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The Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of IPDC is composed of a chairman, three Vice-Chairpersons, a Rapporteur and three other members.>> Composition of the Bureau
The members of the Bureau who are representatives of Member States of UNESCO shall preferably be specialists in the fields covered by the IPDC. They are elected by the Council at the beginning of its first session and stay in office until a new Bureau has been elected.
The Bureau discharges duties as the Council may lay upon it. It assumes full responsibility for project selection, approval and allocation of funds from the Special Account, and plans the organization of work of the Council session. The Bureau also acts as a jury for selecting the winner of the IPDC-UNESCO Rural Communication Prize.
Meetings of the Bureau may be convened between meetings of the Council at the request of an absolute majority of the Council’s members, at the request of the Director-General of UNESCO, or at the request of half of the members of the Bureau.
Last IPDC Bureau Meeting:
54th IPDC Bureau meeting, 24-26 February 2010
Next IPDC Bureau Meeting:
55th IPDC Bureau meeting, 22-24 March 2011
The Bureau discharges duties as the Council may lay upon it. It assumes full responsibility for project selection, approval and allocation of funds from the Special Account, and plans the organization of work of the Council session. The Bureau also acts as a jury for selecting the winner of the IPDC-UNESCO Rural Communication Prize.
Meetings of the Bureau may be convened between meetings of the Council at the request of an absolute majority of the Council’s members, at the request of the Director-General of UNESCO, or at the request of half of the members of the Bureau.
Last IPDC Bureau Meeting:
54th IPDC Bureau meeting, 24-26 February 2010
Next IPDC Bureau Meeting:
55th IPDC Bureau meeting, 22-24 March 2011
| Composition of the Bureau (elected at the 27th Session of the IPDC Council) | ||
Chairperson: |  Mr Raghu Menon (India) | |
| Vice-Chairpersons: |  Egypt |  Yemen |
 Thailand | ||
 Venezuela | ||
| Members: |  Namibia (Rep.of) | |
 Russian Federation | ||
 United States of America | ||
| Rapporteur: |  Mr Mamadou Koumé (Senegal) | |
