Contact addresses of National Commissions for UNESCO UNESCO
(in English alphabetical order)
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Afghanistan
Président honoraire : Dr Assadullah Hanif Balkhi
Secretary-General : Mr Mohammad Shakir Habibyar
Afghan National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Afghanistan National Commission for UNESCO
Ministry of Education, Mohammad Jan Khan Watt Kabul - Afghanistan
Fax : +93202103848
E-mail : unesco.natcom@moe.gov.af; dl.afghanistan@unesco-delegations.org
Year established : 1948
Albania
President : Ms Lindita Nikolla
Secretary-General : Mr Sokol Gjoka
Commission nationale albanaise pour l' UNESCO
Address : Ministria e Puneve të Jashtme
Zyra e UNESCO
Bulevard Zhan d'Ark
Tirana
Albania
Phone : +355 43 640 90 ext.127
Fax : +355 4 23 62 084; +355 4 23 62 085
E-mail : unesco.al@mfa.gov.al; sokol.gjoka@mfa.gov.al (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.al
Year established : août 1959
Algeria
Présidente : S.Exc. Madame Nouria BENGHABRIT
Secrétaire général : Mr Mourad Mahmoudi
Commission nationale algérienne pour l'éducation, la science et la culture
Address : Palais Mustapha Bacha
06 Avenue de l'indépendance
16000 ALGER
Algérie
Phone : (213-21) 66 86 24
Fax : (213-21) 66 82 83
E-mail : natcomalgerie@unesco.dz
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesco.dz
Year established : 18 avril 1963 par Décret présidentiel
Andorra
Président : M. Josep Dallerès
Secrétaire général : M. Jean-Michel Armengol
Comissió Nacional Andorrana per a la UNESCO
Address : C/ Prat de la Creu, 68-76
AD500 Andorra la Vella
Principat d'Andorre
Phone : (+376) 825 700 (direct);
Fax : (+376) 861 911 (direct);
E-mail : cnau.unesco@andorra.ad; jmarmengol@andorra.ad;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.ad
Year established : 23 février 1996
Angola
Président : M. M’pinda Simao*
Secrétaire permanent : M. Manuel Teodoro Quarta
Commission nationale angolaise pour l'UNESCO
Address : C.P. 1451
LUANDA
Angola
Phone : (244.222) 33 70 10;
(244.222) 33 70 13;
(244.91) 25 04 714 (portable SG)
Fax : (244.222) 39.21.38 (Com.nat.)
E-mail : unesco2@snet.co.ao;mtquarta@hotmail.com (SG)
Year established : 1 Septembre 1980
Anguilla
Ministry of Finance, Economic Development Investment Commerce and Tourism
Address : PO Box 60 ,
The Secretariat ,
The Valley ,
Anguilla
BWI
E-mail : jasmingarraway@yahoo.com
Antigua and Barbuda
Chaiperson : The Hon. Michael Browne
Secretary-General : Dr. Reginald Murphy
Antigua and Barbuda National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education, Culture, and Technology
Church Street
St. John's
Antigua W.I.
Antigua and Barbuda
Phone : (1-268) 462.4959
Fax : (1-268) 462.4970
E-mail : regmurphy@hotmail.com (SG); unescoantiguabarbuda@gmail.com
Year established : 1988
Argentina
Presidente : Lic. Esteban José Bullrich
Secretario : Dr. Francisco MIGUENS CAMPOS
Comisión Nacional Argentina de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Paraguay 1657, 3er piso, of. 301 / 302
C1062ACA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
República Argentina
Phone : (+54 11) 4129-1152 / 4129-1156
Fax : (54 11) 41 29 11 57; (54 11) 41 29 12 85
E-mail : fmiguens@me.gov.ar, conaplu@me.gov.ar
Year established : October 1958 as a Governmental body
Armenia
President : Mr. Edward Nalbandian *
Secretary-General : Mr Vahram Kazhoyan
Armenian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government House 2
3, Vazgen Sargsian Street
0010 Yerevan
Armenia
Phone : (374-10) 54-40-41 (Ext. 212)
Fax : (374-10) 54-39-25
E-mail : v.kazhoyan@mfa.am (SG); a.karapetyan@mfa.am; l.eyramjyan@mfa.am; g.yedigaryan@mfa.am
Year established : 10 October 1992
Aruba
President : Mr Luc Alofs
Secretary-General : Ms Zetsia Ponson
Aruba National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Zoutmanstraat 1
Oranjestad
Aruba
Phone : (297) 583-5863
(297) 582-7939
E-mail : unescoaruba@gmail.com;
Year established : 1987
Australia
Chairperson : Ms Annmaree O’Keeffe AM
Secretary General : Mr Adam Illman
Australian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
R.G. Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton
Australian Capital Territory, 0221
Australia
Australia
Phone : +612 6261 1555
+612 6261 2037
Fax : +612 6112 2037
E-mail : natcom.unesco@dfat.gov.au
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.dfat.gov.au/intorgs/unesco/
Year established : 29 April 1947 by a decision of the federal Cabinet
Austria
President : Dr. Eva Nowotny
Secretary-General : Ms Gabriele Eschig
Austrian Commission for UNESCO
Address : Universitätsstraße 5/4. Floor/12
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone : (43-1) 526 13 01
Fax : (43-1) 526 13 01 - 20
E-mail : oeuk@unesco.at; eschig@unesco.at (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.at
Year established : 30 June 1949
Azerbaijan
Chairperson : M. Elmar Mammadyarov*
Secretary-General : Ms Gulnara Aghalarova
National Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Shikhali Gurbanov Str. 4
1009 Baku
Azerbaijan
Phone : (994.12) 596 93 22;
(994.12) 596 90 72;
Fax : (994.12) 596 94 07
E-mail : unesco@mfa.gov.az;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesco.az
Year established : 21 February 1994
Bahamas
Secretary-General : Dr. Leon Higgs
Bahamas National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education, Science & Technology
P.O. Box N-3913
13 East Avenue, Nassau
The Bahamas
Nassau
Bahamas
Phone : 1-242-322-4070/72/73/80
E-mail : lhiggsunescobahamas@gmail.com
Year established : 6 January 1991 by a Cabinet Decree
Bahrain
Chairperson : Dr Majed Ali Al Noaimi *
Secretary General : Mrs Lubna Selaibeekh
Bahrain National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 43
Manama
Bahrain
Phone : (00973) 17783091-17783118
Fax : (973) 17 68 11 04
E-mail : bahrainnatcom@moe.gov.bh
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.gov.bh (Mineduc)
Year established : 7 October 1967
Bangladesh
Chairman : Mr Nurul Islam Nahid
Secretary General : Mr. Md Sohorab Hossain
Secretary : Mr Md. Monjur Hossain
Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 1, Sonargaon Road
Palassy
Nilkhet
Dhaka-1205
Bangladesh
Phone : (88 02) 967.5002
(88 02) 961.2997
Fax : +880 2 9514114/8613420/9662007
E-mail : natcombd@yahoo.com;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.bncu.gov.bd
Year established : April 1973
Barbados
Chairperson : Ms Allisandra Cummins
Deputy Chairperson : Mr. Laurie King
Secretary General : Ms Juliette Griffith
Barbados National Commission for UNESCO
Address : The Elsie Payne Complex
Constitution Road
St Michael
Barbados
Phone : (1.246) 430 27 02 (Sec-Gen); (1.246) 430 27 89 (Gen-Office)
Fax : (1.246) 436 24 11 FAX
E-mail : unescobgi@mes.gov.bb; alissandra.cummins@gmail.com;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://mes.gov.bb
Year established : 1970
Belarus
President : Mr Vladimir Makei*
Secretary-General : Mr Yury Ambrazevich
Assistant Secretary-General : Ms Inna Vasilevskaya
Commission of the Republic of Belarus for UNESCO
Address : 19 Lenin street
220030 Minsk
Belarus
Phone : (375.17) 227 83 16
Fax : (375.17) 227 83 16
375 17 227 45 21
E-mail : su@mfa.gov.by
Year established : 1956
Belgium
Président de la Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO : Prof. Marc Vervenne
Président de la Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO : M. Philippe Busquin
Secrétaire général de la Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO : M. Marien Faure
Secrétaire général de la Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO : Mme Eva Haeverans
Commissions belges pour l'UNESCO
Address : Secretariat of the Flemish Commission for UNESCO
Foreign Affairs Division
Boudewijnlaan 30 bus 80
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Sécretariat de la Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO
Place Sainctelette, 2
1080 Bruxelles
Belgique
Phone : - Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO: +32 (0)2 553 54 45 (SG)
- Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO: + 32(0)2 421 85 70 (SG)
Fax : Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO: +32 (0)2 553 60 37 (SG)
Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l'UNESCO +32-2-421.87.69
E-mail : marc.vervenne@gbeg.kuleuven.be (Pt); eva.haeverans@iv.vlaanderen.be (SG); m.faure@wbi.be (SG); dl.belgium@unesco-delegations.org
Year established : 1948
Belize
President : Hon. Patrick Faber *
Vice-President : Hon. Pablo Marin
Vice-President : Ms Dianne Haylock
Secretary-General : Dr. Rudolph Anthony Jr.
Belize National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Belize National Commission for UNESCO
The Old CET Building
Cor. St Joseph and St Thomas Street
Belize-City
Belize
Phone : (501) 223 6018
E-mail : unesco.secgen@moe.gov.bz (SG)
Year established : 1984
Benin
Ministre des Enseignements Maternel et Primaire : Monsieur Salimane KARIMOU
Secrétaire générale : Madame Adélaïde Fassinou Allagbada
Commission nationale béninoise pour l'UNESCO (CNBU)
Address : B.P. 520
PORTO-NOVO
Benin
Phone : (229) 20 22 00 66;
(229) 95 84 20 34 (SG, Tel./fax)
(229) 97 98 19 95 (SG portable)
(+229) 96 66 47 27 (Président)
(+229) 94 87 79 36 (Président)
Fax : )
E-mail : spcnbu@yahoo.fr; fassinoudede@yahoo.fr (SG); salimane.karimou@yahoo.com
Year established : 20 mars 1963 par Décret
Bhutan
Chairperson : Mr Norbu Wangchuk
Secretary-General : Mr Karma Yeshey
Bhutan National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 1-7 Wogmin Lam
Namgay Chholing
Ministry of Education
Thimphu
Bhutan
Phone : (975)-2- 334322
E-mail : wbidha@moe.gov.bt; unesco@moe.gov.bt
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.gov.bt
Year established : October 1986
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Presidente : Lic. Roberto Ivan Aguilar Gomez *
Secretario Permanente : Lic. Ronald Jesús BARRANCOS TORREZ
Comisión Nacional Boliviana para la UNESCO
Address : Ministerio de Educación
Relaciones Internacionales
Avenida Arce No 2147
Casilla de Correo: 3116
LA PAZ
Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
Phone : (591-2) 244-1200 (SG)
(591-2) 244-0160
(591) 7053-3873 (SG movil)
Fax : (591-2) 244-0864;
(591-2) 244-0376
E-mail : rbarrancos@minedu.gob.bo; ronalddiplom@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.minedu.gob.bo (Mineduc)
Year established : 1955
Bosnia and Herzegovina
President : Mr Adil Osmanovic*
Secretary General : Ms Biljana Camur Veselinovic
National Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Civil Affairs
Trg BIH 1
BA - 71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone : (387) 33.492.552 (SG);
(387) 33.492.598;
Fax : (387) 33.492.632
E-mail : biljana.camur@mcp.gov.ba (SG); jelena.vukovic@mcp.gov.ba;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.mcp.gov.ba / www.unescobih.mcp.gov.ba
Year established : 1993
Botswana
Chairperson : Dr Alfred Madigele
Secretary General : Ms. Nnosang Mhutsiwa
Permanent Secretary : Dr. Theophilus Mooko
Senior Secretary : Mrs Nebuthu Tiego
Botswana National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Private Bag 005
Gaborone
Botswana
Phone : (267) 365 61 63 (Pres);
(267) 365 54 80 (SG);
(267) 367 54 63 (PS)
Fax : (267) 390 70 35
E-mail : nmhutsiwa@gov.bw ; dbmodimakwane@gov.bw ; pqkenosi@gov.bw ; tkgotlaetsile@gov.bw ; pbareetsi@gov.bw ; semaseko@gov.bw
Year established : September 1983 by a Presidential Directive
Brazil
Chief of DAMC : Mr Gustavo da Veiga Guimarães
Division of Cultural and Multilateral Agreements (DAMC)
Address : Ministry of Foreign Relations
(Ministério das Relações Exteriores)
Esplanada dos Ministérios
Bloco H, Anexo 1, sala 408
70170-900 Brasília, DF
Brazil
Phone : (5561) 2030-8482
Fax : (55.61) -2030-8480
E-mail : damc@itamaraty.gov.br
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://dc.itamaraty.gov.br
Year established : 13 June 1946 by Law nr. 9.355
British Virgin Islands
Chairman : Hon. Myron Walwyn *
Secretary-General : Dr Allison Flax-Archer
Dr. Marcia Potter
British Virgin Islands National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Culture
Central Administration Complex
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands
Phone : (284)468-2527
(284) 468-2528
E-mail : aflax-archer@gov.vg (SG)
Year established : 1996
Brunei Darussalam
Minister of Education and Chairperson : Hon. Pehin Dato Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman
Secretary-General : Dr. Hajah Romaizah Binti Haji Md Salleh
Brunei Darussalam National Commission for UNESCO
Address : International Affairs Unit
Deputy Permanent Secretary (Core Education)’s Office
Ministry of Education
Brunei Darussalam
Contact for National Commission
Haji Aminuddin Bin Mohd Yaakub
Senior Education Officer
International Affairs Unit,
Ministry of Education
Brunei Darussalam.
Telephone : +6732381256
Fax: +6732380703
Email: aminuddin.yaakub@moe.gov.bn
Phone : 673 2381256 (BN)
Fax : 673 2380703 (BN)
E-mail : aminuddin.yaakub@moe.gov.bn
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.moe.gov.bn
Bulgaria
President : Mr Rumen Alexandrov*
Vice-Chairperson : Mr Dimitar Philipov
Secretary-General : Ms Maria Donska
Commission nationale de la République de Bulgarie pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
B. P. 386
BG - 1040 SOFIA
Bulgarie
Phone : (359-2) 948 22 23 (SG)
(359-2) 873 48 71
Fax : (359-2) 973 33 41
E-mail : mdonska@mfa.bg; unesco-bg@mfa.government.bg
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco-bg.org
Year established : Le 17 mai 1956
Burkina Faso
President : M. Filiga Michel SAWADOGO
Secrétaire général : Monsieur Sanmalmé Aristide DABIRE
Commission nationale burkinabé pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère des enseignements secondaire, supérieur et de la recherche scientifique
03 B.P. 7046
OUAGADOUGOU 03
Burkina Faso
Phone : (226) 50 30 72 15
0026 71 31 79 50
0026 77 97 14 34
0026 68 06 00 69
Fax : (226) 50 31 56 14
E-mail : conasco@fasonet.bf; sanmalme@yahoo.fr
Year established : 19 mai 1961 par Décret présidentiel
Burundi
Présidente : Dr. Janvière NDIRAHISHA
Secrétaire permanent : M Salvator Nyabenda
Secrétaire générale adjointe : Madame Céline NIMBONA
Commission nationale du Burundi pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Education nationale
Boulevard de l'Uprona
B.P. 1990
BUJUMBURA
Burundi
Phone : (257) 22 22 4517 (Secrétariat du Sec. perm.);
(257) 22 22 45 247(Secrétariat du Président);
(257) 22 22 37 55 (SG)
(257) 77 77 14 69 (SG portable)
(257) 71 30 00 02 (SG portable)
(257) 22 25 33 53 (Dir. Minéduc)
Fax : (257) 22 223755 (Sec. Permanent) ;
(257) 22 228477 (Minéduc)
E-mail : salvatornyabenda@ymail.com (SG)
Year established : 24 décembre 1964
Cambodia
Vice-Présidente : Mme Sun Saphoeurn
Secrétaire générale : Mme Tan Theany
Secrétaire général adjoint : M. Chuch Phoeurn
Secrétaire général adjoint : M. Yos Eang
Commission nationale du Cambodge pour l'UNESCO
Address : N° 74, Preah Sihanouk Avenue - B.P. 29
PHNOM PENH
Cambodge
Phone : (855-23) 210 369
Fax : (855-23) 210 369
E-mail : cambonac@gmail.com
Year established : 1951
Cameroon
Présidente : Mme Adjidja Youssouf *
Secrétaire général : M. Sally MAIRIGA
Commission nationale du Cameroun pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. 16536
YAOUNDE
Cameroun
Phone : (237) 2222-4996
(237) 2222-1122
(237) 2223-2501/9693-8311 (SG)
Fax : (237) 2222-1122 (Sec. Com. Nat.);
(237) 2222-4996 (Com.nat.)
E-mail : cnucameroun@yahoo.fr; owonada1985@yahoo.fr (SG);mengueango@yahoo.fr
Year established : 23 mai 1962
Canada
President : Dr Christina Cameron
Vice-President : Ms Danika Billie Littlechild
Secretary-General : Sébastien Goupil
Canadian Commission for UNESCO
Address : 150 Elgin Street
P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa, ON, K1P 5V8
Canada
Phone : (+ 1.613) 566 44 14 (ext. 4551);
From USA & Canada / A partir des USA et du Canada:
(1.800) 263 55 88 ( ext. 4551)
Fax : (+ 1.613) 566 44 05
E-mail : sebastien.goupil@unesco.ca (SG); angele.cyr@unesco.ca
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.ca
Year established : 14 June 1957
Cape Verde
Président : Mme Maritza ROSABAL PEÑA
Secrétaire permanente : Mme Maria da Gloria Rendall Ribeiro Serrano Santos
Commission nationale cap-verdienne pour l'UNESCO
Address : Caixa Postal 51-A
PRAIA - ILHA DE SANTIAGO
Cap-Vert
Phone : +238 262 13 61/14 69 (SG)
+238 991 74 78 (SG portable)
+ 238 262 14 89 (Standard)
Fax : (238) 262-45-44
E-mail : Antonio.CorreiaSilva@mesci.gov.cv (Chairperson) Sec-CNU@GOVCV.gov.cv; gloria.ribeiro@govcv.gov.cv (SG)
Year established : 1987 par Décret
Central African Republic
Président : S. Exc. M. Moukadas NOURE
Secrétaire général : Mme Georgette Florence Koyt-Deballe
Commission nationale centrafricaine pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Education nationale
B.P. 1583
BANGUI
République centrafricaine
Phone : +236 21 61 43 00 (SG)
+236 75 54 10 88 /+236 70 45 40 30/+236 72 42 26 41 (SG Mobile)
+ 236 72 50 56 96 / + 236 75 04 56 96(Président)
Fax : (236) 21.61.41.74
E-mail : gfdkoyt@gmail.com ; simiti1957@yahoo.com
Year established : 6 décembre 1961 par Décret présidentiel en tant qu'organe gouvernemental, restructurée le 06.08.2002
Chad
Président : M Ahmat Khazali ACYL*
Secrétaire général : M. Abdelkérim Adoum Bahar
Commission nationale tchadienne pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. 731
NDJAMENA
Tchad
Phone : (235) 22 51 46 71 (SG)
+235 66 28 18 63 (SG portable)
Fax : (235) 22 51 39 76
E-mail : abdelkerim_adoum@yahoo.fr;
Year established : 27 janvier 1960 par Arrêté présidentiel
Chile
President : Sra. Adriana DEL PIANO PUELMA
Secretaria Ejecutiva : Sra. Elizabeth Rubio Farias
Secretaria Adjunta : Sra. Claudia Paz Téllez Marín
Comisión Nacional Chilena de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales y Género
Ministerio de Educación
Avenida Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins 1371, oficina 610
SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Chile
Phone : (56-2) 740 62 00
(56-2) 406 53 84
(56-2) 406 60 83
E-mail : Claudia.tellez@mineduc.cl
Year established : March 1958
China
Chairman : Mr HAO Ping
Secretary-General : Mr DU Yue
National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO
Address : 37, Damucang Hutong Xidan
CN - 100816 Beijing
China
Phone : (86-10) 66 09 68 44 (General Policy and Admin Office);
(86-10) 66 09 65 53 (Div. Science and Culture);
(86-10) 66 09 62 49 (Div. Education)
Fax : (86-10) 66 01 79 12
E-mail : natcomcn@moe.edu.cn
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.cn/index.jsp (in Chinese only)
Year established : February 1979
Colombia
Presidente : Sra. Da. María Ángela HOLGUÍN CUELLAR *
Comisión Colombiana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Palacio de San Carlos
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Carrera 5 N° 9-03
BOGOTA, D.C.
Colombia
Phone : (57-1) 3814270 / 3814271 (Directo)
(57-1) 3814000 Ext. 1646 / 1655 / 1775 (PBX)
Fax : (57-1) 3814747 Ext. 2402
E-mail : comisionunesco@cancilleria.gov.co
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/unesco
Year established : 1947
Comoros
Président : M. Abdou MHOUMADI
Secrétaire général : M SAID ABDOU Abdou Ahamada
Commission nationale des Comores pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Education nationale
B.P. 2557
MORONI
Comores
Phone : +269 773 87 11 (SG)
+269 333 44 00 (SG portable)
Fax : (269) 73 08 91 (au travaux)
E-mail : comnat.comores@comorestelecom.km; saidabdouahamada@gmail.com
Year established : Septembre 1998 par Décret présidentiel
Congo
Président : M. Bruno Jean Richard Itoua
Secrétaire général : M. Gabriel Bokoumaka
Secretaire général adjoint : Gervais Marcelin N'DOKEKIA
Commission nationale congolaise pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. 493
BRAZZAVILLE
Congo
Phone : +242 05 554 65 58 (SG)
+242 06 666 80 13 (SG portable)
Fax : (242) 83 03 13
E-mail : gabrielbok@yahoo.fr;
Year established : janvier 1962
Cook Islands
Chair : Mr Henry Tuakeu Puna
Secretary General : Mrs Gail Townsend
Cook Islands National Commission for UNESCO
Address : PO Box 3097
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Ms Gail Townsend
Secretary-General
PO Box 97
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Phone : (682) 29 419
Fax : (682) 28 357 (SG)
E-mail : gail@education.gov.ck
Year established : 1993
Costa Rica
Presidente of the Executive Committee : Dra Rocío Solís Gamboa
Présidente : Excma. Sra. Da. Sonia Marta Mora Escalante
Secrétaire général a.i : Sr. José Rafael Alvarado Cortés
Comisión Costarricense de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Av 1 Bis Calles 33 y 35. Barrio Escalante, de Intensa 50 m Este, Casa #3345
SAN JOSE
Phone : (506) 2224.43.20;
(506) 2225.51.12;
(506) 2283.75.27
Fax : (506) 224.43.20
E-mail : comisioncr@comisionunesco.cr
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.comisionunesco.cr
Year established : 7 November 1949
Côte d'Ivoire
Présidente : Mme Kandia Camara*
Secrétaire général : M. Lou Mathieu Bamba
Commission nationale ivoirienne pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Education nationale
B.P. V 297
ABIDJAN 01
Côte d'Ivoire
Phone : +225 22 44 05 49 (SG)
+225 07 97 01 29 (SG portable)
Fax : (225) 22 44 06 83
E-mail : loumathieub@yahoo.fr;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://cote_ivoire.comnat.unesco.org
Year established : 12 avril 1961 par Décret
Croatia
President : Mr Radoslav Tomić
Deputy President : Kresimir Nemec
Secretary-General : Mrs Rut Carek
Croatian Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Culture
Runjaninova 2
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone : (385 1) 48 66 304
Fax : (385 1) 48 66 526
E-mail : unesco@min-kulture.hr; Rut.Carek@min-kulture.hr;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.min-kulture.hr/unesco
Year established : July 1992
Cuba
Presidente : Sr Oscar León
Comisión Nacional Cubana para la UNESCO
Address : Ave. Kohly n° 151, esq. 32 Nuevo Vedado
La Habana
Cuba
Phone : 53-7-881-0088
53-7-882-2103
53-7-8810213
E-mail : cncu@cncu.minrex.gob.cu; oscarlg@cncu.minrex.gob.cu. ;
Year established : 17 novembre 1947 par Décret présidentiel
Curaçao
Chairperson : Ms Maurina Esprit-Maduro
Secretary General : Ms Marva C. Browne
Curaçao National Commission
Address : Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
APC-Complex
Schouwburgweg 24/26
Willemstad
Curaçao
Phone : 599-9-434-3712
E-mail : marvabrowne@yahoo.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.natcomcuracao.org
Cyprus
President : Mrs Loukia Hadjigavriel
Secrtery-General : Mr. Pavlos Paraskevas
Officer : Antigoni Polyniki
Officer : Thekla Papantoniou
Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 27 Ifigenias street, Strovolos
2007 Nicosia
Cyprus
Phone : +(357) 22 809809;
+(357) 22 809810
Fax : (+357) 22 809 873;
E-mail : unesco@culture.moec.gov.cy;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.cy/english/index.shtm
Year established : February 1962
Czechia
President : Prof Stanislav Stech
Secretary-General : Ms Radka Bordes
Czech Commission for UNESCO (Ceska Komise pro UNESCO)
Address : Rytírská 31
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone : (420) 221.610.126
(420) 224 186 126
Fax : (420) 221.610.122
E-mail : unesco@mzv.cz
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.mzv.cz/unesco (in Czech and English)
Year established : June 1994
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
President, National Commission of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for UNESCO : Mr Pak Myong Guk
Secretary-General : Mr KIM Chang Min
National Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 44
Phone : (850-2) 382.72.22
Fax : (850-2) 381.46.60
E-mail : ri.kyong.il@undp.org
Year established : December 1974
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Président : M. Gaston Musemena
Secrétaire permanent : M. Liema Ibongo-Botie Lazare
Commission nationale de la République démocratique du Congo pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. 14
KINSHASA - Gombe G.C.
République démocratique du Congo
Phone : +243 12 510 02 51 (SG)
+243 81 521 55 67 (SG portable)
+243 12 510 02 52 (Assistante du SG)
+243 81 510 14 94 (Assistante du SG portable)
Fax : (243.88) 99.753 61 (Bureau UNESCO);
E-mail : comnat.rdc@gmail.com; lliemaib@gmail.com
Year established : 1967 par Ordonnance du Président de la République
Denmark
Chairperson : Mr Bo Manderup-Jensen
Secretary-General : Mr Jens Dalsgaard
The Danish National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Department of Primary and Lower Secondary School and International Affairs
Frederiksholms Kanal 26
1220 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone : +45 3392 5000
Fax : +45 3392 5492
E-mail : unesco@uvm.dk; linda.nielsen@jur.ku.dk (Pt); Irene.holse@uvm.dk; Christina.Barfoed-Hoj@uvm.dk
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.dk
Year established : July 1947
Djibouti
Président : M. Moustapha Mohamed MAHAMOUD
Secrétaire général : M Isman Ibrahim Robleh
Commission nationale de Djibouti pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. N° 2102
Djibouti
Phone : +253 2135-6414 (SG)
+253 7781-1635 (SG portable)
Fax : (253) 35.68.19
E-mail : moustaphamedmoud@gmail.com; natcomdjib@gmail.com
Year established : 1991
Dominica
Chairperson : Hon. Peter Saint-Jean *
Secretary-General : Ms Sonia Williams
Dominica National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Educationand Human Resource Development
2nd Floor, Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
Phone : (1 767) 266.30.22 (Direct tel.);
(1 767) 448-2401 Ext. 3022
(1 767) 616-6060 (celular)
Fax : (1 767) 448-0644 (direct)
E-mail : soniadw50@hotmail.com (SG); unesco@cwdom.dm
Year established : November 1981
Dominican Republic
Presidente : Excmo. Sr. D. Pedro Vergés
Secretary-General : Ms María Mercedes BRITO-FELIZ
Encargada de Relaciones Interinstitucionales : Sra. Kenia Moreno
Assistente : Sra. Aimer R. Castillo Hernández
Directora Administrativa y Financiera : Sra. Ivelisse Pérez
Comisión Nacional Dominicana para la UNESCO
Address : Ministerio de Cultura
Av. George Washington esq. Paseo Presidente Vicini Burgos
Santo Domingo
República dominicana
Phone : 1+ 809-221-4141 ext. 264, 401
1+ 809-284-3858
E-mail : comisionunesco@cndu.gob.do
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.new.cndu.gob.do
Year established : On 14 November 1957 by a presidential decree
Ecuador
Presidente : Economista Andrés Arauz
Secretaria General : Ms María Isabel Flores Ruiz
Analista de Relaciones Internacionales : Sra Paola Vivas
Comisión Nacional Ecuatoriana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Comisión Nacional Ecuatoriana de la UNESCO
Ministerio Coordinador de Conocimiento y Talento Humano
Av. Patria y 10 de Agosto esquina. Edificio Bco. de Préstamos, 9nth floor
170517 QUITO
Ecuador
Phone : (593) 02 394 68 00
Ext.1764
E-mail : cominacional.unesco@conocimiento.gob.ec; cunesco@conocimiento.gob.ec; mariaisabel.flores@conocimiento.gob.ec
Year established : 1947
Egypt
President : H.E. Mr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar
Secretary-General : Dr Mohamed Hossam Eldin EL MALLAHY
Assistant Secretary-General : Mrs Zainab El Wakil
Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 7, Shareh Ibrahim Abou-Al Naja
Block 1, Hayy Al-Sifarat
Emtedad Abbas El-Aqqad,
Madinet Nasr-Al-Qahera
Cairo
The Arab Republic of Egypt
Phone : (202) 23516196
Fax : (202) 23516325
E-mail : casm@imcu.sti.sci.eg; egnatcom@egnatcom.org.eg ; zm elwakeel@hotmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.egnatcom.org.eg
Year established : 1946
El Salvador
Presidente : Ingeniero Carlos Mauricio Canjura Linares
Secretario Ejecutivo : Lic. Francisco Humberto Castaneda
Secretaria tecnica : Inga. Lidia Angelica Moran
Comisión Nacional Salvadoreña de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Ministerio de Educación
Edificio A-2, Plan Maestro
Centro de Gobierno
Alameda Juan Pablo II y calle Guadalupe
SAN SALVADOR
El Salvador
Phone : (503) 2592-2337
E-mail : comisionsv@gmail.com; lidia.moran@mined.gob.sv
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.mined.gob.sv
Year established : 1950
Equatorial Guinea
Président : M. Jesus Engonga Ndong
Secretario general : Monsieur Santiago Bivini Mangue
National Commission for UNESCO of Equatorial Guinea
Address : Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Deporte
Calle Rey
MALABO
Guinea Ecuatorial
Phone : 00240.2222.48114 (mobile SG)
Fax : (240 09) 43 61;
(240 09) 33 13
E-mail : nculu2015@gmail.com
Year established : 1981 sur la base de Décrets-Lois de 1981 et de 1985.
Eritrea
Chairperson : Mr Semere Russom *
Secretary-General : Mrs Mehret Iyob
Eritrea National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Liberation Avenue
P.O. Box 1056
Asmara
Eritrea
Phone : (291 1) 12 78 17
(291 1) 12 78 18
(291 1) 11 57 26 (SG)
(291 1) 12 78 08 (Mineduc)
Fax : (291 1) 12 53 69
E-mail : natcomeri@gmail.com
Year established : 1995
Estonia
Chairperson : Dr Kristin Kuutma
Secretary-General : Ms Kerli Gutman
Deputy Secretary-General : Ms Margit Siïm
Estonian National Commission for UNESCO (UNESCO Eesti Rahvuslik Komisjon)
Address : 2, Pikk Street
EE - 10123 Tallinn
Estonia
Phone : (372-5) 028 475;
(372-6) 441-431;
(372-6) 313.757
Fax : (372-6) 313.757
E-mail : unesco@unesco.ee; margit.siim@unesco.ee; kerli.gutman@unesco.ee (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.ee (in Estonian only)
Year established : 17 August 1992
Ethiopia
President : Mr Shiferaw Tekelemariam
Secretary-General : Mr. Mebratu Berhan Berhe
Ethiopian National Office for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 2996
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Phone : (251.11.1) 55 25 19
Fax : (251.11.1) 55 16 55
E-mail : naueth@gmail.com (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.moe.gov.et (Mineduc website)
Year established : 31 January 1969 by a Government Order
Faroes
Chairperson : Mr Sigurd i Jakupsstovu
Secretary-General : Mr Martin Naes
Deputy Secretary-General : Ms Armgard Weihe
Faroese National Commission for UNESCO
Address : The Ministry of Education
Research and Culture
Hoyviksvegur 72
FO-100 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
Web: www.mmr.fo
Phone : +298 306500
Fax : +298 306555
E-mail : martinn@mmr.fo (SG); armgardw@mmr.fo (DSG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesco.fo
Year established : May 2012, by appointment of the Minister of Education, Research and Culture
Fiji
Chairperson : Hon. Dr. Mahendra Reddy*
Acting Secretary-General : Mr Amani T. Cirikisuva
Fiji National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Fiji National Commission for UNESCO
Ministry of Education
Private Mail Bag, Govt. Blds,
Suva
Fiji
Phone : +679 331 4477
Fax : +679 330 3511
+679 331 9312 (SG)
E-mail : mahendra.reddy@education.gov.fj (Chair);amani.cirikisuva@govnet.gov.fj; cirikisuva.amani@gmail.com (Acting SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.gov.fj
Year established : January 1993
Finland
Chairperson : Ms Jutta Urpilainen
Vice-Chairperson : Ms Johanna Maula
Secretary-General : Ms Zabrina Holmström
Finnish National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Culture
International Relations
P.O Box 29
FIN-00023 Government
Finland
Phone : +358-295 3 30004 (switchboard)
+358-295 3 30114 (Sec-Gen.)
Fax : (358-9) 1607-6980
E-mail : unesco@minedu.fi; zabrina.holmstrom@minedu.fi
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.fi
Year established : 8 February 1957
France
Président : M. Daniel JANICOT
Vice-présidente : Mme Mercedes Erra
Secrétaire générale par intérim : Laurella Rinçon
Secrétaire général adjoint : Alexandre Navarro
Commission nationale française pour l'UNESCO
Address : 57, Boulevard des Invalides
75700 PARIS 07 SP
Phone : +33(0)1.53.69.39.55 (Secrétariat)
Fax : +33(0)1.53.69.32.23
E-mail : Daniel.janicot@diplomatie.gouv.fr; laurella.rincon@diplomatie.gouv.fr; alexandre.navarro@diplomatie.gouv.fr ; catherine.gallaud@diplomatie.gouv.fr
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.fr
Year established : 2 août 1946
Gabon
Président : S.Exc. M. Florentin MOUSSAVOU
Secrétaire Général Adjoint : M. Jean Claude Engo Bekui
Commission nationale gabonaise pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Education nationale
B.P. 264
LIBREVILLE
Gabon
Phone : (241) 01.72.20.49 (Secrétariat) ;
(241) 01 72 20 49 (SG)
(241) 04 24 44 80 (SG portable)
Fax : (241) 01.76.14.48 (Pt)
E-mail : comnatunescogabon@yahoo.fr
Year established : 5 janvier 1961 par Décret
Gambia
Chairperson : Ms Claudia Cole
Dr Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof
Acting Secretary-General : Mr Ousman Senghore
Senior Programme Officer II : Mrs Maimuna Sidibeh
Gambia National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 1133
Banjul
Gambia
Phone : (220) 422 52 14
(220) 422 52 75
(220)3361172 / 7561172 (SG mobile)
Fax : (220) 422 52 97
E-mail : momodousanneh@hotmail.com; senghoreousman@yahoo.fr
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.gm/
Year established : 11 March 1982 by a Cabinet decision
Georgia
President : Mr Mikheil Janelidze*
Vice-President : Ms. Khatuna ToTladze
Secretary-General : Ms Ketevan Kandelaki
Georgian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4, Chitadze Street
0118 Tbilisi
Georgia
Phone : +995 322 945000 (ext. 1912)
Fax : +995 322945001
E-mail : unesco@mfa.gov.ge; k.kandelaki@mfa.gov.ge (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.ge
Year established : October 1992
Germany
President : Mrs Dr. Verena Metze-Mangold
Vice-President : Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf
Second Vice-President : Prof. Dr. Hartwig Lüdtke
Secretary-General : Mr Roland Bernecker
German Commission for UNESCO
Address : 15, Colmantstrasse
53115 Bonn
Federal Republic of Germany
Phone : (49.228) 60.49.70
(49.228) 60.49.719 (Sec-Gen)
Fax : (49.228) 60.49.730
E-mail : natcom@unesco.de
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.de
Year established : 1951
Ghana
Chairperson : Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Chief Director and Vice Chairperson : Mr Enoch H. Cobbinah
Secretary-General : Mr Riche-Mike Wellington
Ghana National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 2739
Accra
Ghana
Phone : 233 302 662 772 (Chairperson)
233 302 666 070 (Vice Chairperson)
Fax : 233 302 664 067 (Chairperson)
233 302 679 353 (Vice Chairperson)
E-mail : diasporagh@gmail.com; enoch_cobbinah@yahoo.com; r.wellington@unescoghana.org; info@unescoghana.org
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://unescoghana.org/
Year established : December 1953 as a Governmental body
Greece
President : Ms Maria Ekaterini Papachristopoulou-Tzitzikosta
Vice Chairperson : Mrs Theano Demesticha
Assistant Secretary-General : Ms Christina Boulakaki
Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 3, Akadimias St.
100 27 Athens
Greece
Phone : (30.210) 368 23 85 (Pres.);
Secretariat:
(30.210) 368 23 74;
(30.210) 368 23 96;
(30.210) 368 23 86;
(30.210) 368 23 98;
(30.210) 368 23 99
Fax : (30.210) 368 23 84
E-mail : unescogr@mfa.gr;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco-hellas.org
Year established : 1946
Grenada
Chairperson : Hon. Anthony Boatswain*
Acting Secretary-General : Ms Kisha Gellineau
Secretary : Mrs Juelia Frederick-Williams
Grenada National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development
Botanical Gardens
Tanteen
St George's
Grenada, W.I.
Phone : (473) 440 31 62; (473) 440 27 37
Fax : (473) 440 66 50
E-mail : unesco-gd@gov.gd; kishagellineau@gmail.com
Year established : 1981
Guatemala
Presidente : Excmo. Sr. D. Oscar Hugo LÓPEZ RIVAS
Secretaria General : Sra. Sara Peralta de Rodríguez
Comisión Nacional Guatemalteca de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Unidad de Cooperación Nacional e Internacional del Ministerio de Educación (UCONIME)
6a. Calle 1-87 Zona 10,
Ministerio de Educacion
01010, CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA
Guatemala
Phone : (502) 2411-9595, ext. 2108
E-mail : speralta@mineduc.gob.gt
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.mineduc.gob.gt
Year established : 02 June 1950
Guinea
Président : M Abdoulaye Yéro BALDE*
Secrétaire général : M Ibrahima Solo CONDE
Commission nationale guinéenne pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique
B.P. 964
CONAKRY
Guinée
Phone : Phone (+224) 655 04 43 80
Fax : (224) 41-34-41
E-mail : Ibrahimasolo12@yahoo.fr / Ibrahimasolo12@gmail.com / abdoulayey.balde@bcrg-guinee.org.
Year established : Août 1962 par Décret
Guinea-Bissau
Président : S.Exc. M. Aristides Ocanti da Silva *
Vice-Président : M. Antonio Oscar Barbosa
Vice-Président : M. Baciro Dja
Secrétaire exécutif : M. Policarpo Marcos LOPES
Commission nationale pour l'UNESCO de la République de Guinée-Bissau
Address : Ministère de l'Education
B.P. 353
BISSAU
Guinée-Bissau
Phone : (245) 215-640;
+245 22 225 9568 (SG portable)
+245 590 76 11 (SG)
+245 665 12 35 (SG)
Fax : (245) 215-643;
(245) 202-244
E-mail : policarpounesco@yahoo.com.br (SG)
Year established : Mai 1982 par Décret
Guyana
Chairman : Dr Rupert Roopnaraine
Guyana National Commission for UNESCO
Address : "Dargan House"
90, Robb & Oronoque Streets
Georgetown
Guyana
Phone : (592) 223 7955 (SG);
(592) 225 43 06
Fax : (592) 226 06 45;
E-mail : unesco.guyana@moe.gov.gy
Year established : 22 August 1978 by a Cabinet decision
Haiti
Président : Monsieur Pierre Josué Agénor CADET
Secrétaire général : M. Jean Coulanges
Commission nationale haïtienne de coopération avec l'UNESCO
Address : 4, rue 4 Pacot, Port-au-Prince, Haïti
Phone : (509) 22488056
E-mail : natcomunescohaiti@yahoo.fr
Year established : 9 novembre 1950 par Décret gouvernemental
Honduras
Presidenta : Excma. Sra. Rutilia Calderón
Secretaria Permanente : Sra. Hilda Muñoz Tábora
Comisión Hondureña de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : EDIFICIO AMGOO, COLONIA PUERTA DEL SOL, AVENIDA JUAN BOSCO, CALLE MAYA, LOTE 14
TEGUCIGALPA
Honduras
Phone : (504) 2232-3363 Ext.41
E-mail : comisionunescohn@gmail.com
Year established : 1948
Hungary
President : Dr Miklós Réthelyi
Secretary-General : Dr Gábor Soós
Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Human Capacities
Báthory utca 10.
H-1054 Budapest
Hungary
Phone : + 36 1 795 4691; + 36 1 795 47 09
Fax : +36 1 795 02 55
E-mail : info@unesco.hu; gabor.soos@unesco.hu
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.hu
Year established : 1948
Iceland
Chairperson : Mr Gunnar Haraldsson
Secretary-General : Ms Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir
Representative for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs : Ms Marta Jónsdóttir
Representative for Culture : Ms Áslaug Fridriksdottir
Representative for youth matters : Mr Magnus Juliusson
Representative for communication and information : Ms Arna Schram
Head of division, representative for education : Mr Ólafur Sigurðsson
Icelandic National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Sölvhólsgata 4
IS - 150 Reykjavík
Iceland
Phone : (354) 545 95 00
Fax : (354) 562 30 68
E-mail : postur@mrn.is; postur@mrn.stjr.is; aslaug.dora.eyjolfsdottir@mrn.is (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.is
Year established : June 1964
India
Minister of Human Resource Development : H.E. Shri Prakash Javadekar
Secretary-General : Mr Vinay Sheel Oberoi
Deputy Secretary-General : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan
Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Secondary and Higher Education
Government of India
Shastri Bhavan
New Delhi 110 001
India
Phone : (91.11) 23 78 26 98 (President);
(91.11) 23 38 64 51 (SG)
(91.11) 23 38 26 98
Fax : (91.11) 23 78 20 28 (President);
(91.11) 23 38 58 07
(91.11) 23 38 13 55
E-mail : secy.dhe@nic.in (SG); maniverma100@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.nic.in
Year established : March 1949
Indonesia
Chairperson : Prof. Dr. Muhadjir Effendy
Executive Chairman : Prof. Dr. H. Arief Rachman
Indonesian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of National Education
Gedung C. , Lt 17
Jalan Jenderal Sudirman - Senayan
10270 Jakarta
Indonesia
Phone : (62-21) 570-9425;
Fax : (62-21) 573-3127;
E-mail : aspnetind@cbn.net.id
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://kniu.kemdikbud.go.id
Year established : 20 October 1952
Iran, Islamic Republic of
President : Mr Mohammad Farhadi
Secretary-General : Dr Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari
Iranian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 11155-4498
Phone : (98.21) 22 22 78 25
(98.21) 22 27 98 85
(98.21) 22 25 13 64
Fax : (98.21) 22 25 25 36
E-mail : unesco@irunesco.org; saeidabadi@irunesco.org
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.irunesco.org
Year established : July 1948
Iraq
Président : S. Exc. Dr Mohamed Iqbal Omar MAHMOUD
Secretary-General : Mr Hasanain Fadhil Abaas Mualla
Iraqi National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Baghdah
Iraq
Phone : (964-1) 538 2042/43/45 (ext. 3712, 3713, 3714);
(964-1) 885 1359
Fax : (964-1) 815-1989
E-mail : hfmualla@yahoo.com (SG); moeiraqinat@gmail.com
Year established : 1962
Ireland
Co-ordinator of National Commission : Ms Roseann Gilligan
Chairperson : Vincent Landers
Irish National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Department of Education and Skills,
International Section
Marlborough Street
IE - Dublin 1
Ireland
Phone : (353-1) 889 2434
Fax : none
E-mail : roseann_gilligan@education.gov.ie
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.ie
Year established : October 1961
Israel
President : Mr Naftali Bennett
Secretary-General : Dr Dalit Atrakchi
Israel National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
2, Dvora Ha'nevia Street
Jerusalem 91911
Israel
Phone : (972.2) 560 37 46;
(972.2) 560 37 47
Fax : (972.2) 560 37 45
E-mail : dalitat@education.gov.il
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.gov.il/unesco
Year established : September 1949
Italy
President : Mr Franco Bernabè
Secretary-General : Mr Enrico Vicenti
Commission nationale italienne pour l'UNESCO
Address : Piazza Firenze 27
00186 Rome
Italy
Phone : 0039066873713
(39-06) 687-3712, 13, 17, 23
Fax : (39-06) 687-3684
E-mail : comm.unesco@esteri.it
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.it
Year established : 11 février 1950
Jamaica
Chairperson : H. E. Ms. Olivia Grange
Secretary-General : Everton Hannam
Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO
Address : ISA Building, 3rd Floor
14-20 Port Royal Street
Kingston
Jamaica
Phone : (876) 967-9893;
(876) 618-1332/1333
E-mail : jamaicanatcom@jncunesco.gov.jm
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.jncunesco.gov.jm
Year established : February 1965
Japan
Chairperson : Mr Yuichiro Anzai
Secretary-General : Mr KAWABATA Kazuaki
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
100-8959 Tokyo
Japan
Phone : +81-(0)3-6734-2603
Fax : +81-(0)3-6734-3679
E-mail : jpnatcom@mext.go.jp
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.mext.go.jp/english/unesco/
Year established : August 1952
Jordan
Chairperson : Dr Omar Al Razzaz
Secretary General : Mrs Ibtisam Aqab Ayoub
Jordan National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Address : Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 1646
Amman 11118
Jordan
Phone : (962.6) 568 41 37;
(962.6) 568 38 74;
Fax : (962.6) 568 80 61;
E-mail : jonatcom.education@gmail.com ; jounesco@orange.jo
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.moe.gov.jo/jounesco/index.htm
Year established : October 1952
Kazakhstan
Chairperson : Mr Arystanbek Mukhamediuly*
Secretary-General : Ms Assel Utegenova
Kazakhstan National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 31 Kunayev street
010000 Astana
Kazakhstan
Republic of Kazakhstan
Phone : (7 71 72) 72 03 27; (7 71 72) 72 03 20
(7 71 72) 72 01 97; (7 71 72) 72 03 47
E-mail : a.utegenova@mfa.kz (SG); zh.shaimenova@mfa.kz; b.khabibulla@mfa.kz
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.natcom.kz
Year established : December 1992
Kenya
Chairperson : Fred Okengo Matiang’I
Secretary-General : Ms Evangeline Njoka
Kenya National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 14th floor National Bank Building
Harambee Avenue
P.O. Box 72107-00200
Nairobi
Kenya
Kenya
Phone : (254-20) 2229053/4(SecGen);
Fax : (254.20) 22 13 025 (Natcom)
E-mail : sg@unesco.go.ke eva.njoka@unesco.go.ke paloo@unesco.go.ke
Year established : 25 March 1964 by a Cabinet Decree (13/10/1964?)
Kiribati
Chair : Hon. Mr. Alexander Teabo
Secretary-General : Mrs Kaaro Neeti
Kiribati National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 263
Bikenibeu
Tarawa
Kiribati
Phone : (686) 28 091 (Chair)
(686) 29 275 or 276 or 277 (SG)
Fax : (686) 28 222
E-mail : kaaro@moe.gov.ki(SG);gbvcakiribas@gmail.com (Chair)
Year established : February 1997
Kuwait
Président : M. Bader Al-Essa
Acting Secretary-General : Mrs. Nadiya Al-Wazzan
Kuwait National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 3266
13033 Safat
Kuwait
Phone : (965) -2-240 53 31 ;
(965) -2-244 44 03 (Operator)
(965) -2-247 23 48/9
Fax : (965) -2-246 95 12;
(965) -2-243 92 78
E-mail : knc.kwtnatcom@gmail.com
Year established : On 30 September 1979
Kyrgyzstan
Chairman : Sapar Isakov
Secretary-General : Ms Sabira Soltongeldieva
National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO
Address : 54 Erkindik Str
Bishkek 720040
Kyrgyz Republic
Phone : tel.: (996.312)626-761, 664.772, 624.681
Fax : fax/tel: (996.312) 626.761
E-mail : natcomunesco.kg@gmail.com
Year established : 12 June 1992
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Minister of Education and Sports, President of the National Commission of Laos for UNESCO : Ms Sengdeuane Lachanthaboun
Secretary-General : Mr. Somboun Masouvanh
Commission nationale lao pour l'UNESCO
Address : 01 Lane Xang Ave.
Chanthabuly District
Vientiane Capital
Lao Public Democratic Republic
Phone : (856-21) 21.21.08
E-mail : laonesco@yahoo.com; laonesco@hotmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.moe.gov.la
Year established : March 1968
Latvia
President : Ms Dace Melbārde*
Vice President : Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs
Vice President : Mr Kārlis Šadurskis
Secretary-General : Ms Baiba Moļņika
Latvian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Pils laukums 4-206
LV-1050, Riga
Latvia
Phone : +371 67 32 51 09
Fax : +371 67 22 27 62
E-mail : office@unesco.lv; b.molnika@unesco.lv (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.lv
Year established : February 1992
Lebanon
Président : Mr. Henri Awit
Secrétaire générale : Dr Zahida DARWICHE JABBOUR
Commission nationale libanaise pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO)
Address : Rue Mme Curie
Ministère de la Culture
BEYROUTH
République Libanaise
Phone : 00961.1.749105
Fax : 00961.1.749104
E-mail : info@lncu.org
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.lncu.org;
Year established : 28 juin 1948
Lesotho
Presidente : Mme Makabelo Mosothoane
Vice-President : Ms Ntsebe Kokome
Secretary-General : Ms Palesa Montsi
Lesotho National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Training
P. O. Box 47
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Phone : (266 22) 31 59 32
(266 22) 32 39 56
Fax : (+ 266 22) 31 02 97;
(+ 266 22) 31 02 06
E-mail : lillymontsi@gmail.com; bontle34@yahoo.co.uk
Year established : 15 October 1971 by an Order of the Council of Ministers
Liberia
Chairperson : Mr George Werner
Secretary-General : Mr Sam E. Hare, Jr
Deputy Secretary-General : Mr Caston Bob Harris
Liberian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
3rd Street, Sinkor
Monrovia
Liberia
Phone : 230 886 565 783 (PT)
231 777 565 783 (PT)
231 886 510 058 (SG mobile)
231 886 552 192 (Deputy SG)
Fax : (231) 226.144
E-mail : e_dtarpeh@yahoo.com; samharejr@gmail.com (SG); castonharris@yahoo.com (Deputy SG)
Year established : 15 February 1951 by an Act of Parliament
Libya
Président : Mr Marei Ahmed ALTAYER
Secretary-General : Mr Marei Ahmed ALTAYER
Libyan National Commission for Education, Science and Culture
Address : Ministry of Education
Secretariat
P.O. Box 1091
Tripoli
Libya
Phone : Work: 00218 61 2234164
Mobile: 00218 92 8445679
Fax : (218) 362 06/01/04
E-mail : dl.libya@unesco-delegations.org; m1967@hotmail.co.uk
Year established : 31 décembre 1957
Lithuania
Chairperson : Mr Romas Pakalnis
Secretary-General : Ms Asta Junevičiené
Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Svento Jono g. 11
LT - 01123 Vilnius
Lithuania
Phone : (370 5) 210 73 40
Fax : (370 5) 210 73 43
E-mail : lietuva@unesco.lt; asta.juneviciene@unesco.lt
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.lt
Year established : February 1992
Luxembourg
Présidente : Madame Simone BECK
Secrétaire général : Madame Catherine DECKER
Commission nationale du Luxembourg pour la coopération avec l'UNESCO
Address : Commission nationale pour la coopération avec l’UNESCO
Ministère de la Culture
4, boulevard Roosevelt
L-2450 Luxembourg
Phone : (352) 247-76620
(352) 661 819 400
E-mail : simone.beck@education.lu; catherine.decker@mc.etat.lu (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.lu; http://www.mc.public.lu (Ministère de la Culture); www.culture.lu; www.gouvernement.lu; www.luxembourg.lu
Year established : juillet 1949
Madagascar
Président : Mr Paul Andrianiaina RABARY
Secrétaire générale : Mme RATSIMISETRA Soarinaivo Fanjambohangy
Commission nationale malgache pour l'UNESCO (CNM/UNESCO)
Address : B.P. 7692
ANTANANARIVO 101
Madagascar
Phone : +261 34 20 522 77
Fax : (261.20.22) 284 96
E-mail : sgcomnatmada@gmail.com; sgcommat.unesco@educnat.gov.mg
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org/comnat/madagascar/
Year established : 14 août 1961 par Décret
Malawi
Chairperson : Mrs Lonely Magareta
Executive Secretary : Mr Francis R. Mkandawire
Malawi National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 30278
Capital City
Lilongwe 3
Malawi
Phone : 265 111 774 043/044
Fax : (265 1) 755 134
E-mail : mnatcomunesco@mtlonline.mw
Year established : On 1 June 1979 by a General Order of the Council of Ministers
Malaysia
Chairman : Hon Dato'Seri Mahdzir bin Khalid
Vice Chairperson : Tan Sri Dr. Madinah Mohamad
Secretary-General : Mr Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman
Malaysian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Policy and International Relations Division
Level 7, Block E8, Complex E
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62604 Putrajaya
Malaysia
Phone : (603) 8884 6112
(603) 8884 6109
Fax : (60.3) 88 89 54 73
(60.3) 88 84 61 16
E-mail : natcom.unesco@yahoo.com.my; natcom@UNESCO.org.my; joanneteddy.chian@moe.gov.my; hermy.abdullah@moe.gov.my; roslinda.mmusa@moe.gov.my; hazlan.hamzah@moe.gov.my; zaidi.hamid@moe.gov.my
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.my
Year established : 7 July 1966
Maldives
Chairpserson : Dr Asim Ahmed *
Secretary-General : Ms Sameera Ali
Maldives National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Velaanaage Building, 9th Floor
Ameer Ahmed Magu
Male' 20096
Republic of Maldives
Phone : (960) 332 3262 (Pres)
(960) 334 1236
(960) 334 1235
(960) 334 1234 (SG)
(960) 334 1333 (CP)
Fax : (960) 332 1201
E-mail : natcom@moe.gov.mv; sameera@moe.gov.mv
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.moe.gov.mv
Year established : July 1980
Mali
Présidente : Mrs Pr Assétou Founé SAMAKE MIGAN
Secrétaire générale par intérim : Monsieur Amadi Hamadi DIARRA
Commission nationale malienne pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
BPE 5466
BAMAKO
Mali
Phone : (223) 94 11 36 35 (standard) ;
(223) 66 61 91 81 (SG) ;
E-mail : comnat.mali@yahoo.fr; kondogola@yahoo.fr
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.education.gov.ml
Year established : 19 août 1963 par décret
Malta
Chairperson : Prof. Henry Frendo
Executive Secretary : Mr Philip Cassar
Maltese National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Employment
Great Siege Road
Floriana
Malta
Phone : (356) 99492600
E-mail : info.unesco.mede@gov.mt; henry.frendo@um.edu.mt; philip.a.cassar@gov.mt
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unescomalta.org
Year established : May 1965
Marshall Islands
Chair : Hon. Wilbur Heine
Secretary General : Ms Evelyn Konou
Associate Commissioner : Mr Kanchi Hosia
Marshall Islands National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 3
Majuro
Marshall Islands
Phone : (692) 625-4673 (Chair)
(692) 625 5261 or 5262 or 3656 (SG)
Fax : +692 625 3861
E-mail : wheine@pss.edu.mh(Chair), ekonou@pss.edu.mh(SG),khosia@pss.edu.mh; khosia920@gmail.com(AC)
Year established : March 1997
Mauritania
Présidente : Mme Vatma Vall Mint Soueina
Secrétaire général : M Ismail Ould CHOUAIB
Secrétaire général adjoint : M. KANE Mohamedou Elimane
Commission nationale mauritanienne pour l'éducation, la culture et les sciences
Address : B.P. 5115
NOUAKCHOTT
Mauritanie
Phone : (222) 4525 48 03
(222) 4525 38 85
(222) 4444 47 47 (direct)
Fax : (222) 4525 28 02
E-mail : cnecs@mauritel.mr; elimanek8@gmail.com (SG adjoint)
Year established : 1965
Mauritius
Chairman : The Hon. Dr. Mrs Leela Devi DOOKUN-LUCHOOMUN
Assistant Secretary-General : Mrs Aneeta Ghoorah
Mauritius National Commission for UNESCO
Address : c/o Ministry of Education and Human Resources
Level 2 - MITD House
Pont Fer - Phoenix
Republic of Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Phone : +230 601 34 52 / +230 601 5200 (Ex 5414)
+230 919 49 60 (Assistant SG mobil)
+230 69 77 862
Fax : (230) 696 8670
(230) 686 2532
(230) 69 77 862
E-mail : unescodesk@govmu.org;; anghoorah@govmu.org,; moeps@mail.gov.mu
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://ministry-education.gov.mu
Year established : 18 décembre 1970
Mexico
Presidente : Maestro Aurelio Nuño Mayer
Secretario General : Doctor Benito Mirón López
Secretario General Adjunto : Licenciado César Guerrero Arellano
Secretario Técnico : Licenciado Mauricio Yáñez Bernal
Comision Mexicana de Cooperacion con la UNESCO - CONALMEX
Address : Donceles No. 100, 2° piso, C.P.06020, Col. Centro Historico
MEXICO, D.F.
Mexico
Phone : (52 55) 36 01 69 40
(52 55) 36 01 69 48
Fax : (52) 55 53 29 69 43; (52) 55 53 29 69 47;
E-mail : benito.miron@nube.sep.gob.mx; cesarg@nube.sep.gob.mx;conalmex@nube.sep.gob.mx; mauricioy@nube.sep.gob.mx
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.dgri.sep.gob.mx/
Year established : 1947
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Chairman : Mr Wayne Mendiola
Secretary General : Mr Augustine Kohler
National Commission for UNESCO of the Federated States of Micronesia
Address : P.O. Box PS 175
Palikir, Pohnpei FM 96941
Federated States of Micronesia
Phone : (691) 320-2609 (Chair)
(691) 320-2343 or 320-6922 (SG)
Fax : (691) 320-5500 (Chair)
(691) 320-5634 (SG)
E-mail : wayne.mendiola@fsmed.fm; kusgoose@hotmail.com
Year established : 2001
Monaco
Présidente : Mme Geneviève Vatrican
Vice-Président : Mgr. Bernard Barsi
Secrétaire général : M. Jean-Charles Curau
Commission nationale monégasque pour l'UNESCO
Address : 4, boulevard des Moulins
MC 98000
Principauté de Monaco
Phone : (377) 98.98.83.03;
Fax : (377) 93.50.66.94
E-mail : fgamerdinger@gouv.mc; gvatrican@monaco.mc (President); jccurau@gouv.mc (SG); cverrando@gouv.mc
Year established : 1950
Mongolia
Chairperson of the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO : Mr Tsend Munkh-Orgil
Secretary-General of the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO : Ms Uyanga Sukhbaatar
Commission nationale de la Mongolie pour l'UNESCO
Address : UN House
United Nations street 14
Sukhbaatar district, 6th Khoroo
14201 Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Phone : (976) 70105652
(976-11) 315652
Fax : (976-11) 32.26.12
E-mail : natcom@unesco.mn
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.mn
Year established : March 1963
Montenegro
President : Mr Branislav Micunovic
Secretary-General : Milica Nikolic
Commission nationale du Monténégro pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Culture
Njegoseva str.
81250 Cetinje
Montenegro
Phone : +382 41 232 599
Fax : +382 41 232 572
E-mail : milica.nikolic@mku.gov.me (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unescomontenegro.com/
Year established : 6 septembre 2007
Morocco
Vice-président : M Lahcen DAOUDI
Président : M Salaheddine MEZOUAR*
Secrétaire général : M. Abdeljalil Lahjomri
Commission nationale marocaine pour l'éducation, la culture et les sciences
Address : Ministère des Affaires etrangères et de la Coopération
7 rue F. Roosevelt
RABAT
Royaume du Maroc
Phone : +(212) 5 37 27 30 30
Fax : +(212) 5 37 27 30 68
E-mail : lamia.radi@maec.gov.ma
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.comnatmaroc.org
Year established : 23 décembre 1957 par décret
Mozambique
Chairperson : Ms Conceita Ernesto Sortane
Secretary General : Ms Élia dos Anjos Vaz Bila
Mozambique National Commission for UNESCO
Address : C.P. 3674
MZ - Maputo
Mozambique
Phone : (258 21) 49 33 85
(258 21) 49 17 66
Fax : (258 21) 49 17 66
E-mail : moznatcom@tvcabo.co.mz; cdoccnum@zebra.uem.mz; lianebila@gmail.com; elia.bila@mined.gov.mz
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.cnum-unesco.org.mz
Year established : August 1980
Myanmar
Chairperson of Myanmar National Commission for UNESCO : Dr. Myo Thein Gyi
Head of Division; Department of Education Planing and Training : Mr Bo Win
Secretary General of Myanmar National Commission for UNESCO : Dr Kyi Shwin
Assistant Secretary-General : Ms Naw Ju Paw
Myanmar National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Yangon University of Foreign Languages
University Avenue Road
Kamayut Township
Yangon
Myanmar
Phone : (95 1) 513 202 (SG);
(95 1) 513 193
Fax : (95 1) 513 194 (SG)
E-mail : rectorufly@mptmail.net.mm; yuflict1@mptmail.net.mm
Year established : November 1950
Namibia
Chairperson : Ms Itah Kandjii-Murangi
Secretary-General : Mr Roderick April
Namibia National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation
Private Bag 13406
Government Office Park
Luther Street
Windhoek
Namibia
Phone : 00264612933216
00264811444891
Fax : (264-61)-2933580
E-mail : roderick.April@mheti.gov.na
Year established : On 21 January 1992.
Nauru
Chairperson : Honourable Charmaine Scotty, M.P.
Secretary-General : Mrs Jerielyn Teleni
Nauru National Commission for UNESCO
Address : c/-Secretary for Education's Office
Government Buildings
Yaren District
Republic of Nauru
Phone : (674) 557 3031 (Chair)
(674) 557 9280 (SG)
E-mail : charmainescotty@gmail.com; lteleni@gmail.com
Year established : February 1998
Nepal
Chairperson of Nepal National Commission for UNESCO : Hon. Dhaniram Paudel
Vice Chairperson of Nepal National Commission for UNESCO : Hon. Dhanmaya B.K. (Khanal)
Secretary-General : Mr Shanta Bahadur Shrestha
Secretary : Mr. Chandra Kanta Bhusal
Nepal National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Singhdurbar
Kathmandu
Nepal
Phone : 977-1- 42 00 559 / 42 00 560 / 42 00 562 (Deputy Secretary-General)
Fax : 977-1- 42 00 561
E-mail : unesco@nncu.wlink.com.np
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.nncu.gov.np
Year established : 1955
Netherlands
Chairperson : Ms Andrée van Es
Secretary-General : Ms Marielies Schelhaas
Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 29777
2502 LT The Hague (Den Haag)
Netherlands
Phone : +31 70 42 60 263
Fax : +31 70 42 60 359
E-mail : scunesco@unesco.nl; info@unesco.nl
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.nl
Year established : May 1947
New Zealand
Chairperson of New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO : Ms Robyn Baker
Secretary-General - New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO : Ms Vicki Soanes
New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
Address : c/-New Zealand Ministry of Education
P.O.Box 1666
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone : +644 463 8626 (SG line direct; 8600 office line)
Fax : +644 463 8828
E-mail : vicki.soanes@education.govt.nz;ian.jennymck@xtra.co.nz(Chair)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.nz
Year established : 1947
Nicaragua
Presidente : Sra. Da Miriam Raudez
Permanent Secretary : Señor Miguel De Castilla Urbina
Comisión Nacional Nicaraguense de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Centro Cívico.
Módulo K.
Planta Baja.
Ministerio de Educación.
Managua
Nicaragua
Phone : (505) 22.53.85.09
Fax :
E-mail : migueldecastilla68@hotmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.mined.gob.ni
Year established : 14 July 1952 by (Executive) Decree
Niger
Présidente : Madame Ali Mariama ELHADJ IBRAHIM*
Secrétaire exécutif : Monsieur Namata ISSA
Secrétaire exécutif adjoint : M. Jibrin MALAM ALMAJIRI
Commission nationale nigérienne pour l'UNESCO et l'ISESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Éducation nationale
B.P. 557
NIAMEY
Niger
Phone : (227) 72 23 65 ;
(227) 96 93 00 63; (SG)
(227) 93 93 72 65; (SG)
(227) 96 93 00 63 (SG portable)
(227) 72 22 80 (Prés.);
Fax : (227) 72 42 69;
(227) 72 21 05 (Prés.)
E-mail : comnat@intnet.ne; mjibrin1964@gmail.com (SG)
Year established : 28 mai 1962 par Décret
Nigeria
President : H. E. Mr Mallam Adamu Adamu
Secretary-General : Mrs Chioma C.J. Nwadei
Nigerian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.M.B. 476,
Garki, Abuja
Nigeria
Phone : (+ 234.9) 672 30 20;
(+ 234.9) 672 30 21;
(+234.8) (0) 33171817(SG)
Fax : (+ 234.9) 413 91 37
E-mail : natcom.unesco@education.gov.ng
Year established : 25 November 1963
Niue
Chairperson : Hon. Pokota Ikiua Lalotoa Sipeli *
Interim Secretary General : Ms Birtha Togahai
Niue National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Secretary General:
Department of Education
PO Box 32, PO Box 84
Alofi
Niue
Phone : +683 4200 (PT)
+683 4609/4145 (SG)
Fax : +683 4322/4206 (PT)
+683 4301 (SG)
E-mail : pokotoa.sipeli@mail.gov.nu (Chair); Birtha.Togahai@mail.gov.nu
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.gov.nu
Year established : March 1993
Norway
President : Ms. Tora Aasland
Vice President : Professor Peter Haugan
Vice President : Ms Laila Susanne Vars
Secretary-General : Ms Tanja Kristine Hegge
Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Research
Postboks 8119 Dep
No-0032 Oslo
Norway
Phone : (47) 22 24 75 03
Fax : (47) 22 24 79 20
E-mail : natcom@unesco.no; Peter.Haugan@gfi.uib.no (Vice PT); Tanja-Kristine.Hegge@kd.dep.no; tkh@kd.dep.no (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.no
Year established : November 1946
Oman
Chairperson : Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed bin Nasser AL SHAIBANIYA
Secretary-General : Mr Mohammed Saleem Al Yaqoubi
Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Address : Permanent Delegation of Oman to UNESCO
UNESCO House
1 rue Miollis
75732 PARIS Cedex 15
(All correspondence should be addressed to the Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Oman to UNESCO).
Phone : 0096824254448 (SG)
Fax : 0096824255959
E-mail : malyaqoubi@moe.om ; onc@moe.gov.om
Year established : 16 September 1974
Pakistan
Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training and Chairperson of the National Commission for UNESCO : Mr Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman
Secretary-General : Mr Hafiz Sher Ali
Secretary : Mr Muhammad Ahsan Raja
Pakistan National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 30 UNESCO House
H-8/1
Islamabad
Pakistan
Phone : (92.51) 925 72 25
Fax : (92.51) 925 75 19
E-mail : pncuibd@dsl.net.pk
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.pncugovpk.com
Year established : November 1984
Palau
Chairperson : Hon. Baklai Temengil
Secretary-General : Mr Andrew Tabelual
National Commission of the Republic of Palau for UNESCO
Address : C/O Ministry of Education
P.O Box 189
Koror, Republic of Palau 96940
Phone : +680 488 2952 (SG)
+680 767 1126 (PT)
Fax : +680 488-1003 (SG)
+680 767 3354 (PT)
E-mail : pnoc@palaunet.com (Chairperson) ; atabelual@palaumoe.net (SG) ; mcca@palaunet.com (PT);
Year established : 2000
Palestine
President : Mr Mahmoud Ismaile Ali
Secretary-General : Mr Murad SUDANI
Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Address : P.O. Box 174
Ramallah
Palestinian Authority
Phone : (+ 970) 22 42 10 80
Fax : (+ 970) 22 420902
E-mail : pncecs2011@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.pncecs.plo.ps
Year established : 1994
Panama
Presidenta : Excma. Sra. Da. Marcela Paredes de Vásquez
Secretaria General : Licenciada Liza R. Pinzón M.
Coordinador : Licenciado Alfredo Trottman B.
Comisión Panameña de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Ministerio de Educación
Apartado 0816-04049
Villa Cardena, Ancón
Edificio 6523
PANAMA
República de Panamá
Phone : (507) 515-7360; (507) 517-7304
Fax : (507) 517- 6007
E-mail : liza.pinzon@meduca.gob.pa; alfredo.trottman@meduca.gob.pa. yazmina.torres@meduca.gob.pa
Year established : 1949
Papua New Guinea
Chaiperson : Mr Nick Kuman*
Secretary General : Mr Wesley J. Lakain
Papua New Guinea National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O.Box 446
Waigani
Papua New Guinea
Phone : +675 301 3334/3333 (PT)
+675 301 3582 (SG)
Fax : +675 323 1031 (PT)
+675 325 4648 (SG)
E-mail : Wesley_Lakain@education.gov.pg
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesco.org.pg
Year established : 1981
Paraguay
President : Sr Enrique Riera Escudero
Secrétaire général : Sr. Tomás Aníbal Zapattini
Secretaria Ejecutiva : Sra Carmen ESPÍNOLA DE BARRETO
Comisión Nacional Paraguaya de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Estrella 443 casi Alberdi, Edificio Estrella 6° Piso,
ASUNCIÓN
Paraguay
Phone : 595-21451813
Fax :
E-mail : cncunesco@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Comisi%C3%B3n-Nacional-Paraguaya-de-Cooperaci%C3%B3n-con-la-Unesco/804199026256956?sk=info&tab;=page_info§ion;= web_address&view;
Year established : 1955
Peru
President : Excma. Sra. Marilú Martens
Secretaria General : Sra Oriana María Suarez Perez
Comisión Nacional Peruana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Calle Del Comercio
N° 193 - San Borja
LIMA
Perú
Phone : (511) 223-2284/615-5800 annex 26517
E-mail : comiunesco@minedu.gob.pe; comiunesco@gmail.com; vsanchez@minedu.gob.pe
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.comiunesco.org.pe
Year established : 1947
Philippines
Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Chairperson of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines : Hon. Enrique Manalo
Secretary-General of the Philippine National Commission for UNESCO : LILA RAMOS SHAHANI
UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines
Address : G/F Department of Foreign Affairs Bldg.
2330 Roxaz Boulevard
Pasay City
Philippines
Phone : (63-2) 834 3447;
(63-2) 834 4818;
(63-2) 834 4844
Fax : (63-2) 831 8873
E-mail : secretariat@unesco.gov.ph
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesconatcom.gov.ph
Year established : June 1947
Poland
President : Prof. Jacek Purchla
Secretary-General : Mr Slawomir Ratajski
Deputy Secretary-General : Ms Aleksandra Waclawczyk
Commission nationale polonaise pour l'UNESCO
Address : Palac Kultury i Nauki, 7 P
Pl. Defilad 1
00-901 Warsaw
Poland
Phone : (48-22) 620.33.55;
(48-22) 624.24.96;
(48-22) 620.33.62;
Fax : (48-22) 620.33.62
E-mail : komitet@unesco.pl; s.ratajski@unesco.pl (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.pl
Year established : avril 1956
Portugal
President : H.E. Amb. Ana Martinho
Secretary-General : Ms Rita Brasil de Brito
Commission nationale portugaise pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Largo das Necessidades
1350-215 Lisboa
Portugal
Phone : (351 21) 394 66 52
Fax : (351 21) 394 69 60
E-mail : cnu@mne.pt; rita.brasilbrito@mne.pt
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unescoportugal.mne.pt
Year established : 17 jullet 1979
Qatar
President : Mr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi*
Secretary General : Dr. Hamda Hassan Al-Sulaiti
Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Address : P.O. Box 9865
Doha
Qatar
Phone : (974) 44 04 44 44
Fax : (974) 467 483 90 03;
E-mail : hamda.alsulaiti@edu.gov.qa
Year established : 1971
Republic of Korea
Chairperson : Mr LEE Joon Sik
Secretary-General : Mr Dong-seok MIN
Korean National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 26 Myeongdong-gil (UNESCO road)
Jung-gu
Seoul 100-810
Republic of Korea
Phone : +82-2-6958-4103 (Office of Secretary-General)
+82-2-6958-4127 (International Relations Team)
Fax : +82-2-6958-4258 (Office of Secretary-General)
+82-2-6958-4252 (International Relations Team)
E-mail : kocom@unesco.or.kr
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.eng.unesco.or.kr
Year established : 30 January 1954
Republic of Moldova
President : Ms Monica Babuc*
Secretary-General : Prof. Constantin Rusnac
Deputy Secretary-General : Ms Luminita Drumea
Commission nationale de la République de Moldova pour l'UNESCO
Address : Str. A. Corobceanu, 24a,
MD - 2004 Chisinau
Republic of Moldova
Phone : (373.22) 23 53 55 (SG);
(373.22) 23 52 05 (Deputy SG);
(373.22) 23 51 89; 23 52 06 (Experts)
Fax : (373.22) 23 53 55 (SG) ;
(373.22) 23 52 05 (Deputy SG)
E-mail : l.drumea@unesco.md (Deputy SG); info@unesco.md
Year established : septembre 1993
Romania
Chairperson : Mr Pavel Năstase*
Secretary-General : Mr Ani MATEI
Commission nationale de Roumanie pour l'UNESCO
Address : Anton CEHOV str., no. 8
Sector 1
011998 BUCHAREST
Romania
Phone : (40-21)231.32.24
(40-21) 231 13 33
Fax : (40-21) 230-7636
E-mail : cnr@cnr-unesco.ro; sg@cnr-unesco.ro(SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.cnr-unesco.ro
Year established : 1956
Russian Federation
President : Mr Sergei Lavrov*
Vice-Chairperson : Mr Vladimir E. Fortov
Second Vice-Chairperson : Mr Alexander Dzasokhov
Secretary-General : Mr Grigory Ordzhonikidze
Deputy Secretary-General : Mr Amir Bilyalitdinov
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
Year established : 1955
Rwanda
President : Dr Fidèle Ndahayo
Vice President : Dr Marie-Christine Gasingirwa
Secrétaire permanent : M. Eliphaz Bahizi
Commission nationale rwandaise pour l'UNESCO (CNRU)
Address : BP 2502
Kigali
Rwanda
Phone : (250) 2 55 10 23 50
(250) 7 88 53 84 50 (SG mobile)
Fax : (250) 2 52 58 51 69
E-mail : comnatrwanda@yahoo.fr; ebahizi@gmail.com; ebahizi@unesco.rw
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesco.rw
Year established : Le 6 juin 1975 par Arrêté présidentiel n° 120/10 du 9/6/1975
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Chairperson : Hon. Shawn Richards
Secretary-General : Mr Antonio Maynard
Saint Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs
Cayon Street
P.O. Box 333
Basseterre St. Kitts, W.I.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Phone : 869-467-1417
869-466-8581
Fax : 869-465-9069
E-mail : edunesco@moeskn.org, dr_direction@yahoo.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.sknunesco.com
Year established : 1991
Saint Lucia
President : The Honorable Dr Gale Rigobert
Secretary-General : Ms Marcia Symphorien
Saint Lucia National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports
2nd Floor, Francis Compton Building
The Waterfront
Castries
Saint Lucia
Phone : 1 (758) 468 5272/3/4/5
E-mail : slunatcom@yahoo.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://saintlucia.comnat.unesco.org/
Year established : 2nd February 1981
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Chairperson : The Honourable St. Clair Prince
Secretary-General : Ms Janeil Henry
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Kingstown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Phone : (1-784) 457-2676; (1-784) 451-2755 (Sec. Gen); (1-784) 492-9411
Fax : (1-784) 457-1114/1078
E-mail : unescosvg@gov.vc; janeilh@hotmail.com (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.gov.vc (Government's website)
Year established : 1983
Samoa
Chair : Hon. Loau Solamalemalo Keneti Sio
Secretary-General : Mrs Karoline Afamasaga-Fuatai
Samoa National Commission for UNESCO
Address : c/o Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture
P.O. Box 1869
Apia
Samoa
Phone : +685 22 958 or 22 971(Chair)
+685 64601/02 Ext. 160 (SG)
+685 64660 (SG Direct)
Fax : +685 22 955(Chair)
+685 64664(SG)
E-mail : louken.sio@lesamoa.net ;min.mesc@lesamoa.net ;ceo@mesc.gov.ws / k.fuatai@mesc.gov.ws ;s.samau@mesc.gov.ws
Year established : February 1997
San Marino
Président : Madame Marcella Michelotti
Secrétaire générale : Madame Patrizia De Luca
Commission nationale de Saint-Marin pour l'UNESCO
Address : Secrétariat d'Etat pour l'instruction, la culture, l'université et les affaires sociales
Palazzo Maggio - Contrada Omerelli, 23
47890 SAN MARINO
Saint-Marin
Phone : (378) 88-22-56
Fax : (378) 88-21-83
E-mail : cnsunesco@omniway.sm; com.sanmarino@unesco.sm;
Year established : Février 1980
Sao Tome and Principe
Président : S. Exc. M. Olinto da Silva e Sousa DAIO *
Secrétaire générale : Mme Sonia Almeida de Ceita Carvalho
Commission nationale de Sao Tomé-et-Principe pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministère de l'Education, de la culture et des Sports
C.P. 41
SAO TOME
Sao Tomé-et-Principe
Phone : (239) 221 867;
(239) 221 4 66;
Fax : (239) 221 867;
(239) 221 466 (Min. de l'Education);
(239) 224 201
E-mail : sonia.carvalho@mecc.gov.st; ambassade@saotomeeprincipe.be; sonitaalmeida77@gmail.com
Year established : 1985
Saudi Arabia
Chairman : Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Issa
Secretary-General : Mr Ghormallah Al-Ghamdi
Saudi National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Address : Ministry of Education
BP 11153
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Phone : 00966114753373 (SG)
00966114753000 ext : 59908 (SG Office)
Fax : 00966114753371
E-mail : ncunesco@moe.gov.sa
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.moe.gov.sa/snc
Year established : 1964
Senegal
Président : M Serigne Mbaye THIAM*
Secrétaire général : M. Aliou LY
Commission nationale du Sénégal pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. 11522
Dakar Peytavin
Sénégal
Phone : (221) 33 822 57 30 (secrétariat);
(221) 77 231 41 83
Fax : (221) 33 821 17 70 (Sec. gén.)
E-mail : comnatunesco@orange.sn; comnat@unesco.sn
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.sn
Year established : 1963 par Décret
Serbia
President : Prof. Dr Mr Goran MILASINOVIC
Secretary-General : Mrs Jasmina Stankovic Tatarac
Commission of the Republic of Serbia for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kneza Milosa 24-26
11 000 Belgrade
Republic of Serbia
Phone : (+ 381.11) 306 83 06;
(+ 381.11) 322 04 66 (Pt)
(+ 381.11) 306 86 92 (SG)
Fax : (+ 381.11) 361 80 30;
E-mail : serbia.unesco.natcom@mfa.rs; jasmina.tatarac@mfa.rs (SG)
Year established : 1950 (Yugoslavia)
Seychelles
President : Mr Joel Morgan
Secretary-General : Mrs HOAREAU Marie-Reine Louise
Assistant Secretary General : Mrs Vicky Gendron
Seychelles National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Mont Fleuri
P.O. Box 48
Mahé
Republic of Seychelles
Phone : (248) 28 30 02 (Prés);
+248 42 83 123 (SG)
+248 27 23 434(SG mobil)
Fax : (248) 22 58 89 (Prés);
(248) 22 55 20 (SG);
E-mail : mrlouisehoareau@yahoo.fr (SG); jmorgan@gov.sc(Pt);vgendron@edu.sc
Year established : 1977
Sierra Leone
Chairperson : H.E. Dr. Minkailu Bah *
Secretary-General : Mr B.I.S. Konneh
Sierra Leone National Commission for UNESCO
Address : A.J. Momoh Street
Towerhill
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Phone : (232-22) 22-30-30
(232) 76 70 98 92 (SG mobile)
Fax : (232-22) 22-30-30
E-mail : konnehbis@gmail.com (SG)
Year established : 1971 by a Parliamentary Act
Singapore
Chairperson : Ms Grace Fu
Secretary-General : Mrs Rosa Daniel
Singapore National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Old Hill Street Police Station
140 Hill Street #03-00
Singapore
Republic of Singapore
Phone : + 65-6837- 9416
E-mail : mccy_unesco@mccy.gov.sg
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.sg
Year established : May 2008
Sint Maarten
Chairperson : Ms Silveria Jacobs
Secretary-General : Ms Marcellia Henry
Sint Maarten National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports
John Smith Building, Backstreet # 49
Unit 2
Philipsburg
Sint Maarten
Phone : 1-721-5203051
E-mail : henrymarcellia@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.sx
Slovakia
President : Mr Miroslav Lajčák*
Secretary-General : Ms Edita Filadelfiová
Slovak Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hlboká cesta 2
SK - 833 36 Bratislava
Slovakia
Phone : (421.2) 59 78 36 14 ( Sec. Gen) ;
(421.2) 59 78 36 15
Fax : (421.2) 59.78.36.59
E-mail : unesco@mzv.sk; aurelia.fule@mzv.sk (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.sk
Year established : February 1993, by a decision of the Slovak Government
Slovenia
President : Prof. Dr. Radovan Stanislav Pejovnik
Secretary-General : Ms Marjutka Hafner
Deputy Secretary-General : Mr Gasper Hrastelj
Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Kotnikova ulica 38
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone : (+386 1) 478 47 99
Fax : (386 1) 478 46 60
E-mail : marjutka.hafner@gov.si; gasper.hrastelj@gov.si; barbara.urbanija@gov.si
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.si
Year established : 1992
Solomon Islands
Chair : Hon. Mr. John Moffat Fugui
Secretary-General : Dr Franco Rodie
Chief Education Officer : Ms Christina Bakolo
Solomon Islands National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Training
P.O. Box G28
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Phone : +677 28 803 or 28 804 or 26 248 (PT)
+677 28 613 or 28 804 (SG)
+677 94 135 (SG mobile)
+677 20 507 (Secretary)
+677 749 0735 (Secretary mobile)
Fax : +677 28 805 or 22 042 (PT)
+677 22 042 (SG)
E-mail : minister@mehrd.gov.sb (Chair),ps@mehrd.gov.sb (SG)
Year established : 2002
Somalia
President : Mr Abdirahman Dahir Osman
Somali National Commission for UNESCO
Address : c/o Ambassade de Somalie
26, rue Dumont d'Urville
75116 PARIS
Phone : (252) 152 75 75
E-mail : somalifederalmoeche@gmail.com; esam.aljamei@hotmail.com (SG);
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://moesomalia.net/english/
Year established : 1963
South Africa
Deputy Chairperson (acting Chairperson) : Prof. S. Makhanya
Chairperson : Mr Yousaf Gabru
Secretary-General : Mr Carlton Mukwevho
Contact for Education : Zodwa Tsajwa
Programme Officer for the Culture Sector : Mr Tshifhiwa Netshituni
South African National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Private Bag X895
0001 Pretoria
South Africa
Phone : +(27-12) 357 3486 (SG)
Reuben Lefoka (Culture): +(27-12) 357 3477;
Zodwa Tsajwa (Education): +(27-12) 357 3489;
Lefika Chetty (Science and Communication): +(27-12) 357 3496
Fax : +(27-12) 323 0388 (SG)
Reuben Lefoka (Culture): +(27-12) 323 2348;
Zodwa Tsajwa (Education): +(27-12) 323 2348;
Lefika Chetty (Science and Communication): +(27-12) 323 2348
E-mail : Mukwevho.C@dbe.gov.za (SG); Netshituni.t@dbe.gov.za (Culture Sector); Govuza.t@dbe.gov.za
Year established : 20 August 1998 by a governmental decision
Spain
Honorary President : H.R.H.the Infanta Doña Cristina de Borbón y Grecia
President : Sr. D. Luís Ramallo Massanet
Secretario General : Sr. Juan Maria Alzina de Aguilar
Deputy Secretary general : Carmen Pinar
Office Assitant : Ms Victoria de la Serna
Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Avenida de los Reyes Católicos, 4
28040 Madrid
5ª planta
España
Phone : (34) 915823348
(34) 915827935
Fax : (34) 915828222
E-mail : hispaunesco@aecid.es
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.aecid.es/EN or www.unesco.es
Year established : février 1953
Sri Lanka
Chairman : Hon Akila Viraj Kariyawasam*
Vice-Chairman : Mr Sunil Hettiaarachchi
Secretary-General : Ms Dhammika Wijayasinghe
Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
5th Floor
"Isurupaya"
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Phone : 00 94 11 21 77 002
00 94 11 21 77 006
E-mail : slncu@slt.lk
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.slncu.lk
Year established : September 1949
Sudan
Chairperson : Mrs. Souaad Abdelrazig Mohammed Saeed
Secretary-General : Mr Abdulgadir Muhammad Hassan Noureddin
Sudanese National Commission for Education, Science and Culture
Address : P.O. Box 2324
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone : (249) 83 779 888
Fax : (249) 83 776 030
E-mail : sudannatcom@hotmail.com;
Year established : 1956
Suriname
Chairperson : Mr Robert Peneux
Permanent Secretary Education : Ms Natasia Bennanon
Secretary-General : Ms Anuradha Kamtasing
Suriname National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Suriname National Commission for UNESCO
Grote Combéweg 23
Paramaribo
Suriname
Phone : 597-498383
597-530289
E-mail : natcomsur@education.gov.sr; natcom.suriname@gmail.com
Year established : 16 June 1976 by Resolution of the Council of Ministers
Swaziland
President : Hon Dr. Phineas L. Magagula
Chairperson, Principal Secretary : Mr Patrick Muir
Secretary-General : Mrs Hazel Zungu
Swaziland National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education and Training
P.O. Box 39
Mbabane
Swaziland
Phone : (268) 404.21 29 (SG);
(268) 404.24 91; (Ministry of Education)
(268) 404.24 92
Fax : (268) 404.54 48 (Nat.Com);
(268) 404.38 80 (Ministry of Education)
E-mail : tinkasha@yahoo.co.uk (SG); natcomswazi@yahoo.com
Year established : 1978 by a Cabinet approval
Sweden
Chairperson : Mrs Inger Davidson
Vice-Chairperson : Mr Thomas Kjellqvist
Secretary-General : Mr Mats Djurberg
Deputy Secretary-General : Mr Per Magnusson
Swedish National Commission for UNESCO (Svenska Unescorådet )
Address : Ministry for Education and Research
SE - 103 33 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone : 46 8 786 44 00; 46 70 530 42 54 (Chairperson)
46 730 93 72 93 (Vice Chairperson)
46 8 405 14 57; 46 702 33 81 84 (SG)
46 8 405 32 52; 46 702 29 58 89 (Deputy SG)
46 8 405 91 40; 46 703 85 18 75 (Secretariat)
Fax : (46-8) 20 32 55
E-mail : inger.davidson@kristdemokraterna.se (Chairperson); tomas.kjellqvist@bth.se (Vice Chairperson); mats.djurberg@gov.se (SG); per.magnusson@gov.se (Deputy SG); hanna.gelin@gov.se (Secretariat)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.se
Year established : 1950
Switzerland
Président : M Jean-Bernard Münch
Secrétaire général : M Nicolas Mathieu
Commission suisse pour l'UNESCO
Address : Département fédéral des affaires étrangères
Division Nations Unies et organisation internationales
Section UNESCO
3003 BERNE
Suisse
Phone : (41-58) 465 5339
E-mail : nicolas.mathieu@eda.admin.ch (SG); annalisa.beltrami@eda.admin.ch
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.ch/fr/
Year established : mai 1949
Syrian Arab Republic
Président : M. Hazwan al-Waz*
Secretary-General : Dr Nidal Hassan
Commission nationale syrienne pour l'UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
Al-Mazraa
Al-Shahbandar Square
Syrian Arab Republic
Phone : (963-11) 3321373
(963-11) 3312651
Fax : (963-11) 33501031
E-mail : ncom@scs-net.org; ncom@aloola.sy; 7110846@gmail.com (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.syrianeducation.org.sy (arabic)
Year established : 13 May 1948
Tajikistan
Chairperson : Mr Shamsiddin Orumbekzoda
Secretary General : Mr Sarvar Bakhti
Tajikistan National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 33 Sheroz Street
index: 734001
Dushanbe
Republic of Tajikistan
734001
Phone : (992 37) 221 0305 (Chairperson)
(992 37) 221 17 50 (SG)
(992 37) 221 6001 (staff)
Fax : (992 37) 221 0259 (SG)
E-mail : unesco@mfa.tj
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.tj
Year established : 1994
Thailand
Chairperson : Mr Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, M.D.
Vice Chairperson : Dr. Chaipreuk Sereerak
Secretary-General : Dr. Chaiyosh Imsuwan
Thailand National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Bureau of International Cooperation
Ministry of Education
Ratchadamnoen
Nok Avenue, Dusit
Bangkok 10300
Kingdom of Thailand
Phone : (66) 2628 5646/9
Fax : (66) 2281 0953
E-mail : thainatcom@yahoo.co.th; churasan97@gmail.com (SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.bic.moe.go.th
Year established : October 1949
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
President : Ms Elizabeta Kancheska-Milevska *
Secretary-General : Ms Lidija Topuzovska
National Commission for UNESCO of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Address : Ministry of Culture
Gjuro Gjakovik, 61
1000 Skopje
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Phone : (+389 2) 3240 517 (Secretary General );
(+389 2) 3240 591 (Secretariat);
Ministry:
(+389 2) 3240 500;
(+389 2) 3240 555
Fax : (+389 2) 3240 533
Ministry:
(+389 2) 3226 920
E-mail : l.topuzovska@kultura.gov.mk (SG); minister@kultura.gov.mk (Pt)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.kultura.gov.mk
Year established : 1994
Timor-Leste
Minister of Education and Chairperson of the National Commission for UNESCO : Mr António da Conceição
Secretary-General : Ms Angelita Sarmento
Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Rua Belarmino Lobo N°01
Bidau Lecidere
Dili
Timor-Leste
Phone : +670 732 1288
+670 333 9667
E-mail : tlnationalcom@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.tl
Year established : 23 April 2009
Togo
Président : M. Octave Nicoué BROOHM*
Secrétaire général : Monsieur Koffi Michel AGBOH
Commission nationale togolaise pour l'UNESCO
Address : B.P. 3226
LOMÉ
Togo
Phone : (228) 221 61 54;
(228) 222 57 87
(228) 920 63 47 (SG)
Fax : (228) 222 57 87
E-mail : unesco_tg@yahoo.fr ; magboh@hotmail.com(SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.tg.refer.org
Year established : 19 septembre 1963 par Décret
Tokelau
Chair : Hon. Mrs Saili Patea
Secretary General : Mr Seiuli Aleta
Tokelau National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Office of the Council for the ongoing Government of Tokelau
Government of Tokelau
Phone : PT: (+685) 20 822/23 (tel) - (+685) 777 1820 (mob)
SG: (+685) 20 822/23
Fax : (+685) 21761
E-mail : spmpeau@gmail.com (Chair); junioraleta@hotmail.com (SG),seiulialeta@gmail.com(SG also)
Tonga
Chair : Hon. (Mr) Penisimani Epenisa Fifita
Tonga National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Tonga National Commission for UNESCO
P.O. Box 824
Nuku’alofa
Tonga
Phone : +676 23 903 (President)
+676 23 511 (SG)
+676 774 9956 (SG Mobile)
Fax : +676 23 866 (President)
+676 23 596(SG)
E-mail : unesconatcom@tongaeducation.gov.to;unesconatcom@tongaeducation.gov.to; lucymafi@hotmail.com
Year established : 1984
Trinidad and Tobago
President : Mr Anthony Garcia
Secretary-General : Ms Susan Shurland
Trinidad and Tobago National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 15, Wainwright Street
St. Clair
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Phone : 1 868 622 0939
1 868 628 0154
Fax : 1 868 622 8909
E-mail : tntncunesco@gmail.com/susan.shurland@moe.edu.tt
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : www.unesco.org.tt
Year established : 30 July 1970 by Cabinet Minute
Tunisia
President : M Naji Jalloul
Directeur : Monsieur Mokhtar Khalfaoui
Chef du Service UNESCO : Mlle Héla SOUHABI
Chef du Service ALECSO-ISESCO : M Tarak JEBALI
Commission nationale tunisienne pour l'éducation, la science et la culture
Address : 22 Rue de Carthagène
El Manar I
2092 TUNIS
Tunisie
Phone : (216) 71 88 96 74-75
(216) 71 88 97 04
Fax : (216) 71 88 97 06
E-mail : comnatu@edunet.tn; hela.souhabi@minedu.edunet.tn
Year established : 8 mai 1957
Turkey
President : Prof. Dr. M. Öcal Oğuz
Vice President : Assist. Prof. Dr. M. Akif Kireçci
Vice President : Ambassador Mr. Hüsnü Gürcan Türkoğlu
Secretary-General : Ms Sema Dinçer
Assistant Secretary-General (responsible for internal affairs) : Ms Şule Ürün
Assistant Secretary-General (responsible for international affairs) : Ms İrem Alpaslan
Turkish National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Reşit Galip Cad. Hereke Sok. No :10
G.O.P. Ankara
Turkey
Phone : (+ 90.312) 426 58 94/118 (SG) /119 and /120 (Assistant SG)
Fax : (+ 90.312) 427 20 64
E-mail : webmaster@unesco.org.tr; ocal@bilkent.edu.tr (PT); semadincer@unesco.org.tr (SG); iremalpaslan@unesco.org.tr (Assistant SG); suleurun@unesco.org.tr (Assistant SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.tr
Year established : 25 August 1949
Turkmenistan
President : Mr Sapardurdy Toylyev
Secretary-General : Mr Poladov Kouvandyk
Turkmen National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 15, Bitarap Turkmenistan ave.,
(Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences Building)
Ashgabat, 74 4000
Turkmenistan
Phone : (93-12) 35 53 67
Fax : (93-12) 35 53 67
E-mail : poladov@mail.ru;
Year established : September 1994
Tuvalu
Chair : Hon. Mr. Fauoa Maani
Secretary-General : Ms Katalina Taloka
Tuvalu National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education & Sports
Private Mail Bag
Vaiaku
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Phone : +688 20 405/20 834 (Chairperson)
+688 201 01 (SG)
Fax : +688 20 324 (Chairperson)
+688 20 324/20 413 (SG)
E-mail : ktaloka@gov.tv; eddept@gmail.com,kpasiale@gmail.com (SG also)
Year established : 1996
Uganda
Chairpserson : Mme Janet Kataaha MUSEVENI
Secretary-General : Ms Rosie Agoi
Programme Officer/ Sciences : Mr. Peter Olowo
Assistant Secretary General : Ms Rosie Agoi
Programme Officer /Culture : Dan Kaweesi
Senior Information Scientist : Okello David
Uganda National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 4962
Kampala
Uganda
Phone : (256) 414 25 97 13
Fax : (256) 414 25 84 05
E-mail : admin@unesco-uganda.ug; aomare@unesco-uganda.ug (SG); ragoi@unesco-uganda.ug
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco-uganda.ug
Year established : September 1963
Ukraine
Chairperson : Mr Sergiy Kyslytsya
Vice President : Mr Sergiy Reva
Executive Secretary : Ms Oksana Kyzyma
National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1, Mykhailivska Square
UA - 01018 Kyiv
Ukraine
Phone : (380.44) 238 16 91;
(380.44) 238 15 37
Fax : (380.44) 238 18 36
E-mail : uoon@mfa.gov.ua; unesco@mfa.gov.ua;
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : https://www.facebook.com/ukraine.unesco/
Year established : July 1956
United Arab Emirates
President : H.E. Mr Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hamaadi
Secretary-General : Mme Amal Al Koos
United Arab Emirates National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 295
Abudhabi
United Arab Emirates
Phone : (971.4)263 80 94 / (971.2) 408 97 02 (Pt);
(971.2)408 98 60 (Mr. Naoufel Boussafa);
(971.2) 408 98 58 (Mr. Masr S. Al Ameri);
(971.2) 408 98 59 (Mr Khalid M. Sayyad, Secretary);
(971.2) 408 99 99 (Operator, MoE)
Fax : (971.4)263 80 26 (Pt)
(971.2) 408 99 09 (Mr. Masr S. Al Ameri);
E-mail : amal.alkoos@moe.gov.ae; uaenc.4unesco@moe.gov.ae; Masrs.alameri@moe.gov.ae; khalidm.sayyah@moe.gov.ae; naoufel.boussafa@moe.gov.ae
Year established : 1976
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chairperson : Dr Beth Taylor
Vice Chairperson : Mr Gary Brace
Secretary-General and Chief Executive : Mr James Bridge
Finance and Office Manager : Ms Andrea Blick
United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO
Address : c/o United Nations Association-UK
3 Whitehall Court
London SW1A 2 EL
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Phone : (44) (0) 20 7766 3491
E-mail : uknatcom@unesco.org.uk; jbridge@unesco.org.uk (Secretary-General); ablick@unesco.org.uk (Ms Andrea Blick)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.unesco.org.uk
Year established : 1946
United Republic of Tanzania
Chairperson : Professor Eliphas Bisanda
Acting Secretary General : Dr Moshi Kimizi
UNESCO National Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania
Address : UNESCO National Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania
P.O. Box 20384
Dar-es-Salaam
United Republic of Tanzania
Phone : (+255.22) 21 26 598 (Office);
(+255) 0712575295 (mobile);
Fax : (255.22) 21 34 292;
(255.22) 21 12 533
E-mail : moshikimizi@yahoo.co.uk; ericksq@yahoo.co.uk; joelsamuel@yahoo.com; musarochec@yahoo.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.natcom.go.tz
Year established : 1962, by a Cabinet Order Number 337
United States of America
Acting Executive Director : Mr Paul T. Mungai
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Address : U.S. Department of State
2401 E Street NW, #L-409
Suite 6200
Washington, DC 20037
United States of America
Phone : (1.202) 663 2407
Fax : (1.202) 647 8902
E-mail : dcunesco@state.gov(SG)
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/
Year established : 1946, (re-established on) October 20, 2004 (U.S.C. 287o et seq. and Federal Advisory Committee Act
Uruguay
Presidente : Sra. Edith Moraes
Secretario General : Sr Nicolás PONS
Comisión Nacional del Uruguay para la UNESCO
Address : Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
Reconquista 535 - piso 5
11000 MONTEVIDEO
Uruguay
Phone : (598) 2915-6352/29161016
E-mail : unesco@mec.gub.uy
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.comisionunesco.mec.gub.uy
Year established : 11 March 1975
Uzbekistan
Chairman : Mr (Prof.) Bakhodir KHODIYEV
Secretary-General : Mr Alisher Ikramov
National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO
Address :
Phone : (998.71) 267 05 42; (998.71) 267 05 61
Fax : (998.71) 267 05 38
E-mail : unesco@natcom.albatros.uz
Year established : 29 December 1994
Vanuatu
Chair : Hon. Jean Pierre Nirua
Secretary-General : Mr. Jesse Dick Joe
UNESCO Officer : Mr Hilaire Sese
Vanuatu National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Education
PMB 9028
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Phone : (678) 22 309
+678 775 0120 (mobile Chair)
+678 540 0825 (mobile SG)
+678 710 6773 (mobile officer)
E-mail : jpnirua@vanuatu.gov.vu (Chair), jjoe@vanuatu.gov.vu (SG)
Year established : August 1999
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Secretary-General : Lic. Yaneth Arocha
Comisión Nacional Venezolana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Address : Av. Universidad, Esquina San Francisco, Edificio Centro Mercantil Piso 4. 1010Caracas, Venezuela
Phone : +58 212-4816569
+58 212-4849756
Fax : +58 212-4849841
E-mail : natcom.venezuela1@gmail.com
National Commissions Web site on unesco.org : http://www.cncu.gob.ve
Year established : 17 August 1948
Viet Nam
President : H.E.Mr Le Hoai Trung
Secretary-General : Mr Pham Vinh Quang
Deputy Secretary-General : Ms Tran Thi Hoang Mai
Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO
Address : 8 Khuc Hao Street
Ba Dinh
Ha Noi
Viet Nam
Phone : (84.4) 3 799 36 04
E-mail : unescovn@mofa.gov.vn
Year established : 15 June 1977
Yemen
chairperson : Mr Abdellatif Al-Hakimi
Secretary-General : Dr. Ahmed Ali Hasan Al-Maamari
Yemeni National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 12642
Sana'a
Yemen
Phone : (967-1) 214-612 ;
(967-1) 214- 615
Fax : (967-1) 214-613
E-mail : mamarih@yahoo.com (SG)
Year established : 1971
Zambia
Chairman : Hon. Dr. John. J. N. Phiri
Secretary-General : Dr Charles Ndakala
Zambia National Commission for UNESCO
Address : P.O. Box 50619
Lusaka
Zambia
Phone : (260.211) 254 340
(260-1) 250558
(260-79) 524035
(260-955) 859522 (SG)
Fax : (260.211) 254 340;
(260.211) 254 342;
(260.211) 254 138
E-mail : natcomzambia@gmail.com; hmmilumbe@gmail.com; ndakalac@yahoo.com (SG)
Year established : August 1966 by an Act of Parliament
Zimbabwe
Chairperson : Professor Jonathan Moyo
Secretary General : Ms M. J. Chirapa
Deputy Chairperson : Dr Washington T. Mbizvo
Zimbabwe National Commission for UNESCO
Address : Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education
P. Bag CY 7732
Causeway
Harare
Zimbabwe
Phone : +263-4-732 726 (Chairperson)
+263-4-737 407/702435 (SG)
+263 -0712-876 593 (SG mobile)
Fax : (263 4) 702435/797447
E-mail : zimnatcom@gmail.com (SG)
Year established : 3 March 1987 by Presidential Decree
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