Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-hvd4g Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-26T14:07:21.955Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Get access

Extract

The third session of the General Conference of UNESCO met in Beirut, Lebanon from November 17 through December 11, 1948, with 36 member nations represented and official observers from eight other countries. Jaime Torres Bodet, Julian Huxley. Paris was selected for the site of the fourth session in September 1949, and a budget of $7,780,000 was approved. During the session, Switzerland completed the requirements to become the 45th member nation and the application of Monaco was approved. Ceylon's application was referred to the Economic and Social Council for advice, while Israel withdrew its application.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1949 , pp. 161 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1949

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1 U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Press Release 13, December 13, 1948.

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 UNESCO Background Release 55, October 8, 1948.