This is a report on the Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held from October 14-26 in the USSR. The conference intended to create the necessary framework for broad programs of international cooperation, to reach agreement on goals, objectives, and guiding principles for environmental education, and to devise practical…

Experts from thirteen Arab nations met to discuss book development in their countries. This document, which is divided into four sections is a report of that meeting. Part one considers the problems of book development in the Arab countries under the following headings: (1) the present situation, (2) development of national book production, (3)…

As the first part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of discussions on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. The two agenda items are: (1) detailed consideration of the 1973-74 draft program and budget and of the 1973-78 draft medium-term outline, and (2) desirability of adopting an…

As the second part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of recommendations on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. Resolutions and budgetary appropriations are two major concerns in the document. The topics are related to the 1973-74 draft program and budget, the 1973-78 draft…

Having examined the preliminary study of the legal and technical aspects of International regulations in education for international understanding, cooperation, and peace, the Executive Board of Unesco decided to include this question in the Provisional Agenda of the seventeenth session of the General Conference, Paris, 1972. The text of that…

Thirty-three participants with experience in 15 countries concerned themselves with the following issues: (1) the role of education in achieving economic-social-political development, (2) types of skills, knowledge, and personality traits needed in different occupational roles, (3) the allocation of functions of occupational education among…

The results of a 1975 seminar designed to examine the potential of a United Nations University are summarized. Considering that the university is still in the early stages of policy planning, the seminar was one means of demonstrating that there are people and organizations who support the university. Topics for discussions included: (1) What Is…

The results of a 1974 colloquium designed to discuss the preliminary feasibility of a United Nations University are provided. Twenty-five representatives from San Francisco Bay area institutions of higher learning met to discuss general programs and policies, bay area regional cooperation and collaboration, communications, and educator role. The…

A summary of proceedings is presented from an international conference which focused on the needs and problems of primary health care. The report describes background of the conference, attendance, a summary of discussions, and recommendations. Sponsored by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, the conference was attended by delegations from…

The conference proceedings from a symposium held by the Council for Cultural Cooperation were concerned with identifying those European facilities and methods which give the greatest promise of overcoming the problems of sociocultural development and are worthy of further development and study as pilot experiments. Participant countries were asked…