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Records of the General Conference 31st Session Paris, 15 October to 3 November 2001 Volume 1 Resolutions United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Records of the General Conference 31st Session Paris, 15 October to 3 November 2001 Volume 1 Resolutions United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Published in 2002 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 2002 Note on the Records of the General Conference The Records of the 31st session of the General Conference are printed in two volumes:1 The present volume, containing the resolutions adopted by the General Conference, the reports of Commissions I to V, the Administrative Commission and the Legal Committee, and the list of officers of the General Conference and of the Commissions and Committees (Volume 1); The volume of Proceedings, which contains the verbatim records of plenary meetings, the list of participants and the list of documents (Volume 2). 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 15 adopted by the General Conference at its 31st session”; or “31 C/Resolution 15”. In passing reference: “(31 C/Resolution 15)” or “(31 C/Res. 15)”. 1. Until the 30th session, the records of the General Conference were printed in three volumes: Resolutions (Volume 1); Reports (Volume2); Proceedings (Volume3). Contents I Organization of the session and tribute to the Chairperson of the Executive Board 01 Credentials ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 02 Communications received from Member States invoking the provisions of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution ......................................................................................... 3 03 Adoption of the agenda .................................................................................................................................... 3 04 Composition of the General Committee ........................................................................................................... 6 05 Organization of the work of the session ........................................................................................................... 6 06 Admission to the 31st session of observers from non-governmental organizations .......................................... 6 07 Tribute to the Chairperson of the Executive Board........................................................................................... 8 II Elections 08 Election of Members of the Executive Board.................................................................................................... 9 09 Election of members of the Council of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) ............................................................................................................................................ 9 010 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS) ......................................................................................................................................... 10 011 Election of members of the International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB) ................................................................................................................... 10 012 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) ........................................................................................................................ 10 013 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Council of the Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme ................................................................................................... 11 014 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC) .................................................. 11 015 Election 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 ..................................................................................................................................... 11 016 Election of the members of the Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo ........................................................................................ 12 017 Election of members of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) ........................................................................... 12 018 Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP) ............................................................................................................................... 12 019 Election of members of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)............................................................................................................................................. 13 020 Composition of the Legal Committee for the 32nd session ..............................................................................13 021 Composition of the Headquarters Committee until the end of the 32nd session ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 III Medium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007 1 Medium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007 ............................................................................................................ 15 IV General policy and Direction 2 Governing bodies, Direction and Participation in the joint machinery of the United Nations system ............. 19 V V Programme for 2002-2003 Programmes 3 Major Programme I: Education .................................................................................................................... 21 4 UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) ......................................................................................23 5 UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) ................................................................ 23 6 UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) ........................................................................................................ 24 7 UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) ......................................................... 25 8 UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC)...................................................................................................................................... 25 9 UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) ................................................... 26 10 International Conference on Education ......................................................................................................... 26 11 African Academy of Languages .................................................................................................................... 27 12 Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education (2001) .................................... 27 13 Implementation of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel........................................................................................................................................ 40 14 Procedures of the Conciliation and Good Offices Commission responsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes that may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education ......................................................................................................................... 40 15 Major Programme II: Natural sciences ......................................................................................................... 40 16 Establishment of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education .............................................................. 43 17 Establishment of the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management in Tehran, under the auspices of UNESCO.................................................................................................... 44 18 Establishment of a Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones, Egypt, under the auspices of UNESCO .......................................................... 44 19 Establishment of an International Centre for Synchrotron Light for Experimental Sciences and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) under the auspices of UNESCO ........................ 44 20 Proclamation of World Science Day for Peace and Development ................................................................ 45 21 Major Programme III: Social and human sciences ...................................................................................... 45 22 Bioethics Programme: priorities and prospects ............................................................................................