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Malaysia

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 16 June 1958

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Head of State: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister: H.E. Mr Abdullah Ahmad BADAWI

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

Mr Kenneth J. Luis
Permanent Delegate (3/22/2007)

Permanent Delegation of Malaysia to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M7.40 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.74
01.45.68.34.75
01.45.68.34.76
Fax: 01.42.73.33.52
E-mail: dl.malaysia@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

President: Hon. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Bin Yassin *
Vice Chairperson: (Mr) Tan Sri Dr. Zulkurnain Haji Awang
Secretary General: Mr. Mohd Zulkifi Mohammed

Malaysian National Commission for UNESCO
Ministry of Education Policy and International Relations Division Level 7, Block E8, Complex E Federal Government Administrative Centre 62604 PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA
Telephone: (60.3) 88 84 61 09; (60.3) 88 84 61 12
Fax: (60.3) 88 89 54 73 (60.3) 88 84 61 16
E-mail: zulkifli.mohammed@moe.gov.my;zaidi.hamid@bha.moe.gov.my; anis.khidzir@bha.moe.gov.my;
Web site: http://www.unesco.org.my

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Musa Hitam	1978-1981	106-113
Member	Mr Sulaiman Haji Daud	1981-1983	113-117
Member	Mr Anwar Ibrahim	1987-1989	128-133
Member	Mr Salleh Awang Had	1989-1991	132-137
Representative		1993-1997	143-152
Representative		1999-2003	158-167

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 for the International Hydrological Programme
Member (Term expires : 37th General Conference)

Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
Vice-President

Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport
Vice-President : Délégation Permanente de la Malaisie auprès de l’UNESCO

Other intergovernmental organs

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Member

UNESCO institutes and centres

Council of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education
Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
Designated Member : Mr Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Term expires : November 2008)

Updated:17-10-2007