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Barbados


Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 24 October 1968

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Development, Labour, Civil Services and Energy: The Hon. David Thompson, MP

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

Ms Yvette A. Goddard
Counsellor, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.

Permanent Delegation of Barbados to UNESCO
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt,100 B-1050 Bruxelles
Telephone: (32.2) 732.17.37/732.18.67
Fax: (32.2) 732.32.66
E-mail: brussels@foreign.gov.bb
Web site: http://www.foreign.gov.bb

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Ms Allisandra Cummins
Deputy Chairperson: Mrs Wendy Griffith-Watson
Secretary-General: Ms Harriett M. Daisley

Barbados National Commission for UNESCO
Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs & Sports The Elsie Payne Complex Constitution Road ST MICHAEL BARBADOS
Telephone: (1.246) 430 27 19 (Sec-Gen); (1.246) 430 27 00 (Switchboard, Min.Ed.); (1.246) 426 64 59 (Chairperson); (1 246) 430 27 08 (Deputy Chairperson)
Fax: (1.246) 436 24 11
E-mail: barbnatcom.unesco@gmail.com; hdaisley@hotmail.com; alissandra_bds@yahoo.com;

Representation on the Executive Board

Title Name Years Sessions
MemberMr Walter A. Burke1976-1980101-110
Representative1997-2001153-162
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 International Programme for the Development of Communication
    Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)
  • Other intergovernmental organs

  • Intergovernmental Committee on World Heritage
    Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
    Member
 
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