The judicial text was accepted26/03/1996 and last revised
Legislation
The National Commission has a Constitution dating back to 1996.
Created in 1956 as the interministerial Commission of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic for UNESCO, the Commission was restructured in November 1995, by decree of the President of Ukraine, as the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO.
Documentation Centre
The Commission has its own Information and Documentation Centre which holds some 2000 publications. The National Commission has recently set up its own Website.
Structure of the Commission
The National Commission meets in plenary four times a year. It consists of the following bodies:- The General Assembly- National Committees for UNESCO's International Programmes such as MAB, IHP, IOC, IGCP, for Bioethics.- The Secretariat.
Members/Composition
The National Commission comprises 34 members representing Ministries (Education, Information, Environmental Protection and Nuclear Security, Culture and Arts, Family and Youth Affairs, Emergency Cases), national institutions and NGOs involved in UNESCO's fields of competence, the Parliament, the national university, the National Academy of Science.
Executive Committee
The Commission has no Executive Committee
General Assembly
The General Assembly meets quarterly.
Interaction with UNESCO and National Commissions
Overview
The National Commission cooperates with the National Commissions of Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Republic of Belarus and Republic of Moldova. It collaborates with the Regional Office for Science and Technology in Europe (ROSTE, Venice), the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES, Bucharest) and the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education ( IITE, Moscow).
Activities of the National Commission
International seminar on "The Role of the Religious Communities in the Management of the World Heritage properties"
Domain
Cultural Diversity
Location
Kiev
Country
Ukraine
Region
Europe and North America
Activity type
Conferences
Description
The Seminar is organized in November 2010 within the framework of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures 2010.
Publications
Bulletin of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO
