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Reproductions Supplied by EDRS Are the Best That Can Be Made from the Original Document DOCUMENT RESUME ED 439 979 SO 028 751 TITLE Records of the General Conference (28th, Paris, France, October 25 to November 16, 1995). Volume 1: Resolutions [and] Volume 2: Reports--Programme Commissions, Administrative Commission, Legal Committee. INSTITUTION United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Conference. Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Section for Technical and Vocational Education. PUB DATE 1996-00-00 NOTE 217p.; Part 3, the 1008 page Proceedings in multiple languages, is available for download from the Web; See http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001086/108623mo.pdf. AVAILABLE FROM United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris, France. For full text: http://unesdoc.unesco.org. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Basic Skills; Comparative Education; Compulsory Education; Foreign Countries; Functional Literacy; *International Cooperation; Multicultural Education; *World Affairs IDENTIFIERS UNESCO ABSTRACT The records of the 28th UNESCO general conference are divided into three parts. The first part contains the resolutions adopted by the UNESCO General Conference and the list of officers of the General Conference and of the Commissions and Committees. The second part contains the reports of the five UNESCO Program Commissions, the Administrative Commission, the joint meeting of the Programme and Administrative Commissions, and the Legal Committee. The third part contains the verbatim records of the plenary meetings, the list of participants, and the list of documents. This document comprises the first two volumes. The 13 sections of the first volume are: (1) "Organization of the Session, Admission of New Member States, Election of Members of the Executive Board and Tribute toits Chairpersons"; (2) "Reports on the Activities of the Organization and Programme Evaluation"; (3) "Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001"; (4) "Programme for 1996-1997";(5) "Support for Programme Execution"; (6) "Budget"; (7) "General Resolutions"; (8) "Constitutional and Legal Questions"; (9) "Financial Questions";(10) "Staff Questions"; (11) "Headquarters Questions"; (12) "Methods of Work of the Organization"; and (13) "Twenty-Ninth Session of the General Conference." In the second volume, each of the 5 program commissions, as well as the Administrative Commission, the joint Programme and Administrative Commission, and the Legal Committee, has a report with resolutions and suggested budgetary figures. Items for discussion under each report are also presented. The third volume lists the complete proceedings in 6 different languages. (EH) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Records of the General Conference Mc lty-de& Samba Paris, 25 October to 16 November NO Volume Resolutions U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) er This document has been reproducedas received from the person or organization originating it. 1:1 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position cr policy. BEST COPYAVAILABLE Volume 1 Resolutions United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Committee (Volume 2); The volume of Proceedings, which contains the verbatim records of plenary meetings, the list of participants and the list of documents (Volume 3). Note on the numbering of resolutions The resolutions have been numbered serially. It is recommended that references to resolutions be made in one of the following forms: In the body of the text: `Resolution 3.1 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session'; or '28 C/Resolution 3.1'. In passing reference: `(28 C/Resolution 3.1)' or '( 28 C/Res. 3.1)'. Published in 1996 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP Composed and printed in the workshops of UNESCO, Paris © UNESCO 1996 Contents Organization of the session, admission of new Member States, election of Members of the Executive Board and tribute to its Chairperson 0.1 Credentials 1 0.2 Communications received from Member States invoking the provisions of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution 2 0.3 Adoption of the agenda 3 0.4 Composition of the General Committee 6 0.5 Organization of the work of the session 7 0.51 Plan for the organization of the work 7 0.52 Participation in the work of the twenty-eighth session of the General Conference 7 0.6 Admission of new Member States 7 0.61 Admission of the Republic of Nauru as a Member State of UNESCO 7 0.62Request for the admission of Palestine to UNESCO 7 0.7 Admission of a new Associate Member 8 0.71 Admission of Macau as an Associate Member 8 0.8 Admission to the twenty-eighth session of observers from non-governmental organizations 8 0.9 Election of Members of the Executive Board 9 0.10Tribute to Ms Attiya Inayatullah, Chairperson of the Executive Board 9 II Reports on the activities of the Organization and programme evaluation 0.11Report by the Executive Board on its own activities in 1994-1995 11 III Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001 0.12Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001 13 IV Programme for 1996-1997 A. Major Programmes and Transdisciplinary Projects 1 Towards lifelong education for all 17 1.1 Major Programme I: Towards lifelong education for all 17 1.2 UNESCO International Bureau of Education (SE) 18 1.3 UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (DEP) 19 1.4 UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) 20 1.5 Follow-up to the World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality (Salamanca, Spain, June 1994) 21 1.6 Strengthening regional co-operation in higher education in Asia and the Pacific 21 1.7 Statutes of the Regional Committee on Education in Asia and the Pacific 22 1.8 Report of the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (CEART) on its sixth ordinary session 24 lII 1.9 Preparation of a draft convention on the recognition of qualifications in higher education in the European region with a view to its joint adoption by UNESCO and the Council of Europe 25 1.10Frequency of the sessions of the International Conferenceon Education 25 1.11 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 25 1.12Basic Education for MI: 'Perspectives de Segou' 26 1.13The elimination of discriminatory stereotypes of women 26 1.14United Nations University and UNESCO joint activities 27 1.15 Reform and renewal of education in Central and Eastern Europe 27 1.16Establishment through UNEVOC of links between the formal and informal educational and training sectors and the economy 28 1.17 The use of new technologies in education 28 2 The sciences in the service of development 29 2.1 Major Programme II: The sciences in the service of development 29 2.2 Drawing up of an international declaration on the human genome and the protection of human rights 31 2.3 Election of members of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere 31 2.4 The Seville Strategy on Biosphere Reserves and the Statutory Framework of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves 32 2.5 Amendment to the Statutes of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme 35 2.6 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme 35 2.7 The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 35 2.8 The 'Management of Social Transformations' (MOST) programme 36 2.9 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Council for the 'Management of Social Transformations' (MOST) programme 36 2.10 Youth 37 2.11 Suspension of Article 3(1) of the Statutes of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS) 38 3 Cultural development: the heritage and creativity 38 3.1 Major Programme DI Cultural development: the heritage and creativity 38 3.2 World Decade for Cultural Development 40 3.3 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Committee of the World Decade for Cultural Development 41 3.4 The cultural dimension of post-war reconstruction 42 3.5 Preservation and development of cultural life in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe 42 3.6 Culture link Network 43 3.7 Takshaschila Institute 44 3.8 Co-operation with the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (WAS) 45 3.9 Celebration of the 1,700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianityas a State religion in Armenia 46 3.10The UNESCO World Heritage Centre 46 3.11 Implementation of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970) 47 3.12Election of members of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation 47 3.13Preliminary study on the advisability of preparing an international instrument for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage 48 3.14Jerusalem and the implementation of 27 C/Resolution 3.8 48 3.15Co-operation for the safeguarding of the ecocultural heritage of the historic area of Angkor 50 3.16Preservation of Moenjodaro 50 3.17Election of the members of the Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum
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