Senegal

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 10 November 1960

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: Son Exc. M. Abdoulaye WADE
Premier ministre: Son Exc. Cheikh Hadjibou SOUMARE

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Papa Momar Diop
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (2/16/2009)

Permanent Delegation of Senegal to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau MS2.46 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS CEDEX 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.33.92
E-mail: dl.senegal@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Président: M. Kalidou DIALLO *
Secrétaire général: M. Aliou LY

Commission nationale du Sénégal pour l'UNESCO
Immeuble Freyssline et Fils (4e étage) 34, avenue du Président Lamine Gueye prolongée DAKAR Sénégal
Telephone: (221) 33 822 57 30 (secrétariat); (221) 33 823 83 54 (Sec. gén.)
Fax: (221) 33 821 17 70 (Sec. gén.)
E-mail: comnatunesco@orange.sn; comnat@unesco.sn; lybou5@yahoo.com (SG)
Web site: http://www.unesco.sn

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow	1966-1970	75-84
Member	Mr Blaise Senghor	1970-1974	84-95
Member	Mr Iba Der Thiam	1978-1983	106-117
Member	Mr Iba Der Thiam	1985-1989	123-132
Representative		1995-1999	148-157
Representative		2001-2005	163-172
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)


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


• Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo
  Member


• 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 Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
  Rapporteur : Mr Mamadou Koumé

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Rapporteur : Mouhamed Konaté

Member (Term expires : 2011)

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa
  Member : Mrs Codou DIAW (Term expires : September 2012)

Celebration of anniversaries

100th anniversary of the birth of Léopold Sédar Senghor, politician and writer (1906-2001) (2006)

100th anniversary of the birth of Alioune Diop, Senegalese intellectual (1910-1980) (2010)