Denmark

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 4 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Chief of State, Queen of Denmark: Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II
Prime Minister: H.E. Mr Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Poul Erik Dam Kristensen
Ambassador, Denmark's Permanent Representative to the OECD, Permanent Delegate (7/24/2009)

Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Denmark to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureaux M4.19 / M4.20 / M4.21 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.29.29
Fax: 01.44.49.05.45
E-mail: dl.denmark@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Ms. Linda Nielsen
Secretary-General: Ms Bodil Mørkøv Ullerup

The Danish National Commission for UNESCO
Frederiksholms Kanal 26 DK-1220 Copenhagen K Denmark
Telephone: (45) 33 92 51 07 (Sec. Gen.); (45) 33 92 52 16 (Secretariat);
Fax: (45) 33 92 54 92
E-mail: unesco@uvm.dk; boull2@uvm.dk (SG); linda.nielsen@jur.ku.dk (Pt)
Web site: http://www.unesco.dk

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Membre	Mr Jacob Nielsen	1952-1958	32-52
Membre	Mme Hanne Sondergaard	1978-1983	106-117
Member/Representative	Mr Torben Krogh	1991-1995	138-147

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 : 36th General Conference)


• Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  Vice-President : Mr Linda Nielsen

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

Celebration of anniversaries

200th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen (2005)