5 THE POST-WAR DECLINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CONFERENCE 467As a result of these negotiations, a Project of Accord between UNESCO
and the ISC was approved by UNESCO in April 1947. The accord came
into force on June 16 following its approval by members of the ISC.^133
As De Blonay had promised at the November meeting of the ISC, the
first article of the agreement, after having noted that the purpose of the
ISC was the ‘objective and scientific study of international relations,’
offered a guarantee that UNESCO would ‘fully respect its independence
and its autonomy.’^134
In 1947, the outlook for the ISC appeared very bright. Lodged
within the framework of UNESCO it was once again in possession of
a secretariat. Funds flowed in its direction: the Executive Council of
UNESCO voted it a subvention of $5000 dollars to cover the period
between June and December 1947 for the purpose of renewing its
activities.^135 That was not all: it was awarded an additional sum of
$3000 for the purpose of organising a meeting of its executive board
and received a special grant of $27,000 for the purpose of preparing a
study at the request of UNESCO’s Social Science Department.^136
property became that of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations which
then placed them at the disposal of UNESCO. International Studies Conference, Verbatim
Report of the XIIIth Administrative session, December 16 and 17, 1946, at the Centre
d’études de politique étrangère de Paris, IICI-K-XIV-12, UA, 116–17.
(^133) Jir F. Vranek to Jean Cahen Salvador, April 24, 1947, UNESCO, AG 1-IICI-
K-I-3, UA. See also UNESCO, ‘Report of the Director General on the Activities of the
Organisation in 1947: Presented to the Second Session of the General Conference at
Mexico City November–December 1947,’ 82, UA.
(^134) Project d’Accord entre l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Éducation, la Science
et la Culture et la Conférence des hautes études internationales, AG 1-IICI-K-I-2. Under
the accord between the ISC and UNESCO, the latter offered secretarial facilities to the
ISC. The accord stated that UNESCO would consider offering financial assistance to the
ISC based on an assessment of the ISC’s proposed projects as submitted to UNESCO’s
General Conference. The accord was for a duration of two years, although either party was
permitted to terminate it at any time with six months notice.
(^136) UNESCO, ‘Conseil exécutif,’ vol. XIV (1950), 20-21-22 Sessions, 20 EX/2 (SS)-
10-11, March 21, 1950, UA. See also Jacques Vernant, ‘International Relations: The
Work of the International Studies Conference,’ International Social Science Bulletin 1,
no. 1 (1950): 56–61, 59.
(^135) UNESCO, ‘Conseil exécutif,’ vol. XVII (1951), 26-27-28 Sessions, 28 EX/17-15,
Annexe IX, octobre 23, 1951, UA.