Kuwait

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 18 November 1960

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Emir of the State of Kuwait: His Highness Sheikh SABAH Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah
Prime Minister Chairman of the Council of Ministers: His Highness Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al Ahmed AL SABAH

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Abdulrazzak Al-Nafisi
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (7/23/2003)

Permanent Delegation of the State of Kuwait to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureaux MS1.11/MS1.12 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.26.69
01.45.68.26.70
Fax: 01.40.65.93.05
E-mail: dl.koweit@unesco.org
Web site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/kuwait

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Dr. MOUDI A. AL-HOMOUD
Secretary-General: Mr Abdullatif Ahmed Al-Baijan

Kuwait National Commission for UNESCO

Telephone: (965) -2-240 53 31 ; (965) -2-244 44 03 (Operator) (965) 247 23 48/9
Fax: (965) -2-246 95 12; (965) -2-243 92 78
E-mail: knc@kwtnatcom.org;
Web site: http://www.kwtnatcom.org

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Abdul Aziz Hussein	1983-1987	118-127
Representative		1999-2003	158-167

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)


• Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport
  Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)


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

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

Celebration of anniversaries

50th anniversary of Al Arabi Magazine (1958) (2008)