Burkina Faso

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 14 November 1960

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président du Faso: Capitaine Blaise COMPAORE
Premier ministre: M. Paramanga Ernest Yonli

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Beyon Luc Adolphe Tiao
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Burkina Faso to France, Permanent Delegate (10/2/2008)

Permanent Delegation of Burkina Faso to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M7.31 et 32 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.65
01.45.68.34.66
E-mail: dl.burkina-faso@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Président: M. le Professeur Joseph Paré*
Secrétaire général: M. Ahmed Baba Soulama

Commission nationale burkinabé pour l'UNESCO

Telephone: (226) 50 30 72 15
Fax: (226) 50 31 56 14
E-mail: conasco@fasonet.bf

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Joseph Ki-Zerbo	1974-1978	96-105
Member	Mr Oumarou Clément Ouedraogo	1989-1991	133-138
Member	Mr Mouhoussine Nacro	1992-1993	140-142
Representative		2001-2005	163-172

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 Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Country of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation
  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

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Committee of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Intergovernmental Committee of the Rome Convention)
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Member (Term expires : 2009)

Celebration of anniversaries

50th anniversary of the intellectual career of professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922- 2006) (2008)