United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-312
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Director General ◽  
Consultative Committee ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Subsequent Investigation ◽  
The World ◽  
Asian Languages

The fifth session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization had authorized the Director-General (Bodet) “to assist in the establishment of a World Braille Council”, but subsequent investigation had revealed that the existing state of development of Braille in the different regions of the world, and the lack of properly established national or regional organizations, rendered impossible the creation of an independent council. UNESCO's Executive Board, therefore, at its twenty-eighth session, authorized the Director-General to establish provisionally a World Braille Council attached to UNESCO in the form of an advisory committee, in which connection the Director-General summoned a committee of experts to work out the composition and role of the proposed council. The consultative committee met in Paris from December 10 to 12, 1951, prepared draft statutes for the council, and made recommendations as to the methods of work of the council and the tasks which it should undertake. Under the terms of the proposed statutes, the World Braille Council (WBC), to be composed of nine members with technical and regional qualifications and to be convened at least once every five years at the call of UNESCO's Director-General, would have the following functions: 1) advise the Director-General on all matters relating to the maintenance or extension of uniformity in Braille usage; 2) advise the Director-General as to the best means of establishing liaison with interested organizations'; and 3) deal with any other matters referred to it by the Director-General. Further, the consultative committee recommended, for the purpose of the council's work, the division of the world into eight lingual zones and suggested that WBC's program include musical notation, mathematical and science symbols, the compilation of an international catalogue, the establishment of regional councils, and assistance in the continuation and coordination of uniform Braille systems for the African and southeast Asian languages.

scholarly journals «Education for All» in UNESCO’S Activities

2018 ◽  
pp. 176-186
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Pilkevych
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Education For All ◽  
High Importance ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
World Report ◽  
The Right

The activities of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in the educational sphere have been researched. The article as well focuses on the important program «Education for All». At the World Education Forum (Dakar, 2000), the governments pledged to achieve «Education for All» and identified six goals to be met by 2015. Threfore the study examines these goals. Special attention has been paid to the results of this program. According to the World Report on Monitoring «Education for All», the statistics has been presented to achieve the goals set. The study outlines the problems of this sphere that need to be solved in the future. It is emphasized that a number of goals, namely the right of all to education, gender equality, improvement of the education system, etc. are extremely important. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization organizes different conferences, forums for solution problems of education, gives important recommendation for improvements educational sphere. The views of the General Directors of UNESCO on the role of education in UNESCO’s activities, on implementation of the provisions of the «Education for All» have been given. The author as well emphasizes on the high importance of educational sphere of the activities of UNESCO. In accordance with the new declaration, the study outlines the perspective of educational sphere of UNESCO’s activities (from 2015 to 2030).

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-327 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Basic Program ◽  
Program Committee ◽  
Director General ◽  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization

Meeting in December 1949 for its eighteenth session, the Executive Board of UNESCO elected Sir John Maud (United Kingdom) as its chairman for 1949–50. The Board devoted most of its attention to the work of the fifth General Conference which it decided to convene in Florence, Italy, on May 22, 1950; the chief task of the Conference would be to consider the “streamlined” program of operations approved by the fourth General Conference in Paris in 1949. The Board decided to abandon the practice of an opening general debate adopted at the Paris conference and to substitute a general discussion of the Director-General's report, thus permitting the delegations to go fully into the aims and policies of the organization. In preparation for the conference, the Executive Board instructed its program committee to prepare a program of three parts: 1) a basic program of operations, 2) a list of methods by which the program could be implemented, and 3) a work plan for 1951. At the same session, the Board authorized the Director-General to establish liaison with the Council of Europe as a part of UNESCO's program of cooperation with regional organizations. In view of the fact that the Council had created and intended to create no machinery for educational and cultural purposes, the Executive Board instructed the Director-General to examine the possibility of concluding an agreement with the Council in order that UNESCO might carry out certain phases of educational and cultural activity on its behalf.

The Reaction to the Ebola Epidemic within the United Nations Framework: What Next for the World Health Organization?

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 405-424
Author(s):  
Pia Acconci
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Security Council ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (who) was established in 1946 as a specialized agency of the United Nations (un). Since its establishment, the who has managed outbreaks of infectious diseases from a regulatory, as well as an operational perspective. The adoption of the International Health Regulations (ihrs) has been an important achievement from the former perspective. When the Ebola epidemic intensified in 2014, the who Director General issued temporary recommendations under the ihrs in order to reduce the spread of the disease and minimize cross-border barriers to international trade. The un Secretary General and then the Security Council and the General Assembly have also taken action against the Ebola epidemic. In particular, the Security Council adopted a resolution under Chapter vii of the un Charter, and thus connected the maintenance of the international peace and security to the health and social emergency. After dealing with the role of the who as a guide and coordinator of the reaction to epidemics, this article shows how the action by the Security Council against the Ebola epidemic impacts on the who ‘authority’ for the protection of health.

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