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Invitations to future sessions of the Committee

Document type
Decision
Reference number
VI.C.54
Date
Jun 27, 1977
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
1ère session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The Committee had before it the proposals of the Director-General on organizations that could be invited to send observers to future sessions of the Committee, as follows:

     United Nations;

     United Nations Environmental Programme;

     Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;

     World Food Programme;

     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;

     Interamerican Development Bank;

     Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization;

     Council of Europe;

     Organization of American States;

     South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organization. 

These proposals were approved with the following additions:

     United Nations Development Programme;

     Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Cultural Institute;

     Organization of African Unity;

     Organization for Museums, Monuments and Sites in Africa;

     International Council of Museums;

     International Federation of Landscape Architects;

     International Organization for the Protection of Works of Art; and

     International Union of Architects.

The Committee also decided that other international organizations with activities in the fields covered by the Convention could be invited to send observers, and, in addition, as proposed by the Director-General, the Chairman of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture.