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Republic of Korea

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 14 June 1950

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

President of the Republic: H.E. Mr LEE Myung-Bak
Prime Minister: H.E. Mr Kim Hwang-Sik

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr JANG Ki-won
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate (3/5/2010)

Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to UNESCO
Bureau 607 33, avenue du Maine 75015 Paris
Telephone: 01.44.10.24.01/02/03
Fax: 01.43.35.38.24
E-mail: dl.coree-rep@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Mr Ju-Ho LEE *
Secretary-General: Dr. Taeck-soo Chun

Korean National Commission for UNESCO
26 Myeongdong-gil (UNESCO Road), Jung-gu, C.P.O. Box 64 Seoul 100-810 Korea
Telephone: (82-2) 6958-4101/4102 (Secretary General - direct) (82-2) 6958-4103/4104 (Personal Assistant to the Secretary General) (82-2) 6958-4115/4116 (Assistant Secretary General) (82-2) 6958-4131 (Head of the International Relations Team)
Fax: (82-2) 6958-4250 (Secretary General) (82-2) 6958-4251 (Education Team) (82-2) 6958-4252 (Science Team, Culture and Communication Team, International Relations Team)
E-mail: kocom@unesco.or.kr; chunts@unesco.or.kr (SG)
Web site: http://www.unesco.or.kr/eng/ (English) - http://www.unesco.or.kr (Korean)

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Suk-Heun Yun	1987-1991	128-137
Member	Mr Tae-Hyuk Hahm	1991-1993	138-142
Representative		1993-2003	143-167
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
President : Mr Chung-Il Choi

Intergovernmental Council for the International Hydrological Programme
Chairperson : Mr Soontak Lee

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 : 37th General Conference)

Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Vice-President : Dr Sang-Kyung Byun

Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Vice-President

UNESCO institutes and centres

Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (former UNESCO Institute for Education, UIE)
Member : Ms Kyung-He SUNG (Term expires : 31 December 2012)

Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
Member : Dae-Joon HWANG

Updated:17-10-2007