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The seventh session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was held in Paris from November 12 through December 11, 1952. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (India) was elected president of the session; on November 24, the Conference elected S. M. Sharif (Pakistan) to serve as acting president when Sir Sarvepalli was recalled to India.

"The United Nations and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

People and organizations that strongly support the United Nations have, in recent weeks and months offered proposals and suggestions which cause concern. It has been suggested, for example, that the United Nations should involve itself in the Vietnam controversy with a peace-keeping force, that United States forces should be withdrawn as quickly as possible and be replaced by a United Nations force. Since the unilateral declaration of independence by Rhodesia, there have been suggestions in America and abroad that the United Nations should take action in that controversy. Suggestions of this sort bring to mind the old saw, "Oh, Lord, protect me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies myself."

Rumania applied for membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in June 1954. On August 12, the UNESCO agreement exempting educational films from customs duties entered into force; the agreement was in effect in eleven countries. The UNESCO convention exempting books, newspapers, works of art, scientific equipment, and other educational material from import duties was being applied in nineteen countries.

The question of the legal basis for United Nations armed forces is one of immense practical significance for the future effectiveness of the organization in keeping the peace.

Issued annually since 1946/47, the Yearbook is the principal reference work of the United Nations, providing a comprehensive, one-volume account of the Organization's work. It includes details of United Nations activities concerning trade, industrial development, natural resources, food, science and technology, social development, population, environment, human settlement, children and legal questions, along with information on the work of each specialized agency in the United Nations family

Issued annually since 1946/47, the Yearbook is the principal reference work of the United Nations, providing a comprehensive, one-volume account of the Organization's work. It includes details of United Nations activities concerning trade, industrial development, natural resources, food, science and technology, social development, polulation, environment, human settlement, children and legal questions, along with information on the work of each specialized agency in the United Nations family