§ Q148. Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister whether, in view of the change in the director generalship of UNESCO, Her Majesty's Government will now re-apply for membership of UNESCO.
§ The Prime MinisterWe are following developments at UNESCO closely and hope that the director general can bring about the changes that are needed. Before we can consider reviewing our position on membership we will need to be convinced that fundamental reforms are being implemented both in UNESCO's administration and in its programmes. This will certainly not be possible until after UNESCO's general conference in November this year, which will adopt the organisation's new medium-term plan (1990–95) as well as its programme and budget (1990–91).