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General Conference Paris 2003
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There
are 192 National Commissions
Member States' representatives to UNESCO's Executive Board and General
Conference are often advised by National Commissions in matters relating
to the Organization. They are constitutionally recognized focal points
for UNESCO’s action in Member states and Associate Members, these
bodies form a unique network within the United Nations System as stated
in their 1978 Charter, National Commission are the main relays for
UNESCO’s work at country level where they assume multiple
responsibilities related to aspects of programme execution such as
consultation, liaison, information and evaluation.
Basic information on UNESCO National Commissions can be found in Article
VII of UNESCO's Constitution and in the Charter of National Commissions
for UNESCO. To find out more read http:www.unesco.org
Bhutan became a member of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisations (UNESCO) on 13 April 1982. Lyonpo
Om Pradhan the then Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the United
Nations, signed the original copy of the UNESCO constitutions and
deposited the Instrument of acceptance with the Foreign and common
wealth office of the United Kingdom in London on the same day.
However,
until 1 October 1986, Bhutan remained without a National Commission
Secretariat. Sensing the need to establish a Secretariat as envisaged in
the charter, Bhutan National Commission for UNESCO (BNCU) was formed on
1 October 1986 under the command of His Majestry the King Jigme Singye
Wangchuk.
With
the permanent Secretariat the Bhutan National Commission for UNESCO
attached to the then Ministry of Social Services, an advisory board was
formed under the chairmanship of late Lyonpo Sangye Penjor, the then
Minister for Social Services, one Vice Chairman and Secretary General
assisted by 6 honorary members.
Today,
BNCU is attached to the Ministry of Education under the chairmanship of
Lyonpo Thinley Gyamtsho with an Executive Board of nine members. Six of
the members are ex-officio.
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Functions
of National Commission.
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to
advise the member states on all matters relating to UNESCO and its
programmes;
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to
serve as a liaison agency between UNESCO and ministerial,
departments, institutions, Organisations and individuals concerned
with and working for the advancement of education, the science,
culture and information in the member states;
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to
ensure the active participation of the member states in the
preparation, planning, execution and evaluation of UNESCO’s
programmes and activities;
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to
make UNESCO’s aims aand objectives better known, by involving the
intellectual and scientific communities in the process of
preparation and implementation of UNESCO’s programmes and by
disseminating information on them;
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to
assist the government in the preparation for the participation in
sessions of the General Conference and other inter-governmental
mettings organized by UNESCO
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to
foster and develop relations with other National Commissions for
UNESCO, particularly with those in the region and to participate
with them in joint programmes and studies on matters of interest to
UNESCO and to their country and to initiate other activities of
interest to the country.
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Functions
of the Executive Committee
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to
take decisions concerning the proper implementation of the
programmes of the commission between sessions of the
National Commissions Meetings.
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To
advise the Government on its contribution to the planning, execution
or evaluation of UNESCO’s international, regional and national
programmes and activities;
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To
advise on the follow-up by Government bodies of the decisions of
recommendations of UNESCO conference and meetings;
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To
supervise the work and activities of the permanent Secretariat of
the national commission and to propose, in consultation with the
Secretariat of the Commission, to the Commission Meetings, the
programmes and the budget of the Commission;
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To
secure and supervise the implementation of the decisions,
recommendations of the National Commission Meetings and to make
reports on them.
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Employment/Vacancies UNESCO
offers a broad range of work opportunities. Posts in the Organization
are mainly filled by people in occupations linked to the
Organization’s main activities – culture, education, science and
communication.
There are also opportunities for employment in other occupational fields
such as administration, finance, human resources and information
technology.
Working
in many posts at UNESCO also means international mobility: you will be
working either at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, or in one of the
UNESCO field offices around the world.
Interested
readers can find out more from the website http:www.unesco.org/employment
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Contact us
Telephone : 323269/322912 Fax
: 325069
Email
: unesco@druknet.bt
Ministry
of Education
1-7
Wogmin Lam, Namgaychholing
Thimphu:Bhutan. |
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