Resolutions of UNESCO in 1954 and 1985
Resolution of 1954
General Conference of Unesco. Eight
session. Montevideo (Uruguay), 1954.
Resolution adopted on December 10th,
1954, in the eighteenth plenary-meeting.
IV.1.4.422 - The General Conference,
Having discussed the report of the
Director-General on the international petition in favour of Esperanto
(8C/PRG/3),
IV.1.4.4221 - Takes note of the results
attained by Esperanto in the field of international intellectual
relations and the rapprochement of the peoples of the world ;
IV.1.4.4222 - Recognizes that these
results correspond with the aims ans ideals of Unesco ;
IV.1.4.4223 - Takes note that several
Member States have announced their readiness to introduce or expand
the teaching of Esperanto in their schoolsand higher educational
establishments, and requests these Member States to keep the
Director-General informed of the results attained in this field ;
IV.1.4.4224 - Authorizes the
Director-General to follow current developments in the use of
Esperanto in education, science and culture, and, to this end, to
co-operate with the Universal Esperanto Association in matters
concerning both organizations.
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Resolution of 1985
General Conference of Unesco.
Twenty-third session. Sofia (Bulgary), 1985.
Resolution adopted on November 8th,
1985, in the thirty-sixth plenary-meeting.
11.11 - Celebration of the centenary of
Esperanto.
The General Conference,
Considering that the General Conference
at its 1954 session in Montevideo, by its resolution IV.1.4.422-4224,
took note of of the results attained by the international language
Esperanto in the field of international intellectual exchange and
mutual understanding among the peoples of the world, and recognized
that those results corresponded with the aims and ideals of Unesco,
Recalling that Esperanto has in the
meantime made considerable progress as a means for the advancement of
mutual understanding among peoples and cultures of different
countries, penetrating most regions of the world and most human
activities,
Recognizing the great potential of
Esperanto for international understanding and communication among
peoples of different nationalities,
Noting the considerable contribution of
the Esperanto movement, and especially of the Universal Esperanto
Association, to the spreading of information about the activities of
Unesco, as well as its participation in those activities,
Aware of the fact that in 1987
Esperanto celebrates its centenary of existence,
1. Congratulates the Esperanto movement
on its centenary ;
2. Requests the Director-General to
continue following with attention the development of Esperanto as a
means for better understanding among different nations and cultures ;
3. Invites the Member States to mark
the centenary of Esperanto by suitable arrangements, declarations,
issuing of special postal stamps, etc., and to promote the
introduction of a study programme on the language problem and
Esperanto in their schools and higher educatinal institutions ;
4. Recommends that international
non-governmental organizations join in celebrating the centenary of
Esperanto and consider the possibility of the use of Esperanto as a
means for the spreading of all kinds of information among their
members, including information on the work of Unesco.
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