§ Lord Juddasked Her Majesty's Government:
Following their decision to rejoin UNESCO, what is now their policy towards re-establishing a United Kingdom national commission bringing together experts on education, science, culture and the arts, environment, social sciences, communications, human rights, anti-racism, international development and related matters in order to provide specialist advice to UNESCO and to foster the networking of expertise throughout the world. [HL2752]
§ Lord WhittyIt is important to have an effective mechanism to engage UK civil society with the work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The Department for International Development is actively pursuing, with other interested government departments, how a UK commission for UNESCO might best be designed to meet this objective efficiently without enormous cost.