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The Committee’s report also contains a recommendation to which the International
Committee on Intellectual Co-operation devoted careful attention — namely, that a special
body should be set up which would be responsible for the supervision of international
competitions. A similar body was contemplated in the memorandum transmitted by the
United Kingdom Government to the League Council on February 3rd, 1933.
The Committee of Experts did not, however, overlook the difficulties which, at the
present time at any rate, might be encountered in creating such a body. It accordingly
recommended the setting-up, by the Intellectual Co-operation Organisation, at the request of
Governments, of temporary committees for each particular case, to see that the competition
proceedings were regular.
The International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation recognises that this proposal
of the Committee of Experts is undoubtedly calculated to ensure greater respect for the
principles and rules laid down.
It accordingly approved the addition to the Rules of a special paragraph in the sense
proposed by the Committee of Experts :
“ X. International Technical Assistance for the Organisation of Competitions.
“ 59. Organisers of international competitions may, through their Governments
and for each particular case, request the Intellectual Co-operation Organisation
to set up an ad /zoc committee of experts, consisting of specialists in the subject of
the competition, which would be placed at the disposal of the organisers, to act as
technical adviser, during the competition.
“ 60. The Committee may be called upon to co-operate in drawing up the
programme, and it will take steps subsequently to see that the competition proceedings
are regular and that the conditions are observed.
“ Subject to the application of Article 56, the Committee may lend its good office
for the settlement of difficulties that may arise between organisers and competitors.
“ The committee of experts will consist of three members, including one national
of the applicant country.
“ The programme of the competition will define the rdle and the duties and powers
of the committee thus constituted.
“ All costs connected with the constitution of the committee and its secretariat shall
be borne by the organisers.
“ 61. Decisions taken by the experts appointed by the Intellectual Co-operation
Organisation shall not involve the responsibility of the latter, and such decisions
cannot accordingly form the subject of an appeal to the Organisation.”
Resolution
The International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation,
Approving the Rules for International Competitions in Architecture and Associated
Arts drawn up by the Committee of Experts at its meeting in Paris on April 20th :
Pays a tribute to the work done by the experts ;
Considers that the task begun in 1933 by the Intellectual Co-operation Organisation at
the request of the Council of the League, in accordance with the suggestions made by the
United Kingdom Government, has now been completed ;
I ransmits to the Council of the League the Rules thus completed by the Committee •
and
Requests the Council to be good enough to authorise the communication of this text to
the States Members of the League and non-member States, for the guidance of administrations
organising international or national competitions in architecture, town-planning and associated
arts.
Appendix
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS IN ARCHITECTURE AND ASSOCIATED ARTS
Report of the Drafting Committee
The Committee set up by the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation met
at Paris on April 6th and 7th, 1938, at the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation
It was composed as follows :
Chairman.
M. Ch. De Visscher, Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
The Hague.
Members.
Representatives of the Permanent International Committee of Architects:
M. Paul Vischer, Chairman (Basle) ;
The Committee’s report also contains a recommendation to which the International
Committee on Intellectual Co-operation devoted careful attention — namely, that a special
body should be set up which would be responsible for the supervision of international
competitions. A similar body was contemplated in the memorandum transmitted by the
United Kingdom Government to the League Council on February 3rd, 1933.
The Committee of Experts did not, however, overlook the difficulties which, at the
present time at any rate, might be encountered in creating such a body. It accordingly
recommended the setting-up, by the Intellectual Co-operation Organisation, at the request of
Governments, of temporary committees for each particular case, to see that the competition
proceedings were regular.
The International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation recognises that this proposal
of the Committee of Experts is undoubtedly calculated to ensure greater respect for the
principles and rules laid down.
It accordingly approved the addition to the Rules of a special paragraph in the sense
proposed by the Committee of Experts :
“ X. International Technical Assistance for the Organisation of Competitions.
“ 59. Organisers of international competitions may, through their Governments
and for each particular case, request the Intellectual Co-operation Organisation
to set up an ad /zoc committee of experts, consisting of specialists in the subject of
the competition, which would be placed at the disposal of the organisers, to act as
technical adviser, during the competition.
“ 60. The Committee may be called upon to co-operate in drawing up the
programme, and it will take steps subsequently to see that the competition proceedings
are regular and that the conditions are observed.
“ Subject to the application of Article 56, the Committee may lend its good office
for the settlement of difficulties that may arise between organisers and competitors.
“ The committee of experts will consist of three members, including one national
of the applicant country.
“ The programme of the competition will define the rdle and the duties and powers
of the committee thus constituted.
“ All costs connected with the constitution of the committee and its secretariat shall
be borne by the organisers.
“ 61. Decisions taken by the experts appointed by the Intellectual Co-operation
Organisation shall not involve the responsibility of the latter, and such decisions
cannot accordingly form the subject of an appeal to the Organisation.”
Resolution
The International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation,
Approving the Rules for International Competitions in Architecture and Associated
Arts drawn up by the Committee of Experts at its meeting in Paris on April 20th :
Pays a tribute to the work done by the experts ;
Considers that the task begun in 1933 by the Intellectual Co-operation Organisation at
the request of the Council of the League, in accordance with the suggestions made by the
United Kingdom Government, has now been completed ;
I ransmits to the Council of the League the Rules thus completed by the Committee •
and
Requests the Council to be good enough to authorise the communication of this text to
the States Members of the League and non-member States, for the guidance of administrations
organising international or national competitions in architecture, town-planning and associated
arts.
Appendix
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS IN ARCHITECTURE AND ASSOCIATED ARTS
Report of the Drafting Committee
The Committee set up by the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation met
at Paris on April 6th and 7th, 1938, at the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation
It was composed as follows :
Chairman.
M. Ch. De Visscher, Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
The Hague.
Members.
Representatives of the Permanent International Committee of Architects:
M. Paul Vischer, Chairman (Basle) ;
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