Argentina

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 15 September 1948

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Presidente de la República: H.E. Cristina Fernández de KIRCHNER (Ms)

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Miguel Angel Estrella
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate (2/13/2004)

Permanent Delegation of Argentina to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M7.02/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 1, rue Miollis 75015 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.38
01.45.68.34.36
01.45.68.34.42
Fax: 01.43.06.60.35
E-mail: dl.argentina@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Presidente: Sr Alberto Estanislao Sileoni *
Secretario Ejecutivo a.i.: Sr Miguel Vallone

Comisión Nacional Argentina de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Pizzurno 935, P.B. Of. 20 1020 Buenos Aires (Ciudad Autónoma de) ARGENTINA
Telephone: (54.11) 41 29 11 56; (54.11) 41 29 12 90
Fax: (54 11) 41 29 11 57; (54 11) 41 29 12 85
E-mail: mvallone@me.gov.ar; conaplu@me.gov.ar;

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Atilio Dell'Oro Maini	1962-1970	64-85
Chairperson	Mr Atilio Dell'Oro Maini	1966-1968	75-80
Member	Mr Atilio Dell'Oro Maini	1972-1974	91-94
Member	Mr Carlos I. Rivas	1975-1976	97-100
Member	Mr Victor Massuh	1978-1983	106-117
Chairperson	Mr Victor Massuh	1980-1983	111-117
Member	Ms Elsa R.D. Kelly	1985-1989	123-132
Member	Mr Jorge Cayetano Zain Asis	1989-1993	133-142
Representative		1995-1999	148-157

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
  Vice-President : Mr Alfredo Reca

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
  President : Mrs Alicia Kirchner

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
  Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)


• Legal Committee
  Member elected by the General Conference at its 34th session

Member elected by the General Conference at its 35th session

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  President : Captain Javier Valladares

Member

Celebration of anniversaries

Centenary of the birth of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1999).

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Roberto Arlt (2 April 2000)

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Leopoldo Marechal (11 June 2000)

100th anniversary of the birth of Atahualpa Yupanqui, music composer (1908- 1992) (2008)