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Jamaica

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 7 November 1962

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Prime Minister: The Hon. Bruce GOLDING

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs Marcia Gilbert-Roberts
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica to Belgium, Permanent Delegate (10/8/2007)

Permanent Delegation of Jamaica to UNESCO
Avenue Hansen Soulie, 77 1040 Brussels Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 234 69 65
+ 32 2 234 69 66
Fax: +32 2 234 69 69
E-mail: dl.jamaique@unesco-delegations.org
emb.jam.brussels@skynet.be
Web site: www.jamaica-brussels.be

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Hon. Lisa Hanna *
Secretary-General: Everton Hannam

Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO
25, Dominica Drive The Towers, 3rd Floor Kingston 5 Jamaica
Telephone: (1.876) 618 13 33; (1.876) 926 54 80
Fax: (1.876) 929 40 22
E-mail: jamaica.natcom@jncunesco.gov.jm
Web site: www.jncunesco.gov.jm

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Hector Wynter	1970-1976	86-100
Chairperson	Mr Hector Wynter	1974-1976	96-100
Member	Ms Phyllis Claire MacPherson-Russell	1980-1981	111-112
Member	Mr Hector Wynter	1981-1985	112-122
Member/Representative	Mr Rex Nettleford	1991-1995	138-147
Representative		2001-2005	163-172
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

International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport
Member (Term expires : 37th 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

Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
Vice-President : Ms Cheryl Brown

Other intergovernmental organs

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Member

UNESCO institutes and centres

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

Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Representatives of Member States : Elaine Foster-Allen (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

Updated:17-10-2007