Oman

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 10 February 1972

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Sultan of Oman: His Majesty Sultan QABOOS Bin Said Al Said

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

Mr Said Bin Salim Al-Kitani
Deputy Permanent Delegate, Chargé d'Affaires

Permanent Delegation of the Sultanate of Oman to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M2.21 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.30.52
Fax: 01.45.67.57.42
E-mail: dl.oman@unesco.org
Web site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/oman

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Mr Yahya Bin Saud Bin Mansour Al Sulaimi,
Secretary-General: Mrs Madiha Ahmed Al-Shaibani
Deputy Secretary-General: Mr Mohammed Saleem Al Yaqoubi

Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Ministry of Education P.O. Box 3 - Code 112 MUSCAT OMAN
Telephone: (968.24) 78.36.66 ; (968.24) 78.32.22
Fax: (968.24) 78.55.50
E-mail: shaibaniya@moe.om ; malyaqoubi@moe.om ; onc@moe.gov.om

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member/Representative	Mr Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan	1991-1995	138-147
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


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


• Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport
  Vice-President : Ghazi Al-Zadjali

Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

• Headquarters Committee
  Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)


• Legal Committee
  Member elected by the General Conference at its 35th session

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


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


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Member (Term expires : 2011)

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Council of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Celebration of anniversaries

1300th anniversary of the birth of Al-Khalil Bin Ahmed Al-Farahidi, philologist (2006)