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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Executive Board of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held its 56th session in Paris from April 4 to 30, 1960. Under the heading, Execution of the Program, the Board decided, inter alia: 1) to authorize the Director-General to utilize a sum of up to $14,000 to contribute to the carrying out of the International Study of University Admissions; 2) to set up a Consultative Committee to advise the Director-General in preparing his comments to be presented to the UN Economic and Social Council on the conclusions drawn from the survey on the main trends of research and on the dissemination and utilization of scientific knowledge for peaceful purposes; 3) to adopt the proposed agenda for the Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanographic Research to be held in Copenhagen from July 11 to 16, 1960; 4) to authorize the Director-General to advance financial assistance for activities to be undertaken during the summer in the United Arab Republic to safeguard the monuments of Nubia, noting with satisfaction the formation of national and international committees designed to secure contributions for the project; and 5) to communicate to the Economic and Social Council the Board's observations, based on the report of a meeting of experts, on measures for the promotion of further international cooperation in the fields of education, science, and culture.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Fall 1960 , pp. 669 - 671
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1960

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1 Document 56 EX/Decisions, May 19, 1960; see also UNESCO Chronicle, 06 1960 (Vol. 6. No. 6), p. 219–222Google Scholar. For a summary of the 55th session, see International Organization, Spring 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 2), p. 339–340Google Scholar.

2 Document 56 EX/3.

3 Documents 56 EX/15 and Addendum, 56 EX/16 and Addendum, 56 EX/17, 56 EX/18, 56 EX/19, and 56 EX/20.

4 Document 56 EX/25.

5 UNESCO Chronicle, 01 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 1), p. 21–23Google Scholar.

6 Ibid., March 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 3), p. 91–96.

7 Ibid., April 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 4), p. 131–136.

8 Ibid., p. 137–140.

9 Ibid., p. 141–144.

10 Ibid., May 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 5), p. 184–187.

11 Ibid., p. 188–191.

12 Ibid., July 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 7), p. 261–265.

13 Ibid., p. 276–278.

14 Ibid., April 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 4). P. 152.