ROTARY PLAYS BIG PART IN WORK OF U.N.

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 72, 1 April 1949, Page 5

ROTARY PLAYS BIG PART IN WORK OF U.N.

To assist Rotary Clubs in developing an informed public opinion on the programme of the United Nations and its specialised agencies Rotary International has published and distributed throughout the world two comprehensive booklets: “From Here On!” which contains the text of the United Nations Charter, together with comments and pertinent facts for discussion, and “In the Minds of Men,” a similar booklet on UNESCO.. A companion booklet on the economic and social efforts of the United Nations and its specialised agencies is scheduled for publication in April.

As a further contribution toward the development of an informed public opinion on the activities and objectives of the United Nations, Rotary International is publishing “Report on U.N.” a monthly digest of United Nations events, and distributing it to Rotary Clubs throughout the world. This “Report” and the other Rotary publications on the United Nations are also being widely used by libraries, high schools, colleges, newspapers and radio stations in many different countries. Rotary International has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. It has had observers at meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in London, New York and Paris; the Food Conferences in Copenhagen, London and Washington the UNRRA Conference in Atlantic City,' the UNESCO Conferences in London, Mexico City and Paris; the Security Council in New York; the World Health Conferences in Geneva and New York; the International Labour Organisation Conferences in Montreal and the International Civil Aviation Conference in Montreal; and the NonGovernmental Organisations Conferences in Geneva and New York.

During the summer of 1948, Rotary International defrayed the living expenses of 23 students sent by member nations to the United Nations Headquarters at Lake Success, New York, to serve as interns for an eight-week period. Rotary International --has awarded two fellowships for study in England and the U.S.A. to social service workers from Poland and The Netherlands, who were selected in co-operation with UNESCO.