Word: culturale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Absolute sovereignty raised its head again when some U.S. delegates objected to part of a seemingly innocent Chinese amendment calling upon the organization to promote "educational and cultural cooperation among nations." They argued that education was the business of each sovereign state and feared that this right would be impaired...
France remained impassive. Without abrogating its League of Nations mandate, France had recognized the de facto independence of the Levant states in the dark days of 1943. Now, the Quai d'Orsay wished to buttress its position with a treaty of alliance and friendship giving France strategic rights (air...
When San Francisco's city fathers began planning incidental attractions for its conference, one citizen seriously proposed a "House of All Nations" for the delegates' diversion. The idea was duly considered, but finally dropped in favor of more clearly cultural projects. Two of these were in full cry...
"The very word education is one of some ill repute in Congressional halls," observed one Congressional delegate to San Francisco. This was the reason that provision for an international office of education, originally agreed upon by the Big Four, was talked out of the United Nations charter. The Congressmen at...
In the field of education, the Institute announced, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s "cultural" programs were "by far the finest submitted"-were, in fact, "radio at its best." CBC gives the public "radio drama of originality, emotional appeal and intellectual integrity. . . ." CBC's dramatic programs show "courage and...