§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
If they will list all the international scientific organisations and programmes which are part of, dependent on conducted under the auspices of, or affiliated to UNESCO; and in which of them Britain participates.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)The four international scientific programmes conducted under the auspices of UNESCO are as follows:
- Intergovernmental Programme on Man and the Biosphere.
- International Oceanographic Commission.
- International Hydrological Programme.
- International Geological Co-operation Programme.
The United Kingdom participates in all these programmes.
The following international non-governmental organisations receive subventions from UNESCO's scientific funds:
- International Council of Scientific Unions.
- International Federation of Documentation.
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
- International Council on Archives.
- International Union of Architects.
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
There is a United Kingdom involvement in all these organisations.
I am placing in the Library a list of the 502 international non-governmental organisations which have been admitted to a consultative or information relationship with UNESCO.