Morocco

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 7 November 1956

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Roi du Maroc: Sa Majesté MOHAMMED VI
Premier ministre: Son Exc. M. Abbas EL FASSI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs Aziza Bennani
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (10/8/1999)

Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M4.38 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.27
Fax: 01.45.67.18.69
E-mail: dl.maroc@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Président: M. Ahmed Akhchichine
Secrétaire générale: Mme Mina El Mghari

Commission nationale marocaine pour l'éducation, la culture et les sciences
3 bis rue Innanouen, Agdal RABAT R.P. MAROC
Telephone: (212.537) 68 20 72; (212.537) 77 94 22
Fax: (212.537) 27 30 68
E-mail: comnatmaroc@yahoo.fr; cmaroc@enssup.gov.ma
Web site: http://maroc.comnat.unesco.org/

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Mohammed El Fasi	1958-1966	53-74
Chairperson	Mr Mohammed El Fasi	1964-1966	69-74
Member	Mr Mohammed El Fasi	1978-1983	106-117
Representative		1993-1997	143-152
Representative		1999-2007	158-177
Chairperson	Ms Aziza BENNANI	2001-2003	163-167

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)


• Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
  Vice-President : Mrs Aziza Bennani

Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
  Elected Member : H. Exc. Ms Aziza Bennani (Term expires : December 2008)


• Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  Member : Mr Ahmed Gouitaa (Term expires : 31 December 2009)

Celebration of anniversaries

Eight hundredth anniversary of the death of the philosopher Muhammad ibn Rushd -known as Averroës (1998).

700th anniversary of the birth of Ibn Battuta (2004)Web site

600th anniversary of the death of ‘Abdurrahman Ibn Khaldun, historian (1332-1406) (2006)