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Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 10 October 1956

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

President of the Republic: H.E. Mrs Tarja HALONEN
Prime Minister: H.E. Mrs Mari KIVINIEMI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Antti Kuosmanen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Finland to OECD, Permanent Delegate (9/10/2009)

Permanent Delegation of Finland to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M3.35 1, rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.33
Fax: 01.43.06.19.02
E-mail: dl.finlande@unesco-delegations.org
Web site: http://www.finlandunesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

President: Mr Tapio Markkanen
Vice-Chairperson: Ms Johanna Maula
Secretary-General: Ms Zabrina Holmström

Finnish National Commission for UNESCO
Ministry of Education and Culture International Relations P.O Box 29 FIN-00023 Government Finland
Telephone: (358-9) 160-04 (switchboard) ; (358-9) 1607-7386 (Sec-Gen.)
Fax: (358-9) 1607-6980
E-mail: unesco@minedu.fi; zabrina.holmstrom@minedu.fi
Web site: www.unesco.fi

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Membre	M. Ilmo Hela	1966-1974	75-95
Membre	Mme Margaretha Mickwitz	1987-1991	128-137
Representative		1997-2001	153-162

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 "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
Vice-President

Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo
Member

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

Other intergovernmental organs

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Member

Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Chairperson : Mr Karim Peltonen

UNESCO institutes and centres

Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
Member : Tapio VARIS

Updated:17-10-2007