Afghanistan

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 4 May 1948

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

President: H.E. Mr Hamid KARZAI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Mohammad Kacem Fazelly
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (2/2/2011)

Permanent Delegation of Afghanistan to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau MS1.48/49/50 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS CEDEX 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.27.72
Fax: 01.45.68.27.72
E-mail: dl.afghanistan@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairman: HE Mr.Ghulam Farooq Wardak *
Acting Secretary General: Dr. Ahmad Fahim

Afghan National Commission for UNESCO
Ministry of Education Kabul Afghanistan
Telephone: +93799326676 (SG) +93202103848 (SG)
Fax: (+ 93) (20) 210 38 48
E-mail: afghanistan_unesco@yahoo.com (SG); doctorfahim@gmail.com (SG)

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Toorayalay Etemadi	1968-1974	81-95
Representative		2003-2007	168-177

Note: The 1991 amendment modified Article V of the Constitution, with respect to the status of members of the Board, which with effect from the 27th session of the General Conference (1993) consists of Member States rather than of persons (26 C/Resolution 19.3).

Participation in subsidiary organs

Subsidiary organs of the General Conference


• Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
  Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

Celebration of anniversaries

600th anniversary of the death of ‘Abdurrahman Ibn Khaldun, historian (1332-1406) (2006)

800th anniversary of the birth of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Belhi-Rumi (Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi), poet and philosopher (1207-1273) (2007)

150th anniversary of active life of Sayyed Jamal-ud-Din Afghani, philosopher (1858) (2008) Supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran (2008)

850th anniversary of the death of Abu-l-Majd Majdud Sana’i of Ghazna, poet and philosopher (circa 1080-1158) Supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran (2008)

100th anniversary of the first independent periodical, Serâj-ul-akhbâr, created in 1911 by its foundereditor Mahmud Tarzi, the father of journalism in Afghanistan (2011)