Ethiopia

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 1 July 1955

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Prime Minister: H.E. Mr Meles ZENAWI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

Ms Mahlet Hailu Guadey
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.

Permanent Delegation of Ethiopia to UNESCO
1, rue Miollis 75015 Paris
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.62
Fax: 01.43.06.52.14
01.47.83.31.45
E-mail: dl.ethiopie@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

President: Dr Sentayehu Wolde-Michael*
Secretary-General: Mr. Mebratu Berhan Berhe

Ethiopian National Office for UNESCO

Telephone: (251.11.1) 55 25 19
Fax: (251.11.1) 55 16 55
E-mail: guguye03@yahoo.com; naueth@gmail.com (SG)
Web site: www.moe.gov.et (Mineduc website)

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Aklilu Habte	1968-1974	81-95
Member	Mr Alemayehu Teferra	1985-1989	123-132
Representative		1993-1997	143-152
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


• International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
  Rapporteur

Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

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

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Committee on World Heritage
  Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa
  Member : Dr. Sintayehu Woldemikael

Celebration of anniversaries

1000th anniversary of the foundation of the Harar Jugol – the Fortified Historic Town – and the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium (2008)