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Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 30 January 1953

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Chef de l'Etat, Roi d'Espagne: Sa majesté le roi Juan Carlos I
Presidente del Gobierno: Excmo. Sr Don José Luis Rodríguez ZAPATERO

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs María Jesús San Segundo
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (8/31/2006)

Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Spain to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M6.14 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.33.85 /86
01.45.68.33.87
01.45.68.33.87
Fax: 01.47.83.49.98
E-mail: dl.spain@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Présidente d'honneur: S.A.R. la Infanta Doña Cristina de Borbón y Grecia
Président: Sr. D. Luís Ramallo Massanet
Acting Secretary-General: Madame Consuelo VÁZQUEZ

Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación con la UNESCO
AECID Comision Española de Cooperacion con la UNESCO Avda. de los Reyes Catolicos, 4 5°planta , despcho 513 28040 MADRID ESPAÑA
Telephone: (34.91) 582.79 36 ; (34.91) 582.79 35
Fax: (34.91) 582.79 34;
E-mail: hispaunesco@aeci.es; liramallo@telefonica.net;
Web site: http://www.aeci.es/unesco/

Representation on the Executive Board

Title Name Years Sessions
MemberMr Juan Estelrich y Artigues1954-195840-50
MemberMr Joaquín Pérez Villanueva1958-196051-57
MemberMr Ricardo Díez Hochleitner1970-197686-100
MemberMr Salvador García de Pruneda1980-1983111-117
MemberMr José Luis Abellan1983-1985117-122
MemberMr Luis Ignacio Ramallo1987-1991128-137
Representative1993-1997143-152
Vice-ChairpersonMr Félix Fernández-Shaw1997152
Representative1999-2003158-167
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 : Ms Antonio Serrano

  • Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)
  • Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport
    Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

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

  • Headquarters Committee
    Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)
  • Other intergovernmental organs

  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
    Member

Celebration of anniversaries

Centenary of the birth of the Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre (26 April 1998).

Centenary of the birth of the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca (5 June 1998).

Four hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez (6 June 1999).

Centenary of the birth of the Spanish writer Rosa Chacel (3 June 1998).

Centenary of the birth of the Spanish writer Dámaso Alonso (22 October 1998).

Four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Pedro Calderón de La Barca (2000)

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Luis Buñuel (6 February 2000)

Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Joaquín Rodrigo (22 November 2001)

100th anniversary of the creation of the Committee for the Promotion of Studies and Scientific Research (Junta para ampliación de estudios e investigaciones científicas) (1907) (2007)

 
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