Jerusalem/Cultural heritage – UNESCO Director-General report

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28 C/15 Add.

31 October 1995

Original: English

Item 5.2 of the provisional agenda

APPLICATION OF 27 C/RESOLUTION 18 CONCERNING

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

IN THE OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES:

REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

ADDENDUM

The Executive Board, having examined document 147 EX/13, submits to the General Conference for adoption the following resolution:

The General Conference,

1. Having examined document 28 C/15,

2. Congratulates the Director-General on having ensured the full implementation of 27 C/Resolution 18 and of 144 EX/Decision 4.2.1, 145 EX/Decision 5.2.1, and 146 EX/Decision 5.2.1 of the Executive Board;

3. Welcomes the progress achieved in the peace process between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority, which opens up a more significant new era of peace and harmony;

4. Expresses the hope that the negotiations in the peace process, between the other Arab parties concerned and Israel, will lead rapidly to a global peace, based on the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Arab territories in conformity with resolutions 242 and 338 of the United Nations Security Council;

5. Emphasizes the necessity of enhancing the capacity building of all the ‘Ministries’ of the Palestinian Authority within UNESCO’s fields of competence;

6. Notes with satisfaction the progress achieved in the implementation of the projects financed by France, Germany, Italy, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Norway and, from the private sector, Daimler-Benz, and thanks them for their generous contribution;

7. Stresses the importance that should be attached to ensuring an appropriate and effective follow-up and monitoring of UNESCO’s activities in the field and to strengthening the role of the Local Aid Co-ordinating Committee of the United Nations system;

8. Welcomes the Director-General’s initiative to envisage the setting-up of a UNESCO unit in the field to monitor the Organization’s activities and to ensure co-ordination with other United Nations agencies;

9. Invites the Director-General to continue his efforts with regard to occupied Syrian Golan, within the framework of the Executive Board decisions;

10. Also invites the Director-General to launch an appeal to Member States, financial institutions and the private sector to contribute to the financing of the UNESCO/PAPP projects, the scholarship fund and further proposals based on evolving requirements in the light of the implementation of projects under the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP);

11. Decides to include this item on the agenda of its twenty-ninth session.

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