientific and educational institutions to their former level of activity,

7, Requests the Director-General:

(a) to send a mission to Iraq, in co-ordination with the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations, to search for books or other cultural or archaeologicalproperty;

(b) to report to it on the implementation of this decision at its 140th session.

(139 EX/SR.5)

7.3 Intellectual co-operation at UNESCO and setting up of an ad hoc forum ofreflection, and proposals by the Director-General regarding the variousimplications of the arrangements envisaged and, in particular, the compositionand funding of the activities of the forum (139 EX/28)


1. Reaffirming UNESCO’s specific role within the United Nations system inrespect of intellectual co-operation,



2. Considering that, in this period marked by radical changes in ideologies and inpolitical, economic and social systems, the strengthening of UNESCO’sintellectual mission is essential for the renewal of the Organization,

3. Recalling 26 C/Resolution 15 entitled ‘Intellectual co-operation in UNESCOand setting up of an ad hoc forum of reflection’,

4. Stressing the responsibility placed on the Executive Board in formulating theOrganization’s policies, as noted in particular in paragraph 2(b) and (c) of thatresolution,

5. Mindful of the need, in order to facilitate its own process of reflection, to elicitthe views of the international intellectual community on the new challengesfacing humanity, to which UNESCO should respond within the framework of itsfuture programmes,

6. Decides to set up an ad hoc Forum of Reflection which will be responsible foridentifying and defining a number of vital issues representing new challengescoming within the Organization’s mandate and for submitting its conclusions toit before the twenty-seventh session of the General Conference;

7. Decides also that the ad hoc Forum of Reflection shall:

(a) be composed of eminent personalities in UNESCO’s different fields ofcompetence, who - because they have been able to step beyond thefrontiers of their own discipline and acquire a vision of the world shapedby their contact with diverse cultures - are particularly well fitted to openup fresh perspectives for reflection and global intellectual co-operation;

(b) comprise a maximum of 21 members, women and men, from all regions ofthe world, serving in their personal capacity:

18 members will be designated as follows:

(i) after consultation with National Commissions, each regional groupwill propose a list of nine persons (it being understood that they willnot necessarily be from the region concerned or be nationals ofMember States of the Organization);

(ii) each member of the Board, consulted in writing, will indicate his orher preferences with regard to the personalities proposed by each ofthe regional groups;

(iii) in the light of the results of the consultation, the Bureau of theExecutive Board will designate the 18 members (three from eachregional list);

three other members may be designated by the Director-General, inconsultation with the Chairperson of the Executive Board;

(c) draw up its own agenda, taking into consideration the suggestions put toit by the Executive Board and the Director-General in respect of issuesthat they consider to have priority;


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(d) transmit the results of its work to the Executive Board, which willconsider the action to be taken on them, selecting, if necessary, fromamong the issues identified by the Forum those that could form thesubject of more far-reaching study by experts designated by the ExecutiveBoard for the purpose;

(e) be assisted in its work by the Secretariat of the Organization;

(f) be funded by savings throughout Part I of the budget, which will beidentified at the 140th session of the Executive Board and supplemented ifneed be by extra-budgetary resources;

8. Decides lastly that following the selection procedure set out in paragraph 7(b)above, the composition of the Forum will be established at the 140th session ofthe Executive Board, so that the Forum can hold its first meeting before the endof 1992;

9. Proposes to consider, at its 141st session, the results of the first meeting of theForum, in the light of which it will decide on the number of, and arrangementsfor, the meetings that might be organized before the twenty-seventh session ofthe General Conference;

10. Will report to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session on theconclusions of the work of the ad hoc Forum of Reflection, on any follow-upaction and on whether the exercise should be continued.

(139 EX/SR.1, 2,3,4 and 7)7.4 Dates of the 140th session

Special Committee )) 6-8 October 1992

Committee on Conventions )and Recommendations )

Bureau 9 October 1992

Plenaries and Commissions 12-31 October 1992

(139 EX/SR.7)

7.5 The situation of the cultural and architectural heritage as well as of educationaland cultural institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina (139 EX/33)


1. Recalling the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event ofArmed Conflict adopted at The Hague on 14 May 1954, United NationsSecurity Council Resolutions 749 (1992) and 752 (1992), the Appeal by theGeneral Conference concerning the natural and cultural heritage in Yugoslavia(25 October 1991) as well as the statements by the Director-General ofUNESCO on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina (7 May 1992 and 21 May1992),



2. Expresses its deep anxiety concerning the rapidly deteriorating situation in theRepublic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the gross and persistent violations ofSCE commitments, especially by the authorities in Belgrade and by theYugoslav National Army, as well as the extension of the conflict on anunprecedented scale and the relentless attacks on Sarajevo by the air force andheavy weaponry of the Yugoslav National Army;

3. Reiterates its concern about the damage done to many secular and religiousbuildings of historical significance and to the 400-year-old sites which embodythe historical and spiritual values of the Islamic, Catholic, Orthodox and Jewishcommunities living on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina;

4. Condemns all violent actions that cause loss of life and destroy the historical,religious and cultural heritage as well as educational and scientific institutions inBosnia-Herzegovina, and expresses its sympathy and solidarity with thecommunities whose cultural identities are endangered;

5. Invites the Director-General, as soon as the situation permits, to send a missionto Bosnia-Herzegovina to determine the damage to educational, historical,archaeological and cultural property in the region and to. explore the feasibilityof sending emergency assistance to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and requests him toreport to the Executive Board at its 140th session.

(139 EX/SR.5 and 7)

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE PRIVATE MEETINGS HELD ON 25 AND 27MAY 1992

At the private meetings held on 25 and 27 May 1992, the Board considered items 3.2, 6.9 and 6.11of its agenda.

3.2 Report by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations: Examination ofcommunications transmitted to the Committee in pursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3(139 EX/3 PRIV.)

(a) The Executive Board examined the report of its Committee on Conventions andRecommendations concerning the communications received by the Organization on thesubject of cases and questions of alleged violations of human rights in UNESCO’s fieldsof competence;

(b) The Board took note of the narrative part of that report and endorsed the wishesexpressed by the Committee.

(139 EX/SR.6)

6.9 Pensionable remuneration of the Director-General (139 EX/PRIV.1) (See decision 6.9above.)



6.11 Consultation pursuant to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board(139 EX/PRIV.2)

In accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, the Director-General, having informed the Executive Board of the decisions he had taken since its 137thsession concerning appointments, promotions and transfers of officials at D-1 level and above,consulted the Executive Board concerning a number of appointments and the extension of thecontracts of a number of officials at D-1 level and above.

(139 EX/SR.5)


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