758 The inter-governmental organizations

HEADQUARTERS AND REGIONAL OFFICES

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REGIONAL AND OTHER OFFICES

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Chapter IV The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

In 1972, the United Nations Educational, Scien- basis for strategies to develop education. Other tific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ¹ empha- ideas put forward in the report were reflected in sized the need for new responses to problems in the activities of the organization, particularly the the fields of education, science, culture and com- need for innovation and the abolition of artificial munication. distinctions between in-school and out-of-school Membership of UNESCO rose to 130 at the end learning. of 1972 with the admission of Bangladesh (28 Special attention was given to the role of the October) and the German Democratic Republic new technologies, including the use of computers (24 November). During the year, Bahrain, Oman, and space communication. Activities in the area Qatar and the United Arab Emirates became full of programmed instruction included the evalu- members of the organization. The withdrawal of ation of a pilot project in Asia; the organization Portugal from UNESCO took effect as of 31 De- of an international documentation and pro- cember 1972. grammed instruction materials centre in Turin, Italy; and the initiation of a study of programmed Education instruction, with the International Institute for In 1972, the activities of UNESCO in the educa- Educational Planning, in collaboration with the tion field were reoriented towards realizing the International Bank for Reconstruction and De- universal right to education and introducing in- velopment. A demonstration centre for new educa- novative methods to provide it. tional methods and techniques was opened at A major event in this regard was the publication UNESCO headquarters in Paris, . of the report of the International Commission on Eighteen secondary and technical teacher-train- the Development of Education, headed by Edgar ing projects were launched during the year, fi- Faure, former Prime Minister and Minister of Education of France. The report, Learning to Be (published simultaneously in a dozen European, 1 Fur information about the activities of UNESCO prior to 1972, see reports of UNESCO to the United Nations, reporta Asian and African languages), concluded that the of the Director-General of UNESCO to the General Conference concept of life-long education should serve as the and previous volumes of Y.U.N. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 759 nanced by the United Nations Development a developing state or region, was shared by Viktor Programme (UNDP). Emphasis was laid on the Kovda (USSR), a soil scientist, and a group of training of a new type of teacher who would be Austrian scientists who developed an economical both class-room instructor and community "ani- steel production process. mator," able to stimulate the process of life-long Three volumes on new trends in science educa- education. tion were published, and a meeting was held on The organization prepared a report on higher the use of new technology in this field. Twenty- education in Togo, organized a mission to study nine projects were carried out under UNDP for the educational reforms in Morocco and sent a con- training of engineers and technicians. sultant to advise on (he organization of higher Committees for UNESCO'S interdisciplinary re- technical education in Egypt. It was also contri- search programme "Man and the Biosphere" were buting to the preparations tor an international set up in over 50 member States. Research was university, approved by the United Nations to be focused on the structure and functioning of General Assembly at its 1972 session. the biosphere. The Third International Conference on Adult The 1972 UNESCO General Conference adopted Education, held in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 July the Convention for the Protection of the World's to 7 August, was attended by some 20 ministers Cultural and Natural Heritage. The Convention of education and representatives of 85 countries. was drawn up by UNESCO in co-operation with the Particular stress was laid on the need for active International Union for the Conservation of Na- participation by adults in their own education and ture and Natural Resources. It provided for the on the requirements of culturally deprived groups. creation of a world heritage fund to safeguard Education for international understanding in- monuments and sites in peril, with priority volved varied activities in a large number of mem- consideration to be given to requests based on ber States. The Associated Schools Project, natural calamities and disasters. An international launched in 1953 to encourage primary, secondary committee of 15 countries parties to the Conven- and teacher-training schools to set up educational tion was to determine priorities and establish a programmes to further international co-operation "World Heritage List" of monuments and natural and peace, operated through more than 900 insti- sites considered to have outstanding universal tutions in 62 States during the year. These under- value. took activities centred on the study of the aims The 1972 General Conference also approved an and workings of the United Nations system, on international geological correlation programme, human rights and on other countries and cultures. sponsored jointly by UNESCO and the International A study of the educational aims of 61 countries Union for Geological Sciences and aimed at aiding was completed during the year. The study com- prospection for natural resources by correlating pared the material resources of the countries with phenomena occurring in different regions. their educational needs, in order to enable The organization responded to two natural Governments to determine the assistance they disasters in 1972, sending an earthquake recon- would need to develop their educational systems naissance team to Fars in southwest Iran, following over the coming five years. an earthquake in April, and a team of experts to the island of Luzon, , devastated by Natural sciences Hoods in July. In 1972, the activities of UNESCO'S science sector A symposium on the hydrology of marshes was were focused on problems related to the protec- organized at Minsk, Byelorussian SSR. A survey tion of the environment and the use of science of ground-water resources in the northern Sahara and technology in economic development. was completed; this was one of three current Thirteen developing countries were given assis- UNDP projects in hydrology. tance in the planning of science policy and re- Cameroon and Kenya joined the Intergovern- search, and a grant of $250,000 was allocated to mental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), raising the International Council of Scientific Unions. its membership to 74. The UNESCO General Conference, meeting in October 1972, approved a World Science In- Social sciences, humanities and culture formation System designed to help scientists and The first European inter-governmental con- engineers keep up with an annual flow of 2 million ference on cultural policies was held in Helsinki, books and articles. Finland, from 19 to 28 June 1972. The conference, The Kalinga Prize for the popularization of attended by some 300 delegates from 29 European science was awarded to Pierre Auger (France). The countries and Canada, reached a large measure of UNESCO Science Prize, awarded for an outstanding agreement on such questions as: broadening access contribution to the technological development of to, and participation in, cultural life; the use and 760 The Inter-governmental organizations impact of the mass media; environment; the role Communication of the artist in contemporary society; instruments The year 1972 was observed by UNESCO as Inter- of analysis of cultural development; and prospects national Book Year. Some 125 countries parti- for European cultural co-operation. cipated in the drive to encourage authorship and The UNESCO publication Cultural Development: translation, stimulate book production, build up Experiences and Policies was available to con- libraries and encourage the habit of reading and ference participants. Twenty monographs in the the use of books in education and in international UNESCO series Studies and Documents in Cultural understanding. Policies had been published by the end of the Book exhibitions were staged in most member year. States and 36 book fairs were organized, with the In the Middle East and in the Khmer Republic, active support of international professional orga- UNESCO continued implementation of the Hague nizations. Convention on the Protection of Cultural Prop- Among meetings organized as part of the Year erty in the Event of Armed Conflict. were symposia on the development of public Work was started on the dismantling of the libraries, held in the USSR, and on European Philae monuments in Nubia (Egypt), which were library systems, held in Czechoslovakia. to be reconstructed on nearby Agilkia island. The Several States marked the Year by announcing total cost of this operation was estimated at $13.3 that they would adhere to international conven- million, of which UNESCO was committed to raising tions on books, including the UNESCO Agreement $6 million. on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and The organization also carried out a programme Cultural Materials and the newly revised Inter- to safeguard Borobudur (Indonesia), Mohenjo- national Copyright Conventions. Several inter- Daro () and Bamiyan (Afghanistan) and national organizations adopted the "Charter of to preserve the Tunis-Carthage site. Co-operation the Book" drawn up by UNESCO, which set out the continued with the Italian Government on the cultural objectives of books, affirmed their essen- protection of Venice, Italy. tial role in education and in national development During the year, meetings were organized on and asserted the "right to read." Africa's cultural contribution to Latin America; During the Year, the Tokyo Book Development the education of the film maker; audio-visual Centre started a programme to produce low-cost media and oral traditions in Africa; the problem illustrated children's books simultaneously in 14 of the theft and pillage of works of art; and the Asian languages, and the association International adaptation of museums to the contemporary PEN launched a campaign to stimulate the trans- world. lation of children's literature. The twenty-third edition of Index Transla- Activities in newer fields of communication, in- liunum was published, listing 41,332 translations cluding satellite communication, also received made in 1970 in 73 countries; UNESCO'S programme attention. of translation of representative literary works was In Latin America, a feasibility study of a plan continued. for a regional system of televised education using The organization continued to work for the a space satellite was continued; in India, UNESCO elimination of racial prejudice and the promotion experts assisted in training specialized personnel of human rights. A symposium was held on trends for an educational television service which might in ethnic group relations in Latin America and also be transmitted by satellite. the Caribbean, and an international meeting was The 1972 UNESCO General Conference adopted organized on the concept of race, dignity and the Declaration of Guiding Principles on the Use identity. A second revised edition of Apartheid: of Satellite Broadcasting for the Free Flow of Its Effects on Education, Science, Culture and Information, the Spread of Education and Greater Information was published. Cultural Exchange. In the applied social sciences, studies were By the preambular paragraphs of the Dec- carried out on the following topics: the contribu- laration, the General Conference among other tion of the social sciences to development, man things observed that the Universal Declaration of and his environment, population, youth and drugs. Human Rights proclaimed that everyone had the Other studies dealt with the nature of com- right to seek, receive and impart information and munication between individuals and peoples and ideas through any media and regardless of fron- the development of philosophy in the contem- tiers; the right to education; the right freely to porary world. participate in the cultural life of the community; A new edition of Main Trends of Research in and the right to the protection of the moral and the Social and Human Sciences was published. material interests resulting from any scientific, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 761 literary or artistic production of which he was the aim of collecting and exchanging information the author. on research being undertaken in different States; The 11-article Declaration set forth the fol- a particular effort was to be made to provide lowing principles, among others: satellite broad- information to developing countries. By the end casting was to respect the sovereignty and equality of 1972, 78 information centres had been set up of all States and be apolitical; every effort was to in 56 countries. be made to ensure the factual accuracy of news Projects aimed at the modernization of docu- broadcasting, which was to identify the body mentation services and at experimentation with assuming responsibility for the news programme; methodologies suitable for an entire region were each country had the right to decide on the con- continued during the year. A pilot project was tent of the educational programmes broadcast by carried out in Argentina; UNDP-financed projects satellite to its people; cultural programmes should to help create national technical and scientific respect the distinctive character, value and dignity documentation services were continued in Morocco of each culture; taking into account the principle and in preparation in Bulgaria. of freedom of information, States were to reach or In statistics, information was collected on the promote prior agreements concerning direct sat- qualifications of teachers and a world-wide pro- ellite broadcasting to the population of countries gramme of statistical projections in education was other than the country of origin of the transmis- launched. A regional seminar on the statistics of sion; in preparing programmes for direct broad- culture and communication was organized at Addis casting to other countries, account was to be taken Ababa, Ethiopia. of differences in the national laws of the coun- tries of reception; the principles of the Declaration Projects executed for UNDP were to be applied with due regard for human In 1972, UNESCO served as executing agency for rights and fundamental freedoms. UNDP projects totalling some $40 million. A sum- The year saw a new departure in the field of mary of these projects by sector is shown in the communication planning and policies with the table below. launching of a programme to integrate commu- Estimates nication research with policy making. Studies on Sector (In U.S. dollars) Education 19,859,115 communication policies in several European coun- Natural sciences 17,902,720 tries were undertaken. Social sciences, humanities and culture 1,008,035 An international system of information on re- Communication 1,451,570 search in documentation (ISORID) was set up with Total 40,321,440

ASSISTANCE APPROVED UNDER THE UNESCO PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME, 1971-1972

The UNESCO Programme of Participation in Mem- it is in the main a programme for development. ber States' Activities is conceived as a complement A total of 863 projects were approved for the and counterpart to the planned activities of the 1971-1972 biennium. The largest number of pro- organization's regular programme. The Parti- jects (341) were in the field of social sciences, cipation Programme makes funds available from human sciences and culture, followed by education the UNESCO regular budget, at the request of mem- (146 projects), national commissions (134), com- ber States or of organizations, to assist them in munication (133) and natural sciences (109). carrying out activities related to UNESCO'S pro- The breakdown of assistance by country or terri- gramme. Although the programme's objectives are tory and by main field of activity is shown in table. broader than economic and social development,

Social sciences, Natural human sciences Commu- National Country or Territory Education sciences and culture nication commissions Total (In U.S. dollars) Afghanistan 10,150 6,400 14,700 3,700 4,000 38,950 Albania 2,000 4,000 3,000 2.200 11,200 Algeria 2,600 4,800 2,000 9,400 Argentina 5,500 6,000 21,000 5,000 1,000 38,500 7,250 2,000 19,700 28,950 6,000 20,500 7,000 33,500 Barbados 5,000 5,000 762 The inter-governmental organizations

Social sciences, Natural human sciences Commu- National Country or Territory Education sciences and culture nication commissions Tolal (In U.S. dollars) Bahrain 2,000 — 4,000 — — 6,000 Belgium 4,500 — 21,000 3,000 — 28,500 Bolivia — — 9,000 — 5,770 14,770 6,000 4,000 33,850 8,000 5,000 56,850 Bulgaria — 13,300 9,950 — 1,700 24,950 Burma — — 4,000 5,000 — 9,000 Burundi 2,830 3,000 4,200 3,200 780 14,010 Byelorussian SSR 3,700 6,000 7,600 1,400 3,000 21,700 Cameroon 9,350 2,000 8,400 10,000 1,000 30,750 Canada 4,000 10,500 17,500 5,000 — 37,000 Central African Republic — — 21,500 — 1,500 23,000 Chad 4,000 — 10,500 6,000 — 20,500 Chile 8,000 — 26,830 — 2,500 37,330 Colombia — 3,700 18,000 4,000 — 25,700 Congo 6,950 3,800 8,650 9,700 3,850 32.950 Costa Rica 10,400 3,450 11,891 5,000 1,500 32,241 Cuba 21,000 17,100 5,000 19,100 5,000 67,200 Cyprus 3,200 — 19,000 — 1,500 23,700 Czechoslovakia 12,500 — 12,000 — 2,000 26,500 Dahomey 4,100 4,400 18,200 — 3,600 30,300 Democratic Yemen 6,000 — 4,300 5,700 2,000 18,000 Denmark 11,700 — 9,000 — — 20,700 Dominican Republic 3,700 — 6,000 — 1.000 10.700 Ecuador 2,000 — 2,000 — — 4.000 Egypt 28,000 5,000 12,000 9,800 12,350 67.150 El Salvador — — 4,000 4,000 4,700 12,700 Ethiopia 12,800 3,700 21,000 13,950 3,385 54,835 Federal Republic of Germany 12,500 10,000 4,500 1,500 — 28,500 Finland — — 11,500 — — 11,500 France 17,600 — 23,200 2,700 — 43,500 Gabon 4,000 6,850 4,200 3,000 — 18.050 Ghana 5,050 5,000 9,200 25,500 7,130 51,880 Greece — — 7,500 — 4,000 11,500 Guatemala 3,000 — — — — 3,000 Guinea 6,700 — 2,200 — — 8,900 Guyana — — 10,000 — — 10,000 Haiti — — 5.000 — — 5,000 Honduras 4,200 — 4,000 9,700 2,000 19,900 Hungary 7,100 2,350 18,550 8,700 3,700 40.400 Iceland 4,000 10,000 5,000 1,700 — 20,700 India 8,000 — 56.250 13,900 6,500 84,650 Indonesia 12,000 7,000 31,000 — 1,000 51,000 Iran 6,000 6,350 19,700 5,800 6,200 44,050 Iraq — 6,000 3,700 16,000 2,820 28,520 Ireland — — 11,500 — — 11,500 Israel 5,150 13,800 6,150 1,400 — 26,500 Italy 3,000 2,000 12,000 3,800 4,200 25,000 Ivory Coast — — 10,200 4,000 4,080 18,280 Jamaica — 3,000 11,500 5,500 — 20,000 Japan 3,024 — 17.900 1,500 5,000 27.424 Jordan — — 7,000 3,200 1,500 11,700 Kenya 8,000 6,050 — — 1,780 15.830 Khmer Republic — — — — 800 800 Kuwait — 5,000 2,000 — 2,000 9,000 Laos — — — 1,500 — 1.500 Lebanon 3,200 — 3,000 — 2,000 8,200 Lesotho — 6,000 — — 1,500 7,500 Liberia 11,050 — 4,800 10,050 1,400 27,300 Libyan Arab Republic — — 4,000 — — 4,000 Madagascar 4,000 5,200 14,600 — 1,100 24,900 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 763

Social sciences, Natural human science s Commu- National Country or Territory Education sciences and culture nication commissions Total (in U.S. dollars) Malawi — 5,050 9,050 5,000 — 19,100 Malaysia — — 7,000 27,950 1,500 36,450 Mall 7,500 3,400 15,000 4,000 1,320 31,220 Malta 3,350 2,500 4,400 — — 10,250 Mauritania 11,000 — 12,000 5,000 — 28,000 Mauritius 8,000 6,000 — 9,050 1,900 24,950 — 2,500 15,400 2,000 2,000 21,900 Mongolia — — 16,600 — 2,750 19,350 Morocco — — 4,600 1,000 2,420 8,020 Nepal 10,500 3,700 35,300 3,700 4,350 57,550 Netherlands — — — — — Netherlands Antilles — — — 2,350 — 2.350 New Zealand 7,000 10,000 2,000 — — 19,000 Nicaragua 1,500 — — 1,500 — 3,000 Niger — — 27,900 — 3,000 30,900 Nigeria 3,000 9,500 53,800 7,000 2,500 75,800 Norway 1,400 — 13,500 2,500 — 17,400 Oman 850 — — — 850 Pakistan — — 12,800 6,000 600 19,400 Panama — 5,050 21,150 — — 26,200 Paraguay — — 5,000 — 1,980 6,980 Peru — 2,350 15,100 — 3,000 20,450 Philippines 3,650 5,800 13,600 2,800 3,500 29,750 Poland 10,000 — 22,000 5,300 2,500 39,800 Qatar — — — 2,000 — 2,000 Republic of Korea 10,000 — 15,700 — 4,000 29,700 Republic of Viet-Nam 3,000 — 16,300 — 1,850 21,150 Romania — 11,500 12,400 — 7,200 31,100 Rwanda — — 4,000 — — 4,000 Saudi Arabia 2,350 — — — — 2,350 Senegal — 5,000 25,450 21,200 2,125 53,775 Sierra Leone — 2,500 2.000 7,000 — 11,500 Singapore 4,100 — 7,700 2,000 — 13,800 Somalia 16,400 — 4,500 — — 20,900 3,500 — 10.700 — 1,000 15,200 Sri Lanka 5,000 2,000 10,700 8,000 1,850 27.550 Sudan 6,200 7,250 14,600 17,800 5,000 51,050 Sweden 9,000 — 2,000 — — 11,000 Switzerland 5,700 4,000 11,500 — — 21,200 Syrian Arab Republic 5,700 1,000 12,950 3,000 5,000 27,650 Thailand 9,900 9,300 17,150 12,750 8,000 57,100 Togo — 6,400 10,500 — 420 17,320 Trinidad and Tobago — 6,350 4,500 8,700 1,500 21,050 Tunisia 4,700 — 22,000 4,000 — 30,700 Turkey 6,000 2,000 1,400 2,300 — 11,700 Uganda 9,000 8,000 4.200 — 3,100 24,300 Ukrainian SSR 3,700 20,800 7,000 — 350 31,850 USSR 19,800 11,100 17.400 9,000 — 57,300 6,300 — 27,500 2,000 — 35,800 United Republic of Tanzania 4,000 8,000 14,700 — 4,500 31,200 United States 22,000 — 3.614 14,000 — 39,614 Upper Volta 7,000 — 8,400 4,000 2,000 21,400 Uruguay 6,000 12,000 8.400 — — 26,400 — — 12,000 2,100 1,000 15,100 Yemen 10,000 — 7,700 2,000 — 19,700 Yugoslavia 6,000 — 22.400 9,000 2,000 41,400 Zaire 10.350 — 15,900 3,000 2,500 31,750 Zambia — 14,200 11,600 — 3,560 29,360 Regional: Africa 15,700 — 4,000 22,240 — 41,940 Regional: Asia — — 6,000 — — 6,000 764 The inter-governmental organizations

Social sciences, Natural human sciences Commu- National Country or Territory Education sciences and culture nication commissions Total (In U.S. dollars) Regional: Arab States 3,700 3,700 4,600 9,700 21,700 Regional: Latin America 15.000 6,000 21,000 Inter-regional 3,500 — 3,500 30,000 37,000

Secretariat serving in the field; 411 of the general service and As at 31 December 197, the total number of maintenance staff were also in the field. full-time staff employed by UNESCO on permanent, fixed-term and short-term appointments stood at Budget 3,593. Of these, 1,889 were in the professional and The sixteenth General Conference of UNESCO, higher categories (drawn from 103 nationalities) meeting in October-November 1972, voted a bud- and 1,704 were in the general service and main- get of $119,954,000 for the 1973-1974 biennium. tenance categories. Extra-budgetary sources from UNDP were expected Of the professional staff, 1,107 were experts to add another $100,000,000 to this sum.

Annex MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS (Membership as at 31 December 1972; contributions as assessed for 1973)

CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION Amount Amount Amount Percen- (In U.S. Percen- (In U.S. Percen- (in U.S. MEMBER tage dollars) MEMBER tage dollars) MEMBER tage dollars) Afghanistan .04 21,088 Ghana .06 31,632 Nicaragua .04 21,088 Albania .04 21,088 Greece .27 142,344 Niger .04 21,088 Algeria .08 42,176 Guatemala .04 21,088 Nigeria .11 57,992 Argentina .79 416,488 Guinea .04 21,088 Norway .40 210,880 Australia 1.37 722,264 Guyana .04 21,088 Oman .04 21.088 Austria .51 268,872 Haiti .04 21,088 Pakistan .32 168.704 Bahrain .04 21,088 Honduras .04 21,088 Panama .04 21,088 Bangladesh .04 21,088 Hungary .45 237.240 Paraguay .04 21,088 Barbados .04 21,088 Iceland .04 21,088 Peru .09 47,448 Belgium .98 516,656 India 1.45 764,440 Philippines .29 152,888 Bolivia .04 21,088 Indonesia .26 137,072 Poland 1.31 690,632 Brazil .75 395,400 Iran .20 105,440 Qatar .04 21,088 Bulgaria .17 89,624 Iraq .06 31.632 Republic of Korea .10 52,720 Burma .04 21,088 Ireland .14 73,808 Republic of Burundi .04 21,088 Israel .18 94,896 Viet-Nam .06 31,632 Byelorussian SSR .46 242,512 Italy 3.30 1,739,760 Romania .33 173,976 Cameroon .04 21,088 Ivory Coast .04 21,088 Rwanda .04 21,088 Canada 2.87 1,513,064 Jamaica .04 21,088 Saudi Arabia .06 31,632 Central African Japan 5.04 2,657,088 Senegal .04 21,088 Republic .04 21,088 Jordan .04 21,088 Sierra Leone .04 21,088 Chad .04 21,088 Kenya .04 21,088 Singapore .04 21,088 Chile .18 94,896 Khmer Republic .04 21,088 Somalia .04 21,088 3.73 1,966,456 Kuwait .07 36,904 Spain .97 511,384 Colombia .18 94,896 Laos .04 21,088 Sri Lanka .04 21,088 Congo .04 21,088 Lebanon .04 21.088 Sudan .04 21,088 Costa Rica .04 21,088 Lesotho .04 21,088 Sweden 1.17 616,824 Cuba .15 79,080 Liberia .04 21,088 Switzerland .78 411,216 Cyprus .04 21,088 Libyan Arab Syrian Arab Czechoslovakia .84 442,848 Republic .06 31.632 Republic .04 21,088 Dahomey .04 21,088 Luxembourg .04 21,088 Thailand .12 63,264 Democratic Yemen .04 21,088 Madagascar .04 21,088 Togo .04 21,088 Denmark .58 305,776 Malawi .04 21,088 Trinidad and Dominican Republic .04 21,088 Malaysia .09 47,448 Tobago .04 21,088 Ecuador .04 21,088 Mali .04 21,088 Tunisia .04 21,088 Egypt .17 89,624 Malta .04 21,088 Turkey .32 168,704 El Salvador .04 21,088 Mauritania .04 21,088 Uganda .04 21,088 Ethiopia .04 21,088 Mauritius .04 21,088 Ukrainian SSR 1.74 917,328 Federal Republic of Mexico .82 432,304 USSR 13.23 6,974,856 Germany 6.34 3,342,448 Monaco .04 21,088 United Arab Finland .42 221,424 Mongolia .04 21,088 Emirates .04 21,088 France 5.60 2,952,320 Morocco .08 42,176 United Kingdom 5.50 2,899,600 Gabon .04 21,088 Nepal .04 21,088 United Republic of German Democratic Netherlands 1.10 579,920 Tanzania .04 21,088 Republic * — — New Zealand .30 158,160 United States 29.41 15,504,952 The World Health Organization 765

CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION Amount Amount Amount Percen- (In U.S. Percen- (In U.S. ASSOCIATE Percen- (In U.S. MEMBER tage dollars) MEMBER tage dollars) MEMBER tage dollars) Upper Volta .04 21,088 Zaire .04 21,088 British Eastern Uruguay .06 31,832 Zambia .04 21,088 Caribbean Group 10,744 Venezuela .38 200,338 Yemen .04 21,088 Total 52,720,000 Yugoslavia .35 184,520 * Contribution not assessed as at 31 December 1972.

Annex II. OFFICERS AND OFFICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (As at 31 December 1972)

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman: Fuad Sarruf (Lebanon). slovakia, Dahomey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Vice-Chairmen: Gabriel Betancur Mejia (Colombia), Tooryalay Germany, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Italy, Jamaica, Etemadi (Afghanistan), Josef Grohman (Czechoslovakia), Ilmo Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Saudi Hela (Finland), Biaise Senghor (Senegal). Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Togo, USSR, United King- Members: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, dom, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia. Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Czecho-

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE SECRETARIAT Director-General: René Maheu (France). dimir Erofeev (USSR), James Harrison (Canada), Richard Deputy Director-General: John E. Fobes (United States). Hoggart (United Kingdom), Amadou Mahtar M'Bow (Senegal), Assistant Directors-General: Mahdi Elmandira (Morocco), Vla- Alberto Obligado (Argentina).

HEADQUARTERS AND OTHER OFFICES HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK OFFICE UNESCO House United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Place de Fontenoy Organization Paris 75700, France United Nations Headquarters, Room 2201 Cable address: UNESCO PARIS New York, N.Y. 10017. United States Cable address: UNESCORG NEWYORK

Chapter V The World Health Organization (WHO)

The membership of the World Health Organiza- of China as the only Government having the right tion (WHO)1 rose to 137 in 1972 with the admission to represent China in WHO. of Fiji (I January), the United Arab Emirates The twenty-fifth World Health Assembly, meet- (30 March), Qatar (11 May) and Bangladesh ing in Geneva from 9 to 29 May 1972, made a (19 May) as full members and of Papua New number of recommendations concerning the or- Guinea (26 July) as an associate member. ganization's future activities. Among these was a On 26 January 1972, the WHO Executive Board request to the WHO Director-General to examine recommended that the People's Republic of China the feasibility of an international information sys- be recognized as the only Government having the tem providing data on the registration of drugs right to represent China in WHO. On 10 May 1972, the World Health Assembly, meeting in Geneva, 1 For information about WHO's activities prior to 1972, see Switzerland, decided by a vote of 76 to 15, with the Official Records of the World Health Organization and 27 abstentions, to recognize the People's Republic previous volumes of Y.U.N.