The meetings of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR Committee) of the Executive Board of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) are being held under the chairmanship of HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to Unesco Dr Nasser bin Hamad al-Hanzab.
The committee is set to discuss issues related to the application of Unesco normative instruments, such as conventions and recommendations, entrusted to the Executive Board. It will also examine reports received from member states regarding the implementation of Unesco's conventions and recommendations, and will study and discuss complaints received by Unesco regarding issues and violations related to human rights in the areas of its jurisdiction, such as the right to education, the protection of educational institutions, the right to cultural life, and the protection of journalists.
The meetings of the Executive Board will continue through March 27.
