Digest of UNESCO Program for 1948

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - 9 páginas

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Página 8 - ... scientific and cultural history of mankind. (A) collect information and materials to be used in a world register of workers, institutes, activities, research resources, and physical facilities in selected fields of education, science, and culture.
Página 2 - UNESCO will stimulate and coordinate aid to war-devastated countries in the rebuilding of educational, scientific, and cultural resources, in collaboration with the United Nations (United Nations Appeal for Children, International Emergency Children's Fund) and with the help of voluntary organizations in member states.
Página 8 - Asia to perform liaison tasks between the scientifically advanced countries and less developed regions. (6) convene a panel of experts in Latin America to advise UNESCO on the development of science in Latin America. (c) promote the establishment of an international institute of the Hylean Amazon; provide a small survey staff for this purpose; convene a meeting on the subject; provide the services of the field science cooperation station in South America. (d) consult with governments and organizations...
Página 5 - ... establishment of international departments in universities. (d) hold educational seminars on at least three of the following subjects: (1) teacher education, (2) preadolescent education, (3) education through youth organizations, and (4) education about the United Nations and its specialized agencies. (e) continue inquiry on education for understanding of the United Nations, its objectives, functions, and activities. (/) collect information and provide services for the improvement of textbooks...
Página 3 - Transmit to member states and other nations the draft of the International Convention to Facilitate the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an educational, scientific, and cultural character.
Página 1 - UNESCO'S work must rest with the peoples of its member states. The Second Session of the UNESCO General Conference in Mexico City approved a program for 1948 grouped under six main heads: 1. Reconstruction 2. Communication 3. Education 4. Cultural Interchange 5. Human and Social Relations 6. Natural Sciences 779222-48 {1 J 1.
Página 2 - UNESCO will distribute educational materials directly to war-devastated countries. (f) UNESCO will help implement the recommendations of the Commission on Technical Needs in the fields of press, radio, and films, on the basis of the survey made in 1947 in 12 war-devastated countries. (#) UNESCO will draw up a plan of action for aid to war-handicapped children. (h) UNESCO will aid reconstruction youth camps. (i) UNESCO will provide clearinghouse facilities for the exchange of publications as a reconstruction...
Página 4 - ... now impeded because of currency difficulties. (g) undertake publication in 1948 of a volume of essays prepared by international experts on the philosophical principles of human rights. (h) provide services for the international coordination of scientific, educational, and cultural publications. (i) convene an expert committee to promote abstracting of scientific and other publications. (j} prepare for publication a bibliography of creative writing under Axis occupation. (k) stimulate international...
Página 4 - Italy. (f) explore and experimentally apply a book-coupon scheme to facilitate the international exchange of books now impeded because of currency difficulties.
Página 2 - The Temporary International Council for Educational Reconstruction, under the sponsorship of UNESCO, will coordinate educational reconstruction programs of voluntary organizations; national commissions for UNESCO have been requested to help coordinate voluntary efforts in reconstruction in member countries. (c) UNESCO will provide statistical data, analyses of needs, and campaign materials for the reconstruction program. (d) UNESCO will urge duty-free entrance of contributed educational materials...