Italy

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 27 January 1948

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: H.E. Mr Giorgio NAPOLITANO
Président du Conseil des Ministres: Son Exc. M. Silvio BERLUSCONI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Maurizio Enrico Luigi Serra
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (1/15/2010)

Permanent Delegation of Italy to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureaux M3.22 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.31.41
Fax: 01.45.66.41.78
E-mail: dl.italy@unesco-delegations.org
dl.italie@unesco-delegations.org
Web site: http://www.rappunesco.esteri.it

National Commission for UNESCO

Président: M. Giovanni Puglisi
Secrétaire général: Amb. Lucio Alberto Savoia
Secrétaire générale adjointe: Mme Maria Adelaide Frabotta

Commission nationale italienne pour l'UNESCO
Piazza Firenze 27 (3e étage) IT - 00186 ROME ITALIE
Telephone: (39-06) 687-3712, 13, 17, 23
Fax: (39-06) 687-3684
E-mail: comm.unesco@esteri.it; lucioalberto.savoia@esteri.it (SG);
Web site: http://www.unesco.it

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Count Stefano Jacini	1948-1952	13-30
Chairperson	Count Stefano Jacini	1950-1951	22-26
Member	Mr Francesco Mameli	1952	30-31
Member	Mr Vittorino Veronese	1952-1958	32-52
Chairperson	Mr Vittorino Veronese	1956-1958	46-50
Member	Mr Gian Franco Pompei	1962-1970	64-85
Chairperson	Mr Gian Franco Pompei	1968-1970	81-85
Member	Ms Maria Luisa Paronetto Valier	1972-1976	91-100
Member	Mr Vittorio Mathieu	1976-1980	101-110
Member	Mr Gian Franco Pompei	1980-1985	111-122
Member	Ms Maria Luisa Paronetto Valier	1985-1989	123-132
Member	Mr Giacomo Ivancich Biaggini	1989-1991	133-136
Member	Mr Michelangelo Jacobucci	1991-1993	137-142
Member/Representative	Mr Giancarlo Leo	1993-1997	142-152
Representative		1999-2007	158-177
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 : 2011)


• International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)


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


• Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Country of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)


• Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)


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

Member elected by the General Conference at its 35th 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 : Mr Francesco Margiotta-Broglio (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  Member (Term expires : 2012)


• Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
  Member (Term expires : 2013)

Celebration of anniversaries

Four hundredth anniversary of the death of Giordano Bruno (2000)

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Enrico Fermi (2001)

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Salvatore Quasimodo (20 August 2001)

Hundredth anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Verdi (27 January 2001)

550th anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci (2002)

50th anniversary of the death of Maria Montessori (2002)

400th anniversary of the founding of the Accademia dei Lincei (2003)

700th anniversary of the birth of Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (2004)Web site

600th anniversary of the birth of Leon Battista Alberti (2004)Web site

50th anniversary of the death of Enrico Fermi (2004)Web site

400th anniversary of the first performance of Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (1607) (2007)

100th anniversary of the birth of Luchino Visconti, cinematographer (1906-1976) (2006)

300th anniversary of the birth of Carlo Goldoni, playwright (1707-1793) (2007)

400th anniversary of the birth of Evangelista Torricelli, scientist (1608-1647) (2008)

100th anniversary of the birth of Cesare Pavese, writer (1908-1950) (2008)

500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio, architect (1508-1580) (2008)

400th anniversary of Galileo’s Discoveries (1609) (2009)