The Committee had before it the proposals of the Director-General on organizations that could be invited to send observers to future sessions of the Committee, as follows:
United Nations;
United Nations Environmental Programme;
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
World Food Programme;
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
Interamerican Development Bank;
Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization;
Council of Europe;
Organization of American States;
South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organization.
These proposals were approved with the following additions:
United Nations Development Programme;
Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Cultural Institute;
Organization of African Unity;
Organization for Museums, Monuments and Sites in Africa;
International Council of Museums;
International Federation of Landscape Architects;
International Organization for the Protection of Works of Art; and
International Union of Architects.
The Committee also decided that other international organizations with activities in the fields covered by the Convention could be invited to send observers, and, in addition, as proposed by the Director-General, the Chairman of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture.