| Date and Method of Creation | 1951 |
| Status | Autonomous |
| Department attached to | a registered non-profit association |
| Legislation Dates | The judicial text was accepted22/06/1989 and last revised 24/06/2011 |
| Legislation | The Commission has Statutes dating back to 1989 and a considerable number of by-laws and rules of procedures adopted by its General Assembly and its Executive Committee. |
| Documentation Centre | The Documentation Center holds thousands of publications. The Centre, which is computerized and administered by a professional librarian, receives some 25 verbal and written inquiries every day. |
| Structure of the Commission | The National Commission consists of the following bodies:
- The General Assembly of the 100 members of the commission, which meets once a year;
- The Executive Committee (17 members), which meets three times a year, plus its Bureau ;
- Four Expert Committees, dealing with: (1) Education; (2) Natural and Social Sciences; (3) Culture; (4) Communication and Information. The meetings are scheduled twice a year;
- The Secretariat. |
| Members/Composition | The Commission comprises 114 members, 14 of which represent the German Federal Government and the Government of the Länder. The other 100 members are elected by the General Assembly. They are either institutions involved in UNESCO's fields of competence at an international or federal level, or individual experts chosen in their personal capacity and representing the broad diversity of UNESCO's major programmes. Thus, the membership comprises professional associations, expert institutions, NGOs, political and scientific foundations, universities, the media and different religious communities.
In addition to the maximum of 100 elected members, the membership of the German Commission comprises several honorary and corresponding members who do not have the right to vote.
Half of the members are elected by the General Assembly every two years.
The Expert Committees, with a size of about 20 experts, comprise a similarly mixed membership of representatives of government, of professional associations, expert institutions and individual experts. |
| Executive Committee | The Executive Committee meets three times a year. |
| General Assembly | The General Assembly of all members meets once a year. Its members (described above) hold elections, adopt the budget and programme resolutions, discuss general policy guidelines and legally discharge the Executive Committee.
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| Committees or Sub-Committees | The German Commission for UNESCO has the following sub-committees :
1. Expert Committee on Education
2. Expert Committee on Science
3. Expert Committee on Culture
4. Expert Committee on Communication and information
Meetings are scheduled twice a year. |
| Committees/Sub-Committees Details
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| Number of Committees or Sub-Committees | 4 |
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| Periodicity | twice a year |
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| Sub-committee Topics | [X] Education
[X] Science
[X] Social Sciences
[X] Culture
[X] Communication
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