I attended the 10th General Assembly of Unesco held November 4 through December 5, 1958 at Paris as one of the delegates from the Japanese Government. This is a report on my impressions of the meeting. 1. The address of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Vice-president of India, gave us the deepest impression among the speeches delivered at the meeting. 2. At the general meeting hot debates were made regarding the representation and voting privilege of the Nationalist China. The most serious consideration must be given to this issue by the Japanese who are in critical relationships with both Communist China and Nationalist China. 3. We discussed about the propagation and effectivation of elementary education in i) Latin American countries ii) African countries iii) Arab countries iv) Asian countries I renewed porfound gratitude the Japanese pioneers in elementary education in this country since Meiji era. 4. The problem of mutual understanding between the Western and Eastern Cultures, the Unesco project since 1956, was reviewed in relation to the natinalistic education of many Asian countries. 5. In view of the language barriers at the meeting, I felt the necessity of reconsidering the modern language education. 6. Also on the agenda was the promotion of A-V Education. 7. A kind of dissatisfaction I felt at the meeting was that modifications and amendments recommended by the delegates on the draft were rather ignored because of the time limit. I hope due consideration will be given to them when drawing up the final draft
