Founded in Paris in July 1946, through the merger of the then-International Professional Secretariat of Education (SPIE) and the ITE, with the participation of the American Education Association, joined the WFTU as its first professional trade union structure. At the present time it consists of 121 organizations from 82 countries, with a total of 20 million members. As the time of writing, its 13th Statutory Conference was scheduled for May 24-29, 1985 ,in Sofia, Bulgaria. It has a consultative status at UNESCO. Various joint actions have been organized by agreement with the International Federation of Teachers' Unions (IFTU, member of the ICFTU), the World Federation of Educators (CME, member of the WCL), and the World Federation of Organizations of the Teaching Professions (CMOPE). It publishes a quarterly review «Teachers of the World* , with a pedagogical supplement subsidized by UNESCO and a bulletin entitled « Educators' International Courrier», which appears eight times a year. Address: Wilhelm Wolf Str. 21 Berlin III, GDR Telephone: (372) 4800591 Telex: 1 15037 fise dd General Secretary: Daniel Retureau (France)