UNESCO /Executive Board

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT ITS 190th SESSION

*ncluding the meetings of the subsidiary bodies before the plenary meetings.
(Paris, 3-18 October 2012)* Hundred and ninetieth session.

Paris

2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURAL MATTERS .. 1
1 Agenda and timetable of work, elections of the Chairs of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) and the Committee on International Non-Governmental Partners (NGP), and report of the Bureau ... 1
2 Approval of the summary records of the 189th session ... 1
3 Report by the Director-General on the application of Rule 59 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board ..... 1
REPORTING ITEMS . 2
4 Report by the Director-General on the execution of the programme adopted by the General Conference 2
5 Report by the Director-General on the follow-up to decisions and resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and the General Conference at their previous sessions ... 5
Reports from the governing bodies of UNESCO intergovernmental programmes and category 1 institutes 13
6 United Nations University (UNU): report by the UNU Council and the Director-General′s comments thereon 13
PROGRAMME MATTERS .13
7 Education for all (EFA) ... 13
8 Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) .. 15
9 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014): looking beyond 2014 . 16
10 Report on issues relevant to the desirability of preparing a declaration of ethical principles in relation to climate change ... 17
11 Protection and promotion of museums and collections ... 17
12 Preliminary study on the technical and legal aspects relating to the desirability of a standard-setting instrument concerning heritage preservation and sustainable development of tourism ..... 19
13 Jerusalem and the implementation of 36 C/Resolution 43 and 189 EX/Decision 8 .. 19
14 Implementation of 189 EX/Decision 9 on ″the two Palestinian sites of al-.aram al Ibr.h.m./Tomb of the Patriarchs in al-Khal.l/Hebron and the Bil.l ibn Rab.. Mosque/Rachel′s Tomb in Bethlehem″ ..... 21
[15 International Manuscripts Day] . 22
16 Report by the Director-General on the experts meeting on strengthening the Memory of the World Programme . 22
(ii)
17 Implementation/review of the overall strategy and overall situation with respect to UNESCO prizes .. 23
INSTITUTES AND CENTRES .. 24
18 Category 2 institutes and centres 24
Proposal for the establishment in Saudi Arabia of a regional centre for quality and excellence in K-12 education .. 25
Proposal for the establishment in Belgrade, Serbia, of a centre for water for sustainable development and adaptation to climate change ... 25
[Proposal for the establishment in Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of an institute of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology (IZIIS) at Sts Cyril and Methodius University] ... 26
Proposal for the establishment in Montevideo, Uruguay of a regional centre for groundwater management for Latin America and the Caribbean . 26
[Proposal for the establishment in Langfang, China, of an international centre on global-scale geochemistry] .. 27
[Evaluation of the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), and renewal of category 2 centre status] 27
[International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement in Chungju, Republic of Korea] 27
[Contribution of the institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2) in Africa to the implementation of the youth programme activities in the region] ... 27
Report by the Director-General on a proposal by the Governing Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education to create a ″global campus″ and to obtain the right to grant doctoral degrees .. 27
DRAFT MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY FOR 2014-2021 (37 C/4) AND DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2014-2017 (37 C/5) 28
19 Preliminary proposals by the Director-General concerning the Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 2014-2021 (37 C/4) and the Draft Programme and Budget for 2014-2017 (37 C/5) .. 28
METHODS OF WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION 32
20 Consideration of the procedure to be followed for the nomination of the Director-General of the Organization .. 32
21 Follow-up to the independent external evaluation of UNESCO 33
22 Report of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) on the management and administration of UNESCO 34
MATTERS RELATING TO NORMS, STATUTES AND REGULATIONS .... 35
23 Examination of the communications transmitted to the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations in pursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3, and report of the Committee thereon .. 35
(iii)
24 Implementation of standard-setting instruments ... 35
25 Reflection on the Joint Expert Group UNESCO (CR)/ECOSOC (CESCR) on the Monitoring of the Right to Education 38
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS . 38
26 Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements of UNESCO for the year ended 31 December 2011 and report by the External Auditor .. 38
27 Financial Regulations of Special Accounts ... 39
28 Implementation of the action plan for improved management of extrabudgetary funds . 39
29 Report by the Director-General on the status of Member States′ contributions and payment plans 40
30 Report by the Director-General as at 31 May 2012 on the implementation of the recommendations of the External Auditor and his comments thereon .. 41
31 Report by the Director-General on the state of progress of phase 1 of the reform of the field network . 41
32 Report by the Director-General on the state of the Medical Benefits Fund (MBF) 42
33 Headquarters matters ....42
34 Financial situation of the Organization and implications for the implementation of document 36 C/5 . 44
35 New audits by the External Auditor ... 45
RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS 46
36 Relations with non-governmental partners ... 46
37 Remit and terms of reference of the open-ended tripartite working group for the review of the cooperation of UNESCO′s Secretariat with National Commissions ..... 47
38 Implementation of 36 C/Resolution 81 and 189 EX/Decision 19 concerning educational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories ... 48
39 Report by the Director-General on the reconstruction and development of Gaza: implementation of 189 EX/Decision 20 .. 49
40 Relations with the Ibero-American Youth Organization (OIJ), and draft memorandum of understanding between UNESCO and that organization . 51
GENERAL MATTERS .....51
41 Dates of the 191st session and provisional list of matters to be examined by the Executive Board at its 191st session ... 51
ADDITIONAL ITEMS 52
42 Amendments to the Statutes of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy 52
(iv)
43 Convening of an extraordinary meeting of States Parties to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property ... 52
44 What future and what challenges for UNESCO? .. 52
45 Priority Africa ..52
46 Further enhancing the transparency of UNESCO programmes ... 53
47 Proposal for the proclamation by the United Nations of 2015 as an International Year of Light ..... 54
48 World Arabic Language Day .... 54
49 Relations with the International Centre for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and Languages (CERDOTOLA) and draft agreement between UNESCO and that organization .. 55
PRIVATE MEETINGS ..... 56
Announcement concerning the private meeting held on Wednesday, 17 October 2012. 56
3 Report by the Director-General on the application of Rule 59 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive board ..... 56
23 Examination of the communications transmitted to the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations in pursuance of 104 EX/Decision 3.3, and report of the Committee thereon

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