        
                                                          During the current year,  the meeting of the Auroville International
                                                      Advisory Council was held on 9th December, 1983 under the chairman-
                                                      ship of Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao.  The Council recommended various
                                                      measures for proper management of the township with a view to ensuring
                                                      that the people of different countries live together in harmony and are
                                                      engaged in Cultural, educational, scientific and other pursuits aiming at
                                                      human unity.
        
                                                         Recalling its earlier resolution of 1970 in which the General Confe-
                                                      rence of Unesco had invited the Member States and international organisa-
                                                      tions to participate in the development of Auroville as an International
                                                      Cultural Township, Unesco's General Conference adopted a resolution at
                                                      its Twenty-second Session held in October-November, 1983, inviting the
                                                      Director General to extend all possible support including financial assist-
                                                      ance, within the approved budgetary provisions, for Auroville's Program-
                                                      mes-educational, cultural and developmental, including material and spiritual
                                                      research aiming at human unity.