Recently returned to Wellington is Mr. A. E. Campbell, Director of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, who was a NZ delegate to the United Nations Conference for the Establishment of an Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which was held in London last November. When interviewed Mr. Campbell was optimistic about the success of the organisation, provided the nations who have agreed to the tentative constitution are prepared to put their proposals into operation. A notable feature of the discussion was the expressed desire of many delegates that the organisation should be of some value to the underprivileged groups in society. It was felt that the exchange of ideas and information which will be brought about should not be confined to the leading figures in the educational and cultural fields, but must reach the ordinary student, teacher and parent.

The conference consisted of delegates from forty-four nations and from seven international organisations, including UNRRA, the ILO and the League of Nations Committee of Intellectual Co-operations. The only significant absence was the Soviet Union but as the conference was anxious that that nation should join the organisation, a seat was reserved for her on the Executive Board of the Preparatory Commission.