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It BANE Ue) pd ‘The second group comprises those unions whose membership olso believes thot students have a significant role to play in the seform-of society ond the alleviation of its ifls, but whose approach is within the context of the present system, ond who favour opsroting in the noture. of political pressure groups. te The third grou consists of those unions whose membership subscribes to o “student e such” aparoach and whose interests and activities ore thereby confined strictly to those matters which Involve the interests of students in their capacity as students. While the first radical group of National Unions is still a minority of the total, it hes grown markedly in the past two years and the political trend in Europs is towards this pole. These unions, however, do not find it-useful to engoge in'diclogue with other unions who do not shore their approach to political questions ond student unionism, " \Even the larger middle group of “moderates” are unadle to effect a meaningful dislogue ; pAwith the more activist group. At the other end of the sccle is the handful of unions who : f yw" still subscribe to the orchoic and outdated “students cs such" concept and who thereby te - have Isolated themselves trom dialogue with either of the other two groups. This has |. resulted in a general breakdown in the consensus that once wos possible omongst the European member unions of the International Student Conference. Thus, In relation to ind re a Facial Wee. stiape! ee Re me eee Ty ee we TOS As breakdown of the comensus among the [SC unions in Europe, the SC con no longer have a broad and firm financial base, = lt is on unfortunate fact of internotional student life thot the finance for an organisation * io. ..cpuch os the International Student Conferenco;-Hts-administration and programme of = _- ; - gctivities must be raised with the help of unions in the developed countries, in & ond North Americo.. Unfortunotely, o number of these unions who have the possibility of providing financial support to an organisation which can benefit in a real way uniom in the less developed countries are often motivated by national considerations which are not infrequently at variance with the declared goals of the organisation. No . a incident could exemplify more clearly the powerlessness of the majority of the uniors In the ISC who come from developing countries, unions who ore not in @ position to provide the finance necessary for the operation of the organisation, than the present situation. In recent years, for finance, the ISC has been dependent on the support of a handful of wealthy National Unions, some of which have evinced little interest in the feelings of othor mombers when they feel that the orgonisation hos ceased to serve their often = wt selfish ends. The situation reached the stoge lote lost yearwhere one union, finding Its ° views unacceptable, could by leaving the organisation ond through its influence on finenciol sources, ensure thet the organisation wos ultimately forced to wind up its activities. The orrogonce of power of rich countries in dealing with their less well-off counterparts is not uncommon in international organisations and the. recent history of the ‘Internotional Student Conference provides striking e<omples of this trait. On the basis of the finencial evidence available, the Supervision Committee recogni that the International Student Conference could: no longer operate with.a minimum bull= time Secretariat offering the At range of services for member unices.or having. mecringful programme of activities, other than the IUEF activities: This realisa: despite the fact that in recent yeors neither the Supervision Commitive nor t have spared ony efforts in their search for funds, demonstrates clear! Tyrer pe tary fpr “TH