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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 25 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Presidente de la República: Excmo. Sr. Don Hugo CHÁVEZ FRÍAS

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mrs Luisa Rebeca Sanchez Bello
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Delegate

Permanent Delegation of Venezuela to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureaux MS2.18 / MS2.20 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.25.32
01.45.68.25.33/34
01.45.68.25.34
01.45.68.25.35
Fax: 01.47.34.28.93
E-mail: venezuela.dl2@unesco.org
Web site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/venezuela/

National Commission for UNESCO

Honorary President: Sr. Francisco de Asis Sesto Novoas
Presidente: S.E. Sr. Jorge Valero
Subsecretario General: Sr. Javier Díaz

Comisión Nacional Venezolana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
Avenida Universidad, Esquina de San Francisco Edificio Centro Mercantil, Piso 4 Caracas Distrito Capital 1010 Venezuela
Telephone: (58-212) 484-9756
Fax: (58-212) 484-9841
E-mail: natcom.venezuela@mre.gob.ve; natcom.venezuela@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.cncu.gob.ve

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Caracciolo Parra-Pérez	1946-1952	1-31
Member	Mr Caracciolo Parra-Pérez	1956-1959	46-54
Member	Mr Mariano Picón Salas	1959-1964	54-68
Member	Mr Arturo Uslar-Pietri	1976-1980	101-109
Member	Mr Alfredo Tarre Murzi	1980	109-110
Member	Mr Alfredo Tarre Murzi	1983-1984	118-119
Member	Mr Luis Manuel Peñalver	1984-1991	119-137
Representative		2003-2007	168-177

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)

International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication
Vice-President

Legal Committee
Member elected by the General Conference at its 35th session

Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme
Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Member

Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Member (Term expires : 2012)

UNESCO institutes and centres

Council of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education
Vice-President : Mrs Xiomana LUGENA GUEDEZ (Term expires : 2008)

Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Representatives of Member States : Manuel Mariñas (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

Updated:17-10-2007