Belgium

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 29 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Chef de l'Etat: Sa majesté le roi Albert II Roi des Belges
Premier ministre: Son Exc. M. Yves LETERME

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs Francine Chainaye
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate (9/15/2009)

Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Belgium to UNESCO
Délégation permanente de la Belgique auprès de l'UNESCO Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau MS1.37 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS CEDEX 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.27.77
Fax: 01.45.68.27.78
E-mail: dl.belgique@unesco-delegations.org
Web site: http://www.diplomatie.be/parisunescofr

National Commission for UNESCO

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 flamande pour l’UNESCO: M. Jan De Bisschop
Secrétaire général de la Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO: M. Marien Faure

Commissions belges pour l'UNESCO

Telephone: - Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO: +32 (0)25 53 59 00 (SG) - Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO: + 32(0)2 421 85 70 (SG)
Fax: Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO: Fax +32 (0)2 553 60 37 (SG)
E-mail: Commission flamande pour l’UNESCO: marc.vervenne@gbeg.kuleuven.be (Pt); jan.debisschop@iv.vlaanderen.be (SG); Commission belge francophone et germanophone pour l’UNESCO: m.faure@wbi.be (SG); Secrétariat de la Commission nationale belge pour l'UNESCO: dl.belgique@unesco-delegations.org, Pour toutes les informations par courriel: multilateraal@vlaanderen.be

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Membre	M. Louis Verniers	1945-1951	1-26
Membre	M. Julien Kuypers	1956-1964	46-68
Membre	M. Van Ussel	1974-1978	96-104
Membre	M. Paul Denis	1978-1981	104-105
Membre	M. Georges-Henri Dumont	1981-1989	113-132
Representative		1995-1999	148-157
Representative		2009- 2011	183-187

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


• Executive Board
  Representative (Term expires : 2013)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

Celebration of anniversaries

Centenary of the birth of the Belgian painter Paul Delvaux (23 September 1997).

Centenary of the birth of the Belgian painter René Magritte (21 November 1998).

Centenary of the birth of the Belgian dramatist Michel de Ghelderode (3 April 1998).

Four hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Flemish painter Antoon Van Dyck (1999).

Centenary of the 'Belgica' international scientific expedition in the Antarctic region (1998).

500th anniversary of the birth of Lambert Lombard, painter (1506-1566) (2006)