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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
At the conclusion of the First General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization held in Paris during November and December, 1946, over one hundred proposals had been formulated for consideration during 1947, several of which were enumerated as being pressing projects for the current year. Problems requiring immediate attention included 1) rehabilitation in devastated areas, 2) a wide-spread attack on the problem of illiteracy, 3) a study of psychological and social tensions likely to lead to war, 4) a concerted effort in conjunction with the Commission of Human Rights of the United Nations to reduce obstructions to the free flow of information, 5) the study of a possible international broadcasting network, and 6) the proposed creation of the International Institute of the Amazon in order to deal with problems of that tropical area. For these and other projects it was emphasized that exchange of students, scholars, scientists and media of information was necessary and should be forthcoming.
1 For information on the creation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, see International Organization, I, p. 130–133.
2 Address by the Honorable William Benton, Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State Press Release 927, December 23, 1946.
3 UNESCO Press Release 100, January 20, 1947.
4 Ibid., 101, January 28, 1947.
5 United Nations Weekly Bulletin, II, p. 106–108.
6 UNESCO Press Release 17, March 15, 1947.
7 Ibid., 18, March 15, 1947.
8 Ibid., 10, March 15, 1947.
9 UNESCO Press Release 21, March 15, 1947.
10 Biologia, I, 2, p. 5–8.
11 UNESCO Press Release 19, March 15, 1947.
12 Document E/279, February 1947.
13 N. Y. Times, February 24, 1947.
14 Ibid., March 25, 1947, p. 13.
15 Document E/261/Add. 1, March 14, 1947.
16 United States National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Report of the First Meeting, September, 1946, Department of State Publication 2726, Washington, 1947, p. 5.
17 N. Y. Times, March 26, 1947; Christian Science Monitor, March 24, 1947.
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