The 31st session of the UNESCO General Conference has approved the proposed establishments of the
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (document 31 C/47), the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management in Tehran (document 31 C/48) as well as the Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones in Egypt (document 31 C/54).
14 Member States elected to the Intergovernmental Council of the IHP
The 31st session of the UNESCO General Conference elected the following Member States to the 14 seats to be filled on the IHP Intergovernmental Council: Cuba, Ethiopia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malawi, Panama, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden and Switzerland. [ New Council composition]
Joint Communication of the Chairpersons of the Five Scientific
Programs
The Chairpersons of IGCP, IHP, IOC, MAB and MOST met in Paris from 17-18 October 2001 for their 3rd Steering Group Meeting. A Joint Communication was issued to the Director-General and to the 31st session of the General Conference, which recommended, among others, that sustainability be introduced as a third cross-cutting and unifying theme within the Medium-Term Strategy and within future programmes and budgets. [ Full text]
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