Europe and North America
Russian Federation
| Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO |
| General Information |
| English Name | Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO |
| Address |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
32/ 34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square
RU - 121200 Moscow, G-200
Russian Federation |
| Phone | (7.499 ) 244 24 56 ;
(7.499) 244 24 65;
(7.499) 244 25 36;
(7.499) 244 23 29 |
| Fax | (7.499) 244 24 75 |
| E-mail | unescorussia@mail.ru |
| National Commissions Web site on unesco.org | http://www.unesco.ru |
| Correspondence Language | ENGLISH |
| Name | Mr Sergei Lavrov* |
| Title | President |
| Election Date | 16 April 2004 |
| Mandated duration | |
| Started | April 2004 |
| Type of Appointment | ex officio |
| Government Post | Other |
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Mr Sergei Lavrov, President of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO |
| Name | Mr Vladimir E. Fortov |
| Title | Vice-Chairperson |
| Election Date | 2004 |
| Mandated duration | |
| Started | 2004 |
| Name | Mr Alexander Dzasokhov |
| Title | Second Vice-Chairperson |
| Election Date | Nov. 2006 |
| Mandated duration | |
| Started | November 2006 |
| Name | Mr Grigory Ordzhonikidze |
| Title | Secretary-General |
| Election Date | 2003 |
| Mandated duration | |
| Started | 2003 |
| Name | Mr Amir Bilyalitdinov |
| Title | Deputy Secretary-General |
| Started | August 2004 |
| Date and Method of Creation | 1955 |
| Department attached to | the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Documentation Centre | The Documentation Centre mainly holds UNESCO publications and welcomes about 1000 visitors a year. An information Centre has been created in July 2000 to disseminate information on the activities of UNESCO, publications and other documents. |
| Structure of the Commission | The National Commission is composed of the following bodies:
- The General Assembly, which meets twice a year;
- The "Presidium" (comprising the President, the Vice-Presidents, and the Secretary-General), which meets every three months;
- 17 Programme Committees dealing with different areas related to UNESCO fields of competence.- 5 Regional Offices in Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Yakutsk, Ufa and Kyzyl;
- The Secretariat.
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| Members/Composition | The National Commission comprises 90 Members representing Ministries (Education, Culture, Science, Immigration Policy, Foreign Affairs, Emergency), universities, national institutions and NGOs involved in UNESCO's fields of competence, as well as renowned personalities from the scientific, cultural, education and communication/media communities. |
| Committees/Sub-Committees Details
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| Number of Committees or Sub-Committees | 5 |
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| Sub-committee Topics | [X] Education
[X] Science
[X] Social Sciences
[X] Culture
[X] Communication
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| Interaction with UNESCO and National Commissions |
| Overview | The Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO collaborates with National Commissions of (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghistan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine), the Baltic States, as well as with the National Commissions of: Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, Poland, the Republic of Korea and Slovenia.
The Commission also maintains good working relations with the UNESCO Field Offices in Moscow and Bangkok and cooperates with the CEPES (Bucharest), the ROSTE (Venise), the UIE (Hamburg), the IIEP (Paris), and the IBE (International Bureau for Education, Geneva). |
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| UNESCO Courier |
| Language | Russian |
| Type | Bulletin |
| Media | Print |
| Periodicity | Every month |
| Financing | The Publishing house |
| Distribution | CIS - Community of Independent States |
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