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The meeting, which was attented by thirty-three experts and nine observers,
was inaugurated by H.E. Dr Raoul Pierre-Louis, Secretary of State for National
Education (Haiti) who gave the opening address (see page 236), after the
observance of one minute's silence in memory of all the victims of the slave trade.
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Director-General of Unesco, then outlined the main
features of the experts' task, and stressed the positive spirit of international co-
operation manifested by the holding of such a discussion on this difficult subject
in Haiti, the scene of great suffering from the slave trade and of the struggle
for the liberation of the black man (see page 239).
The meeting selected its officers as follows: Dr Raoul Pierre-Louis (Haiti),
Chairman; Professor B. A. Ogot (Kenya) and Professor H. Tolentino (Dominican
Republic), Vice-Chairmen; Professor J. Dévisse (France), Rapporteur.
This summary report sets out the most constructive suggestions which
emerged from the discussion, and includes the most recent information. It is not
a point-by-point record of the discussion.