The 171st session of UNESCO’s Executive Board

The 171st session of UNESCO’s Executive Board closed Thursday, April 28th following more than two weeks of debate. There are 87 of documents produced for the meeting; many may be of interest. A complete list is available on the UNESCO website.

I have linked some below that may be of special interest to the readers of this blog:

General

Report by the Director-General on the execution of the programme adopted by the General Conference

Report by the Director-General on the follow-up of decisions and resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and the General Conference at their previous sessions

Report by the Director-General on the reform process

Jerusalem and the implementation of 32 C/Resolution and 170 EX/Decision 3.6.1.

Comments by the Director-General on the external evaluation reports submitted in the 2004-2005 biennium

Report by the Director-General on the revised and completed principles and guidelines regarding the establishment and operation of UNESCO Institutes and centres (category I) and Institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category II)

Report by the Director-General on the overall review of UNESCO prizes

Report by the Director-General on the implementation of the Participation Programme and Emergency Assistance

Proposals by Member States for the celebration of anniversaries in 2006-2007 with which UNESCO could be associated

Relations with international non-governmental organizations, foundations and similar institutions

Monitoring the Ratification of Conventions

Proclamation of 2007 as a United Nations International Year of Planet Earth

Report of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations

Draft decisions recommended by the Special Committee

Report and draft decision of the Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations

Draft decisions recommended by the Programme and External Relations Commission

Address by the Director-General on the occasion of the general debate of the 171st session of the Executive Board on items 3, 4, 5 and 20

Consideration of the Draft Programme and Budget for 2006-2007 (33 C/5) and recommendations of the Executive Board

Comments of the Director-General on items presented by Member States which may have administrative and financial implications

Address by the Director-General on the occasion of the reply to the General Debate of the 171st session of the Executive Board

Intersectoral Programs

Report by the Director-General on an intersectoral strategy on philosophy

Report by the Director-General on an overall strategy for an intersectoral programme for languages at UNESCO

UNESCO's Co-action Programme

Creation of a World Philosophy Day

Establishment of a World Philosophy Day: a feasibility study

Both Education and Culture

Implementation of 32 C/Resolution 54 and 170 EX/Decision 9.3 concerning educational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories

Report by the Director-General on the cultural and educational institutions in Iraq

Education

Draft international implementation scheme for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Report by the Director-General on the follow-up to the EFA Strategic Review and UNESCO's Srategy for the 2005-2015 period

Guidelines for the Preparation of Reports for the Seventh Consultation of Member States on the Implementation of the Convention and the Recommendation against Discrimination in Education (1960)

Report by the Director-General on cooperation between UNESCO and the OECD in drafting guidelines on Quality provision in cross-border higher education

Progress report on the preparation of the International Convention against Doping in Sport

Information on the first World Congress on Literacy (Havana, 31 January-4 February 2005)

Report by the Director-General on the follow-up to the EFA strategic review and UNESCO's strategy for the 2005-2015 period

Culture

Report by the Director-General on a strategy to facilitate the restitution of stolen or illicitly exported cultural property

Report by the Director-General on the promotion of the dialogue among peoples

Report by the Director-General on the progress towards the draft convention on the protection of the diversity of cultural contents and artistic expressions

Participation of the European Community in the intergovernmental meeting of experts (Category II) on the preliminary draft convention on the protection of the diversity of cultural contents and artistic expressions

Universal Forum of Cultures, 2007 in Monterrey, Mexico

Dialogue among peoples: Tirana and Hanoi declarations

Appendices 1 and 2 to the preliminary report by the Director-General on the Draft Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions

Check the UNESCO News: Sciences and Communications blog for links to other reports from the Executive Board meeting.