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ble to the Committee of Ministers and to the Consultative Assembly.' The two Deputies to be responsible to the bodies they respectively serve. Article 41 (d).-Amendment to enable the provision for easy amend- ment of certain articles of the Statute to apply immediately instead of only at the end of the second ordinary session of the Assembly.
Certain consequential amendments
(b) That before the next session of the Assembly, the Committee of Ministers should consider the question of new admissions, and that this question should be on the agenda of the next session.
42 In the Debate, the Committee's report proved to be generally acceptable and there were few amendments down. In particular the proposal concerning the establishment of a Standing Committee to co-ordinate the work of the Assembly as a whole and control its tendency to run wild, and the suggestion that the General Affairs Committee should study all the proposals, some of them irresponsi- ble, which had been put forward in the first general debate for structural changes and federalism, commanded general agreement. The purposely vague formula regarding the consideration of new admissions to the Council was criticised by an Italian representative, with some support from others, for not specifically mentioning Germany. This argument was disposed of rapidly by the United Kingdom and French representatives. There was little or no opposition to the proposal made in debate and incorporated in the final report, that a further amendment to the statute should be recommended to abolish substitutes and double the number of representatives. It is possible, however, that the Assembly would be content with an increase of about 25 per cent. in its number of representatives, since this figure was mentioned by Mr. Mackay in moving the amendment and was not objected to by any subsequent speaker.
Report of the Cultural and Scientific Committee
43. On 6th September the Assembly considered the report of the Cultural and Scientific Committee. On 7th September the report was approved in its final amended form by 89 votes to none with two abstentions.
44. The following is a summary of the report as approved: I.-Recommendations to the Committee of Ministers—
(a) to establish a system of cultural conventions between Member States; (b) to promote free circulation and exchange between Member States of
books, papers, works of art and documentary films;
(c) to consider closer collaboration, and the pooling of material and man-
power, in scientific research and technical development;
(d) to provide for aid to private organisations working to promote
European culture;
(e) to invite Ministers of Education of Member States to meet and draw up a European plan for cultural co-operation for submission to the Assembly;
(f) to invite the responsible authorities of Universities to meet;
(g) to institute a European Cultural Centre.
II.-Resolutions
(a) The Assembly considers that the question of a European University
should be discussed next session.
(b) Attention of Ministers of Education is drawn to plight of displaced
teachers.
(c) Assembly expresses hope that effective liaison will be established with
U.N.E.S.C.O.
45. The debate consisted of a long and meandering discussion, although few amendments were down. An attempt to raise the question of secular versus clerical education was firmly squashed. An amendment by Mr. de Valera, designegtofthat the Assembly regarded culture Pagandoin6self and not as a means of propaganda for European unity, was defeated.
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