Benin

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 18 October 1960

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: Son Exc. M. Boni YAYI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yai
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (2/25/1999)

Permanent Delegation of Benin to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M4.04 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex15
Telephone: 01.45.68.30.63
Fax: 01.43.06.15.55
E-mail: dl.permanente-benin@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Président: M. Félicien ZACHARIE *
Secrétaire général: M. Irénée Fidégnon BOKO

Commission nationale béninoise pour l'UNESCO (CNBU)
Boulevard Lagunaire PORTO-NOVO
Telephone: (229) 20 21 25 30
Fax: (229) 20 21 31 64
E-mail: spcnbu@yahoo.fr; ketdjo@yahoo.fr; ibokof@yahoo.fr

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Léon Boissier-Palun	1972-1976	91-100
Member	Mr Léon Boissier-Palun	1985-1989	123-132
Representative		1993-1997	143-152
Chairperson	Mr Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos	1995-1997	148-152
Representative		1999-2003	158-167
Representative		2005-2009	172 - 181

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
  Chairperson : Mr Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï


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


• Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)


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

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Council of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education
  Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

Celebration of anniversaries

100th anniversary of the death of King Gbehanzin of Abomey (1844-1906) (2006)

100th anniversary of the death of King Toffa I (1874-1908) (2008)