Hundred and forty-second Session. TO THE 44th SESSION OF THE SUMMARY

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1 .t$, j /C.C %) j&g* 4;; a_ s ~@$x!d Nations Educational, b&ntific and Cultural Organization Executive Board ex Hundred and forty-second Session 142 EX/42 PARTS, 30 August Original: French 1993 Item of the provisional agenda INVITATIONS INTERNATIONAL TO THE 44th SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION SUMMARY Pursuant to the Regulations for the general classification of the various categories of meetings convened by UNESCO, the Director-General submits proposals to the Executive Board for the decisions it has to take concerning invitations to the 44th session of the International Conference on Education. The theme of that session Appraisal and perspectives of education for international understanding is in keeping with the resolutions adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-sixth session and with the draft resolution on this subject that will be submitted to the General Conference at its twenty-seventh session.

2 INTRODUCTION 142 EX/42 1. Resolutions 1.2,7.1,7.3 and 7.4 adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-sixth session provide that the IBE will, inter alia, prepare the 44th session of the International Conference on Education, which will be held in Geneva in 1994 and whose theme will be Appraisal and perspectives of education for international understanding. CATEGORY OF THE CONFERENCE 2. Under the Regulations for the general classification of the various categories of meetings convened by UNESCO (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations ), this Conference falls into the category of intergovernmental meetings other than international conferences of States (category II), and the chief participants will therefore represent their governments. PARTICIPANTS 3. In accordance with the Regulations as they relate to category II meetings, invitations to the Conference are decided on by the Executive Board. Member States and Associate Members (Article of the Regulations) 4. Under Article 21, paragraph 1, of the Regulations, the Executive Board, on the Director-General s proposal and subject to the regulations applicable, shall decide on the Member States and Associate Members whose governments are to be invited. 5. In accordance with the above-mentioned article, the Director-General proposes that all Member States and Associate Members be invited to participate, with the right to vote. Non-Member States (Article 21.3 of the Regulations) 6. In accordance with Article 21, paragraph 3, of the Regulations, the Executive Board may designate non-member States to be invited to send observers to the Conference. The Director-General proposes that those States that are not members of UNESCO but are members of at last one of the organizations of the United Nations system be invited to send observers. At the time when this document was prepared the list of States that are not members of UNESCO but are members of at least one of the organizations of the United Nations system was as follows: Andorra, Brunei, Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan and Vanuatu. In addition, the Director-General proposes that the Executive Board invite to the Conference, as observers, any States that become members of any of the organizations of the United Nations system before the opening of the Conference. African liberation movements recognized by the OAU (Article 7A of the Regulations) 7. Under Article 7A of the Regulations, the Executive Board shall decide on the African liberation movements recognized by the OAU that are to be invited to send observers to the Conference. At the time when this document was prepared the following African liberation movements were recognized by the OAU: the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).

3 142 EX/42 - page 2 Palestine (Article 7B of the Regulations) 8. Under Article 7B of the Regulations, the Executive Board shall invite Palestine to send observers to the Conference. International organizations (Articles 21.4 and 21.5 of the Regulations) (a) Organ&&ions of the United Nations system with which UNESCO has concluded mutual representation agreements (Article of the Regulations) 9. The Director-General reminds the Board that under Article 21, paragraph 4, of the Regulations the following organizations of the United Nations system, with which UNESCO has concluded mutual representation agreements, may send representatives to the Conference: United Nations (UN) United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) United Nations University (UNU) Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) World Food Council (WFC) World Food Programme (WFP) United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNIDCP) Specialized Agencies International Labour Organisation (ILO) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (b) Other international organizations (Article 21.5 of the Regulations) 10. Under Article 21, paragraph 5, of the Regulations, the Board may decide that the following shall be invited to send observers to the meeting: (a) organizations of the United Nations system with which UNESCO has not concluded mutual representation agreements; (b) intergovernmental organizations; and (c) international non-governmental organizations, in accordance with the directives concerning UNESCO s relations with these organizations. The

4 142 EX/42 - page 3 Executive Board has also decided on several occasions to invite to category II meetings institutions and foundations that may have an interest in sending observers to these meetings. * 11. The Director-General proposes that the Executive Board invite the following organizations, foundations and institutions to send observers to the Conference: (i) Organizations of the United Nations system with which UNESCO has not concluded mutual representation agreements International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (ii) Other intergovernmental organizations African Bureau of Educational Sciences African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Centre for Applied Research and Training in Social Development African Cultural Institute (ICA) African Development Bank (AfDB) Agency for Cultural and Technical Co-operation (ACTC) Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA) Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States Arab Federation for Technical Education (AFTE) Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) Asian Development Bank (AsDB) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Colombo Plan Bureau Commission of the European Communities (CEC) Commonwealth Secretariat Conference of Ministers of Education of French-speaking Countries (CONFEMEN) Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sport of French-speaking Countries (CONFEJES) Council of Europe (CE) East African Centre for Research in Oral Traditions and African National Languages (EACROTANAL) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) International Centre for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries (ICPE) Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Islamic States Broadcasting Services Organization (ISBO) Latin American Economic System (SELA) Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) League of Arab States (LAS) Nordic Council (NC)

5 142 EX/42 - page 4 Nordic Council of Ministers of Education and Culture Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Organization of African Unity (OAU) Organization of American States (OAS) Organization of Central American States (OCAS) Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Permanent Executive Secretariat of the Andres Belle Convention (SECAB) Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) Regional Council for Adult Education and Literacy in Africa (CREAA) South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) South Pacific Commission (SPC) Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) University for Peace West African Economic Community (WAEC) World Tourism Organization (WTO) (iii) International non-governmental organizations having consultative and associate relations with UNESCO (category A) Association des universitis partiellement ou entierement de langue franqaise (AUPELF) Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) Education International (EI) European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EAASH) International Association of Universities (IAU) International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS) International Federation of Workers Educational Associations (IFWEA) International Press Institute (IPI) International Social Science Council (ISSC) International Union of Family Organizations (IUFO) Society of African Culture (SAC) United Towns Organization (UTO) World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) World Confederation of Teachers (WCT) World Federation of Teachers Unions (FISE) World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA) World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) World Peace Council (WPC) (iv) International non-governmental organizations having information and consultative relations with UNESCO (category B) Academia Europaea African Association for Literacy and Adult Education (AALAE) African Social and Environmental Studies Programme (ASESP) Amnesty International (AI) Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE) Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW)

6 142 EX/42 - page 5 Association for the Promotion of the International Circulation of the Press (DISTRIPRESS) Caritas Internationalis (CI) Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) Club of Rome Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Ecumenical Institute for the Development of Peoples (INODEP) European Society of Culture (SEC) Experiment in International Living (EIL) Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) International Alliance of Women (IAW) International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) International Association for Educational and Vocational Information (AIISUP) International Association for Education Assessment (IAEA) International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) International Association for the Child s Right to Play (IPA) International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) International Association of Charities (AK) International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP) International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) International Association of University Professors and Lecturers (IAUPL) International Association of Workers for Maladjusted Children (IAWMC) International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) International Catholic Child Bureau (ICCB) International Centre of Films for Children and Young People (ICFCYP) International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation (ICSSD) International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) International Council of Women (ICW) International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) International Federation for Parent Education (IFPE) International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) International Federation of Educative Communities (FICE) International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) International Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FIEJ) International Federation of Organizations for School Correspondence and Exchanges (FIOCES) International Federation of Social Science Organizations (IFSSO) International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) International Federation of Training Centres for the Promotion of Progressive Education (FICEMEA) International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) International Institute for Audio-Visual Communication and Cultural Development (MEDIACULT) International Institute for Peace (BP) International Law Association (ILA) International League for Child and Adult Education (ILCAAE)

7 142 EX/42 - page 6 International League for Human Rights (ILHR) International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap (ILSMH) International Movement ATD Fourth World International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples (UFER) International Organization for Development of Freedom of Education (OIDEL) International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) International Peace Research Association (IPRA) International Political Science Association (IPSA) International Public Relations Association (IPRA) International Reading Association (IRA) International Schools Association (ISA) International Union for Health Education (IUHE) International Union of Students (IUS) International Writers Guild (IWG) International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN) International Youth Federation for Environmental Studies and Conservation (IYFESC) Latin American Council for Adult Education (CEAAL) Latin American Social Sciences Council (CLACSO) League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LORCS) Pan African Institute for Development (PAID) Society for International Development (SID) Sri Aurobindo Society Standing Conference of Rectors, Presidents and Vice-Chancellors of the European Universities (CRE) Union of International Associations (UIA) Union of National Radio and Television Organizations of Africa (URTNA) United Schools International (USI) Universal Esperanto Association (UEA) Women s International Democratic Federation (WIDF) Women s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) World Assembly of Youth (WAY) World Association for Educational Research (WAER) World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace (EIP) World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) World Education Fellowship (WEF) World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) World Future Studies Federation (WFSF) World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA) World Movement of Mothers (WMM) World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) World University Service (WUS)

8 142 EX/42 - page 7 (v) International non-governmental organizations having mutual information relations with UNESCO (category C) Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights Asian Buddhists Conference for Peace (ABCP) Association for World Education (AWE) Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes (UNICA) Christian Movement for Peace (CMP) Christian Peace Conference (CPC) Dialogue and Co-operation Europe Migrants Associations Council (CAIE) European Council of International Schools (ECIS) European Cultural Centre (ECC) European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFlL) European University Centre for Peace Studies (EUCPS) Inter-American Federation for Adult Education (FIDEA) International Association for Community Development (IACD) International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty (AIDLR) International Association for the Development of Cross-Cultural Communication International Committee for European Security and Co-operation (ICESC) International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) International Friendship League (IFL) International Institute for Human Rights Studies (IIEDH) International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples (LIDLP) International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD) International Peace Bureau (IPB) Latin American Association for Human Rights (ALDHU) Third World Sociological Association (TWSA) World Association of World Federalists World Council of Indigenous Peoples (WCIP) World Education (WE) World Peace Through Law Centre (WPTLC) (vi) Institutions and foundations Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (United States of America) Bernard Van Leer Foundation (Netherlands) Carnegie Corporation of New York (United States of America) Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (United States of America) Commonwealth Foundation (United Kingdom) Fondation Simon Patino (Switzerland) Ford Foundation (United States of America) Foundation for International Studies (Malta) FundaGao Brasileira para o Desenvolvimiento do Ensino de Ciencia (FUNBEC) (Brazil) FundaEao Carlos Chagas (Brazil) Fundaqao Roberto Ma&ho (Brazil) Fundaci6n Polar (Venezuela) Fundaci6n Ram6n Areces (Spain) Fundacion Universidad-Empresa (Spain)

9 142 EW42 - page 8 Hamdard Foundation (Pakistan) Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom) Sabah Foundation (Malaysia) 12. In view of the above, the Executive Board may wish to adopt the following decision: The Executive Board, 1. Considering that, subject to the approval of the General Conference at its twentyseventh session, the Director-General is authorized to convene the 44th session of the International Conference on Education in 1994, 2. HavinE examined document 142 EX/42, 3. Decides: 0) (ii) (iii) (iv> (v) (vi> that invitations to participate in the 44th session of the International Conference on Education with the right to vote will be sent to all Member States and the Associate Members of UNESCO and to any other State that becomes a member of UNESCO prior to the opening of the Conference; that invitations to send observers to the Conference will be sent to the States mentioned in paragraph 6 of document 142 EX/42 that are not members of UNESCO but are members of another organization of the United Nations system, and to any other State that becomes a member of one of the organizations of the United Nations system before the opening of the Conference; that invitations to send observers to the Conference will be sent to the African liberation movements recognized by the OAU that are mentioned in paragraph 7 of document 142 EX/42, and also to Palestine; that invitations to send representatives to the Conference will be sent to the organizations of the United Nations system with which UNESCO has concluded mutual representation agreements and which are listed in paragraph 9 of document 142 EX/42; that invitations to send observers to the Conference will be sent to the organizations, foundations and institutions mentioned in paragraph 11 of document 142 EX/42; that the Director-General is authorized to send out any other invitations he may deem useful for advancing the work of the Conference, notifying the Executive Board thereof.