The Documentation Centre of the National Commission was founded in 1984 and holds mainly UNESCO publications. There are 14,700 book titles asset composed as follows: General - Official Documents - Encyclopedies, dictionaries, etc. 229 magazines are also available and 137 Interchange Agreements with other Libraries are currently in force.
Structure of the Commission
The Mexican Commission is integrated by a Board of Directors (in charge of the Secretariat) and a Consultation Board (composed by Committees and Subcommittees on specific areas). This Consultation Board follows up the Organization’s initiatives and programs.
Members/Composition
Board of Directors: Chairman, the Minister of Education - Secretary-General - a Deputy Secretary-General - a Technical Secretary
Consultaion Board : It composed by 10 Committees.
Committees or Sub-Committees
Committee for Education - Committee for Exact, Natural and Social Sciences - Committee for the man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) - SubCommittee for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - Committee for Culture - Committee for Information and communication - Technical Committee for the mexican participation in the Convention to protect the Worldwide Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO - Committee "Memory of the World" - Regional Committee for the South East (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana roo, Tabasco, Campeche) - Regional Committee for the North (Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon - other States involved: Durango, Chihuahua, san Luis Potosi)
Committees/Sub-Committees Details
Number of Committees or Sub-Committees
10
Sub-committee Topics
[X] Education
[X] Science
[X] Social Sciences
[X] Culture
[X] Communication
[X] Other
