30 years after World War II

Thirty years ago, in 1945, the Second World Warthe most destructive and murderous conflict in history came to an end. This event has been solemnly commemorated by Unesco and by many countries throughout the world. Unesco's Executive Board, meeting in Paris in May, marked the occasion with a special ceremony, and last month (October) Unesco organized an international forum on the subject in Warsaw with the Polish National Commission for Unesco. Other events to mark the occasion at Unesco's Headquarters in Paris included a series of films on the Second World War, as well as various photo and poster exhibitions.

With this issue, the Unesco Courier also wishes to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Our number is divided into three parts as follows:

(1) salient passages from declarations by international figures at the special session of Unesco's Executive Board;

(2) the creation of the United Nations in 1945. immediately following the end of the war, with a survey of its problems and actions;

(3) the threat to the world posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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