10 April 2013:

H.E. Ms Sonia Sarmiento Gutierrez, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Colombia to UNESCO since March 2009.

28 February 2013:

H.E. Mr Rodolphe Imhoof, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Switzerland to UNESCO since November 2009.

1 February 2013:

H.E. Ms Rosa Margarita Hernandez C. de Grullon, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Dominican Republic to UNESCO since April 2010.

31 January 2013:

H.E. Mr Carlos de ICAZA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in France, Permanent Delegate of Mexico to UNESCO since April 2010.

30 January 2013:

H.E. Ms Eleonora HUSSEINOVA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of Azerbaijan to UNESCO since February 1997.

16 January 2013:

H.E. Mr Guillermo ECHENIQUE, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Chile to UNESCO

3 January 2013:

H.E. Mr Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Sri Lanka to UNESCO since January 2011.

30 December 2012:

H.E. Mr Alexsandr Pavlovsky, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since October 2008

30 December 2012:

H.E. Mr Mirko Galić, Ambassador of Croatia to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO

30 December 2012:

H.E. Mr Papa Momar Diop, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Senegal to UNESCO since February 2009

H.E. Mr Gürcan Türkoglu, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Turkey to UNESCO since August 2009 terminated his mission on 16 November 2012.

Her Excellency Ms Therese Baptiste-Cornelis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate of Trinidad and Tobago to UNESCO since July 2012 terminated her mission on 16 September 2012.

His Excellency Mr Georges Santer, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Luxembourg to France, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OECD and Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since September 2007 terminated his mission on 28 August 2012.

Her Excellency Mrs Anaisabel PRERA FLORES, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Guatemala to France and Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO terminated her mission on 31 July 2012.

Her Excellency Mrs Sylvie Fadlallah, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Lebanon to UNESCO since June 2007 terminated her mission on 18 July 2012.

Her Excellency Ms Martina Nibbeling-Wrieβnig, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Germany to UNESCO since July 2009 terminated her mission on 4 July 2012.

His Excellency Mr Jorge Edwards, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Chile to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since September 2010 terminated his mission on 1st June 2012.

His Excellency Mr Ion de la Riva Guzman de Frutos, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of Spain to UNESCO since February 2011 terminated his mission on 30 April 2012.

His Excellency Mr Andrew Mulenga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Zambia to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since June 2008 terminated his mission on 28 April 2012.

His Excellency Mr Luis Filipe Carrilho de CASTRO MENDES, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Portugal to UNESCO since February 2011 terminated his mission on 28 February 2012.

His Excellency Mr Moses B. Jallow, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of Gambia to UNESCO since September 2009 terminated his mission on 17 February 2012.

His Excellency Mr TUAN HAJI ALI bin AB. GHANI, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Malaysia to UNESCO since September 2010 terminated his mission on 27 January 2012.

His Excellency Mr Paul Murray, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Ireland to UNESCO since June 2007 terminated his mission at mid-January 2012.

Her Excellency Ms Marcia Gilbert-Roberts, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica to Belgium, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since October 2007 terminated her mission on 30 December 2011.

Her Excellency Ms Laurence Argimon-Pistre, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Union to UNESCO since December 2007 terminated her mission on 19 December 2011.

His Excellency Mr André Bachand, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Canada to UNESCO since September 2009 terminated his mission on 11 November 2011.

His Excellency Mr Harald Neple, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Norway to UNESCO since September 2006 terminated his mission on 6 October 2011.

His Excellency Mr Myra NDJOKU, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of the Democratic Republic of Congo to UNESCO since September 2009 sadly passed away on 16 September 2011.

Her Excellency Mrs Aziza Bennani, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Morocco to UNESCO since October 1999 terminated her mission on 10 September 2011.

His Excellency Mr Mats Ringborg, Ambassador of Sweden to OECD, Permanent Delegate of Sweden to UNESCO since April 2007 terminated his mission on 31 August 2011.

His Excellency Mr Barend Ten Haar, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to UNESCO since August 2007 terminated his mission on 12 August 2011.

His Excellency Mr Julia Vila Coma, Ambassador, Permanent delegate of Andorra since November 2009 terminated his mission at the end of July 2011.

His Excellency Mr Almir SAHOVIC, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to France, Permanent delegate since April 2008 terminated his mission at the end of July 2011.

Her Excellency Mrs Cecilia Bakula Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Peru to UNESCO since December 2010 terminated her mission in July 2011.

His Excellency Mr Sulieman Mohamed Mustafa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sudan to France, Permanent delegate since September 2008 terminated his mission in July 2011.

His Excellency Mr José Armando Filomeno Ferreira Duarte, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cape Verde to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since July 2003 terminated his mission in June 2011.

Her Excellency Ms Odette YAO YAO, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Côte d'Ivoire to UNESCO since December 2005 terminated her mission in June 2011.

H. E. Mr  David Dabydeen, Ambassador,
Permanent Delegate of Guyana to UNESCO since November 1997 terminated his mission. His successor is H. E. Mr Laleshwar Kumar Narayan Singh, High Commissioner of Guyana to the United Kingdom, Permanent Delegate (designate)

Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO received on 16 May 2011 the visit of H. E. Mrs Matt Mint Mohamed El Moctar Ould Ewnene, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mauritania to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since 7 November 2007, on the occasion of her departure from the Organization.