Lithuania

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 7 October 1991

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: Son Exc. M. Valdas ADAMKUS President-elect: H.E. Mrs Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE
Premier ministre: Son Exc. M. Gediminas KIRKILAS

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H.E. Mrs Ina MARČIULIONYTĖ
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (1/30/2003)

Permanent Delegation of Lithuania to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M1.10 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.33.20
Fax: 01.45.67.36.89
E-mail: dl.lituanie@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Mrs Roma Zakaitiené*
Secretary-General: Ms Asta Dirmaité

Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO
Svento Jono g. 11 LT - 01123 VILNIUS LITHUANIA
Telephone: (370 5) 210 73 40 ; (370 5) 210 73 41 (SecGen)
Fax: (370 5) 210 73 43
E-mail: lietuva@unesco.lt; adirmaite@unesco.lt;
Web site: http://www.unesco.lt

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Representative		1997-2001	153-162
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


• Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport
  Vice-President : Algirdas Raslanas

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo
  Member


• Headquarters Committee
  Chairperson

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Vice-President

Member (Term expires : 2011)

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
  Member : Prof. Vaino BRAZDEIKIS

Celebration of anniversaries

Four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the first work in the Lithuanian language - 'Common Words in the Catechism', by Martinas Mazvydas (8 January 1997).

200th anniversary of the birth of Ignacio Domeyko (2002)

100th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian publication in the Latin alphabet (2004)Web site