The records of the 28th UNESCO general conference are divided into three parts. The first part contains the resolutions adopted by the UNESCO General Conference and the list of officers of the General Conference and of the Commissions and Committees. The second part contains the reports of the five UNESCO Program Commissions, the Administrative Commission, the joint meeting of the Programme and Administrative Commissions, and the Legal Committee. The third part contains the verbatim records of the plenary meetings, the list of participants, and the list of documents. This document comprises the first two volumes. The 13 sections of the first volume are: (1) "Organization of the Session, Admission of New Member States, Election of Members of the Executive Board and Tribute to its Chairpersons"; (2) "Reports on the Activities of the Organization and Programme Evaluation"; (3) "Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001"; (4) "Programme for 1996-1997"; (5) "Support for Programme Execution"; (6) "Budget"; (7) "General Resolutions"; (8) "Constitutional and Legal Questions"; (9) "Financial Questions"; (10) "Staff Questions"; (11) "Headquarters Questions"; (12) "Methods of Work of the Organization"; and (13) "Twenty-Ninth Session of the General Conference." In the second volume, each of the 5 program commissions, as well as the Administrative Commission, the joint Programme and Administrative Commission, and the Legal Committee, has a report with resolutions and suggested budgetary figures. Items for discussion under each report are also presented. The third volume lists the complete proceedings in 6 different languages. (EH)