Peru

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 21 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Presidente de la República: Excmo. Sr Don Alan GARCIA
Primer Ministro: Excmo. Sr. Don Jorge del Castillo

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Harry Belevan McBride
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru to France, Permanent Delegate (2/1/2007)

Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Peru to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M3.40 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.29.31
01.45.68.29.32
Fax: 01.45.68.29.20
E-mail: dl.peru@unesco.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Président: José Antonio Chang Escobedo, Ministre de l'éducati
Secretaria General: Sra. María Isabel Miyán de Chiabra

Comisión Nacional Peruana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Av. Del Comercio Cdra. 2 s/n (Espalda del Museo de la Nación) Lima Perú
Telephone: (51.1).223 2284
Fax: (51.1) 223 2322
E-mail: comiunesco@minedu.gob.pe; mmiyan@minedu.gob.pe
Web site: www.comiunesco.org.pe

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Ventura García Calderón	1952-1954	32-39
Member	Mr Alberto Wagner de Reyna	1964-1972	69-90
Member	Mr Alberto Wagner de Reyna	1976-1980	69-90
Member	Mr Alberto Wagner de Reyna	1985-1989	123-132
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 : 2013)


• Intergovernmental Council for the International Hydrological Programme
  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


• Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Country of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation
  Rapporteur

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Headquarters Committee
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)


• Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  Member (Term expires : 2010)

Celebration of anniversaries

400th anniversary of the publication of the Royal Commentaries of the Incas by Garcilaso de la Vega (1609) (2009)