Brazil

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 4 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: Son Exc. Mme Dilma ROUSSEFF

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs Maria Laura da Rocha
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (1/10/2011)

Permanent Delegation of Brazil to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau MR.07 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.29.01
Fax: 01.47.83.28.40
E-mail: dl.brazil@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Executive Secretary: Mr Joaquim Caetano Gentil Netto
Assistant to the Secretary-General: Mr. Lima Joao
Chief of DAMC: Mr José Armando Zema de Resende

Division of Cultural and Multilateral Agreements (DAMC)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Palacio Itamaraty Anexo 1 - sala 407 CEP 70170-900 Brasilia-DF Brazil
Telephone: (55.61) -3411-8482
Fax: (55.61) -3411-8480
E-mail: damc@itamaraty.gov.br;

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	1946-1952	1-31
Chairperson	Mr Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	1951-1952	27-31
Member	Mr Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	1954-1962	40-63
Member	Mr Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	1964-1972	69-90
Member	Mr Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	1974-1978	96-105
Member	Mr Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	1980-1982	111-113
Member	Mr José Israel Vargas	1982-1989	114-132
Chairperson	Mr José Israel Vargas	1987-1989	128-132
Member	Mr Alvaro Da Costa Franco	1991-1993	138-143
Representative		1994-1999	144-157
Representative		2001-2009	163-181
Representative		2007- 2009	178-182

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 for the International Hydrological Programme
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)


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


• Legal Committee
  Member elected by the General Conference at its 34th session


• Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)


• Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme
  Bureau Member : Mr Emir José Suaiden

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Committee on World Heritage
  Chairperson : Mr João Luiz Silva Ferreira

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Member (Term expires : 2013)

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Council of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education
  Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)


• Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (former UNESCO Institute for Education, UIE)
  Member : Mr Cristovam BUARQUE (Term expires : 31 December 2011)


• Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
  Elected Member : Mr Ricardo Henriques (Term expires : December 2011)


• Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
  Representatives of Member States : Hélgio Trindate (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Celebration of anniversaries

Centenary of the death of the Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes (10 September 1996).

Five hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Brazil (22 April 2000)