38 C/5 Draft – Volume 1 – Draft Resolutions.pdf

Culture and Intangible Cultural Heritage field:

Draft resolution for Major Programme III – Social and human sciences

The General Conference,

1.     Authorizes the Director-General to continue implementing during the period 2016-2017 the plan of action for Major Programme III as approved in 37 C/Resolution 37 (paragraph 03000 of document 37 C/5 Approved), with the following adjustments:

        Strategic objective 6: Supporting inclusive social development, fostering intercultural dialogue for the rapprochement of cultures and promoting ethical principles

        The third bullet points of paragraph (i) is revised as follows:

        • leading initiatives based on Human rights approach in education, the sciences, culture, communication and information developed that support social transformations for the emergence of more inclusive societies and greater intercultural dialogue;

        Paragraph (v) is moved as new fourth bullet point of paragraph (i):

        • coordinate the application of a human rights-based approach across all programmes and activities of the Organization and coordinate input to United Nations human rights mechanisms, such as the Universal Periodic Review, and to United Nations inter-agency processes, including the United Nations Development Group (UNDG);

        (c revised) to allocate for this purpose an amount of:

        ZNG+ ($667M) option: $35,029,600 for the period 2016-2017 broken down as follows:

        MLA 1 $16,216,100 
        MLA 2 $6,959,700 
        MLA 3 $11,853,800

        ZNG ($653M) option: $33,532,300 for the period 2016-2017 broken down as follows:

        MLA 1 $15,520,700 
        MLA 2 $6,664,700 
        MLA 3 $11,346,900

2.     Requests the Director-General:

        (b) to report periodically to the governing bodies, in the statutory reports, on the achievement of the following expected results:

        Main line of action 1: Mobilizing future-oriented research, knowledge and policy making to support social transformations, social inclusion and intercultural dialogue

        (2 revised) initiatives based on Human rights approach in education, culture, the sciences, communication and information developed that support social transformations for the emergence of more inclusive societies and greater intercultural dialogue;

        Main line of action 2: Empowering Member States to manage the ethical, legal, environmental and societal implications of scientific and technological challenges with a view to achieving inclusive and sustainable social development

        Expected results 4 and 5 have been merged into one result which should read as follows:

        (4) Capacities of Member States strengthened to manage bioethical challengesand engage fully in debates on bioethics and on the identification of the ethical, legal and social implications of cutting-edge science, emerging technologies and their application for sustainable development;

        Main line of action 3 (revised): Building policies through a participatory process with stakeholders in both the fields of youth and of sports; supporting youth development and civic engagement

        (5) Capacities of Member States strengthened to design and implement multi-stakeholder and inclusive public youth policies, and young women and men engaged in community building and democratic processes;

        (6) Multi-stakeholder and inclusive public policies designed and implemented by Member States in the field of physical education, sports and anti-doping;

        Expected result 8 is deleted

        (c revised) to report, in her statutory reports on the execution of the programme adopted by the General Conference, on measures taken to optimize the use of resources in the implementation of programme activities;