Egypt

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 4 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Prime Minister: H.E. Mr Essam Sharaf

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

Mr Mohamed El Zahaby
Permanent Delegate a.i.,

Permanent Delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M5.16 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.33.09
Fax: 01.47.83.41.87
E-mail: dl.egypte@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Mr Hussein Mustafa Moussa*
Secretary-General: Mr Mohammed Safwat Salem

Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO
7, Shareh Ibrahim Abou-Al Naja Block 1, Hayy Al-Sifarat Emtedad Abbas El-Aqqad, Madinet Nasr-AL-QAHERA CAIRO - EGYPT
Telephone: (202) 22.75.24.90; (202) 22.75.14.36; (202) 22.75.13.85; (202) 22.75.15.24; (202) 22.75.15.60; (202) 22.75.23.62
Fax: (202) 22.75.06.14
E-mail: ide@egnatcom.org.eg; egnatcom@egnatcom.org.eg; safwat_m_salem@yahoo.com (SG)
Web site: http://www.egnatcom.org.eg

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Shafik Ghorbal Bey	1946-1951	1-26
Member	Mr Mohammed Awad	1954-1962	40-63
Chairperson	Mr Mohammed Awad	1960-1962	58-63
Member	Mr Sarwat Okasha	1962-1970	64-85
Member	Mr Abdelwahab El-Borolossy	1970-1976	86-100
Member	Mr Chams Eldine El-Wakil	1976-1980	101-110
Chairperson	Mr Chams Eldine El-Wakil	1978-1980	106-110
Member	Mr Mohammed Fathallah El-Khatib	1985-1989	123-132
Member	Mr Ahmed Fathi Sorour	1989-1993	133-142
Representative		1993-2001	143-162
Representative		2001-2009	163-181
Representative		2007- 2009	178-182
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)


• International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
  Vice-President

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo
  Vice-Chairperson : Dr Zahi Hawass

Member

• Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
  Vice-President

Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

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


• Conciliation and Good Offices Commission Responsible for Seeking the Settlement of any Disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education
  Member : Ms Iman El Kaffas (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Committee on World Heritage
  Vice-Chairperson

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

Celebration of anniversaries

Centenary of the death of Gamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1997).

Centenary of the birth of Mahmud Said (1997).

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mohamed Abdel Wahab (31 March 2001)

100th anniversary of the death of Mahmud Sami Al Barudi (2004)Web site

100th anniversary of the birth of Yahya Haqqi (2005)

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)