HC Deb 21 January 1976 vol 903 cc478-9W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will publish a list of the members of the British committees and sub-committees of the specialist United Nations agencies, showing the number of times meetings are held during the year.

Mr. Ennals

There are five British Committees of the United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO which meet two or three times a year. The following are currently members of the Committees:

Education Advisory Committee

  • Mrs. C. Benn
  • Mr. G. M. A. Harrison
  • Dr. J. Hemming
  • Mr. G. Hubbard
  • Mr. T. P. Lightbody
  • Dame Margaret Miles
  • Mr. P. Oppenheimer
  • My hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Price)
  • Mr. E. E. Robinson
  • Professor A. M. Ross
  • Miss A. Shrubsole
  • Sir Alex Smith
  • Dr. William Taylor
  • Professor J. D. Turner
  • Professor G. L. Williams

Royal Society UNESCO Committee

  • Mr. D. E. B. Carr
  • Professor M. Charnock
  • Dr. A. V. Cohen
  • Sir Kingsley Dunham
  • Professor J. S. Forrest
  • Dr. A. Kelly
  • Sir John Kendrew
  • Professor R. D. Deynes
  • Mr. A. R. Melville
  • Dr. H. L. Penman
  • Dr. L. Rotherham
  • Professor R. Riley
  • Dr. F. H. Taylor
  • Dr. A. F. E. Wise

Communication Advisory Committee

  • Mr. N. Calder
  • Professor C. Cherry
  • Dr. H. Coblans
  • Professor J. D. Halloran
  • Dr. T. A. Margerison
  • Mr. T. Neil
  • Miss L. V. Paulin
  • Mrs. J. Spicer

Social Sciences Advisory Committee

  • Ms. C. M. Carmichael
  • Professor S. Cohen
  • Mr. J. Cole
  • Professor D. V. Donnison
  • Dr. D. E. C. Eversley
  • Ms. P. Healy
  • Professor Sir Edmund R. Leach
  • Professor B. Schaffer
  • Professor J. H. Smith
  • Professor P. P. Streeten
  • Professor P. Townsend

Culture Advisory Committee

  • Mr. N. J. Abercrombie
  • Sir Misha Black
  • Mr. A. Bowness
  • Mr. J. English
  • Professor J. D. Fage
  • Mr. S. Hall
  • Mr. M. H. Middleton
  • Mr. J. McCarthy
  • Mrs. J. B. Priestly
  • Dr. R. Strong
  • Mr. J. Noel White

The only other British Committee of the remaining Specialised Agencies of the United Nations is the Food and Agriculture Organisation National Committee for the United Kingdom. Membership is confined to Government officials who meet when required but most of its business is transacted by circulating papers.