HC Deb 24 June 1948 vol 452 cc155-6W
60. Mr. K. Lindsay

asked the Minister of Education what steps he is taking to make known the results of the U.N.E.S.C.O. conference held at Mexico City last autumn; how many times the United Kingdom Commission for U.N.E.S.C.O. has met this year; and whether it is still proposed to hold the next conference this year at Beirut.

Mr. Tomlinson

The documents relating to the Conference have been published and are on sale. My Department has issued a special poster to all schools and will shortly publish a pamphlet entitled "U.N.E.S.C.O. and a World Society." Publicity has also been arranged through the schools and overseas services of the B.B.C. and through television. The United Kingdom Committee for U.N.E.S.C.O. has held one meeting this year; its sub-committee has met four times since the Mexico City Conference. In addition the seven national co-operating bodies and their sub-committees, dealing with special parts of the U.N.E.S.C.O. programme, have also met, some of them several times. It is still proposed to hold the third session of the General Conference of U.N.E.S.C.O. at Beirut.