Covers Unesco activities in education, communications, information, and cultural programs in light of nonmembership of the United States. (PD)

Beginning with the official exchange of letters between Secretary of State Shultz and Unesco Director-General Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, this forum continues with responses from 28 international critics and supporters. Also included are two background pieces on the New International Information and Communications Order. (PD)

Defines direct satellite broadcasting as the transmission of broadcast signals via high-powered satellites that permit direct reception of television or radio programs by means of small antennas. Outlines American, European, and Japanese plans for direct-to-home television reception and implications for the broadcasting industry. (JMF)

Describes the organization and functioning of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT). Attempts to evaluate the international institutional matrix of the organization. Highlights some policy issues and the implications of growing domestic and regional systems. (JMF)

Traces the development of American policy on broadcast satellites from the early 1960s to the present. The American position is that regulation of direct broadcasting satellites is premature at this stage of technological development and would undermine the concept of free flow of information. (JMF)

Examines the fragmentation, political control, and paternalism involved in communications policy making in Western Europe. These characteristics are evident in broadcasting, the postal service, telecommunications, and the press. (JMF)

Presents the text of the declaration of fundamental principles concerning the contribution of the mass media to strengthening peace and international understanding, promoting human rights, and countering racialism, apartheid and incitement to war. Adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in November 1978. (JMF)

Argues that the compromises involved in the final acceptance of the UNESCO Mass Media Declaration favored none of the parties involved. The developing Third World nations gained the most by the declaration's recognition of the present imbalance in news reporting. (JMF)

Reviews the three stages involved in the development of the UNESCO Mass Media Declaration: the developing countries' initiative, the Western counter move, and the mutual accommodation in a spirit of realistic compromise. (JMF)

Examines the international flow of news within the context of the national news agency of Yugoslavia, Tanjug, and its efforts and activity for a freer and multidimensional flow of news through its participation in the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool. (JMF)

The Symphonie Experiment Study Group reports on the experimental use of the Symphonie Satellite to link UNESCO headquarters in Paris with the Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, during the nineteenth session of the General Conference. Evaluations are reported for the use of the satellite for telephone, telex, and facsimile communications. (JMF)

Reviews the legal and economic factors surrounding the film industries in the European Common Market member nations. Relates these factors to the inherent difficulties in fostering cooperation among members. (JMF)

Discusses language discrimination in international relations and promotes the use of Esperanto as a universal second language making all language groups equal. (JMF)

Presents a brief preliminary observation of the Non-Aligned News Agency Pool and its relationship to other news services, evaluates its performance to date, and speculates on its future. (JMF)

Provides background on the UNESCO General Conference and the World Administrative Radio Conference which will deal with the concept of information as a national and world resource and with the problems of analysis, measurement, and management in an emerging new information order. (JMF)