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It is incumbent upon the Director-General of UNESCO to take the
measures that he deems most appropriate in order to involve National
Commissions in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the
Organization’s programme and activities and to ensure that close liaison is
established between its various regional services, centres and offices and
the National Commissions.
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The Organization fosters the development of National Commissions
and supplies them, to the utmost of its ability, with the facilities needed
for the discharge of their functions: |
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By giving advice and making available the services of consultants or members of the Secretariat in order to assist Member States, at their request, to establish or reorganize their National Commission;
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By providing training for new Secretaries-General and other officials of National Commissions;
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By providing them with material assistance;
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By informing them of all missions of visiting UNESCO officials and consultants and of any other UNESCO activity planned in their country;
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By providing them with documentation and information materials |
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By providing support for the National Commissions in the translation, adaptation and dissemination of the publications and documents of UNESCO in national languages, and assistance in the production of their own publications.
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UNESCO can extend and develop its action through National Commissions by:
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Entering into contracts with them, wherever necessary, for the execution of activities included in its programme;
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Providing financial support for regular subregional and regional meetings held by National Commissions for the purpose of discussing common concerns, formulating proposals relating to the programmes and arranging for the joint execution of specific projects;
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Providing advice and technical support for such meetings through the participation of UNESCO officials; |
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Fostering the establishment of co-operative relationships enabling the decisions taken at subregional and regional meetings to be followed up; |
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Providing financial and technical support for the liaison machinery established by National Commissions; |
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Fostering the organization of meetings of Secretaries-General, particularly in connection with sessions of the General Conference. |
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UNESCO encourages contacts between the National Commissions of
the different regions by continuing and increasing the support it gives to: |
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Meetings of groups of Secretaries-General from all regions to exchange ideas and experiences on specific problems: |
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Interregional collective consultations of Secretaries-General of National Commissions; |
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National Commissions of one region wishing to send an observer to the conferences of National Commissions of other regions; |
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Joint projects and other co-operative activities undertaken by National Commissions of different regions.
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