9 April 2012
DECISIONS ADOPTED
BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT ITS 189TH SESSION
20 Report by the Director-General on the reconstruction and development of Gaza: implementation of 187 EX/Decision 42 (189 EX/20; 189 EX/28)
After considering this item, the Programme and External Relations Commission (PX) recommended, by a vote taken by roll-call, that the Executive Board adopt the following decision, with 39 votes in favour, 1 vote against (United States of America) and 13 abstentions; details of the vote are annexed to the summary record of the sixth plenary meeting of the Executive Board (189 EX/SR.6), at which the oral report of the PX Commission was presented:
The Executive Board,
1. Having examined document 189 EX/20,
2. Welcomes the admission of Palestine as Member State of UNESCO;
3. Recalls its previous decision 185 EX/Decision 37 concerning the reconstruction and development of Gaza;
4. Notes the slow progress in the implementation of the 185 EX/Decision 37;
5. Thanks the Director-General for the initial progress achieved in the implementation of 185 EX/Decision 37, and invites her to maintain her efforts to fully implement that decision;
6. Also invites the Director-General to submit to it a follow-up report at its 190th session, and decides to include this item in the agenda of its 190th session.
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Document Sources: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Subject: Agenda Item, Assistance, Education and culture, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Public information, Social issues, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 27/02/2012