§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 80W resolution to initiate a programme of study into various aspects of Celtic culture has yet been implemented; and what steps his Department has taken to urge implementation.
§ Mr. RaisonA meeting of experts on Celtic cultures was organised by UNESCO in Dublin in November 1981 to formulate themes for research and to establish a system for the exchange of information. It is for the Director-General of UNESCO in the first instance to implement the recommendations of this meeting. We are, however, seeking financial support from UNESCO for the seventh international congress of celtic studies, to be held in Oxford in July 1983, to enable the congress to discuss the outcome of the Dublin meeting.