POLICY ON UNESCO.

SEC. 408. POLICY ON UNESCO. (a) Congressional Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) the United States withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on December 31, 1984, in response to grave and persistent problems in UNESCO under the then-Director General; (2) chief among these problems was the assault on the free flow of information supported by that Director General and the104 STAT. 68 pervasive ideological conflict fomented by the alliance between totalitarian and developing nations; (3) UNESCO has since acquired a new Director General, Federico Mayor, who has pledged his support for the free flow of information, the return of UNESCO to the principles enunciated in its Charter, and other needed changes in UNESCO policy; (4) Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze stated on October 11, 1988, that the Soviet Union was responsible for “the exaggerated ideological approach [that] undermined tolerance intrinsic to UNESCO,” and stated that Soviet policy would improve in this regard; (5) substantial progress remains to be made in implementing the reforms proposed by the new Director General and in determining the degree to which ideological conflict has actually declined; and (6) when the United States withdrew from UNESCO, the policy of the United States was that at such time as satisfactory changes were achieved in UNESCO, the United States would act on reentry. (b) Policy.— It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should monitor closely the changes achieved in UNESCO and should work with United States allies and the UNESCO leadership to continue to promote the progress necessary to justify United States consideration of reentry into UNESCO. (c) Report Required.— Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the activities after December 31, 1984, of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.