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The role of the soc sci's within UNESCO is defined by reference to the Org's constitution: it consists principally in widely diffused supporting & servicing activities, though the direct promotion of res & teaching are not excluded. Continuities & discontinuities in the program are discussed in a 20-yr historical perspective. The rationale of the emerging pattern is governed by changes in the membership of States & by an increasing awareness of the importance of infrastructures to econ growth. The orientation of UNESCO's entire effort towards infrastructural factors, notably sci, technology & educ, gives the soc sci's an increasingly responsible & diversified supporting function. The org & structuring of the soc sci program is analyzed, a margin for improvements is suggested, & the more active participation of the community of soc sci'ts at large is discussed. AA.

Some special features of the sci's of man & his culture are discussed including value-loading, complicity with the subject matter & with the cultural milieu of the res'er himself, the difficulties of exp'ion & defining soc phenomena. The ideological intrication of these sci's can be reduced only to the extent that concepts, conditions & mechanisms capable of resolving conflicting soc interests can be translated into diff cultural & ideological environments. Some of the soc sci's are reaching a critical level which hinges on wider utilization of mathematical tools & on increasing need for close collaboration with the natural sci's. Modified AA.