Latvia

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 14 October 1991

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: Son Exc. M. Valdis Zatlers
Premier ministre: Son Exc. M. Valdis Dombrovskis

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs Sanita Pavluta-Deslandes
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to France, Permanent Delegate (12/16/2010)

Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Latvia to UNESCO
Ambassade de Lettonie 6, Villa Said 75116 PARIS
Telephone: 01.53.64.58.10
E-mail: embassy.france@mfa.gov.lv
Web site: www.am.gov.lv/paris

National Commission for UNESCO

President: Ms Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende*
Vice President: Mr Roberts Kīlis
Vice President: H.E.Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs
Secretary-General: Ms. Dagnija Baltina

Latvian National Commission for UNESCO
Pils Laukums 4-206 Riga LV-1050 RIGA LATVIA
Telephone: (371) 6732 51 09 ; (371) 6722 27 62
Fax: (371) 6722 27 62
E-mail: office@unesco.lv; dagnija@unesco.lv (SG)
Web site: http://www.unesco.lv

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
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 : 2013)


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


• Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme
  Bureau Member : Mr Andrejs Vasiljevs

Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  Member : Mr Rolands Ozols (Term expires : 31 December 2011)

Celebration of anniversaries

Eight hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Riga (2001)

800th anniversary of the foundation of Cesis city (2006)

50th anniversary of the Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival (1960) (Latvia, with the support of Estonia and Lithuania) (2010)