Montevideo Resolution

In 1954, after a long campaign, the Esperanto movement made one of its greatest achievements. On Friday the 10th of December, 1954, the general conference of UNESCO in Montevideo accepted the resolution, which recommended that the general director of UNESCO follow the evolution in the use of the language. 23 years later, the General Director of UNESCO actually visited the World Congress of Esperanto once, but the experiment was never repeated.

General Conference of Unesco, Montevideo (Uruguay), 1954

Accepted by the General Assembly on the 10th of December, 1954, the result of a multi-year campaign coordinated by UEA, principally by its board member Ivo Lapenna.

IV.1.4.422 - The General Conference, Having discussed the report of the Director-General on the international petition in favour of Esperanto (8C/PRG/3),
IV.1.4.4221 - Takes note of the results attained by Esperanto in the field of international intellectual relations and the rapprochement of the peoples of the world;
IV.1.4.4222 - Recognizes that these results correspond with the aims and ideals of Unesco;
IV.1.4.4223 - Takes note that several Member States have announced their readiness to introduce or expand the teaching of Esperanto in their schools and higher educational establishments, and requests these Member States to keep the Director-General informed of the results attained in this field;
IV.1.4.4224 - Authorises the Director-General to follow current developments in the use of Esperanto in education, science and culture, and, to this end, to co-operate with the Universal Esperanto Association in matters concerning both organisations.