Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held its twelfth General Conference in Paris from November 9 to December 12, 1962, under the presidency of Mr. Paulo de Berrêdo Carneiro (Brazil). One of the Conference's first actions was to elect for a six-year term as Director-General Mr. René Maheu (France), who had served as Acting Director-General since the resignation of Dr. Vittorino Veronese (Italy) in 1961.
1 UNESCO Chronicle, January 1963 (Vol. 9, No. 1), pp. 3–6Google Scholar. For a summary of the eleventh General Conference, see International Organization, Winter 1962 (Vol. 16, No. 1), pp. 231–233.Google Scholar