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ORGANISATION DES TRAVAUX (suite)
ORGANIZATION OF WORK (continued)
ORGANIZACIÓN DE LOS TRABAJOS (continuación)
ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ РАБОТЫ (продолжение)
1.1 The PRESIDENT:
Ladies and gentlemen, in the absence of a quorum I shall suspend the meeting for five minutes.
(The meeting is suspended for five minutes)
1.2 Ladies and gentlemen, I declare open the twenty-first plenary meeting of the General Conference. As I
announced in plenary yesterday, I should now like to present to the General Conference the recommendations
made by the General Committee at its eighth meeting yesterday. The General Committee recommended to the
General Conference a calendar for the final phase of the work of the General Conference for the period beginning
on Monday, 15 November and ending with the closing of the session on 17 November. You will find the details
in document 30 C/INF.46 before you. Are there any comments regarding the organization of this session’s final
phase? I see none. The recommendation of the General Committee is accordingly adopted.
1.3 The General Committee also made a recommendation to the General Conference concerning the
organization of today’s meeting devoted to the transdisciplinary project “Towards a culture of peace”. It is
proposed to the General Conference that the meeting should start with oral reports by the chairpersons of the
programme commissions on debates that took place on this subject in their commissions. The floor may then be
opened for substantive statements by delegations, which would focus on the International Year for the Culture of
Peace and the implementation of the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace adopted by the United Nations
General Assembly. Lastly, it is recommended to the plenary that it adopt the proposed resolution in paragraph
05100 of document 30 C/5 relating to the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the resolution
proposed by the Executive Board in paragraph 27 of document 30 C/6, which covers the whole of the
transdisciplinary project. Are there any comments or observations? There are none. The recommendation of the
General Committee is accordingly adopted.
EXAMEN DU PROJET TRANSDISCIPLINAIRE "VERS UNE CULTURE DE LA PAIX"
EXAMINATION OF THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECT “TOWARDS A CULTURE OF PEACE”
EXAMEN DEL PROYECTO TRANSDISCIPLINARIO “HACIA UNA CULTURA DE PAZ”
РАССМОТРЕНИЕ ТРАНСДИСЦИПЛИНАРНОГО ПРОЕКТА «НА ПУТИ К КУЛЬТУРЕ МИРА»
2. We now turn to the only item on this morning’s agenda, which is the examination of the
transdisciplinary project “Towards a culture of peace”. The different programme commissions have already
discussed the various aspects of this project, except for the main line of action concerning the celebration of the
International Year for the Culture of Peace. In order to hear what the commissions had to say on the subject of
the culture of peace, I shall ask the Chairpersons of Programme Commissions II, III, IV and V to report on the
debates that took place in their meetings on this project. I now invite the Chairperson of Commission II to take
the floor.
3.1 Mr MOLNAR (Slovakia), Chairperson of Commission II:
Madam President, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting the report of the
debate of Commission II concerning the transdisciplinary project “Towards a culture of peace”. The debate
generated considerable interest from participants who were favourably impressed by the Global Strategy related
to Human Rights Education for a Culture of Peace and specific measures for this as proposed in document
30 C/13.
3.2 Our Commission was very appreciative of the overall policy orientation, of the programme activities
already launched or foreseen and particularly of the transdisciplinary approach proposed. This theme is extremely
relevant and the choice of peace constitutes, according to many delegates, the best inspiration to face the new
millennium where the conflicts, violence and frustrations which impact negatively on our global village must be
resolved. Naming the year 2000 as International Year for the Culture of Peace shows it to be an aim shared by all
and a wonderful impetus for civilization. It calls for concerted action and should certainly lead to practical ideas
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